Avengers Forever

Well this is a page for Captain Marvel not the Avengers. So some people might ask, why bother to mention this insignificant 12 issue story about the Avengers continuity? Why because it involved insight to Captain Marvel's future! It signifies the first appearance of the Rick/Genis combination we just met in Captain Marvel #1. And reveals someday they will join the Avengers! But before I spoil it for you on how Rick and Genis got merged -- let me set up the plot -- Rick Jones was the target for Immortus to kill, but Immortus failed. It seems the "Destiny Force" is alive again within Rick Jones. And Immortus' "bosses" want it dead so they can wipe out humanity so they never become evil tyrants of galaxies. On a sidenote, the Supreme Intelligence and a man named Libra seem to be part of the plot too. The supreme Intelligence wants to study human emotions, life and such. And Libra seems to want to help out the Avengers. 7 Avengers are summoned, Hawkeye, Captain America, Captain Marvel (future), Songbird (future), Yellow Jacket, Giant Man, Wasp and of course Rick Jones is there.

for the most part, the Avengers battle Immortus, and Kang in a giant time traveling Sphinx. They race to save humanity from being wiped out of existance by the time keepers. Immortus captures the Avengers and reveals to them the time keepers and their plans. Before certain doom befalls upon the universe, Rick Jones, Kang and the Supreme Intelligence appear in a dune buggy to save the day. Libra activated the Destiny Force in Rick Jones and the Avengers so they can battle a horde of Avengers from timelines the Avengers that turned bad. The time keepers continue on plan in attempt to destroy the timelines with the evil Avengers protecting them. The Avengers lose the Destiny Force again and are trapped in a field of energy so that they can't move. Hoping to disrupt the field, Captain Marvel pushes himself to slap the nega-bands together and he breaks the field, with surprise to everyone he transforms into a older Rick Jones. The battles goes on, but obviously without the Destiny Force how can 7 Avengers battle so many evil Avengers?

The Time Keepers also kill Immortus for trying to decieve them. To remove the problem of Kang, they zap him so he begins to age into Immortus. But Kang's will was just too strong. And he broke free ripping out of the Immortus' body he was being turned into.

You don't, so the present Rick, with the past Rick help out...and then an army of Avengers from timelines that didn't go bad appears to help fight the "Destiny War." They battle, and battle. Avengers fall, good and bad. Rick Jones(old) transforms back to Marvel to continue the fight. The Time Keepers are ready to fire the chrono-cannon to wipe out all realities other than the ones that the Time Keepers need to survive, and Rick Jones propelled by the Destiny Force flies/leaps in front of the Cannon and Takes the blast. He blows up the cannon and collapses to the ground. And his life force is fading. Meanwhile, Kang takes a bunch of guns, and shoots the Time Keepers.

Further more when the wreckage is cleared. It is discovered that Kang did not "Rip out" of Immortus' body, but there had been a time warp as a result of his will to remain Kang. He and Immortus had separated as far as time-streams goes. So there was now a seperate Immortus and Kang. Kang, feeling his future as Immortus is unwritten, vanishes knowing he can now continue as a conquerer. Immortus, however, decides to make different choices careful not to make the mistakes he did in his past life.

Back to Rick Jones, he is dying and his life force is fading away. Captain Marvel walks over to the Supreme Intelligence and asks him for a favor. He knows what he must do, so the Supreme Intelligence uses his powers, so that Captain Marvel can walk into Rick Jones' body and they can merge together as one. Captain Marvel dissapears and Rick Jones wakes up. Libra then sends all the Avengers back to their place in the timeline for them to continue their futures. Some of them remember what happened, some of them will think it was all a dream. Others will remember it when the time is needed. But they are all sent back. Rick Jones is sent back and discovers he is wearing the negabands. So he slams them together and becomes Captain Marvel. But it is not the Genis from the future that merged with him. Because of a temporal-flux, Rick is merged with the young and in-experienced Genis from the present time. And he experiences a new feeling, the change somehow must have given him his "cosmic awareness" Genis, as he flies away, yells "Oh that's what I'm feeling? Well, no offence, Jones, but if being bonded to you is the price of it -- Then the deal SUCKS"

And here we are in the present. At Captain Marvel #1. I would like to remind you this is just a summary of what happened in Avengers Forever to explain how Captain Marvel and Rick Jones are where they are right now. If you would like to know more about this story line buy Avengers Forever 1-12 (which would be very hard right now.) Any confusions, E-Mail me.