And so it begins! The Crossing saga that will rock the Marvel Universe and take Earth's Mightiest Heroes to the edge...and beyond! However the story opens with a celebration at Avengers Mansion! It's the anniversary of the team's founding many years ago! And this gathering of old friends provides an opportunity to rekindle past romances (between the Vision and the Scarlet Witch) and also past animosities (between Hawkeye and Iron Man)! Right before Jarvis serves the special anniversary dinner, a strange group of beings attacks the mansion! The Avengers quickly assemble outside and repel the invaders! But left behind from the attack is the former avenger Gilgamesh...in an aged and dying state! What happened to the forgotten eternal? And who is the mysterious girl slipping in and out of the timestream? The frightening answers are coming in the days ahead! And the Avengers will never be the same again!

Ripped from the pages of the Avengers and fan-favorite ALIAS - Jessica Jones, ex-superhero private eye was once tapped to join the Avengers, but chose not to and gave up being a super-hero altogether. But what if she had taken the job? The events that followed shake up both the Avengers and Jessica's life in ways no one could have guessed. Could Jessica have saved the Avengers from the disasters of Disassembled? For the first time ever Avengers' writer Brian Michael Bendis reunites with ALIAS artist Michel Gaydos, with a special cover by Avengers' artist David Finch.

An essential companion to NEW AVENGERS, SPIDER-MAN: BREAKOUT, TOXIN and more! Revelations, clarifications and explanations abound as Marvel shines its searchlight on the jailbreak of the century! In the tradition of SECRET WAR: FROM THE FILES OF NICK FURY and SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M, NEW AVENGERS: MOST WANTED features HANDBOOK-style bios of all the escapees, from the Answer to Zzzax!

As the Avengers battle to take down the Serpent Society, the team recalls never-before-told tales of their past! Watch as: Spider-Man tries to integrate into a team and learns a thing or two about history, Luke Cage and Wolverine go toe-to-toe against a terrifying cosmic foe, Henry Peter Gyrich becomes an unlikely hero on an unlikely world, and Jarvis the butler cleans house...after some robot Vikings drop by unexpectedly. On top of all that—it's the return of the critically-acclaimed Fin Fang Four by Scott Grey and Roger Langridge!

Remember your history—The Avengers didn't thaw out Captain America, and Kang the Conqueror became Master of the World throughout all time. To make a brighter future, our heroes have to go to the 1950s and enlist the help of The Agents of ATLAS!

The future of these new Avengers is deeply rooted in the untold story of the Young Avengers very first adventure, before the events of YOUNG AVENGERS #1.? The past and the future collide and the secrets of the Children?s Crusade are revealed!

The Avengers vs. the new Zodiac! One of the greatest Avengers villains gets reinvented for the Modern Age! A perfect jumping-on point featuring the cast of the summer blockbuster in Marvel Universe!

Who will live? Who will die? Who will get diaper rash? Find out as the X-Babies face the A-Babies in the tie-in to end all tie-ins! Which side will crawl away victorious?

What better way to celebrate Free Comic Book Day then by assembling Earth's Mightiest-and most popular-Heroes? Iron Man! Captain America! Thor! Black Widow! Hawkeye! Hulk! Vision! Everyone's favorite heroes take on a dangerous new threat!

Can Captain America and Nova stop the Wrecking Crew's latest heist? Find out in this exclusive story presented by Western Union.