
The Supremor has often done seemingly bad things to his own race, to force them to evolve out of their stagnation. It is unclear whether Supremor could foresee how the conclusion in #12 will benefit his plans. It was hinted that he had arranged for the Kree to lose that encounter, resulting in his capture in the Blue Area. The Kree Supremor was captured in the Live Kree or Die crossover terminating in Avengers vol 3 #7. It is sometimes the home of the Inhumans, but not at this time. The Blue Area of the Moon is the ruins of an arena created by the Skrulls 100,000 years ago to house a contest between the Kree and the Cotati. The Time-Keepers are beings from the end of time, first seen as the Time-Twisters in Thor #243. Beta Centauri IV is the home of Yondu of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. It can't be much before this because Justice and Firestar haven't been Avengers for many issues. It has to be before #10 because Giant-Man changes his costume then. The notes in #4 say that the present-day events of this issue fit between Avengers vol 3 #9 and #10. But this time the Avengers he calls upon are actually plucked from time. In Avengers #97 I believe the WWII heroes Rick Jones manifested were not the real people. The story itself changes the status of Kang and Immortus, and simplifies things for future stories. He also wants to sort out the confusing histories of Immortus, Kang and the Vision, and to a lesser extent that of the Time-Keepers. One aim is to prepare the ground for Peter David's Captain Marvel series. Kurt Busiek has more goals in this series than just telling a story.
