No, Tony. The Avengers are a sledgehammer. A darned effective one, but a sledgehammer all the same. What the world needs isn't always a sledgehammer--sometimes it needs a scalpel. 
Appearing in "The Deal: Part 1 of 2"
Featured Characters:
- Operation: Lightning Storm (First appearance)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Main story and flashback) (Joins)
- Agent Sum (First appearance) (Joins)
- Agent Baines (First appearance) (Joins)
- Agent Locke (First appearance) (Joins)
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Main story and flashback)
- Commander Maria Hill
- Unnamed agents
- Cape-Killers
- Araña (Aña Corazón)
- Sarah Day
Antagonists:
- A.I.M. agents
Other Characters:
- William Wagner
- Chewie
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
- Arachne (Julia Carpenter) (Cameo)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- The Hand (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Captain America's Underground (Mentioned)
- Mighty Avengers (Mentioned)
- Broods (Mentioned)
- Doomsday Man (Mentioned)
- Sir Warren Traveler (Mentioned)
- Gilberto Corazón (Mentioned)
- Rachel Carpenter (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Kree
- Flerken
- Mutants (Mentioned)
- Broods (Mentioned)
Locations:
- United States (Main story and flashback)
- New York
- New York City
- Indiana (Main story and flashback)
- Anderson
- Indianapolis (Only in flashback)
- Colorado (Mentioned)
- New York
Items:
- Ms. Marvel's Suit
- Extremis Armor (Main story and flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Level-5 Force Field
- Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- Minicarrier 13 (First appearance)
Events:
- Decimation (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Deal: Part 1 of 2"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
"THE DEAL" Part 1 of 2
NEW ARTIST! NEW STATUS QUO! A NEW BEGINNING FOR MS. MARVEL! Tony Stark wants Carol Danvers to lead the Mighty Avengers - but she wants something in return! Ms. Marvel is determined to be "the best of the best," and this is the issue that reveals how she'll use her key ties in the Marvel Universe to do it! Be there as Brian Reed (NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI) nd new penciler Aaron Lopresti (INCREDIBLE HULK, WHAT IT: AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED) kick off a new era for Ms. Marvel!Trivia
- This issue happens a few months after the Decimation.
