Dates
- Cover date
- May 1987
- On sale
- January 20, 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #279 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245806
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: John Buscemainks: Tom Palmerscript: Roger Stern, Mark Gruenwald, Thomas Costellocolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Jim Novak
Stories
- Command Decision · 22 pages
Doctor Druid officially joins the Avengers. Captain Marvel is nominated as the new chairperson and, after much soul-searching, accepts the nomination. A still-comatose Hercules is taken from his hospital bed.
Characters
Steve RogersCaptain AmericaThorThor OdinsonJennifer WaltersShe-HulkHerculesMonica RambeauDane WhitmanThe Black KnightKarla SofenCaptain MarvelAnthony DruidDoctor DruidHermesFrank RambeauMaria Rambeau
Reprinted in
Avengers: Assault on Olympus (2011), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau (2019), Captain Marvel: The Saga of Monica Rambeau (2023)