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!

SPIDERMAN

The Protector

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. one of The firsT cAsuAlTies of sins bruTAl onslAughT is bucky bArnes, once The pArTner of cApTAin AMericA And Then The beArer of cAps MAnTle hiMself. hAving losT bucky TWice, sTeve rogers is ouT for revenge
john klaus PAUL

THE RED HULK

JARVIS

MARIA HIll
VCs cory
ALAN

BRIAN MICHAEL

BENDIS WriTer
LAUREN
AssociATe ediTor

romita jr. janson MOUNTS PETIT penciler inker colorisT leTTers

TOM AXEl
ediTor ediTor in chief chief creATive officer

SANKOVITCH BREVOORT ALONSO

QUESADA BUCKLEY
publisher

JOE

DAN

eXec. producer

FINE

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