Avengers the Once and Future Kang - Softcover

Stern, Roger; Shooter, Jim; Fingeroth, Danny; Englehart, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785167293 ISBN 13: 9780785167297

Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, 2013

Synopsis

The Sub-Mariner has joined the Avengers!
And they'll need his superhuman strength and aquatic expertise when they make a shocking discovery beneath the waves of Jamaica Bay, deal with a new Yellowjacket, and clash with the unimaginable cosmic power of the Beyonder!  But when the Avengers' time-hopping nemesis Kang the Conqueror returns -- a whole Council of Kangs, in fact -- can the Avengers escape the deadly realm of Limbo, dispatch the threats of the Space Phantom and the Growing Man, and triumph over their futuristic foe?  And what parts will Ravonna and Immortus play in the battle?  Plus: The Avengers and the West Coast Avengers team up to uncover a traitor in their midst! Guest-starring the Molecule Man, the Silver Surfer and Freedom Force!

COLLECTING: Avengers (1963) #262-269, Avengers Annual (1967) #15, and West Coast Avengers Annual #1 -- written by Roger Stern, Jim Shooter, Danny Fingeroth and Steve Englehart; and illustrated by John Buscema, Steve Ditko and Mark Bright.

About this title

About the Author

Roger Stern has written for radio, television, the stage, and the Internet. Stern has written hundreds of stories about such diverse characters as Green Lantern, Supergirl, Superman, Starman, the Atom, and the Justice League for DC Comics; and Spider-Man, Captain America,Doctor Strange, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and the Avengers for Marvel. His first prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman, was a New York Times bestseller.

Jim Shooter sold his first story to DC Comics at the age of thirteen.  He went on to write Superboy, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman and other titles. In 1978, he became Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics.He later  founded Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway Comics, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Illustrated Media.

Danny Fingeroth was the editor of Spider-Man comics at Marvel Comics for many years. He helped create the Spider-Man animated series in the mid-1990s.

Steve Englehart is best known for writing for such comics series as Captain America, the Avengers, and Doctor Strange for Marvel Comics, and Detective Comics and Justice League of America for DC.

Review

"The popular [graphic novel] Avengers Forever (which Stern co-wrote) took a great deal of inspiration from this ... storyline that involved alternate time-lines and a battle between Kang and Immortus -- with the Avengers stuck in the middle!" -- Brian Cronin

"The volume shows Stern at the top of his form as a writer, cleaning up continuity while also forging a fascinating story without over-indulging in nostalgia and minutiae ... with Buscema and Palmer doing a fine job. Kang multiplies. He divides. I'd like an omnibus that contains all of his appearances. Would that be too much to ask?" -- Jonathan Stover

"One of the best runs on the Avengers ever. I really hope we get to see more of the stories from this era collected as they are in my opinion the quintessential Avengers." -- David Muenchrath

"Roger had the Midas touch with just about everything he wrote for Marvel. Spider-Man, Avengers, Hulk, Doctor Strange, you name it." -- J.M. DeMatteis

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0785167293
• ISBN 13: 9780785167297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Illustrator: Buscema John