Maverick 1997 #5 Direct Edition - back issue - $2.00

Maverick goes to a bar to clear his head and runs up against the Blob. Elena takes off after Sabretooth.

Heroes Return insert bound in.

• Alone Against a Massive Mound of Mutant Madness...The Blob ! - Gatefold Marvel Universe Guide cover
• Pressure Points - In an odd continuity glitch, Blob is fully clothed when he belts Maverick out of a bar window, but when the fight is joined a few pages later, he is stripped down to his shorts (one of the dangers of having two artists working on a book).
• - Letters from Edger Walker, Pete White, Rob Haney, Caleb Lopshire and Eddie G. Gillman Jr.
• - Ad for Kit Kat candy bars, on the inside back cover.