Avengers/Ultraforce Explained

Publisher:Malibu Comics (Ultraforce) and Marvel Comics (Avengers)
Date:July - October 1995
Writers:Glenn Herdling (Avengers/Ultraforce)
Warren Ellis (Ultraforce/Avengers)
Artists:Angel Medina and M. C. Wyman (Avengers/Ultraforce)
George Pérez (Ultraforce/Avengers)
Issues:2
Main Char Team:Avengers, Ultraforce

The Avengers/Ultraforce event was a two-part intercompany crossover between Malibu Comics and Marvel Comics. The first issue, Avengers/Ultraforce, was written by Glenn Herdling with art by Angel Medina and M. C. Wyman.[1] The sequel, Ultraforce/Avengers, was written by Warren Ellis with art by George Pérez, who also illustrated wraparound covers on both issues.[2]

Plot

The Asgardian god Loki enters the Ultraverse and collects the Infinity Gems from the possession of various Ultraverse's heroes,[3] also discovering the existence of a seventh Gem: Ego. Loki learns the Infinity Gems were originally part of a gestalt entity known as "Nemesis".[4] The Ego Gem possessed the Avenger Sersi when she arrived to Ultraverse from Earth-616.[5]

The slaying of Nemesis caused a reality-changing effect in the Ultraverse called the Black September.

Publication history

Notes and References

  1. Avengers/Ultraforce #1 (Oct. 1995)
  2. Ultraforce/Avengers #1 (Fall 1995)
  3. NecroManta/Lord Pumpkin flip book (April 1995)
  4. Avengers/Ultraforce #1 (Oct. 1995)
  5. Ultraforce #8 (1995). Malibu Comics.