When Loki, the trickster god, threatens Earth, Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. forms a team of super heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor, to stop him.

At head of title: Marvel. "Based on the motion pictures Iron Man, screenplay by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway; Iron Man 2, screenplay by Justin Theroux; The Incredible Hulk, screen story and screenplay by Zak Penn; Thor, story by J. Michael Straczynski and Mark Protosevich, screenplay by Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz and Don Payne; Captain America: the First Avenger, screenplay by Chrisopher Marcus & Stephen McFeely; Marvel's The Avengers, written by Joss Whedon."