A key issue noted for First appearance of Kubik. The Avengers #289 was published by Marvel Comics on March 1, 1988, as part of a series that began in 1963. Ann Nocenti and Carl Potts write, and art comes from John Buscema, Paul Becton and Tom Palmer. This 36-page issue features Namor, She-Hulk, Black Knight, Monica Rambeau and Machine Man, among 13 characters cataloged on VerseDB.