AVENGERS/INVADERS #1 Preview

Civil War tore the Marvel Universe apart, pitting hero against hero, friend against friend. Captain America lay dead, felled by a sniper's bullet. The Skrulls' Secret Invasion was uncovered — heroes have been replaced by alien shapeshifters for decades. In this, the hour of the Marvel Universe's greatest upheavals, five heroes from another era appear in the center of New York City!

The strangers claim to be the Invaders, costumed heroes of World War II — Captain America, Bucky, Namor, the Human Torch, and Toro. How will two Avengers teams — one government sponsored, the other fugitives from the law — react to these mysterious strangers? Can the Invaders be who they claim to be? And what does their appearance in the year 2008 portend? These questions and more will be answered in Marvel's twelve-issue maxi-series Avengers/Invaders from creators Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Steve Sadowski!

In the planning for over two years, Ross and Krueger are planning on pulling out all the stops! Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, back in the modern day Marvel Universe. Iron Man, confronting the personal demons that have haunted him since Rogers' death. The young and angry Namor, meeting his older, wiser, more cautious self. Can two Avengers teams — the Mighty Avengers and the New Avengers — learn something from the heroism and nobility of the heroes of the World War II generation, the Greatest Generation? Or will some Avengers see this as an opportunity to upset the balance of history?

Artist Steve Sadowski is no stranger to team books — or to working with Ross and Krueger. Sadowski's work on Avengers and DC's JSA prepared him well for tackling the Golden Age-meets-Modern Age story of Avengers/Invaders. Plus, Sadowski worked with Ross and Krueger on their Earth X tie-in books. Wrapped in painted covers from Alex Ross, this maxi-series will be a visual treat.

Avengers/Invaders will shape the Marvel Universe for years to come! Don't miss what is certain to be one of the most talked-about comic events of 2008!

"In light of the events of Civil War and Tony Stark's own guilt over the death of [Captain America], the meeting between those two heroes is going to be an emotional jackhammer. One that will rip through the story."
— Writer Jim Krueger

Avengers/Invaders, a 12 issue crossover by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Steve Sadowski, will begin in May.