Issue Details

Issue	#233
Published	July 1983
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "The Avengers Up Against... The Barrier!"

Characters	the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Byrne (signed)
Inks	Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

1 page Scottie advertisement "A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball Story]"

Characters	Scottie
Genre	children; sports
Notes	Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack from Borden.

22 page The Avengers story "The Annihilation Gambit!"

Characters	Alicia Masters; Annihilus; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor [also as Dr. Donald Blake]; the Vision; the Wasp]; Bernie Rosenthal; the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Franklin Richards
Genre	superhero
Script	Roger Stern (plot, script); John Byrne (plot)
Pencils	John Byrne (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Colors	Christie Scheele
Letters	Jim Novak
Notes	Continued between Fantastic Four #256 and 257.
Reprinted	in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2004 series) #3

1 page advertisement "Behind the Candy Counter"

Genre	children
Notes	Comic strip ad for Super Yum Bubble Yum gum from Nabisco Brands, Inc..

1 page Dungeons & Dragons advertisement A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! [The Avalanche]

Characters	Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Bill Willingham
Inks	Bill Willingham
Notes	Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script	various
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters on The Avengers #228; Question of the Month "What was the first Marvel comic that you remember reading?" asked to Stern, Byrne, Sinnott, Novak, Scheele and Shooter; Special Announcements Section.