CATALOG RECORD

Avengers Forever #5

Marvel · Series began 1998 · April 1999

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Dates

Cover date: April 1999
On sale: March 10, 1999
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 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 75960603635600511
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148603635704
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Creators

pencils: Carlos Pacheco, Syd Shores, Jim Craig, Doug Rowell, John Roshell, Randee Zinks: Jesús Merino, Carlos Pacheco, Syd Shores, Dave Hunt, John Roshell, Doug Rowell, Randee Zcolors: Steve Oliff, Tony Kelly, Graphic Color Works, Carlos Pacheco, John Roshell, Doug Rowell, Randee Zscript: Roger Stern, Kurt Busiek, Stan Leeletters: Richard Starkings, Albert Deschesne, Eric Eng Wong, John Costanza, Joe Rosen

Stories

Past Imperfect… Future Tense! · 22 pages
Rick watches from the time ship as all three Avengers squads deal with their time anomalies. Using the Forever Crystal, Immortus destroys the 1950s Avengers timeline just as Wasp and Captain Marvel escape back to the ship.

Publisher’s description

Past Imperfect...Future Tense. Can the Avengers scattered across forever stop Immortus' time wave before everything is changed?

Characters

Janet Van DyneWaspGenis-VellCaptain MarvelImmortusNathaniel Richards

Reprinted in

Avengers Forever (2001), Avengers Forever (2009), Avengers Forever (2011), Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus (2015), Avengers Forever (2018), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest [Heroes] (2018)