The Avengers #272 (1986) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Sub-Mariner vs. Attuma	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer	Attuma, The Black Knight, Roger Bochs, Box, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hercules, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Narya, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, Snowbird, Janet Van Dyne
1	Assault on Atlantis	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Paul Becton; letters: Jim Novak	Attuma, Aurora, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, The Black Knight, Roger Bochs, Box, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hercules, Heather Hudson, Eugene Judd, Marrina, Marrina's Mate
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter
3	-	letters page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 0714860245810

Collection	Year
Avengers: Under Siege #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4382-6	2010	On eBay ›
Under Siege ISBN 978-0-7851-9539-9	2016	On eBay ›
Avengers: Under Siege	2018	On eBay ›
Alpha Flight by Mantlo & Lee Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-53375-5	2025	On eBay ›

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