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Cover: John Buscema & Tom Palmer
The Avengers #290
“The World According to the Adaptoid”
writer Mark Gruenwald · writer Ralph Macchio · artist John Buscema · inker Tom Palmer · colorist Max Scheele · letterer Bill Oakley · cover John BuscemaTom Palmer
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Cast · 24 characters
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writer Mark Gruenwald
writer Ralph Macchio
artist John Buscema
inker Tom Palmer
colorist Max Scheele
letterer Bill Oakley
cover pencils John Buscema
cover inks Tom Palmer
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With the power of the Cosmic Cube, the Super-Adaptoid renames himself the Supreme Adaptoid and plans on controlling the universe. Kubik transports the Captain into the battle. The Captain is able to defeat the Supreme Adaptoid by tricking the creature into duplicating the human ability to die. Kubik strips the Adaptoid of the power of the Cube removing its ability to duplicate powers.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).