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Your Guide to the Avengers

The Avengers have been saving the world since 1963 with members like Captain America going back as far as the 1940s. Every month, there's at least one new Avengers comic to enjoy plus more titles featuring individual team members but where should you begin?

A subscription is by far your best bet as you'll save 30% off every issue, never miss one, and a couple of issues will quickly get you up to speed.

Graphic novels are also an ideal choice as you get a complete story under one cover. We've picked out some of the best here so new readers can start off right and those more familiar with the Avengers can catch up on adventures they may have missed.

 

AVENGERS: THE KREE/SKRULL WAR TP

A conflict of star-spanning proportions - with Earth caught in the crossfire! Those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls, have gone to war - and our planet is situated on the front lines! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes bring about an end to the fighting before humanity becomes a casualty of war? And what good are even a dozen super-powered champions against the vast military machines of two of the great empires of the cosmos? The key to victory lies with the expatriate Kree Captain Mar-Vell - and his human host, honorary Avenger Rick Jones! Featuring the trend-setting artwork of Neal Adams, the Kree/Skrull War is universally acknowledged as one of the finest and most important sagas in the Marvel canon. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #89-97. 

AVENGERS BY JASON AARON TP VOLUME 1 (FINAL HOST)

A new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. Thor Odinson. The big three are reunited at last - and just in time to save the world from the 2,000-foot-tall space gods known as the Celestials! Behold the coming of the Final Host! But who will answer the call as a new team of Avengers assembles? As Black Panther and Doctor Strange battle for their lives deep within the earth, Captain Marvel faces death and destruction raining down from the skies. And what about the Savage She-Hulk and the all-new Ghost Rider? Plus: No gathering of Avengers would be complete without a certain Prince of Lies! But what world-shaking connection exists between the Dark Celestials and Odin's ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers? Collecting AVENGERS (2018) #1-6 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA).

AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP UNDER SIEGE

(W/A) Various (CA) John Buscema
The Masters of Evil take Avengers Mansion! In one of the greatest comic-book epics of all time, Baron Zemo strikes at the very heart of the Avengers as he leads a revamped and larger-than-ever Masters of Evil in an attack on the team's home - and wins! And as if that wasn't enough, Earth's Mightiest Heroes must survive the climax of SECRET WARS II, and a battle for the ages between Kang and Immortus! The Sub-Mariner's membership leads to public protests, but that won't stop the Avengers and Alpha Flight from lending a hand during Attuma's assault on Atlantis. Meanwhile an old friend turns enemy: What's gotten into Quicksilver? Two teams of Avengers will assemble to find out! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #264-277, ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) #39, AVENGERS ANNUAL #15 and WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #1.

AVENGERS FOUR TP

(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Barry Kitson
The Old Order Changeth - more than you ever suspected! For the first time ever, learn what really happened all those years ago when the founding Avengers turned over their membership to a set of new recruits. Three reformed super villains - Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch - join the recently thawed Captain America as a new group of Earth's Mightiest Heroes takes shape! But with his team labeled "The Mighty Pretenders" by an unforgiving public, how can Steve Rogers revive the Avengers' reputation when they face an unbeatable foe? Perhaps he has an ace up his sleeve - one you've never seen before! It's a new story of Cap's Kooky Quartet (should that be Quintet?) that has direct ramifications for the Avengers of today! Collecting AVENGERS (2016) #1.1-5.1.

 

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