Avengers Forever #[nn]

In "Destiny Made Manifest," Rick Jones finds himself caught in a cosmic clash between Kang and Immortus, with his life the first casualty. Empowered once more by the Destiny Force and aided by Libra, Rick must summon seven Avengers from across time to stand against forces that threaten the very fabric of reality.

In "Now Is the Time for All Good Men…," the Avengers gather after repelling Immortus’ forces, only to realize their shared mission raises more questions than answers. As they piece together their identities and the reasons they were chosen, the truth behind their presence begins to unravel in ways none of them expected.

In "City at the Heart of Forever," the time-displaced Avengers find temporary sanctuary in Kang’s Chronopolis, a city suspended across the ages. As the battle against Immortus’ forces reaches its breaking point, they barely escape the collapsing metropolis—just as its very essence condenses into the legendary Forever Crystal.

In "Running Out of Time," the Avengers split up across time to investigate three mysterious anomalies, each team sent to a different era—Yellowjacket, Hawkeye, and Songbird to the Old West town of Tombstome, Captain Marvel and the Wasp to the 1950s, and Giant Man and Captain America to a distant future—while Rick remains behind in the time machine for safety. The story unfolds as the heroes confront the strange echoes of the past, present, and future, testing their resolve in a timeline that feels both familiar and dangerously out of sync.

In "Past Imperfect… Future Tense!", Rick monitors the chaos from the time ship as three Avengers squads confront their fractured timelines. With the Forever Crystal in play, Immortus unleashes a devastating strike on the 1950s Avengers' reality—just as Wasp and Captain Marvel make a desperate bid to escape.

In "The Destiny War," Rick Jones finds himself at the heart of a cosmic conflict when the Time Keepers unleash their purge on countless timelines. With the Avengers, Kang, and the Supreme Intelligence joining forces, Libra awakens the Destiny Force in Rick—only to unleash a dark, divergent army of Avengers. As the battle escalates, Captain Marvel swaps places with an older version of Rick, and together the two Ricks harness the Destiny Force to summon a heroic counterarmy, turning the tide in a war that spans the multiverse.

In "Avengers Assemble!" from Avengers Forever #nn, the fate of countless timelines hangs in the balance as Kang battles the Time-Keepers’ efforts to force his transformation into Immortus. With Rick’s sacrifice and Captain America’s decisive act, the Forever Crystal is shattered—erasing the armies of divergent Avengers and resetting the timeline. The heroes are returned to their rightful places, and the Supreme Intelligence is restored to its prison, now holding the reformed crystal in secret.