Avengers Forever #4 ["Old West" Variant Cover]
(March 1999)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1999-01-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606036356 00421
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Tom Brevoort (credited) (editor); Gregg Schigiel (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor in chief); John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as John Roshell of Comicraft) (design)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (credited) (signed as Buscema [all caps])
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited) (signed as PALMER)
Colors
Steve Oliff (credited); Tony Kelly (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Kang the Conqueror [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]; Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
dinosaur

[Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Running Out of Time (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern (credited) (plot); Kurt Busiek (credited) (plot & script)
Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (credited)
Inks
Jesús Merino (credited)
Colors
Steve Oliff (credited); Graphic Color Works (credited) (separations)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Albert Deschesne of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Albert Deschesne)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Rick Jones; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]
Captain Marvel [Genis-Vell] (Genis-Vell, Songbird and Spider-Man 2099 Avengers - Earth-98120) (as the Avengers); Immortus [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Kang the Conqueror [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Libra [Gustav Brandt]; Nightwind; Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]; Songbird [Melissa Gold] (Genis-Vell, Songbird and Spider-Man 2099 Avengers - Earth-98120) (as the Avengers); Steel; Thunder; Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Avengers [Earth-9930] [Jocasta; Killraven; Crimson Dynamo; Thundra; Living Lightning; Black Panther]; the Skorpsmen; the 1950s Avengers [Earth-9904] [Venus; Marvel Boy; 3-D Man; Human Robot; Gorilla Man]; a Skrull posing as Richard Nixon
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
While taking refuge in the time machine, the Avengers pick up three time anomalies and decide to split their forces and investigate them. Yellowjacket, Hawkeye and Songbird go to Tombstome in the old west; Captain Marvel and the Wasp journey to the 1950s; and Giant Man and Captain America journey to the future. For his own safety, Rick stays in the time machine.
Reprints

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

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

Sources (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tom Brevoort ?; Gregg Schigiel ?
Pencils
Doug Rowell (credited) (3-D rendering); Randee Z (credited) (3-D rendering)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Annotations for books 1 to 4.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as John Roshell of Comicraft) (design); George Pérez (Avengers #142); P. Craig Russell (Amazing Adventures #34); Alan Kupperberg (What If? #9); Steve Epting (Avengers #358)
Inks
John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as John Roshell of Comicraft) (design); Vince Colletta (Avengers #142); P. Craig Russell (Amazing Adventures #34); Bill Black (What If? #9); Tom Palmer (Avengers #358)
Colors
John Roshell of Comicraft (credited as John Roshell of Comicraft) (design); Doug Rowell (credited) (3-D rendering); Randee Z (credited) (3-D rendering)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (Avengers #142 and What If? #9); Denise Wohl (Amazing Adventures #34)

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Montage with illustrations from Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #34, What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #9, The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #142 and #358.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers
  2. 1. [Credits]
  3. 2. Running Out of Time
    The Avengers
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Sources
  6. 5. [Back Cover]
    The Avengers
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