The Leader has placed an expanding dome of pure gamma radiation around the Cube, with anyone caught inside it being mutated into a Gamma Monster. The Avengers, along with the support of S.H.I.E.L.D., enter the Cube in an attempt to the destroy the Gamma Generator.
A mysterious explosion seemingly kills Hank Pym in his college laboratory, but as the Avengers and their friends mourn the loss of their fallen comrade-in-arms, a fearless new vigilante calling himself Yellowjacket – endowed with the same powers and technology as Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Wasp – begins taking out the members of the Serpent Society.
The Kree attempt to create a wormhole connecting Earth’s solar system with their galaxy, which will consequently destroy the Sun and all life on Earth – just as Kang the Conqueror predicted. The Avengers and Captain Marvel head into space to stop it.
The Enchantress seeks revenge on Baron Zemo and the Masters of Evil for betraying her, and the remaining supervillains go to the Avengers for protection.
The Vision awakens after a month of repairs to find that Tony Stark and his fellow Avengers have taken over the world. With the whole planet turned against him, the Vision must get to the bottom of Stark’s “utopia” – only to discover an unlikely figure to be the true power behind the Avengers’ throne.
Nick Fury returns, having assembled a team of heroes in secret (himself, Black Widow, Mockingbird, and Quake) to gather information about the impending Skrull invasion of Earth.
With the Avengers, minus Ant-Man, turned into Gamma Monsters, Hawkeye must convince the Hulk to help fight the Leader and the Abomination while Thor (who was unaffected by the Gamma Dome) fights the Absorbing Man.
Stranded in the Negative Zone, the Avengers must join forces with their enemies – including former members of the Masters of Evil – to fight off an army of strange insectoid creatures that are laying siege to 42.
Thor is attacked by a powerful creature known as Beta Ray Bill – who proves himself just as able to lift and wield Mjölnir. Thor and Sif soon finds themselves allying with this strange warrior (who apparently has his own reasons for disliking Surtur) to save all of Asgard from being burned to the ground […]