Avengers 289, Marvel Comics (Mar 1988)
The Cube Root!" Part 4 of 5. The Avengers and the Super-Adaptoid's heavy metal horde battle from cover-to-cover on Hydro-Base! The Sub-Mariner, Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Marrina, and Stingray vs. Tess-One, Sentry 459, Machine Man, the awesome android, and the Super-Adaptoid! Wow, will Hydro-Base stay afloat with all this action? The blockbuster battle swings back and forth in each team's favor until Machine Man comes to his senses and switches sides! When Stingray and Machine Man attack the Super-Adaptoid inside the Avengers' communications complex, an Avengers' victory looks just seconds away; but the resourceful Adaptoid summons the mysterious being called Kubik...and absorbs his cosmic powers! And now an Avengers' defeat looks imminent! Guest-starring Machine Man and Stingray.
- Script: Ralph Macchio
- Art and Cover: John Buscema and Tom Palmer
Boarded and bagged. Ships in a rigid Photomailer
