Earths Mightiest Heroes, united against a common threat!

On that day The Avengers were born, to FIght foes that no siNgle hero could withstand!

Iron Man

THOR

HAWKEYE

WOLVERINE

SPIDERWOMAN

The Avengers! Wolverine, iron MAn, spider-MAn, Thor, spider-WoMAn, The proTecTor And hAWkeye Are hAndpicked by sTeve rogers To leAd The preMier Avengers TeAM! A TiMe of uncerTAinTy And feAr grips The World. sin, The dAughTer of The red skull, hAs unleAshed An AncienT evil inTo The World: The forgoTTen AsgArdiAn god knoWn only As The serpenT! WiTh his hAMMer-Wielding Minions, The serpenT devAsTATes The eArTh in his MArch ToWArds revenge on odin And AsgArd. sensing The serpenTs reTurn, odin orders The AsgArdiAns To WiThdrAW froM eArTh And drAgs his rebellious son Thor WiTh hiM. one of The serpenTs hAMMers fAlls in brAzil And TrAnsforMs The hulk inTo An ApocAlypTic engine of desTrucTion benT on TeAring A sWATh of chAos And devAsTATion Through The rAinforesT. spider-WoMAn, Ms. MArvel, hAWkeye And The proTecTor rush To The scene

SPIDERMAN

The Protector

THE RED HULK

JARVIS

MARIA HIll
leTTers
ALAN

BRIAN MICHAEL

BENDIS WriTer
LAUREN
AssociATe ediTor

penciler & colorisT

TOM
ediTor

bachalo

Chris

VCs cory townsend, Faucher, mendoza, olazaba & Irwin PETIT

inkers
AXEl

SANKOVITCH BREVOORT ALONSO

ediTor in chief

chief creATive officer

QUESADA BUCKLEY
publisher

JOE

DAN

eXec. producer

FINE

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