Talk:Avengers Forever

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This article lacks details on the actual story: I myself could write about some of the journeys in time: Kang in the Wild West, the Avengers of the 1950s, or the future invasion of Earth. I could also mention the raid on Limbo or the Space Phantom's revelations, but that is it. A more devoted Marvel fan will have to come up with the events before and after the ones I have mentioned! --Marktreut 14:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

The series won the CBG Award for Favorite Limited Series in 2000. Granted, a fan award isn't necessarily a proof of "importance," but it does indicate that the serious should have at least some recognition here.Badbilltucker 00:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I would say the importance of the story was Busiak and Stern's attempt to sort out three decades of often conflicting stories about the character of Kang (and his 'offshoots' Immortus, Rama Tut and the Scarlet Centurion). The point of the entire story, and it's strength, is that it creates a comprehensive timeline for those characters from the 1960s to the '00s. Beyond this Busiak and Stern attempt to justify certain stories in Marvel Comics history regarding the Avengers that had previously been of dubious canonicity (off the top of my head, the "1950s Avengers" which had previously only appeared in an issue of 'What If' was attached to 'official' Avengers history).

The importance is in terms of retconning all of the silier retcons of the past to try to make sense of it all.Markeer 12:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)