| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
|---|
| Frontispiece | Title page (The heroes and the Celestials) | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Editor's letter | Douglas Goldstein | ⅔ |
| Other art/photos | Photo of Bob Harras | Craig Blankenhorn | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Captain Marvel - An interview with Bob Harras | Marc Shapiro, Craig Blankenhorn | 2⅔ |
| Infos and stats | Vital stats: Bob Harras | ? | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | The second coming - An interview with Peter David | Brian Cunningham | 2⅔ |
| Pin-up/Poster | Franklin and the Heroes Reborn (Art from variant cover of Heroes Reborn The Return #1) | Salvador Larroca, Tim Townsend, Liquid! | 1 |
| Infos and stats | Vital Stats: Peter David, Salvador Larroca | ? | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Franklin mint (The crucial points in Franklin Richards (I)'s life) | John B. Lacey | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | Climbing Everest - The rise of Larroca (Including a photo of Larroca) | Brian Cunningham | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Patriot games - Mark Waid and Ron Garney about the new Captain America series | Andrew Kardon | 3⅓ |
| Pin-up/Poster | Captain America (Steven Rogers) (From the cover of Captain America (I) #445) | Ron Garney | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Cap's dream team: Thor (Thor Odinson), Iron Man (Anthony Stark), Vision (I), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Hawkeye (Clinton Barton) | Andrew Kardon | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Cap's defining moments (Infinity Gauntlet (I) #1 - Cap stands up to Thanos; Marvel Fanfare (I) #18 - Cap saves the American flag: Captain America (I) #454 - Cap holds off an army) | Andrew Kardon | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | Photo file: Captain America (Steven Rogers) | Andrew Kardon | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | The fantastic voyage - Scott Lobdell and Alan Davis about the new Fantastic Four series | Matthew Saunders | 3 |
| Pin-up/Poster | The Fantastic Four (I) (Art from front cover of Fantastic Four (III) #1) | Alan Davis, Liquid! | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Scott Lobdell on... | Matthew Saunders | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | The FF's defining moments (Fantastic Four (I) #242-244 - the FF bet Galactus, then save him; Fantastic Four (I) #261-262 - the trial of Reed Richards; Fantastic Four (I) #267 - Sue and Reed lose their second child) | Matthew Saunders | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Photo file: Fantastic Four (I) | Matthew Saunders | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Avengers assemble! - Kurt Busiek and George Pérez about the new Avengers series | Scott Beatty | 3⅔ |
| Pin-up/Poster | The Avengers' roster (Art from back cover of The Avengers Log #1) | George Pérez | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Earth's mightiest butler - Profile on Edwin Jarvis (I) | Scott Beatty | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | Recommended reading (Avengers (I) #272-277 - the Avengers besieged; Daredevil (I) #233 - the Avengers save Hell's Kitchen; The Incredible Hulk (II) #300 - the Avengers face the Incredible Hulk) | Andrew Kardon | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | The Iron Knight returns - Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen about the new Iron Man series | Matthew Brady | 3⅓ |
| Pin-up/Poster | Iron Man (Anthony Stark) (from Marvels (I) #0) | Alex Ross | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Shell-Head's dream team (Captain America (Steven Rogers), Thor (Thor Odinson), Black Widow (Natalia Romanova), Henry Pym (I), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Beast (Henry McCoy), Hawkeye (Clinton Barton), Binary (Carol Danvers)) | Matthew Brady | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Shell-Head's defining moments (Iron Man (I) #225-230 - the Armor Wars saga; Iron Man (I) #150 - Iron Man and Dr. Doom go back in time; Tales of Suspense (I) #39 - Iron Man is born) | Matthew Brady | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | Photo files: Iron Man (Anthony Stark) | Matthew Brady | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | An ungodly situation - About why Thor is not getting a new series | Andrew Kardon | 2 |
| Pin-up/Poster | Pictures of Mjölnir (I) (From the cover of Thor (I) #494 and Journey into Mystery (I) #83) | Mike Deodato Jr., Jack Kirby | ⅔ |
| Text with art/photos | Thor will return ...eventually | Jim McLauchlin | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Thor's defining moments (Thor (I) #337-340 - introducing Beta Ray Bill; Avengers (I) #149-150 - Moondragon make Thor quit the Avengerfs; Thor (I) #359 - Thor defies Loki's and Lorelei's magic) | Andrew Kardon | ⅓ |
| Text with art/photos | Photo file: Thor (Thor Odinson) | Andrew Kardon | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Earth's mightiest battle! A slugfest of the Avengers (winners are marked with *)
1) Hawkeye* vs. the Scarlet Witch
2) Hawkeye vs. the Vision*
3) The Vision vs. the Wasp*
4) The Wasp* vs. Giant-Man
5) The Wasp vs. Iron Man*
6) Iron Man vs. Thor*
7) Thor vs. Captain America* | Scott Beatty | 5 |
| Other art/photos | They're ba-aack! (Funny about non-so-mighty heroes returning to the MU) | Brian Douglas Ahern | 2 |
| Text with art/photos | Contest of Champions - The top 10 biggest Marvel battles of all time
10) Contest of Champions
9) Secret Wars (I)
8) The Korvac Saga (Avengers Legends TPB: The Korvac Saga #1)
7) The Evolutionary War
6) Onslaught (Onslaught Impact 1, Onslaught Impact 2)
5) Inferno (A)
4) Kree-Skrull War (The Kree/Skrull War starring the Avengers)
3) The Age of Apocalypse (X-Men TPB: The Complete Age of Apocalypse)
2) The Surtur Saga (Thor Visionaries TPB: Walt Simonson)
1) Infinity Gauntlet (I) | Peter Sanderson | 11 |
| Pin-up/Poster | Thanos (I) | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Seduction of good - Kurt Busiek about the new Thunderbolts series | Matthew Brady | 1⅓ |
| Pin-up/Poster | Thunderbolts (I) (Atlas (Eric Josten), Mach-I (Abner Jenkins), Moonstone (Karla Sofen), Songbird (Melissa Gold), Citizen V (Helmut Zemo), Techno (Norbert Paul Ebersol)) (Art from the cover of Thunderbolts (I) #1) | Mark Bagley, Vince Russell | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Stealing Thunder | Kurt Busiek | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Wolves in sheep's spandex: The Thunderbolts roster | ? | ¼ |
| Text with art/photos | Harbingers of doom (A guide to the arch-villains) | Jim McLauchlin, Matthew Senreich | 6 |
| Text with art/photos | The Marvel Universe glossary - Everything a Marvel fan needs to know from A to Z | Peter Sanderson | 6 |
| Text with art/photos | Unforgiven (How Heroes Return effects the X-teams) | Matthew Brady | 3 |
| Pin-up/Poster | Onslaught | ? | 1 |
| Text with art/photos | Universal ramifications (A guide to the rest of the MU after Heroes Return) | ? | 6½ |
| Text with art/photos | Nort of the border (Alpha Flight (I)) | Jim McLauchlin | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | The devil, you say (Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)) | Matthew Senreich | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Defending the universe (Defenders (I)) | Matthew Senreich | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Sorcerer Supreme, take 5 (Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)) | Matthew Senreich | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Green genes (Hulk (Robert Banner)) | Jim McLauchlin | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Jungle book (Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)) | Matthew Senreich | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | Surfer's safari (Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)) | Jim McLauchlin | ½ |
| Text with art/photos | While you were away... - The Heroes' guide to the year they missed | Douglas Goldstein | 1 |
