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 10 of 39. 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 Uncanny X-Men #239
7. X-Factor #35
8. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
9. The New Mutants (1983) #71
10. The Avengers (1963) #299
11. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #240
12. X-Factor (1986) #36
13. Fantastic Four (1961) #322
14. Power Pack (1984) #43
15. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146
16. X-Terminators (1988) #4
17. Daredevil #262
18. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #312
19. The New Mutants (1983) #72
20. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #241
21. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #147
22. X-Factor (1986) #37
23. Fantastic Four (1961) #323
24. The Avengers (1963) #300
25. Daredevil #263
26. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #313
27. Power Pack (1984) #44
28. The New Mutants (1983) #73
29. X-Factor (1986) #38
30. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #148
31. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242
32. Excalibur #6
33. Web of Spider-Man #48
34. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #243
35. X-Factor (1986) #39
36. Daredevil #265
37. Excalibur #7
38. Damage Control #4
39. X-Factor Annual #4

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.

Publisher’s description

After hordes of demons attack the city, remaining Avenger Captain America calls on the New Mutants for assistance. But what do Nanny and the Orphan-Maker have to do with the villainous swarms?

Characters

Reprinted in

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