Marvel's Avengers Assemble

And so we bid a fond farewell to Dimension Z.

After saving it from annihilation, that is.

Everyone, strap in.

Tearing holes between realities can get a little bumpy.

Go on, goldilocks.

Buckle into your booster-seat.

I've no fear of injury, gamma troll!

But perhaps you should be restrained...

For your own safety.

Cosmic turbulence, incoming.

Hold on to something!

Get off me, Goldie! What're you doin'?

Let go of me!

Whoa, planetary alarms are going crazy!

Sounds like we missed a party.

What happened?

That happened!

Uh, I'd like to go back to Dimension Z now, please.

He has returned, Avengers.

The devourer of worlds.

Galactus!

And he's already past the appetizer stage.

Avengers, we've got less than five minutes.

Before Galactus powers up his munch-o-tron.

And sucks all the energy from Earth.

We don't stop him now, there'll be nothing left.

So what's the plan?

I've prepared a strategy specifically to deal with his return.

Thor, summon every electron within 100 kilometers.

One bolt. Make it count.

Hawkeye, break out the heavy artillery.

Tony, route all uni-beam power...

Cap, I never told you this,

but I only went along with your Galactus prep drills.

Because I thought he'd never come back.

Oh, no. You are not going rogue.

The entire planet's at stake. We need to act as a team.

- And hopefully, you will. - Hopefully, we will?

We're not the ones pulling a Stark!

Iron man. I assume you've got your own plan, as usual?

The plan is "trust me."

To save the Earth, we need to be willing.

To make any sacrifice.

Jarvis, lock onto Galactus' data stream.

If I'm going to talk to the big guy,

I need to broadcast on the same frequency.

Okay, Tony.

Time to put your money where your mind is.

Activate pulse!

Few have attained direct communication with Galactus.

You are unlikely to survive.

Well, the seven billion other people on this planet.

Aren't going to fare any better.

Regrettable,

but Galactus hungers.

And Galactus must feed.

That's what I wanted to discuss.

Iron man, no!

Hmm? Huh?

That was his plan?

Synced and corrected by masaca

Iron man has perished? This cannot be!

Why is he always puling these crazy moves and not telling us?

'Cause that's what he does.

You think he actually sacrificed himself for a greater good?

No way. Jarvis,

replay event from on board recorders.

Extreme slo-mo.

Full-spectrum enhancement!

See? Evaporated.

Not evaporated. Teleported.

Tony's armor has a built-in trace frequency.

Micro-pings that only we can track.

Even across light-years.

Strap in for hyperspace travel.

You first.

Together then.

Huh. Knew you were chicken.

So once again our so-called leader.

Calls his own plays and leaves the rest of us out in the cold.

He did one thing right,

he got Galactus off the Earth.

But there's something else. It looks like Tony.

Engaged in some sort of ultra-high-speed data exchange.

You mean he and Galactus entered,

their own private chat room? What'd they talk about?

The computer wasn't fast enough to decipher it.

Scanners have a lock on Iron man's signal.

He's close.

Position established. Outer spiral arm,

the D'bari system.

We need a plan.

Let's all just fly off and do our own thing. That's what Tony did!

We don't know what Tony did. That's my point.

Collision alert!

Huh, they're not attacking.

No weapons. These are not warships.

They're transport vessels.

Millions of them.

It's an evacuation. But why?

One giant guess.

Scan the planet.

It's there. Center of the main city.

Galactus' machine.

What of our armored ally?

Look! Another ship is coming in!

It's on intercept. Try and lose them.

We don't have time for a fight.

Uh-oh. Comm is down!

And so are the shields!

Tractor beam's got us!

Be ready for anything.

What did I tell you, Drax? Looters!

Lowest life forms in the universe, Gamora.

Didn't reckon on running into us guardians.

I am Groot.

Ha! By the spires of Asgard,

the guardians of the galaxy!

Sorry, Avengers. Thought you were looters.

As you can tell, we don't have a lot of time for diplomacy.

That depends, Star-lord. What's happening here?

Nothing that concerns you, I guarantee it.

Perhaps we should be the judge of that.

Yeah, at least we don't have a cutesy animal mascot.

And a talking pencil.

Call me "mascot" again. Please.

Uh...

Rocket, back off!

Look, Captain, if you must know,

we're evacuating 10 billion D'bari.

Well, we're here to find a missing teammate,

not interfere in your operations.

He just happened to visit at the exact time.

Galactus targeted this planet for consumption?

He's got bad timing like that.

I have a feeling it's not a coincidence.

Drax, Gamora, take us in low.

Wow. This place is incredible.

Unfortunately, unless we can halt Galactus' progress,

the D'bari will have to find a new homeworld.

Another outsider ship?

Not a ship. A humanoid.

He's coming in fast. Strap in.

He's coming in for us.

Let me go smash his glowy butt!

Good luck, he wields the power cosmic.

That power is dispensed only by Galactus himself!

We're fighting a herald of Galactus?

Guys, that's no herald.

It's Tony!

Rocket, shoot to disable only.

He's coming in. Brace yourselves.

Such power!

It rivals Asgard's finest!

I told you to strap in.

Never! Never!

- Hull breach! - Losing altitude!

Why is your friend attacking us?

He's usually not that evil.

I am Groot!

Yeah, I got that.

Friend or not, we gotta take action.

This makes no sense. What is Tony doing?

It's obvious. He traded your world for this one.

He serves the devourer now.

He wouldn't let an entire civilization be destroyed.

Not even to save his own?

Iron man, stand down. The Avengers are aboard...

Of all times to finally stop talking, he picks now.

What's the status of D'bari evacuation?

97%. A few ships are having engine failures.

I want that number at 100%.

Bring us in. We'll tractor them out.

How did you evacuate a planet?

Hey, it's what we do. Most inhabited planets.

Have a Galactus contingency plan in place.

Doesn't Earth?

Earth has the mighty Avengers to keep it safe, doesn't it?

Uh...