The Avengers #261 (1985) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Christie Scheele	Beyonder, The Black Knight, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hercules, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp, Dane Whitman
1	Earth and Beyond!	comic story	23	script: Roger Stern; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Max Scheele; letters: Jim Novak	Beyonder, The Black Knight, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Eros, Firelord, Hercules, Edwin Jarvis, Frank Rambeau, Maria Rambeau, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, Starfox, Janet Van Dyne
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Bob Layton, Jim Shooter; pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Bob Layton	James Shooter

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.65 USD; barcode 0714860245811
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245811

Collection	Year
Secret Wars II Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3111-3	2009	On eBay ›
Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos #[nn] ISBN 978-0-785-18891-9	2014	On eBay ›
Secret Wars II: Vol. 2	2015	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #25 ISBN 978-1-302-96231-9	2025	On eBay ›

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