In the wake of Avengers Disassembled, a mysterious new group of teen super heroes appears. But who are they? Where did they come from? And what right do they have to call themselves the Young Avengers? Collecting: Young Avengers 1-6

The newly reconfigured Young Avengers prepare to make their public debut - but first they have to face a threat more powerful than Kang the Conqueror, more dangerous than Mr. Hyde and more cunning than the Masters of Evil: their parents. For these brand-new super heroes, fighting super-villains is child's play compared to maintaining their alter egos. Collecting: Young Avengers 7-12, Special

Whose side are you on? As the tide of public opinion turns inexorably against Marvel's heroes, the gears of Civil War threaten to crush the young heroes known as the Runaways. But when the Young Avengers off er their assistance, will the Runaways believe they're on the same side? The warden of the prison called the Cube wants both teams taken down - and he sends his most powerful weapon to do it: Noh-Varr, the young Kree known as Marvel Boy! Can the two teen teams put aside their differences and work together to free their captured teammates? COLLECTING: CIVIL WAR: YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS 1-4

They're back at last! Patriot, Hulkling, Wiccan, Speed, Vision, Stature, and Hawkeye! Where have they been and what is their place in this new post-Civil War Marvel Universe? Today's top creators tell the tale in six chapters! Collecting: Young Avengers Presents 1-6

The Skrulls are invading, and the Runaways and the Young Avengers both have a Skrull on their team. Coincidence? We think not.Your two favorite teen teams come together again as the Marvel Universe is pushed to the brink. Collecting: Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers 1-3

The Melter, The Executioner, The Enchantress, Egghead, Big Zero, and Coat of Arms: they call themselves the Young Avengers, teenage rebels, on the run from the authorities, hated and feared by a world they've sworn to protect. Their interests include interspecies romance, modern art, and bloody murder. Everything is permitted, and so are they. Until they meet the original Young Avengers. And then their grey areas will come home to roost. Collecting: Dark Reign: Young Avengers 1-5

Twin brothers Wiccan and Speed of the Young Avengers are boys without a past. When Wiccan's powers spiral out of control, the team sets out to find the one person who might be able to help: the Scarlet Witch, who may be the twins' mother, and whose own uncontrollable powers once almost destroyed the Avengers and nearly wiped out the mutant race. The Young Avengers' search will take them across the world and through time, reunite them with friends thought lost and pit them against deadly enemies; it will find them on the run from the Avengers and aligned with the former mutant terrorist Magneto, the Scarlet Witch's father. And once they find the Scarlet Witch, nothing will ever be the same! COLLECTING: AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE 1-9, AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE - YOUNG AVENGERS 1, UNCANNY X-MEN 526 (B STORY)

Acclaimed O.C. writer and TV veteran Allan Heinberg makes his comics debut, melding his unique ear for realistic teen characters with the trademark action and adventure of the Marvel Universe. Lauded as "a great piece of entertainment" by Silver Bullet Comics, YOUNG AVENGERS became the sleeper hit of 2005 and the critical darling of 2006 When the original Avengers disband, a team of teenage heroes comes together to fill the gap. Their first order of business: surviving the wrath of Kang the Conqueror and weathering the disapproval of the adult Avengers Next, the newly formed Young Avengers take on super-powered sadist Mister Hyde, the extraterrestrial Super-Skrull and a full-scale alien invasion, juggling their parents and their private lives at the same time Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS #1-12 and the YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL.