future Immortus for his attempt to protect the Avengers. However, Kang's strength of will and the unique temporal conditions of the conflict results in a temporal backlash, culminating in Kang and Immortus being recreated as separate beings. When Rick is injured using the Destiny Force to destroy the Time-Keepers' equipment, Captain Marvel merges with Rick to save his life—the link with Marvel's future self resulting in Rick being unintentionally linked to Marvel's present self when he, Giant-Man, and the Wasp return to their present—and all the Avengers are returned to their respective time lines with a lingering memory of the incident. Aftermath While Genis-Vell is revealed to have actually come from a few months in the future, with the greater age of Rick's future self revealed to be the result of accelerated aging while helping Thanos separate Death from Marlo Chandler, it is generally accepted that the Songbird who fought with the Avengers in this storyline originated from an alternate future rather than the future. Collected editions The series has been collected into a single volume: Avengers Forever (softcover, Avengers Legends: Volume 1, 264 pages, January 2001, , hardcover, 296 pages, September 2009, ) 2021 series In 2021, a new Avengers: Forever series was released. It details Ghost Rider and one of the Deathloks working for the mysterious Avenger Prime traveling across the Multiverse to put together an army of Multiversal Avengers in order to combat the Multiversal Masters of Evil who have either conquered other Earths. References External links Comics about time travel Comics about the end of the universe Comics by Kurt Busiek Comics by Roger Stern