The Avengers #260

Dates

Cover date

October 1985

On sale

1985

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #260 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.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition65¢ cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 0714860245810 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

  Barcode 0714860245810 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Secret Wars II

This is part 12 of 44. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Secret Wars II (1985) #1
2. The New Mutants (1983) #30
3. Captain America (1968) #308
4. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #196
5. Iron Man (1968) #197
6. Secret Wars II (1985) #2
7. Fantastic Four (1961) #282
8. Web of Spider-Man (1985) #6
9. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #268
10. Secret Wars II (1985) #3
11. Daredevil (1964) #223
12. The Avengers (1963) #260
13. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #312
14. Secret Wars II (1985) #4
15. Alpha Flight (1983) #28
16. Dazzler (1981) #40
17. The Avengers (1963) #261
18. Rom (1979) #72
19. Secret Wars II (1985) #5
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #285
21. The Thing (1983) #30
22. Doctor Strange (1974) #74
23. Secret Wars II (1985) #6
24. Micronauts (1984) #16
25. Power Pack (1984) #18
26. Cloak and Dagger (1985) #4
27. Power Man and Iron Fist (1981) #121
28. Secret Wars II (1985) #7
29. Thor (1966) #363
30. The Defenders (1972) #152
31. The New Mutants (1983) #36
32. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #202
33. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #273
34. Secret Wars II (1985) #8
35. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #111
36. Fantastic Four (1961) #288
37. The Avengers (1963) #265
38. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #274
39. Secret Wars II (1985) #9
40. The New Mutants (1983) #37
41. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #203
42. The Avengers (1963) #266
43. Quasar (1989) #8
44. Dazzler Omnibus (2024) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Assault on Sanctuary II · 23 pages

Publisher’s description

The outer space battle rages on between the Avengers, Nebula, the Skrulls, and Thanos! The mysterious and twisted secret of Nebula revealed. How did the daughter of Thanos become the most merciless, ruthless woman in the galaxy?

Characters

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos (2014), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015), True Believers: Avengers - Nebula (2019)