The Avengers #299

Dates

Cover date

January 1989

On sale

September 22, 1988

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #299 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 07148602458301

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Inferno

This is part 8 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Terminators (1988) #1
2. X-Terminators (1988) #2
3. Power Pack (1984) #42
4. The Avengers (1963) #298
5. X-Terminators (1988) #3
6. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
7. The New Mutants (1983) #71
8. The Avengers (1963) #299
9. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #240
10. X-Factor (1986) #36
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #322
12. Power Pack (1984) #43
13. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146
14. X-Terminators (1988) #4
15. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #312
16. The New Mutants (1983) #72
17. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #241
18. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #147
19. X-Factor (1986) #37
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #323
21. The Avengers (1963) #300
22. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #313
23. Power Pack (1984) #44
24. The New Mutants (1983) #73
25. X-Factor (1986) #38
26. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #148
27. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242
28. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #243
29. X-Factor (1986) #39
30. Daredevil #265

Creators

Stories

• I (LOVE) NY · 22 pages

  At the same time demons descend on Manhattan, Nanny and the Orphan-Maker try to kidnap and recruit Franklin Richards into their Lost Boys. While the Captain aids Franklin's parents against the kidnappers, the Forgotten One arrives to battle the demons, assuming the alias of Gilgamesh.

Characters

Reprinted in

X-Men: Inferno Crossovers (2010), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), X-Men: Inferno Crossovers (2016), X-Men: Inferno Omnibus (2021)