Dates
- Cover date
- September 2004
- On sale
- July 28, 2004
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #500 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604458050011
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602458308
This edition’s page
Story arc: Avengers Disassembled
This is part 11 of 33. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Thor (1998) #80 (582)
- Iron Man (1998) #84 (428)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #15
- Thor (1998) #81 (583)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #16
- Iron Man (1998) #85 (430)
- Captain America (2002) #29
- Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #5
- Thor (1998) #82 (584)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #17
- Avengers (1998) #500
- Iron Man (1998) #86 (431)
- Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #6
- Thor (1998) #83 (585)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #18
- Fantastic Four (1998) #517
- Avengers (1998) #501
- Captain America (2002) #30
- Iron Man (1998) #87 (432)
- Iron Man (1998) #88 (433)
- Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #7
- Thor (1998) #84 (586)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #19
- Fantastic Four (1998) #518
- Avengers (1998) #502
- Captain America (2002) #31
- Thor (1998) #85 (587)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #20
- Fantastic Four (1998) #519
- Avengers (1998) #503
- Captain America (2002) #32
- Iron Man (1998) #89 (434)
- Avengers Finale (2005) #1
Creators
Stories
- Chaos Part One of Four · 37 pages
It begins with the return of an Avenger thought dead -- and by the time it's over, everything you know about the Avengers will have changed!
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Must Haves: Avengers #500-502 (2004), Avengers Disassembled (2005), Avengers: Disassembled (2006), Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor & Captain America (2009), Marvel Firsts: Before Marvel Now! (2012), New Avengers Omnibus (2012), New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection (2017), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest [Heroes] (2018), Marvel Legendary Collection (2022), New Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2023)