Avengers Forever #1 [Direct Edition]

(December 1998)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

Neil Gaiman (credited) (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

2 page spread (inside front and back cover), credits and indicia

Destiny Made Manifest (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Kurt Busiek (credited)

Pencils

Carlos Pacheco (credited)

Inks

Jesús Merino (credited)

Colors

Steve Oliff (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Albert Deschesne of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Albert Deschesne)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fourth-closest planet to the star Beta Centauri. The Twenty-Sixth century.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers (mainstream): Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (mainstream); Beast [Hank McCoy] (mainstream); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (mainstream); Firestar [Angelica Jones] (mainstream); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (mainstream); Goliath [Clint Barton] (mainstream); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (mainstream); Rick Jones (mainstream); Justice [Vance Astrovik] (mainstream); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (mainstream); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (mainstream); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (mainstream)
Masters of Evil (mainstream): Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo); Black Knight [Nathan Garrett] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo); Melter [Bruno Horgan] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo); Radioactive Man [Chen Lu] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo)
Time-Keepers (Earth-794282): Ast (Earth-794282); Vorth (Earth-794282); Zanth (Earth-794282)
The Angel [Thomas Halloway] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo) (as Rick Jones' creation); The Blazing Skull [Mark Todd] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo) (as Rick Jones' creation); Gustav Brandt (mainstream); Captain Marvel [Genis-Vell] (Genis-Vell, Songbird and Spider-Man 2099 Avengers - Earth-98120) (as The Avengers); The Executioner [Skurge] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo); The Fin [Peter Noble] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo) (as Rick Jones' creation); Immortus [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Kang the Conqueror [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); The Patriot [Jeff Mace] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo) (as Rick Jones' creation); Jonz Rickard (Avengers Galactic Battalion - Earth-9812); Songbird [Melissa Gold] (Genis-Vell, Songbird and Spider-Man 2099 Avengers - Earth-98120) (as The Avengers); Space Phantom (flashback) (cameo); The Supreme Intelligence (mainstream); Tempus; The Vision [Aarkus] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo) (as Rick Jones' creation); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (mainstream) (flashback) (cameo); Jonz Rickard's Avengers; Lava Men (flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Earth-794282

Synopsis

A war is brewing between Kang and Immortus, starting with Immortus trying to kill Rick Jones. In order to defeat these two foes, the Supreme Intelligence empowers Rick Jones with the Destiny Force again. Using his power, Rick --with Libra's help--randomly selects 7 Avengers from the past, present and future to his aid.

Reprints

• in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) (January 2001)
• in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #14 - Avengers: Forever, Teil 1 (Juli 2013)
• in Universo Marvel (Levoir, 2014 series) #10 - Vingadores: Para Sempre - Parte 1 (11/09/2014)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #90 - Мстители Навсегда
• in True Believers: Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (June 2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's John Roshell) (design); Randee Z (credited) (3-D rendering); Don Heck (Avengers #10); Neal Adams (Avengers #96); John Buscema (Avengers #97); Dave Cockrum (Giant-Size Avengers #2)

Inks

Dick Ayers (Avengers #10); Neal Adams ? (Avengers #96); Tom Palmer (Avengers #97); Dave Cockrum (Giant-Size Avengers #2); John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's John Roshell) (design); Randee Z (credited) (3-D rendering)

Colors

Tom Palmer ? (Avengers #96 and #97); Bill Mantlo (Giant-Size Avengers #2); John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's John Roshell) (design); Randee Z (credited) (3-D rendering); ? (Avengers #10)

Letters

Sam Rosen (Avengers #10, #96, and #97); Tom Orzechowski (Giant-Size Avengers #2)

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Back cover montage with illustrations from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #10, #96, #97 and Giant-Size Avengers (Marvel, 1974 series) #2.