What I Remember:

Next to nothing. This book is from the third Avengers series. This book would be very late in my childhood collection, since it’s cover-dated for March 2001 and I would have been a senior in high school. I probably picked it up because Kurt Busiek was the writer and I always enjoyed his books.

Vital Stats:

Avengers #38 (3rd Series) “Above and Beyond”

Writer: Kurt Busiek

Penciler: Alan Davis

Inker: Mark Farmer

Colorist: Tom Smith

Lettering: Comicraft’s Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings & John Gaushell

Assistant Editor: Marc Sumerak

Editor: Tom Brevoort

Editor In Chief: Joe Quesada

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Publication Date: March 2001

Cover Price: $1.99

Re-Collection Price: Original Copy

What Happens:

The story begins in Kalkhimithia, Greece, where a man hovers above the city, holding a vial. He cracks the vial and the wind spreads a mysterious green substance across the town.