Quasar #5

Dates

Cover date

Mid-December 1989

On sale

1989

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148601102614

  Source ↗
• Direct edition

  Direct

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

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 1 of 37. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Quasar (1989) #5
2. The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) #9
3. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #326
4. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #327
5. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #159
6. Alpha Flight (1983) #79
7. Avengers West Coast (1989) #53
8. Damage Control (1989) #1
9. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11
10. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #12
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #334
12. The Avengers (1963) #311
13. The Avengers (1963) #312
14. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #363
15. The New Mutants (1983) #84
16. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #256
17. Thor (1966) #411
18. Thor (1966) #412
19. Captain America (1968) #366
20. Quasar (1989) #6
21. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #328
22. The Punisher (1987) #29
23. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #160
24. Alpha Flight (1983) #80
25. Avengers West Coast (1989) #54
26. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #13
27. Power Pack (1984) #53
28. The Avengers (1963) #313
29. The New Mutants (1983) #85
30. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #257
31. Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29
32. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #329
33. Avengers West Coast (1989) #55
34. The New Mutants (1983) #86
35. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #258
36. The Avengers Annual (1967) #19
37. X-Men: Psylocke (2010) #nn

Creators

Stories

• The Absorption Principle · 22 pages

  Re-capturing villains during the Acts of Vengeance, Quasar battles an escaped Absorbing Man who manages to absorb the properties of the Quantum-Bands. Quasar overloads him with energy to keep him from wreaking havoc.

Characters

Reprinted in

Acts of Vengeance Omnibus (2011), Quasar Classic (2012), Acts of Vengeance: Avengers (2019)