Avengers Disassembled

Avengers Disassembled

Main character(s) Avengers Creative team Writer(s) (core story, epilogue)
Brian Michael Bendis
(Tie-ins)
(Captain America)
Robert Kirkman
(Captain America and the Falcon)
Christopher Priest
(Fantastic Four)
Mark Waid
(Iron Man)
John Jackson Miller
Mark Ricketts
(The Spectacular Spider-Man)
Paul Jenkins
(Thor)
Mike Oeming Penciller(s) (core story)
David Finch
(flashbacks)
Oliver Coipel
(Avengers Finale)
Alex Maleev, Steve Epting, Lee Weeks, Michael Gaydos, Eric Powell, Darick Robertson, Mike Mayhew, David Mack, Gary Frank, Mike Oeming, Jim Cheung, Steve McNiven, George Pérez
(Tie-ins)
(Captain America)
Scot Eaton
(Captain America and the Falcon)
Joe Bennett
(Fantastic Four)
Mike Wieringo
(Iron Man)
Jorge Lucas, Tony Harris
(The Spectacular Spider-Man)
Michael Ryan, Humberto Ramos, Paco Medina
(Thor)
Andrea Di Vito Collected editions Avengers Disassembled HC ISBN 0-7851-2294-X Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor & Captain America ISBN 0785138846

"Avengers Disassembled", referred to in some participating series as "Disassembled", is a crossover event between several Marvel Comics series. The general idea is that the major heroes (the Avengers, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four) are assaulted, not just physically, but emotionally. Author Brian Michael Bendis said in an article in Newsarama that the one thing that separates this crossover from others is that "not everyone is coming back from this one." The "Disassembled" tag is a reference to the Avengers' rallying cry, "Avengers Assemble!".

The series centers on the Avengers, and this stems into the individual crises affecting Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man. The "Disassembled" stories of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four do not tie in and are stand-alone storylines that only share the "Disassembled" title. The "Disassembled" trade paperbacks display the Avengers "A" symbol on the spines, completed when all of the "Avengers Disassembled" books are displayed in order: Avengers, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man.

The active members of the Avengers team during the events of "Chaos" (the Avengers portion of "Avengers Disassembled") were Ant-Man, Captain America, Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh), Falcon, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Vision, Wasp, and Yellowjacket.