Avengers Forever
| Avengers Forever | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | December 1998 – November 1999 |
| Number of issues | 12 |
| Main character(s) |
Black Panther Rick Jones Kang Captain America Yellowjacket Giant-Man Wasp Hawkeye Songbird Captain Marvel |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Kurt Busiek Roger Stern |
| Penciller(s) | Carlos Pacheco |
| Inker(s) | Jesus Merino |
| Colorist(s) |
Steve Oliff Graphic Colorworks |
| Editor(s) |
Ben Abernathy Tom Brevoort |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | |
| Softcover | |
Avengers Forever is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published from December 1998 to November 1999 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern and drawn by Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino.
Marvel originally contracted Busiek and Pacheco to produce a series called Avengers: World in Chains, but it was too similar to another project (Mutant X) and was cancelled by the company. Because Busiek and Pacheco were under contract, the pair instead developed the concept for Avengers Forever.
The character Immortus sends his servant Tempus to kill an apparently critically ill Rick Jones, the possessor of the "Destiny Force," a powerful ability utilized during the Kree-Skrull War storyline. Rick, however, is saved by Kang the Conqueror (who is destined to evolve into Immortus), who destroys Tempus and holds off Immortus' temporal army. The alien Kree Supreme Intelligence urges Rick to use the Destiny Force to summon aid. With the help of former Zodiac member Libra, Rick pulls various members of the superhero team Avengers from the past, present, and future.
The team consists of a very disillusioned Captain America, who is pulled from an adventure in which he discovers a high-ranking government official is the leader of the Secret Empire;Yellowjacket from a time when he is mentally unbalanced and unaware that he is Henry Pym;Hawkeye from just after the conclusion of the Kree-Skrull War and war against Olympus;Giant-Man (also Henry Pym) and the Wasp from the present;Songbird is taken from an unspecified time in the near future, and Captain Marvel is pulled from further into the future.
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