Dates
- Cover date
- March 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #289 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 07148602458303
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: John Buscemainks: Tom Palmerscript: Ralph Macchio, Carl Potts, Ann Nocenti, Mark Gruenwaldcolors: Paul Bectonletters: Bill Oakley
Stories
- The Cube Root · 22 pages
Heavy Metal attacks Hydrobase and the Avengers. Machine Man reveals that he has been waiting for the Super-Adaptoid to reveal its true intentions and helps the Avengers against the Adaptoid. The Adaptoid uses the Avengers' computer to find the Cosmic Cube and brings it to Hydrobase. The Cube arrives in a sentient humanoid form calling itself Kubik. The Super-Adaptoid duplicates Kubik's powers.
Characters
NamorSub-MarinerJennifer WaltersShe-HulkMonica RambeauCaptain MarvelAaron StackMachine ManWalter NewellStingrayAwesome AndroidMarrinaSuper-AdaptoidSentry 459KubikTess-One
Reprinted in
Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Avengers: Heavy Metal (2013)