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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published March 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)
Notes Back cover designed by John Roshell; 3-D rendering by Doug Rowell and Randee Z

Cover Details - "Avengers Tomorrow" cover

Characters a future Avengers [Jocasta; Killraven; Crimson Dynamo; Thundra; Black Panther; Living Lightning]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carlos Pacheco (signed)
Inks Jesus Merino (signed)
Colors Steve Oliff; Tony Kelly
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "Old West" variant cover

Characters Kang; Kid Colt; Rawhide Kid; Two Gun Kid
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Tom Plamer
Colors Steve Oliff; Tony Kelly
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "Time Sphinx" variant cover

Characters Scarlet Witch; Vision; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jeff Smith (signed)
Inks Jeff Smith (signed)
Colors Steve Oliff; Tony Kelly
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]

Cover Details - "1950s Avengers" variant cover

Characters Avengers [Venus; Marvel Boy; 3-D Man; Human Robot; Gorilla Man]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Frank Quitely (signed)
Inks Frank Quitely (signed)
Colors Steve Oliff; Tony Kelly
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]

22 page The Avengers story "Running Out of Time"

Characters The Avengers [Captain America; Yellowjacket; Songbird; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel; Wasp; Giant Man]; Rick Jones; Libra; a future Avengers [Jocasta; Killraven; Crimson Dynamo; Thundra; Living Lightning; Black Panther]; the Skorpsmen; Rawhide Kid; Kid Colt; Two Gun Kid; Kang; the 1950s Avengers [Venus; Marvel Boy; 3-D Man; Human Robot; Gorilla Man]; a Skrull posing as Richard Nixon
Synopsis While taking refuge in the time machine, the Avengers pick up 3 time anomalies and decide to split their forces and investigate them. Yellowjacket, Hawkeye and Songbird go to Tombstome in the old west; Captain Marvel and the Wasp journey to the 1950s; and Giant Man and Captain America journey to the future. For his own safety, Rick stays in the time machine.
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 Annotations for books 1-4 are in this issue.
Reprinted in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]; in Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2001 series) #[nn]