| Characters |
The Avengers [Captain America; Yellowjacket; Songbird; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel; Wasp; Giant Man]; Rick Jones; Libra; Immortus; the Time-Keepers; Kang; the Supreme Intelligence; an army of evil, divergent Avengers; an army of good, divergent Avengers; an older Rick Jones; Jack of Hearts (cameo) |
| Synopsis |
As the war wages around them, Kang fights off the Time-Keepers who are trying to accelerate him into his Immortus incarnation, thereby ensuring their timeline. Rick sacrifices himself to destroy the Time-Keepers’ chrono-cannon. Captain America destroys the Forever Crystal, fearing its power to be too great. The armies of both divergent Avengers also disappear when the crystal is destroyed. Immortus is reborn, and Rick is saved when the Supreme Intelligence bonds him and Captain Marvel again. Finally, all the heroes are returned to their proper place and times. The Supreme Intelligence is also returned to captivity, in possession the reformed Forever Crystal, unbeknownst to everyone else. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Script |
Roger Stern (Plot); Kurt Busiek (Plot & Script) |
| Pencils |
Carlos Pacheco |
| Inks |
Jesus Merino |
| Colors |
OlyOptics.Com; Graphic Color Works (separations) |
| Letters |
Richard Starkings; Albert Deschesne |
| Notes |
Issues 10-12 are annotated in this issue. |
| Reprinted |
in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn] |