The Avengers #290 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Day of the Adaptoid!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer	The Black Knight, Captain Marvel, The Captain, Anthony Druid, Doctor Druid, Machine Man, Marrina, Namor, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, She-Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Super-Adaptoid, Jennifer Walters
1	The World According to the Adaptoid	comic story	23	script: Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Max Scheele; letters: Bill Oakley	Awesome Android, The Black Knight, Captain Marvel, The Captain, Anthony Druid, Doctor Druid, Marvin Flumm, Kubik, Machine Man, Marrina, Mentallo, Namor, Walter Newell, Monica Rambeau
2	-	letters page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald
3	Pro File: Bob Harras	in-house column	1	script: Bob Harras	Bob Harras

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07148602458304

Collection	Year
Avengers: Heavy Metal #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-8452-2	2013	On eBay ›
Heavy Metal ISBN 978-1-302-92315-0	2020	On eBay ›

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