Marvel's Avengers Assemble

It's over, Widow.

There's no way out of this one.

Cap, don't make me go out there.

I'm afraid I have no choice. None of us do.

Over here!

Just one question, please, one right here.

Can you even imagine the ego that needs this much attention?

Over here!

Iron Man, a few questions, please.

Absolutely.

But ask 'em loud so everyone can hear.

Why has your company's stock gone down so far in the last few months?

My stock? Well, I...

And why have so many recent innovations

come from the likes of Zeke Stane,

Aldrich Killian, Sasha Hammer,

the Ten Rings Corporation?

Your younger competitors? Have you...

All out of time. Sorry.

Come on, Tony.

You are not leaving just yet.

Whiplash?

Oh, finally. Something fun to do.

Save your strength. This punk's never been much of a threat.

I'm a threat now.

That hurts!

Everyone to safety!

How does it feel to be number two, Stark?

It must tear you apart.

Hey. What'd that museum display ever do to you?

Where do you think you're going?

Hmm. This could almost be too easy.

Whiplash!

Let me dry you off.

Definitely too easy. For me, anyway.

What, no quip? You okay?

I'm fine.

The technology in this whip fragment is unlike anything I've ever seen before.

Tony? Huh?

Oh. Uh, let's bleed off some of that energy.

I wouldn't...

...do that.

Uh, anyone notice the whole state's gone dark?

I guess that's what happens when the taxpayers won't upgrade the power grid.

And I thought the caverns of Niflheim were dark.

We just caught Spymaster.

It took both of you?

He was upgraded, too.

Unbelievable.

What this stuff could do in the right hands...

Uh, Tony? Before you start playing with it,

shouldn't you figure out where it's coming from?

I already did.

Built something to do just that.

And it's pointing me that way.

It's an AIM facility.

How do we get in?

We could try knocking.

Knock, knock!

Huh?

Well? Aren't you gonna run?

Aren't you?

What is it with these weapons?

And how do guys like these get them?

I've got to find out who's behind all...

Lousy goo.

Makes Hulk mad.

What is that?

Is that some kind of portal?

Aye. But like none I have ever seen.

That's because it's not a portal in space.

It's a portal in time.

Figures. The only place AIM could have gotten those weapons

is the future.

Don't do it, Tony. It might not even be what you think.

Whoa.

It'd take a lifetime to grasp even the basics behind this tech.

An intruder, wearing ancient Stark tech?

Who you calling "ancient"?

You, and by at least a thousand years, I would say.

I am known as Kang the Conqueror.

Welcome to your future.

Though I'm afraid yours will be rather bleak.

A crude portal constructed over an existing unstable time anomaly.

The simple mind who lucked into this

will never be able to replicate it.

So, intruder, any last words?

Closer.

Sucker!

Oh, boy.

Now, trespasser, perish, if you please.

Hold it.

What did you ancient people used to say,

"Make my morning"?

Close enough.

Tony!

Guys, Iron Man's back.

Ugh!

Oh, it looks like Tony brought back a friend.

The Avengers, before the schism.

Kang, we're not done yet. (YELLS)

Hold it right there. Don't move!

You dare to attack Kang the Conqueror?

How refreshing.

So this is where my weapons have been going... The past.

In the future, there are no worlds left for me to conquer.

But this one will do just fine.

Uh, freeze.

You follow me now. You and all your associates.

Are you out of your... Whoa!

So don't say another word.

Ever.

Hawkeye, give us some cover!

Coming up.

Even a world with Avengers is no match for Kang the Conqueror.

I do hope there are other worlds around

that will pose more of a challenge.

Bad move...

Uh, my arrows... Where'd they go?

Ow!

Such primitive weaponry.

Straight out of children's storybooks.

You read storybooks?

I told you not to talk to me.

Kang!

I got it!

A-ha!

Into the portal. Now!

Don't let them get away. Hit the portal.

Get back here and fight me, Kang.

I'm gonna finish you for good this time.

Time? I have all the time in the world.

AIM must have been using that portal

to steal tech from the future.

They didn't figure on the tech's owner coming to visit.

He called himself Kang the Conqueror.

If this Kang comes back, we'll know. Won't we?

Of course we will.

I'll fix my scanner and make a few adjustments, okay?

That's not the only thing that needs a few adjustments.

Yeah. Stark is slipping.

This is awkward.

Oh, hey, I thought you left.

We're worried about you.

We have never seen you like this, friend Tony.

You cannot keep up your strength unless you eat and sleep.

Me? This wasn't exactly my first all-nighter, you know.

What time is it, anyway? I got a lunch date with...

Kang made us all look bad, not just you.

Look, I appreciate the concern, guys. I honestly do.