No one said this job would be easy, Avengers. Or even possible. That's why you're all here. Because none of you should be possible either. And nothing less of the utterly impossible is what I'll ask of you every time you answer our call. These are dark times, Avengers. And they are only trending further into darkness. If we're going to keep this planet intact long enough for its people to pull themselves back into the light, we'll have to do it one impossible day at a time. Today was a day unlike any other. Tomorrow will be more of the same. But that's our job description. That's why we stand together. If the world needs something to believe in, then let it believe in the power and promise of our most sacred words... Avengers assemble! 
Appearing in "The Battle for the Right to be Called... Earth's Mightiest"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Agents of Wakanda (First appearance)
- All-Father Odin (Main story and recap)
- Loki
- ⏴ Phoenix (Logan) ⏵
Antagonists:
- Winter Guard
- Ursa Major (Mikhali Ursus) (Rejoins team)
- Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin) (Rejoins team)
- Red Widow (First appearance)
- Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)
- Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko)
- Vostok (Anatoly)
- Perun
- Chernobog
- Defenders of the Deep
- King Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Piranhas (Name revealed) (Death of two-thirds)
- Echidna
- Andromeda
- Manowar
- Bloodtide
- Orka
- Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)
- King Crab (Name revealed)
- War Sharks
- Vampires
Other Characters:
- Russian Armed Forces
- Alexander Konovalov (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- President Vladimir Putin (Mentioned)
- KGB (Referenced)
- Red Room (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed Hydropolitans
- Howard Stark (Mentioned)
- Good Lord / God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned) (Defunct)
- Wakandan Army
- Roxx News
- U.S. Congress (Mentioned)
- Power Elite
- Gen. Thunderbolt Ross
- Agent Phil Coulson (Revealed to be alive) (Joins)
- Unnamed others
- Abraham Lincoln (Statue)
- U.S. Government (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- U.S. Navy (Mentioned)
- Roxxon Energy Corporation (Mentioned)
- Stingray (Walter Newell) (Mentioned) (Revealed to be alive)
- Defenders (Mentioned)
- The Little Mermaid (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Executive Security Committee (Earth-616)
- U.S. Army (Voice only)
- USAF (Mentioned)
- Wakandan Navy
- Squadron Supreme of America (First appearance)
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (First appearance)
- Blur (Stanley Stewart) (First appearance)
- Hyperion (Mark Milton) (First appearance)
- Doctor Spectrum (Col. Joseph Ledger) (First appearance)
- Power Princess (Zarda) (First appearance)
- Gabe Reyes
- Starbrand (Kevin Connor) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Fallen (Zgreb) (Mentioned)
- Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (Mentioned)
- Devil (Mephisto) (Mentioned)
- Lilith (Only in recap)
- Avengers 1,000,000 BC (Only in recap)
- Ghost Rider (Ghost) (Only in recap)
- Agamotto (Only in recap)
- Starbrand (Only in recap)
- Iron Fist (Only in recap)
- Black Panther (Only in recap)
- Phoenix Force
- Vikings (Mentioned)
- Santa Claus (Mentioned)
- Celestials
- Gammenon the Gatherer
- Oneg the Prober
- Hargen the Measurer
- Eson the Searcher
- Arishem the Judge
- Ziran the Tester
- One Above All
- Nezarr the Calculator
- Numerous unidentified others
- Hand (Vision or hallucination)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Vision or hallucination)
- The Punisher (Frank Castle) (Vision or hallucination)
- Man-Thing (Theodore Sallis) (Vision or hallucination)
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Vision or hallucination)
- Malekith the Accursed (Vision or hallucination)
- Dracula (Mentioned)
- Blade (Eric Brooks)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants (Main story and recap)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Atlanteans
- Demons (Main story and behind the scenes in recap)
- Celestials
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Asgardians
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Rhinoceroses (Mentioned)
- Mermaids (Mentioned)
- Sharks
- Zombies (Mentioned)
- Synthezoids
- Dievas
- Bears (Referenced)
- Cats (Mentioned)
- Dogs (Mentioned)
- Goats (Mentioned)
- Eternals
- Dark Celestials (Mentioned)
- Asgardian-Frost Giant Hybrids (Main story and recap)
- Annunaki (Only in recap)
- Vampires (Main story and recap)
- Early Humans (Only in recap)
- Cyborgs (Only in recap)
- Mammoths (Only in recap)
- Abstract Entities (Main story and recap)
- Frost Giants
- Horde (Behind the scenes)
- Man-Things (Vision or hallucination)
- Hellbent (Vision or hallucination)
- Dark Elves (Vision or hallucination)
- Bats
- Human-Vampire Hybrids
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Europe
- Russia
- Siberia
- The Last Gulag (First appearance)
- Moscow, Moscow Oblast (Mentioned)
- Kremlin (Mentioned)
- Ural Mountains
- Siberia
- Black Sea (Mentioned)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Referenced)
- Romania
- Russia
- South Pacific
- Hydropolis (First appearance)
- Arctic Ocean
- North America
- United States of America
- California
- Washington, D.C.
- National Mall
- Lincoln Memorial
- Capitol Building (Mentioned)
- Washington Monument
- Dupont Circle (Mentioned)
- Wakandan Embassy (Mentioned)
- National Mall
- Nebraska (Mentioned)
- Virginia
- United States of America
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantis (Mentioned)
- Africa
- Hyboria (Only in recap)
- Europe
- Hell (Invoked)
- Asgard (Mentioned)
- Hevens (Mentioned)
- Hel, Niffleheim (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Earth-14412 (Mentioned)
Items:
- Vanguard's Shield
- Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark VI
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Thor's unnamed golden hammer (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified metal arm prosthesis (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor)
- Panther Habit
- Ghost Rider's Chain
- Darkforce
- Power Prism (Behind the scenes)
- Gungnir
- Star Brand (Object)
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Infinity Stones (Mentioned)
- Punisher's Suit (Vision or hallucination)
- Moon Knight's Suit (Vision or hallucination)
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Pym Particles (Behind the scenes)
- Blade's Sword (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Hell Charger
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarriers (Destroyed)
- Quinjet
Events:
- Age of Khonshu (Vision or hallucination)
- War of the Realms (Vision or hallucination)
Synopsis for "The Battle for the Right to be Called... Earth's Mightiest"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
THE EARTH’S MOST HATED HEROES?!
After 700 issues of saving the world, you’d think the Avengers would be due some celebration. But instead the whole world seems to be gunning for them, especially Namor’s fearsome new Defenders of the Deep and the reimagined Russian Super-Soldiers of the Winter Guard. And that’s not to mention the shocking surprise the U.S. government has in store for our heroes. Plus: The all-new Agents of Wakanda! The mystery of the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC deepens! A key revelation concerning the resurrection of Wolverine! And the next startling new Avenger is revealed!