Marvel’s Secret War and New Avengers Get New Printings
2004 saw Brian Michael Bendis dismantling the Avengers. This group of Earth’s strongest champions – Captain America, Iron Man, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Hawkeye, Falcon, Captain Britain, Ant-Man, and Scarlet Witch – formally disbanded following an assault from Wanda Maximoff’s reality-bending chaos magic. The five-part “Avengers Disassembled” saga eventually paved the way for Marvel to reintroduce Avengers as the New Avengers, welcoming street-level heroes such as Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman, and Wolverine into their team.