Pérez had a stint as writer of "Silver Surfer" vol. 2 #111–123 (December 1995 – December 1996). He would also write the crossover special "Silver Surfer/Superman" in 1996. Pérez finally returned to a major ongoing title for the third series of "The Avengers", written by Kurt Busiek, where he remained for nearly three years, again receiving critical and fan acclaim for his polished and dynamic art. After leaving the series, he and Busiek produced the long-awaited "JLA/Avengers" inter-company crossover, which saw print in late 2003. A JLA/Avengers crossover was to have been published in the 1980s, but differences between DC and Marvel forced the comic to be canceled. As the artist on the story, Pérez had drawn approximately 21 pages of the original crossover, which were not published until the 2004 hardcover edition of "JLA/Avengers: The Collector's Edition".