CATALOG RECORD

The Avengers #268

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1986

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Dates

Cover date: June 1986
On sale: February 18, 1986
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #268 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition75¢ 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 edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245806 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245806 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: John Buscemainks: Tom Palmerscript: Roger Stern, Jim Shooter, Mark Gruenwaldcolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Jim Novak

Stories

The Kang Dynasty! · 22 pages
The Avengers battle Kang's minions (Dire Wraiths and a Growing Man android) in Limbo. Along with the last surviving member of the Council of Kangs, the team is captured by Kang.

Publisher’s description

Captain Marvel, Namor, and Captain America investigate the disappearance of their teammates. From the beginning, however, Captain America suspects Kang. The rest of the team makes it to Limbo, but will it be too late for kidnapped members Wasp, Black Knight and Hercules?

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManNamorSub-MarinerJanet Van DyneWaspHerculesMonica RambeauDane WhitmanThe Black KnightEdwin JarvisCaptain MarvelKang the ConquerorNathaniel RichardsSpace PhantomRavonna RenslayerGrowing Man

Reprinted in

Avengers: Kang - Time and Time Again (2005), Avengers: The Once and Future Kang (2013), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Marvel-Verse: Kang (2023)