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Issue Details

Issue #227
Published January 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes UPC 0714860245801

Cover Details - "See: The New Captain Marvel Test Her Power!"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye; Henry Pym; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk; the Wasp]; Dr. Paul Edmonds; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic
Genre superhero
Pencils Brett Breeding (signed)
Inks Brett Breeding (signed)
Letters Michael Higgins?
Notes Signature dated 1982.
Reprinted in Avengers Log (Marvel, 1994 series) #1

22 page The Avengers story "Testing...1...2...3!"

Characters the Avengers [the Beast (flashback); the Black Panther (flashback); the Black Widow (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; the Falcon (flashback); Hawkeye; Henry Pym [as the Ant-Man; Giant-Man; Goliath; Yellowjacket in flashbacks]; Hercules (flashback); the Hulk (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jocasta (flashback); Ms. Marvel (flashback); Moondragon (flashback); Quicksilver (flashback); the Scarlet Witch; She-Hulk; Thor; Tigra (flashback); the Vision (flashback); the Wasp; Wonder Man (flashback)]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (flashback); Dr. Paul Edmonds; Dr. Vernon Van Dyne (Janet's father); Edwin Jarvis; Egghead; the Elfqueen (flashback); the Guardians of the Galaxy [Charlie-27; Martinex; Nikki; Starhawk; Yondu]; Henry Peter Gyrich; the Invisible Girl; Maria Trovaya (flashback); Mr. Fantastic; the Plant-Man; Salvation I (flashback); S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents; Ultron (flashback); the Wizard
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Brett Breeding
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Henry Pym origin retold. Story continues in part in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16.

2 page Spider-Man advertisement "Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge"

Characters the Green Goblin; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Saviuk?
Inks Frank Giacoia?
Notes Comic strip ad for the Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge from Parker Brothers.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script Roger Stern (intro); various
Letters typeset
Notes Letters on The Avengers #222.

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].