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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published January 2001
Cover Price 2.99
Pages 52
Editing Tom Brevoort; Marc Sumerak (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Supreme Intelligence; Wolverine; Thing; Scarlet Witch; Captain America; Iron Man; Spider-Man; Rogue
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway

40 page Maximum Security story "Whatever the Cost!"

Characters Wasp; Silverclaw; Beta Ray Bill; Hank Pym; Vision; Hercules; She-Hulk; Spider-Man; Captain America; USAgent; Triathlon; Wonder Man; Nova; Namorita; Sunfire; Namor; Ms. Marvel; Speedball; Rogue; Bolt; Thunderbird; Bishop; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Cerise; Darkstar; Psylocke; Union Jack; Professor X; Black Panther; Thor; Quasar; Moondragon; Starfox; Photon; Jack of Hearts; Tigra; Supreme Intelligence; Scarlet Witch; Agatha Harkness; Dakimh; Mechamage; Magali Szardos; Khalid Inshallah; Jules St. Thomas; Ego; Mr. Fantastic; Iron Man; Thing; Human Torch; Invisible Woman; Hulk; Silver Surfer; Gambit; Lilandra; Gladiator; Ronan
Synopsis The secret of the Ruul is revealed, while the collective efforts of Earth's superheroes to prevent Ego taking control of the planet seem doomed to failure.
Genre superhero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Will Blyberg; Paul Ryan; Mark McKenna
Colors Jason Wright; Tom Smith
Letters Albert Deschesne; RS & Comicraft
Reprinted In Avengers Assemble (Marvel, 2004 series) Vol#4 (2007)