Issue Details

Issue	#177
Published	November 1978
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.35 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "...These Who Lay Dying!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dave Cockrum (signed)
Inks	Terry Austin (signed)
Notes	Cover signed "Cockrum - Austin - sort of"

18 page The Avengers story "The Hope... And the Slaughter!"

Characters	Hawkeye; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man; Thor [Donald Blake]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Hercules; Quicksilver; Jocasta; Black Panther; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Moondragon; Two-Gun Kid; Hellcat; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Starhawk; Charlie-27; Yondu; Martinex; Nikki; The Watcher; Eternity; Odin; Zeus; Mephisto; Michael Korvac
Synopsis	The Avengers face Michael.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Shooter
Pencils	Dave Wenzel
Inks	Pablo Marcos (pages 1-21), Ricardo Villamonte (pages 22-31)
Colors	Nel Yomtov
Letters	Denise Wohl