"Things go wrong when Tony Stark and Dr. Bruce Banner begin work on a global peacekeeping system, putting Earth's mightiest heroes--Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye--to the ultimate test."--Back cover.
Conflict arises when the merciless Kree and the Skrulls go to war, placing the Earth in danger as it waits for help from Captain Mar-Bell and the Avengers.
Relates the early days of the Avengers, which was formed by Iron Man, Captain America, Vision, the Invisible Woman, Thor, Black Widow, and Nova to be a force for justice answerable only to themselves.
When an unimaginable pandemic rocks the world, the Avengers search desperately for a way to reverse it. Failing in all their ideas, Doctor Doom, their arch enemy, offers his solution--at the cost of him becoming "emperor of Earth.".
