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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #2
Publication Date: January 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/14/2009
Volume: 2
Pages: 228
ISBN: 9780785137085
UPC/EAN: 978078513708552499
Price: $27.99 CAD
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Content Items: 29 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
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Title Page and Credits

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Contents

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Introduction

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Co-Starring: Spider-Man - 'Nuff Said!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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The Mighty Avengers Meet Spider-Man

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor]; Kang; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Rick Jones; Wonder Man (Flashback; Cameo)
Kang creates a robotic Spider-Man and sends him back in time to battle the Avengers.
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Kang!

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A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Kang; Rama-Tut; Doctor Doom
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This Hostage Earth!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
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This Hostage Earth!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
No one ever knows how an incredible adventure will begin!
The Mole Man creates an atomic gyroscope to kill all life on the Earth's surface.
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The Castle of Count Nefaria!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]
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The Castle of Count Nefaria!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Maggia (introduction); Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] (introduction); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]] (cameo)
Suddenly, the world turns against the mighty Avengers!!
When Count Nefaria, the head of the crime organization known as the Maggia, moves his European castle to New Jersey, he invites the Avengers to be his guests at the castle's opening day. However, he then creates duplicates of the Avengers who go to Washington DC to take over the government.
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Even an Avenger Can Die!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Kallusians
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Even Avengers Can Die!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp (cameo)]; Rick Jones (cameo); Kallusians; Doctor Svenson; The Watcher
Yes, even to those who have become a legend in their time, death is possible!
In order to save the Wasp's life, the Avengers seek out the help of Dr. Svenson, only to find he's been replaced by an alien from the planet Kallu.
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Now, By My Hand, Shall Perish a Villain!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Thor]; Masters of Evil [Baron Heinrich Zemo; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; The Executioner; Enchantress]
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Now, By My Hand, Shall Die a Villain!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Thor]; Masters of Evil [Baron Heinrich Zemo (death); Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Melter; The Executioner; Enchantress]
At last!
The Avengers battle the Masters of Evil in New York while Captain America trails Zemo to his jungle hideout where the villain has imprisoned Rick Jones. Zemo tries to bring down an avalanche on Cap but the villain is killed instead and the death of Bucky Barnes is finally avenged.
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Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye (on poster); Quicksilver (on poster); Rick Jones (on poster); Thor (on poster); Scarlet Witch (on poster); Giant Man (on poster); Black Knight (on poster); Executioner (on poster); Melter (on poster); Enchantress (on poster); Iron Man (on poster); Wasp (on poster)
Avengers Assemble!
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The Old Order Changeth!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant Man [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Happy Hogan; Masters of Evil [Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Melter [Bruno Hogan]; Executioner [Skurge]; Enchantress [Amora]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Magneto (flashback); Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Toad; Mastermind] (flashback); X-Men [Beast; Iceman; Angel]; Kang (cameo); Mole Man (cameo); Immortus (cameo)
One side, Thor!
Most of the old Avengers line-up leaves, leaving Captain America behind to be leading the Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Quicksilver.
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The episode title might be inspired by A. Tennyson’s poem Idylls of the King, The Passing of Arthur (1869): "The old order changeth, yielding place to new."
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Four Against the Minotaur!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Minotaur
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Four Against the Minotaur!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Rick Jones; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Leader [Samuel Sterns]; Minotaur
Will the new Avengers succeed in their search for the Hulk?
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The Hulk appearance coincides with the Hulk story in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #69.
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When the Commissar Commands!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Commissar
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When the Commissar Commands!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Commissar (villain, robot); Major Hoy (villain)
His mission: prove that the Reds are superior to freedom's champions!
The Reds (evil commies) led by the monstrous Commissar are enslaving the peaceful land of Sin-Cong. The Avengers travel to that land to aid the people. Commissar defeats them all except the Scarlet Witch who discovers and destroys the Commissar's control panel, ending him.
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The Coming of... the Swordsman!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]
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The Coming of... the Swordsman!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne] (introduction)
No one questions a man with an Avengers' i.d. card!
Introduction of the Swordsman. His origin and Hawkeye's are both told.
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Vengeance Is Ours!

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Vengeance Is Ours!

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The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Mandarin (villain)
The fool! Why did he do it!
Our heroes battle Mandarin and Swordsman.
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The Avengeres #19 Cover Production Photostat

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Swordsman; Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver
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The Avengers #16, Page 20 Original Art

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Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp; Captain America; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Hawkeye
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The Avengers #20, Page 12 Original Art

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Swordsman; Mandarin
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Biographies

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