| Issue | #262 |
| Published | December 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) |
| Characters | the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules]; Stingray; the Sub-Mariner |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Buscema (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Palmer (signed) |
| Colors | Christie Scheele? |
| Characters | the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; the Wasp]; the Conclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Diane; Edwin Jarvis; Adam Warlock [Him] (flashback); Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak] (flashback); Stingray; Namor the Sub-Mariner (becomes an Avenger) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Roger Stern |
| Pencils | John Buscema (breakdowns) |
| Inks | Tom Palmer (finishes) |
| Colors | Christie Scheele |
| Letters | Jim Novak |
| Notes | Continued from Avengers Annual #14. Secret Wars II tie-in. |
| Script | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Letters on The Avengers #255; Special Announcements Section; Question of the Month "If you could have a different first name, what would it be?" asked to Stern, Buscema, Palmer, Novak, Scheele, Mackie, Gruenwald and Shooter. |