The Avengers Annual #17

Dates

Cover date

1988

On sale

July 14, 1988

Pages

68

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602922985

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Evolutionary War

This is part 6 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
2. X-Men Annual (1970) #12
3. Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
4. The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
5. The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
6. The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
7. X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
8. The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
9. Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
10. The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
11. The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
12. Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
13. Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Prometheus Mutans! · 50 pages

  A gathering of reserve Avengers discover that the High Evolutionary is up to no good and head deep under the ocean to confront him. They encounter Attuma attacking the Lemurians and convince both of the warring factions to help in their quest. The Beast tricks the human Gatherers into rebelling against the animalistic New Men. The Avengers confront the High Evolutionary and utilize his own equipment to empower Hercules so he can take the villain down. Jocasta sacrifices herself to stop the Evolutionary's bomb that would mutate every human on earth.

• Beyond Life · 6 pages

  The history of the High Evolutionary concludes.

Characters

Reprinted in

Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), Avengers Epic Collection (2013)