Featuring an exclusive foreword by Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe & Anthony Russo.Earth's Mightiest Heroes ­fight in vain to prevent the end of everything in a

streamlined vision

of the cataclysmic lead-in to SECRET WARS.

One by one, the realities of the Multiverse have collided and been destroyed, leaving the Marvel Universe as one of the last standing. Now the final Incursion is drawing near — and in the wake of the desperate, world-shattering actions taken by the shadowy group of heroes known as the Illuminati, the Avengers are fragmented. While one group seeks to confront their former Illuminati allies, another takes the fight to a dark new threat! But what has become of Tony Stark and Doctor Strange? Will all the battles they’ve endured — and the sacrifices they’ve made — prepare the Avengers for the inevitable? Time runs out as the stage is set for SECRET WARS!COLLECTING: Material from Avengers (2012) #35-44; New Avengers (2013) #24-33

Written by

Jonathan Hickman

Penciled by

Stefano Caselli, Mike Deodato Jr., Mike Mayhew, Valerio Schiti, Kev Walker, Szymon Kudranski, Dalibor Talajić & More