Issue Details

Issue	#255
Published	May 1985
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Howard Mackie (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes	Cover title "The Mighty Avengers"

Cover Details

Characters	the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Starfox]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Tom Palmer (painting, signed)
Inks	Tom Palmer (painting, signed)
Colors	Tom Palmer (painting, signed)

22 page The Avengers story "The Legacy of Thanos!"

Characters	the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Scarlet Witch; Starfox; the Vision; the Wasp; Wonder Man]; General Peabody; Gunthar; ISAAC (flashback); Kehl; Levan; Raymond Sikorski; Skunge
Genre	superhero
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Tom Palmer
Colors	Christie Scheele
Letters	Jim Novak

Half page letters page "Avengers Assemble!"

Script	various
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters on The Avengers #249; Question of the Month "What is your least favorite everyday chore?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter; Special Announcements Section.

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

Script	Ed Shukin (business manager)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Date of filing: September 28, 1984. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 406,623. Single issue nearest to filing date: 388,069.