User blog comment:LoveWaffle/Well This Is Somewhat Hopeful/@comment-5699975-20121223035004/@comment-1895174-20121224044627

''We are not in any way saying Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes didn’t happen. You will see an epic conclusion.'' - Jeph Loeb's comments from the Avengers Assemble and the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. screeining at Comic-Con 2012. As for Surtur, the episode I was referring to was "Powerless". Furthermore, I don't think they tried to cram two seasons into one - frankly, they wouldn't have the time. The series was completed long before any of the season even aired. Remember that "The Private War of Doctor Doom" leaked months before it actually premiered. Production had most likely already ceased before the show was officially cancelled.

Animated shows being completed long before they actually aired isn't anything new. If you're a fan of American Dad, for example, every time you watch a "new" episode you're actually watching one that's two years old. If anything, the decision to put Galactus in the episode "Avengers Assemble" stems from 52 episodes being one of the upper limits of how many episodes a children's cartoon will get. But then the blame needs to go to the production staff and not Disney and Marvel.