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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published August 2009
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Jeanine Schaefer (Associate)
Notes Cover sports Dark Reign trade dress.

Cover Details - "Deodato Cover"

Characters Norman Osborn [Green Goblin]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Deodato Jr.
Inks Mike Deodato Jr.
Colors Rain Beredo
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports Dark Reign trade dress.

Cover Details - "Acuña Cover"

Characters Wolverine [Daken]
Genre superhero
Pencils Daniel Acuña
Inks Daniel Acuña
Colors Daniel Acuña
Letters Typeset

1 page Dark Avengers recap "Credits and Recap"

Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Deodato Jr.
Inks Mike Deodato Jr.
Colors Rain Beredo
Letters Typeset

22 page Dark Avengers story "Untitled"

Characters FEATURE: Dark Avengers--Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn; also as Green Goblin in flashback]; Ares; Sentry; Ms. Marvel [Moonstone]; Wolverine [Daken]; Hawkeye [Bullseye]; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; Captain Marvel [Noh-Varr]; GUEST: Victoria Hand; CAMEOS: Atlanteans; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Spider-Man; Ronin [Clint Barton; also as Goliath]; Mockingbird; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver
Synopsis On returning from Latveria, Norman has to talk Sentry down from a freak out as he believed he was killed in the conflict with Morgan Le Fay; Norman goes on live television in order to respond to Clint's accusations about his shady past but the broadcast is interrupted by an Atlantean invasion of Los Angeles; Karla sleeps with Noh-Varr but lets it slip that the Avengers are really just a bunch of villains in heroic costumes.
Genre superhero
Script Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils Mike Deodato Jr.
Inks Mike Deodato Jr.
Colors Rain Beredo
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Cory Petit

1 page Dark Avengers illustration "Next Issue"

Characters Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; Captain Marvel [Noh-Varr]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Deodato Jr.
Inks Mike Deodato Jr.
Colors Rain Beredo
Letters Typeset
Notes Presents full page cover art for next issue.