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The Avengers #402

Marvel · Series began 1963 · September 1996

Dates

Cover date
September 1996
On sale
August 7, 1996
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #402 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct Edition

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Barcode 75960602458240211

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  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602458309

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Story arc: Onslaught

This is part 2 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #444
  2. The Avengers (1963) #402
  3. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #445

Creators

pencils: Tom Palmer, Mike Deodatoinks: Tom Palmercolors: Tom Palmer, John Kaliszscript: Mark Waid, Mark Gruenwaldletters: Bill Oakley

Stories

  • End of the Line · 23 pages

    As New York suffers a total lack of power thanks to Onslaught's EMP blast, the Avengers try to help the citizens cope. Giant-Man and Iron Man arrive with psionic armor to help the Avengers fight Onslaught but they are attacked by Post and Holocaust who try and take it from them. Once the Avengers beat the villains, Onslaught himself shows up to taunt them and the team prepares to battle him once again.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManThorThor OdinsonWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchHank PymJanet Van DyneVisionWaspNatasha RomanoffBlack WidowPietro MaximoffQuicksilverGiant-ManOnslaughtHolocaustPostKevin Tremain

Reprinted in

X-Men: The Complete Onslaught Epic (2007), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), X-Men / Avengers: Onslaught Omnibus (2015), X-Men / Avengers: Onslaught (2020)

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