Fan-favorite creators Kurt Busiek and George Pérez craft a new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes! The Avengers forge an uneasy alliance with the Thunderbolts to face Count Nefaria - but the true threat comes from the stars as Earth is declared a cosmic maximum-security prison for alien criminals! To save their planet, and to contend with hordes of rampaging Hulks and the spawn of Ultron, the Avengers must rebuild their operation bigger and better than ever. But when the time-spanning Kang the Conqueror wages war on the present day - and wins - Captain America and a small band of rebels may be the world's only hope for freedom! Collecting AVENGERS (1998) #24-56 and #1 1/2, AVENGERS ANNUAL 2000-2001, THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #42-44, MAXIMUM SECURITY: DANGEROUS PLANET (2000), MAXIMUM SECURITY (2000) #1-3, and AVENGERS: THE ULTRON IMPERATIVE (2001).
Über den Autor Kurt Busiek
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Kurt Busiek broke in as a comics writer in 1982, with stories in Green Lantern #162 and Power Man & Iron Fist #90, both out the same day. Since then, he’s worked on just about everything from Action Comics to Zot!, including runs on Avengers, Iron Man, Superman, Conan, and others, along with co-creating Thunderbolts, The Power Company and more. Best known for his work on the multiple-award-winning Marvels and ASTRO CITY, he’s been turning more and more to creator-owned work of late, including such projects as ARROWSMITH, Superstar, Shockrockets and THE WIZARD'S TALE, and is currently working on more ASTRO CITY along with his new series THE AUTUMNLANDS, drawn by Benjamin Dewey.
