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The Avengers #257

Marvel · Series began 1963 · July 1985

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Dates

Cover date: July 1985
On sale: April 7, 1985
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #257 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition65¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition65¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245807 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245807 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: John Buscemainks: Tom Palmerscript: Roger Sterncolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Jim Novak

Stories

Holocaust in a Hidden Land! · 22 pages
Terminus utterly destroys the Savage Land but Hercules tears open his armor, leaving him to die in Antarctica. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel meets the pirates' leader, Nebula.

Publisher’s description

In the vastness of space, Captain Marvel meets Nebula for the first time, and wishes she hadn’t. Meanwhile, on Earth, the Avengers follow Terminus to the Savage Land, where they are intercepted by Ka-Zar and Zabu. Plus, the creature behind Terminus’ armor revealed at long last!

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaJanet Van DyneWaspHerculesMonica RambeauDane WhitmanThe Black KnightCaptain MarvelKevin PlunderKa-ZarErosZabuStarfoxShanna the She-DevilShanna O'Hara PlunderNebulaTerminusGuntharLevanSkungeKehl

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos (2014)