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Issue Details

Issue #193
Published March 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Salicrup (Editor); Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Inferno Unleashed!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; Wonder Man]; Inferno
Genre superhero
Pencils Frank Miller (signed)
Inks Bob McLeod (signed)
Letters Dan Crespi?
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #388

17 page The Avengers story "Battleground: Pittsburgh!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; Inferno; Tim Turpin; Vince Paretta
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie; Pittsburgh Comix Club ("plot assist")
Pencils Sal Buscema (layouts); Frank Miller (details, see notes); Dan Green (finished art)
Inks Dan Green
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes In The Avengers #197 letters page, Michelinie writes that Frank Miller "was able to add some identifying details to Sal Buscema's pencil art." This information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Reprinted in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #388 (August 1982)

Half page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #189.

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script Ed Shukin (business manager)
Letters typeset
Notes Date of filing: October 1, 1979. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 428,935, single issue nearest to filing date: 431,125.

1 page Mr. Fantastic; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "A Passion for Gold"

Characters Goldigger; Mr. Fantastic
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Mike Esposito?
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

1 page Batroc the Leaper; Crazy magazine promo (ad from the publisher) "How to be a Wild and Crazy Guy!!"

Characters Archie Bunker (on TV); Batroc; Fonzie (on TV)
Genre superhero; humor
Inks Bob McLeod?
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Comic strip promo for Crazy magazine. Printed sideways.