Marvel's Avengers Assemble

Three, two, one... Liftoff!

All systems go. Trajectory is looking good!

Yes! This is fantastic!

We're risking our lives for this.

This plan of yours had better work!

Of course it'll work.

Now lower the shields.

This is it. We're entering the cosmic storm area.

This is madness! Madness!

I quit this poking game!

These rules make no sense!

Okay, Thor. One, this isn't poker, it's pinochle.

And two, can someone explain to me why we're playing pinochle?

Because it's Cap's turn to choose the game.

And because it's Cap's turn to choose the game,

he chose one that no one plays anymore.

He's won every game,

but now that I have these cards, I can't lose.

Intruder detected. Location, primary elevator.

Avengers, assemble.

Oh, come on!

Who's dumb enough to attack Avengers Tower

and take the elevator?

Well, maybe we're attracting a more polite kind of villain.

Much as I'd like that to be true, Hawkeye,

Black Widow's right on this one. Something's wrong.

Friday, deactivate alarm.

Authorization, Truman Alpha-1.

We appear to be missing an Avenger.

Where exactly is the Hulk?

How did you hack Friday? Who are you?

My name is Truman Marsh.

I'm your new boss.

Cosmic rays are penetrating the ship.

What's happening to us?

Four-ninety-nine, 500.

Good to get out here again.

A chance to really break a sweat.

Ship's headed for Vista Verde!

It's gonna crash into the town!

No! Gotta get control!

Whoa! Did I do that?

I didn't even touch it.

Michael! James! Ann! Did it work?

Worked for me, boss.

Looks like I got metal skin.

And I can become any gas I can think of.

Guess I can be any energy.

One-upped you again, sis.

Hey. You guys hurt?

Hurt? We're better than ever.

Our experiment worked.

We were once human.

Now, we're something more.

Now you can call me... How about... Vector?

I'm Vapor.

Ironclad.

I'm gonna go with X-Ray.

What is this?

I know this is confusing.

That ship looks advanced enough to be a UFO.

That's what we should call ourselves.

The U-Foes!

Even worse name than "X-Ray."

If Ironclad likes U-Foes, that's what we are.

After all, we couldn't have absorbed

that cosmic radiation without the ship.

And we couldn't have stolen the ship without Ironclad... And Hydra, of course.

Can't forget our backers.

Bragging about Hydra in front of an Avenger?

Rookie move, Vector.

Only if the Avengers still mattered.

Breathe deep, big guy.

First day and we take down an Avenger.

Soon, the world will bow before the U-Foes.

- You're not so tough, are ya, Hulk? I'll show ya tough!

Hulks don't like being smashed!

Our chariot awaits.

Come on! We have a schedule to keep.

The Avengers failed to stop the Terrigen Wave.

Now there are more new Inhumans every day.

And since no one's happy about that, the President took action

and just signed the New Powers Act.

- (SCOFFS) The what? - New Powers Act.

It gives the government control of the Avengers and everything related to us.

I never thought the President would be foolish enough to sign it, though.

Then you should have voted for someone else.

Whatever.

If Uncle Sam wants to slap a flag on the Avenjet, fine.

As long as we run the show.

But you aren't "running the show," Mr. Stark.

That's the problem. The world cannot afford for you

to sit on your hands until the next insane robot falls from the sky.

It's time to become proactive.

The CIA discovered this Hydra base in Arizona.

Your mission is to find out what's inside it.

Looks fortified. We'll need Hulk to breach it.

This intel is fresh. We don't have time to wait for Hulk.

You can do the job just fine without him.

Some government pencil neck giving us orders?

- I don't like it. - I'm with you.

But if Hydra is there, then we better check it out.

Strucker has to come back to run Hydra, right?

And only Baron Strucker has the authority to lead us.

But no one's seen him for months.

I don't like it, but we have to consider other options.

Cap, hang back for a moment.

There's some kind of power struggle going on.

If there's a schism in Hydra,

we should learn what we can before busting any heads.

Agreed. We'll hold position around the hangar and wait for your signal.

Hail Hydra, or what's left of it.

Is that Simon? - Good, you remember me.

My team and I flew the spaceship into the cosmic storm,

giving us "powers." Just as we'd planned.

How long have you waited, hoping Strucker would come back

before the Avengers found you?

Well, the U-Foes don't fear the Avengers.

We've already beaten their Hulk

and, together, we'll beat the rest of them.

Gotcha!

Well done, X-Ray.

Hydra! If you follow the U-Foes,

even the Avengers will bow down before you.

They'll bow or they'll perish.

Let's go with "perish."

Man, are you guys in trouble.

We are in trouble? Do you take us for fools?

Pretty much.

Now!

Hydra will follow our orders.

Once we've triumphed over the Avengers.

Thor! Hang on! I'm...

Not going anywhere? Yeah, that's about right.

Guess Stark tech corrodes as fast as everything else.

So much for Earth's mightiest heroes.

You, dump the Hydra computer files.

Everything top-secret or above.

Then sound the evacuation alarm, now.

I'll take those.

You got me last time.

But here comes the rematch!

Thanks, Hawkeye.

That's our cue. X-Ray, it's time to go nova.

Got it, boss.

I'm picking up a massive amount of energy.

Our friend's about to detonate.

- Everyone, fall back. - It's too late for that.

At this point, we don't need distance, we need cover.

You want cover? Hulk makes cover!

Nicely done.

Now let us pursue the villains and resume the fight.

Uh, Thor, I think we need to find them first.

Oh.

Unacceptable.

I sent you to gather intelligence, not destroy it.

You didn't even detain any suspects.

Who's the puny suit, and why is he talking so much?

This puny suit is about to pull you off this team, Hulk.

You were not part of the plan.

That's not fair.

You can't blame Hulk for what the U-Foes did.

Who says I can't?