Avengers, I bid you tidings, in this, our darkest hour. I am sorry to inform you that I am no longer in control of the organisms that make up my body structure... and that you are no longer in control of anything that we, as a group, held dear. Or what we, as individuals, held as important... Our time is over. I cannot explain to you in terms that any of you would understand why and how this has happened to us... for I am only now beginning to comprehend where it is that we, as a group, have failed... and why we are about to be punished. 
Appearing in "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part I of IV)"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Controlled by a mysterious attacker)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Controlled by a mysterious attacker)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson)
- Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart) (First appearance; dies) (Controlled by a mysterious attacker)
- Vision (Death) (Controlled by a mysterious attacker)
- Ultron drones (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Avengers (First appearance)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (First appearance; dies)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (First appearance)
- Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh) (First appearance)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (First appearance)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (First appearance)
- Edwin Jarvis (First appearance)
- Viper / Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian) (Mentioned)
- Ant-Man's Ants
- Hercules (Statue)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (Statue)
- Cassie Lang (Mentioned)
- United Nations
- Latverian Embassador (First appearance)
- King T'Challa
- Several unnamed others
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent Coleman (First appearance)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Several other unnamed agents
- Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Cassie Lang (Mentioned)
- Ultron (Mentioned)
- Billy Maximoff (Magical construct) (Shadow only)
- Tommy Maximoff (Magical construct) (Shadow only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-61108 (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- United States of America (First appearance)
- New York (First appearance)
- New York City (First appearance)
- Manhattan (First appearance)
- Midtown (First appearance)
- Avengers Mansion (First appearance) (Destruction)
- Midtown (First appearance)
- Manhattan (First appearance)
- New York City (First appearance)
- New York (First appearance)
- United States of America (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Latveria, Europe (Mentioned)
- Earth
Items:
- Ant-Man's Helmet
- Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
- Captain Britain's Uniform and the Sword of Might
- Iron Man Armor Model 25
- Captain America's Shield
- Falcon's Wings
Vehicles:
- A Quinjet (Destruction)
Synopsis for "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part I of IV)"
In Avengers Mansion, Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Wasp, Captain Britain and She-Hulk are enjoying breakfast. All the while, Hawkeye is talking about how Viper is Madame Hydra and how attractive she is. Then suddenly, proximity alarms alert them to the return of an undead Jack of Hearts. Ant-Man, who had seen Jack die personally saving his daughter Cassie, goes out to talk to him. However, Jack says, "I'm sorry", before spontaneously detonating, causing a massive explosion that kills Ant-Man, destroys a portion of the Mansion and nearly buries the other Avengers, including Jarvis, with rubble.
Meanwhile at the United Nations, Tony Stark, apparently drunk, insults the delegate from Latveria and threatens to kill him. He quickly adjourns to another room while Yellowjacket apologizes for him on his behalf. Then, the Scarlet Witch asks if he had been drinking, to which he answers no. They then receives the Avengers Code White signal.
Back at the mansion, Captain America has arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel. They then all notice the Quinjet coming in at a very fast speed, before crashlanding. The Vision then emerges from the wreckage, informing his comrades that he's no longer in control of the organisms that make up his body. He warns that they are about to be punished. He then expels fives metallic balls from his mouth which mold themselves as fully functional Ultrons. The Avengers attack the Ultrons and discover that a decapitation can render Ultron non functional. Just when they're getting the upper hand, She-Hulk loses control, angry that Ant-Man is dead for no reason. As her muscle mass expands, she rips the Vision in half. Wasp tried to remind She-Hulk that she's not her cousin, only to be violently slapped away. Cap attempts to stop her, only for She-Hulk to ram a truck onto him.
In the darkness, two voices (later revealed to be manifestations of the Scarlet Witch) are discussing over whether the Avengers have suffered enough.
Notes
- With this issue, Avengers reverts to its original numbering systems combining the accumulated comic issues from all three series. The cover to this issue reveals (in greyscale text) that this issue also represents Avengers (Volume 3) #85.
- The cover to Avengers #1 is reproduced on the splash page to this issue.
- The Vision is destroyed in this issue, but returns in the pages of Avengers Vol 4.
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is revealed to have survived the explosion in Avengers: The Children's Crusade.
Trivia
- Reference is made to Hank Pym being a wife-beater. Hank's abusive relationship with Janet Van Dyne was first chronicled in Avengers (Volume 1) #215-217.
- This issue also addressess Tony Stark's lifelong battle with alcoholism. Tony's alcoholism was first revealed in the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline from Iron Man (Volume 1) #128.
- Jack of Heart's death scene takes place on Earth-61108. Because of time travel in Children's Crusade.
Recommended Readings[]
- Avengers (Volume 3) #500-503
- Captain America (Volume 4) #29-32
- Captain America and the Falcon #5-7
- Fantastic Four (Volume 3) #517-519
- Iron Man (Volume 3) #86-89
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Volume 2) #17-20
