Avengers Disassembled

"Avengers Disassembled"
"Avengers Disassembled"
	Promotional art for Avengers #503.; Art by David Finch.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	August 2004 – January 2005
Genre	Superhero; Crossover;
Title(s)
	Avengers vol. 3, #500–503; Avengers Finale #1; Captain America vol. 4, #29–32; Captain America and the Falcon #5–7; Fantastic Four #517–519; Iron Man vol. 3, #84–89; The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2, #15–20; Thor vol. 2, #80–85; What If? Avengers Disassembled #1;
Main character(s)	Avengers
Creative team
Writer(s)	Brian Michael Bendis (Avengers and Avengers Finale); Robert Kirkman (Captain America); Paul Jenkins (The Spectacular Spider-Man); John Jackson Miller (Iron Man); Mike Oeming (Thor); Christopher Priest (Captain America and the Falcon); Mark Ricketts (Iron Man); Mark Waid (Fantastic Four);
Penciller(s)	Joe Bennett (Captain America and the Falcon); Jim Cheung (Avengers Finale); Oliver Coipel (flashbacks); Anil Prasad (Thor); Scot Eaton (Captain America); Steve Epting (Avengers Finale); David Finch (Avengers); Gary Frank (Avengers Finale); Michael Gaydos (Avengers Finale); Tony Harris (Iron Man); Jorge Lucas (Iron Man); David Mack (Avengers Finale); Alex Maleev (Avengers Finale); Mike Mayhew (Avengers Finale); Steve McNiven (Avengers Finale); Paco Medina (The Spectacular Spider-Man); Mike Oeming (Avengers Finale); George Pérez (Avengers Finale); Eric Powell (Avengers Finale); Humberto Ramos (The Spectacular Spider-Man); Darick Robertson (Avengers Finale); Michael Ryan (The Spectacular Spider-Man); Lee Weeks (Avengers Finale); Mike Wieringo (Fantastic Four);
Avengers Disassembled HC	ISBN 0-7851-2294-X
Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor & Captain America	ISBN 0785138846

"Avengers Disassembled" is a 2004 crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics involving the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Spider-Man and Thor. The beginning of Brian Michael Bendis's Avengers run, it depicts the destruction of the existing traditional roster and the exile of several key members of the team. The storyline includes a number of subplots, some of which take place before and/or after the main events, which include other changes to the status quo: Iron Man once again closeting his secret identity, Spider-Man developing organic web-shooters (as in the contemporary Sam Raimi film trilogy), and the death of Thor and Asgard in one final Ragnarok.

The main story, Chaos, ran in Avengers #500-503 and a special epilogue, Avengers Finale. The series would lead to a massive relaunch of the Avengers family of titles: New Avengers, New Thunderbolts, Captain America, and Iron Man; and the launch of Young Avengers.