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Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 25

Roger Stern · John Buscema · Tom Palmer

Story era 04 · Streets and Legends

Stern’s Avengers gives Janet van Dyne and Monica Rambeau central roles before bringing the team into the siege of Avengers Mansion.

UnownedReading status not recorded368 pages12 full issues

Book 3 of 6 in Avengers by Roger Stern · 0 of 6 owned · 2,760 pages in all

Setup & reading order

2 earlier books in this run come first
About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

This book

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 25

Masterworks hardcover · 368 pages · Unowned

Book 3 of 6 · Streets and Legends

The Buscema/Palmer period begins and bridges the only current Epic gap.

Released 27 May 2025 · 368 pages · Tom Palmer cover9781302962319Planned edition
Avengers (1963)#255–263
Avengers Annual (1967)#14
Marvel Graphic Novel#27
Fantastic Four (1961)#286
Earth-616 Primary

Avengers Annual #14 and Fantastic Four #286 repeat in Byrne’s second Fantastic Four omnibus, while Marvel Graphic Novel #27 repeats in Judgment Day. Skip those second readings when moving between books; the Avengers #255–263 chapters are the main reason to continue here.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 25

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

Things to know

Collecting rule: The Masterworks volume containing Avengers #255–263 comes before the later Epic Collections.

  • The story spans five Epic Collections and one Masterworks volume.
  • Marvel Graphic Novel #27 appears in two of these books. Heavy Metal adds Avengers #288–303 after Stern’s final issues, #286–287.