Ant-Man plays Detective when the Avengers need some help with a case- can he solve it on his own? When Thanos takes over Asgard, can Captain America, Hulk and the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes dethrone him? Maybe with a little help from Uatu the Watcher! Hela has some unfi nished business with Thor and brings him to Valhalla to try and settle the score - guest starring Rocket and Groot! It's double the Avengers and the trouble when the Leader clones the team to do his evil bidding. All these exciting stories and more, collected for the first time!

A brand-new, prose retelling of the history of Earth's Mightiest Heroes--as told by the team members themselves! Written by Avengers and New Avengers scribe Brian Michael Bendis--and featuring illustrations by all-time great Avengers artists including Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, John Buscema and more.

We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. Avengers Assemble! is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium. In the first single-authored monograph on the topic of the Marvel cinematic universe, Terence McSweeney asks, "Why has the superhero genre reemerged so emphatically in recent years?" In an age where people have stopped going to the cinema as frequently as they used to, they returned to it in droves for the superhero film. What is it about these films that has resonated with audiences all around the globe? Are they just disposable pop culture artifacts or might they have something interesting to say about the fears and anxieties of the world we live in today? Beginning with Iron Man in 2008, this study provocatively explores both the cinematic and the televisual branches of the series across ten dynamic and original chapters from a diverse range of critical perspectives which analyse their status as an embodiment of the changing industrial practices of the blockbuster film and their symbolic potency as affective cultural artifacts that are profoundly immersed in the turbulent political climate of their era.

It's Earth's Mightiest Heroes in an exhilarating collection of stories! Hyperion wants to be the strongest there is, no matter who he has to defeat to win that title! Hawkeye, Black Widow and Ant-Man learn just what it means to be a reformed villain. The Venom Symbiote bonds with Thor?! And more action-packed adventures await Iron Man, Captain America and the rest of the Avengers!

AVENGER VS. AVENGER! Thanos has been defeated, but the Avengers' biggest challenge may come from within their own ranks! Captain America makes a discovery that may tear the team apart! And: Witness the origin of one of the Avengers' greatest villains! COLLECTING: MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: CIVIL WAR #1-4.

Collects Avengers Assemble #1-8. A perfect jumping-on point, featuring the cast of the summer blockbuster - but in Marvel Universe continuity! But who is behind the villianous Zodiac's return? None other than Thanos, the mad Titan, who has claimed Earth as his own! The Avengers team up with cosmic blockbusters the Guardians of the Galaxy to bring Thanos some cosmically-charged pain!

Your favorite movie heroes in action-packed comic book adventures! When tragedy strikes Asgard, Thor must hit back against the ice giant Ymir! The villainous Klaw visits sound and fury on Wakanda - and the Black Panther! T'Challa joins Black Widow, Captain America and the Falcon on a mission to the moon - where awaits a deadly weapon powered by shards of the Cosmic Cube! Scott "Ant-Man" Lang lives up to the Hank Pym's heroic legacy when he teams with the Wasp for a return trip to Dimension Z - home of the Living Eraser! And Carol Danvers fl ies into action as the mighty Captain Marvel! COLLECTING: THOR: WHERE WALK THE FROST GIANTS 1, BLACK PANTHER: THE SOUND AND THE FURY 1, AVENGERS: SHARDS OF INFINITY 1, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: LIVING LEGENDS 1, CAPTAIN MARVEL: TBD DISNEY 1