User blog comment:MightyMutton/Avengers Assemble, what's going on?/@comment-4651179-20120603200309

Well... I'm linking this series, specially Bagley's art, who is my favourite Marvel artist.

This series is in continuity, it takes place between Avengers #24 and Avengers vs. X-Men #1, because in Avengers #24, Thor returns to the team, and we can say that the Avengers Tower appearing it's because it wasn't inaugurated yet.

There isn't a new team, in issue #2, Captain America mentions them not to tell anything to the rest of the team, it's just half of the Avengers teaming-up with the Hulk.

The Zodiac had their powers given by Thanos, who wants them to take out of the planet many powerful objects, such as one Ultimate Nullifier, in order to bring balance to our planet, why? I think that answer comes in issue 4. I think the Guardians getting involved is because of Thanos (cosmic villain) is looking for powerful (cosmic) objects using (cosmic) suits which the Zodiac is using. You know, with all the "like cosmic Avengers" (in the words of Tony Stark in EMH).

I recomended a friend to read this series, because he's very disconnected from the actual Marvel Universe, he didn't know even that Johnny Storm is back or that Avengers vs. X-Men is the current event going on. If you are not getting this series, I recommend you to read it, although Bendis has his problem of not giving a f*** to the current status-quo of the characters he's working on, with a Hulk talking in his old childish way, but he's talking normal again in issues #2 and #3. Thankfully, Bendis mentioned on his tumblr that he's reading some Thanos stuff.

This series is on-going, I think it has also something with Marvel re-building their Cosmic Universe and that rumor of Benids on a Guardians of the Galaxy on-going.