The Avengers are known worldwide thanks to Marvel's Cinematic Universe. The superhero team has had a plethora of heroes join its ranks (and leave the team too) in the comics to battle threats that endanger the world or even the entire universe. However, legendary comic writer Mark Waid, co-author of DC's famous storyline, Kingdom Come, brings details that are often overlooked by readers to light.
The majority of superheroes in the Avengers fight the big fights but seem to never (or rarely) help the people they swear to save. These heroes will fight an alien invasion off, but when it comes to helping clean up the mess they created in the first place, the Avengers are nowhere to be seen.
The first issue starts off with Ms. Marvel (A.K.A Kamala Khan) finishing a battle with her Avenger teammates, which leaves a train track collapsed and the immediate area utterly destroyed. Kamala soon develops the perception that the Avenger's do not want to help the people they protect and leaves the super-human team. Shortly after taking a break from the Avengers, Ms. Marvel reaches out to her friends and former Avengers, Miles Morales (Spider-Man) and Sam Alexander (Nova). The three aim to recruit Amadeus Cho (Totally Awesome Hulk) and the young time-displaced X-Men, Cyclops.
A Brief Explanation: This Cyclops is a teenager from the past of the main Marvel Universe. He is alienated by regular people because he is a mutant, and by some mutants, because his older-self from the present-day was a mutant extremist (his older self is also super dead). Don't ask how this happened. It's comics... it happened. (Or you could ask questions if you want. Yeah, you know what go for it, ask me any questions about comics).
Anyways, all five of these heroes see eye-to-eye when it comes to how the superhero community should develop a relationship with the general public. Essentially, this team wants to protect the people and serve them as well.
This detail is often overlooked in comic books. In countless comic book story arcs, we see an enemy being established, a conflict ensuing, characters dying (possibly... eh, usually, but they also tend to come back after a while), and then we see the conflict come to an end, and good triumphs over evil most of the time. And that would conclude a day in the life of a superhero. However, we never see what comes after. Does the hero help rebuild the building they are partially responsible for destroying? Do they go grab a bite to eat? No, nowadays we get thrust into the beginning of another story arc with a cliffhanger.
This comic is definitely worth the read because the story contains characters that are generally well-received, are well developed as the story progresses, and offers a new take on the super-hero story.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
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