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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July 1999
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort (Editor); Gregg Schigiel (Assistant Editor); Bob Harras (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Human Torch; Vision; Immortus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carlos Pacheco (signed)
Inks Jesus Merino (signed)
Colors Steve Oliff; Tony Kelly
Notes Back cover designed by John Roshell; 3-D rendering by Doug Rowell and Randee Z.
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]

24 page The Avengers story "The Secret History of The Avengers"

Characters The Avengers [Captain America; Yellowjacket; Songbird; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel; Wasp; Giant Man]; Rick Jones; a Space Phantom; Immortus; Devil Dinosaur (Flashback; Cameo); Moon Boy (Flashback; Cameo); Immortus (Flashback; Cameo); the Time Keepers (Flashback; Cameo); Iron Man (Flashback; Cameo); Thor (Flashback; Cameo); Rick Jones (Flashback; Cameo); Hulk (Flashback; Cameo); Baron Zemo (Flashback; Cameo); Executioner (Flashback; Cameo); Enchantress (Flashback; Cameo); Lex Luthor (Flashback; Cameo); Dr. Octopus (Flashback; Cameo); Jonz Rickard and his Avengers (Flashback; Cameo); the Scarlet Witch’s children grown up (Flashback; Cameo); Vision (Flashback; Cameo); Grim Reaper (Flashback; Cameo); Ultron (Flashback; Cameo); Professor Horton (Flashback; Cameo); Scarlet Witch (Flashback; Cameo); the Cotati (as the Swordsman) (Flashback; Cameo); Mantis (Flashback; Cameo); Mephisto (Flashback; Cameo); Master Pandemonium (Flashback; Cameo); the Fantastic Four (Flashback; Cameo); the original Human Torch (Flashback; Cameo); Quasimodo (Flashback; Cameo); the Mad Thinker (Flashback; Cameo); Quasar (Flashback; Cameo); Goliath (Flashback; Cameo); Captain America (Flashback; Cameo); Hercules (Flashback; Cameo); the Black Knight (Flashback; Cameo); Sersi (Flashback; Cameo); Wonder Man (Flashback; Cameo); the Supreme Intelligence (Flashback; Cameo); Deathcry (Flashback; Cameo); Onslaught (Flashback; Cameo)
Synopsis The one Space Phantom the Avengers have fought over the years lays out their manipulation --as a team and as individuals-- by Immortus.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern (Plot); Kurt Busiek (Plot & Script)
Pencils Carlos Pacheco
Inks Jesus Merino
Colors Steve Oliff; Graphic Color Works (separations)
Letters Richard Starkings; Albert Deschesne
Notes Issues 5, 6, and 7 are annotated in this issue.
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]