AVENGERS FOREVER #1 (Alternate Cover) (1998), art by Carlos Pacheco / George Pérez, published in AVENGERS FOREVER #1 (of 12) (Westfield Comics), from Michael Lovitz

WORLD OF WESTFIELD vol 23, #2

AVENGERS FOREVER #1 (WESTFIELD)

Before I begin, I need to make a special thank you to Mary Carter, from Westfield's Customer Service. I had first asked about their "Worlds of Westfield" (or WOW for short) because of its use of SOLUS #1 as the cover and she was kind enough to send me a reference copy. For all hardcore Pérez (or Solus fans), this is definitely something you should want in your collection.

PREVIEWS also feature Pérez on their PREVIEWS CONSUMER ORDER FORM (Jan 03), so this WOW catalogue makes a nice companion.

With the cover price of $4.25, I am assuming that they make this catalogue available for free to their subscribers, because I would imagine people would rather just order Diamond's PREVIEWS for a lower price ($3.25 and with lots color pages).

The WOW magazine runs about 34 black and white pages and cram in tiny images to corresponding text. Fortunately their online catalogue (located on their website: www.westfieldcompany.com ) offers really good scans of future products. I think for this reason, that most people only uses their online catalogue for orders.

With original interviews and employee's suggestions/picks (which are usually geared towards independent publishers), and with both their online and paper catalogue (if it's free) is a much better alternative than what Diamond charges for their catalogue.

Westfield have been around for 23 years and, if you can remember, they released that exclusive (and hard to find) AVENGERS FOREVER #1 (WESTFIELD COMICS) alternate cover. They also featured a George Pérez interview on their April 2000 (for June products) issue of WORLD OF WESTFIELD vol 20 #4.

Feel free to contact Westfield - they are more than happy to be an assistance if you have any questions or comments. Below are additional information on how to contact them.

The Westfield Company 8608 University Grn * PO Box 620470 * Middleton, WI 53562-0470 Phone: 608-836-1945 Ext. 10 * Fax: 608-836-6950 * Web: www.westfieldcompany.com

As previously mentioned on this website, the Avengers have a new series of "Legends" books. They are actually just re-titled trade paperback books, the first two do have some Pérez-related material. AVENGERS FOREVER TP includes reprinting the cover to AVENGERS FORVER #1 and AVENGERS FOREVER #1 (Westfield) cover.

What's interesting to note is that the subtitle of the second book is "GEORGE PEREZ BOOK I". Sounds like they are going to release a book II sometime.

Note: Covers shown are original covers and not with the new Legends logo.

From Marvel Comics

AVENGERS LEGENDS VOL. I: AVENGERS FOREVER TPB (NOVEMBER 27, 2002) Written by Kurt Busiek Art by Carlos Pacheco A team of Avengers from disparate timelines fights to safeguard the future from Immortus, the Lord of Time. RATING: PG PAGE COUNT: 264 ISBN: 0-7851-0756-8 PRICE: $24.95

AVENGERS LEGENDS VOL. II: GEORGE PEREZ BOOK I TPB Written by Jim Shooter, David Michelinie Art by George Perez This edition includes some of legendary George Pérez's finest work — including classic confrontations with Ultron and the Taskmaster. RATING: PG PAGE COUNT: 160 ISBN: 0-7851-0999-4 PRICE: $16.95