Dates
- Cover date
- August 2012
- On sale
- June 6, 2012
- In stores
- June 6, 2012
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (8)
Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition (original)
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960607748900511
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900512
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 72527401406409
This edition’s page
Story arc: Avengers vs. X-Men
This is part 6 of 10. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Round 5 · 22 pages
The Avengers and the X-Men continue their battle over the fate of Hope Summers while Iron Man prepares to face the quickly approaching cosmic entity with his newly developed "Phoenix-Buster" armor.
Publisher’s description
The fiery conclusion of Act One brought to you by Matt Fraction and John Romita Jr! Clashing on a lunar battlefield, the tide of the conflict will be turned... The Phoenix takes its host! All hope is lost?!
Reprinted in
Avengers vs. X-Men (2012), Avengers vs. X-Men (2013), Avengers vs. X-Men Omnibus (2022), Phoenix: The Death & Rebirth of Jean Grey Omnibus (2025)