Avengers Forever #11: Review

Nov 2022

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Avengers Forever #11 Review by Rob Johnson (November 26, 2022)

In Avengers Assemble Alpha the Avengers and Avengers Forever teams plus Earth-616's 1M BC Avengers will unite to help Avenger Prime's army fight Mephisto and the Multiversal Masters Of Evil. This begins the Avengers Assemble crossover which will bring both series to a close.

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Avengers Forever #11 Synopsis by Rob Johnson

Robbie Reyes, the Ghost Rider/All-Rider from Earth-616, Tony Stark, the Ant-Man from Earth-818 and 1 of Avenger Prime's Deathlok army have been collecting Avengers from various timelines to oppose the Multiversal Masters Of Evil who are conquering other Earths (and universes) in alliance with Mephisto of Earth-616 and his multiversal equivalents by murdering each Earth's original 1M BC Avengers.

This issue starts with a Nick Fury looking like Captain America (or maybe US Agent) opposing the Goblin Corps in their helicarriers on an Earth conquered by MMOE's Ghost Goblin (a Norman Osborn). Suddenly he's joined by our Deathlok plus Ant-Man who fires a gun at some of the Corps which reduces them to insect size so Fury can stamp on them. And then he sees the All-Rider on his Hell Charger car destroying the helicarriers.

The Deathlok tells Tony that he's got word from Avenger Prime in Avengers Tower at Infinity's End that the time has come for them to bring the Avenger army they've raised to the Tower. But DL fears they still haven't got enough. Stark says they've got the All-Rider. DL's voiceover tells us that every night he tries to remind Robbie who he is and that he's fighting to protect his young brother Gabe. But every night he senses Robbie Reyes slipping further away. And when AR opens the boot of his car we see the ghosts of other Spirits Of Vengeance (maybe only the ghosts of many Earth's original Ghost Riders from 1M BC) crying out for revenge. DL says that Avenger Prime can help him, but All-Rider says he's not going with them and he drives off.

Now we see the MMOE killing another bunch of 1M BC Avengers. Doom Supreme says there's only 1 more set they need to kill, on Earth-616. Suddenly Black Skull's Venom symbiote abandons him and attacks King Killmonger in his Destroyer armour. Hell Charger tells them it's a Ghost Rider they face as it runs over Kid Thanos and Dark Phoenix's Wolverine-Hound, and the drags DP herself off in chains. Ghost Goblin then recognises All-Rider as the GR who killed an army of Black Skulls on Earth-818 (#1-4). But GG has killed many GRs and uses their heads as bombs. But when he throws some of them at his foe they acknowledge Robbie as the All-Rider and turn on their master and blow him up.

Now only Doom Supreme is left who greets the All-Rider as what he's been searching the worlds for - a challenge. AR attacks with chains and fists and his Penance Stare. But Doom fights back with his own might and magic. AR increases his stare and feels Robbie dying inside him. But it's worth it to end the MMOE, to frustrate Mephisto's plans, to save Infinity and to save Gabe.

But then Deathlok and Ant-Man turn up (Avenger Prime's DLs can do time and interdimensional travel) as DL is determined to save Robbie. Stark uses his shrink ray on Doom, but Doom resists being sent all the way to the microverse. Then the Hell Charger is thrown at them as a victorious Dark Phoenix returns. The All-Rider is now a blazing skeleton but then reverts to Robbie Reyes. DL tells AM to take Robbie and escape in Hell Charger. They reluctantly do so as the cyborg guards their backs. But as they leave a green laser blast (probably from Ghost Goblin) pierces Deathlok's brain. The MMOE are back, and Doom is regrowing.

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Aaron Kuder (Cover Penciler)
Aaron Kuder (Cover Inker)
Alex Sinclair (Cover Colorist)

Letterer: Cory Petit.
Editor: Tom Brevoort. Editor-in-chief: C. B. Cebulski.

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Ant-Man (Tony Stark 818), Black Skull (of MMOE), Dark Phoenix (of MMOE), Deathloks, Doom Supreme, Ghost Goblin, Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), Kid Thanos, King Killmonger.

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