Issue Details

Issue	#184
Published	June 1979
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "In the Grip of the... Absorbing Man!"

Characters	the Absorbing Man; the Avengers [the Beast; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; the Vision; the Wasp]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Perez (signed)
Inks	Terry Austin (signed)
Letters	Irving Watanabe

17 page The Avengers story "Death On the Hudson!"

Characters	the Absorbing Man; the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Falcon; Hawkeye; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Redwing; the Vision; the Wasp]; Edwin Jarvis; Henry Peter Gyrich; Sandy Herkowitz
Synopsis	The Avengers battle the Absorbing Man.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Michelinie
Pencils	John Byrne ("choreography/pencils")
Inks	Joe Rubinstein? (page 4); Terry Austin (pages 9, 13); Al Gordon? (page 10); Klaus Janson? (page 14); ? [all as Diverse Hands]
Colors	Bob Sharen
Letters	Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Diana Albers (pages 2-17)
Notes	Expanded credits 2005 by Steven Tice.
Reprinted	in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #379 (November 1981) [minus p. 4]

1 page Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Hotshot On the Block."

Characters	Hotshot; Spider-Man
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sal Buscema
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Letters	Irving Watanabe
Notes	Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

1 page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script	various
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters on artists and storylines.

1 page Rick Barry and Dr. J; Spalding basketballs advertisement "Street Ball"

Characters	Dr. J [Julius Erving]; Rick Barry
Genre	sports; children; humor
Pencils	Jack Davis (signed)
Inks	Jack Davis (signed)
Notes	Outside back cover. Comic strip ad for Spalding autographed basketballs from Questor Corp..