—The OtherHe is ready to lead. And our Chitauri will follow. A world will be his. The universe, yours. And the humans, what can they do... but burn?
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)
- Thor
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Director Nick Fury
- Agent Phil Coulson
- Agent Maria Hill
- Numerous unnamed agents
- Pepper Potts
Antagonists:
- Loki Laufeyson
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mind-controlled by Loki)
- Doctor Erik Selvig (Mind-controlled by Loki)
- Several unnamed brainwashed men
- Chitauri
- The Other
- Chitauri Warriors (Cameo)
- Thanos
Other Characters:
- Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
- Phase 2
- Georgi Luchkov
- World Security Council (Appears on screen)
- Councilman Malick (Appears on screen)
- Councilwoman Hawley (Appears on screen)
- Numerous unnamed council members
- Hydra (Only in flashback)
- Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) (Only in flashback)
- Peggy Carter (Only in flashback)
- Bucky Barnes (Only in flashback)
- J.A.R.V.I.S.
- Dr. Heinrich Schafer
- Destroyer (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-199999 (Main story and flashback)
- Sanctuary
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Russia
- India
- Arctic Circle (Only in flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean
- Germany (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Asgard (Mentioned)
Items:
- Tesseract
- Space Stone (Behind the scenes)
- Chitauri Armor
- Chitauri Gun (Cameo)
- Loki's Scepter
- Mind Stone (Behind the scenes)
- Hawkeye's Bow
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man Armor MK VI
- Arc Reactor
- Vibranium
- Captain America's Shield
- Mjolnir
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
Vehicles:
- Valkyrie (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet
- Acura Cars
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
- Boeing 737 Business Jet
Synopsis for 1st story
Loki encounters The Other, an envoy for an alien race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, an energy source of limitless power, the Other promises Loki a Chitauri army with which he can subjugate the Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and his lieutenant Agent Hill arrive at a remote research facility during an evacuation, where physicist Doctor Erik Selvig is leading a research team experimenting on the Tesseract. Agent Phil Coulson explains that the object has begun radiating an unusual form of energy, as well as low levels of gamma radiation. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a portal, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki takes the Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and several agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him in his getaway.
In response to the attack, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". S.H.I.E.L.D. moves to their new base of operations, the Helicarrier, where Coulson contacts Agent Natasha Romanoff, who at the moment was in the middle of an interrogation where she was tied to a chair. But Coulson tells her that "Agent Barton has been compromised", Romanoff breaks loose of her bondage and manages to defeat her captors, Romanoff is then sent to India to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner; Coulson visits Tony Stark to have him review Selvig's research; and Fury approaches Steve Rogers with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract. While Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power, Loki causes a distraction in Stuttgart, Germany, leading to a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki is being escorted to S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, his adoptive brother, arrives and frees him hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return to Asgard. After a confrontation with Stark and Rogers, Thor agrees to take Loki to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying aircraft carrier, the Helicarrier. There Loki is imprisoned while Banner and Stark attempt to locate the Tesseract. The Avengers become divided, both over how to approach Loki and the revelation that S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to harness the Tesseract to develop weapons as a deterrent against hostile extra-terrestrials. As the group argues, Barton and Loki's other possessed agents attack the Helicarrier, disabling its engines in flight and causing Banner to transform into the Hulk.
Solicit Synopsis
Iron Man! Thor! Captain America! Black Widow! Hawkeye! The Hulk! They’re all here…and so is Loki!
- When the trickster god makes a play for the mighty Tesseract, it’ll take a historic assemblage of heroes to save the day…that is, if they don’t kill each other first!
Notes
- This is the official Marvel's The Avengers movie tie-in and novelization.