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Cover: John Buscema & Tom Palmer

The Avengers #289

Mar 1988 · Marvel · 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
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“The Cube Root”

In "The Cube Root," the Avengers face a high-stakes assault on Hydrobase as the Super-Adaptoid, leading Heavy Metal—Machine Man, Sentry 459, and Tess-One—unleashes a calculated strike. With the Adaptoid’s true motives finally exposed, Machine Man turns against his former ally, helping the team fend off the attack while the Cosmic Cube arrives in the form of the sentient being Kubik. Written by Ralph Macchio and illustrated by John Buscema, with inks by Tom Palmer and colors by Paul Becton, the issue’s cover by Buscema and Palmer captures the tension of the moment.

writer Ralph Macchio · artist John Buscema · inker Tom Palmer · colorist Paul Becton · letterer Bill Oakley · cover John Buscema, Tom Palmer

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colorist Paul Becton
letterer Bill Oakley
cover pencils John Buscema
cover inks Tom Palmer

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Heavy Metal attacks Hydrobase and the Avengers. Machine Man reveals that he has been waiting for the Super-Adaptoid to reveal its true intentions and helps the Avengers against the Adaptoid. The Adaptoid uses the Avengers' computer to find the Cosmic Cube and brings it to Hydrobase. The Cube arrives in a sentient humanoid form calling itself Kubik. The Super-Adaptoid duplicates Kubik's powers.

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