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"What If the Avengers Had Fought the Kree-Skrull War Without Rick Jones?" Guest-starring Captain Marvel. Script by Tom DeFalco. Art by Alan Kupperberg (layouts) and Bruce Patterson (inks). Cover by Al Milgrom and Joe Sinnott. In the classic Avengers (1st series) 97, Rick Jones summoned Marvel's Golden Age heroes to battle Ronan and the Kree! Rick's bold action turned the tide on Hala in the Avengers' favor! But now the Watcher presents an alternate reality in which Rick's mental powers were not available to the Supreme Intelligence! So while Captain Marvel and Earth's Mightiest Heroes battle the Skrulls and their powerful armada, who's going to stop the Kree's invasion of Earth? Some other super-heroes will have to step up! The fate of the universe hangs in the balance!