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House of M: Avengers #1 (of 5)

January 1st, 2008
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1 (of 5)
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January 1st, 2008
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November 14th, 2007
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Synopsis

Return to the world of the hit House of M series, where mutants rule the earth and familiar heroes lead shocking, unfamiliar lives! See the history of this alternate reality revealed for the first time! Follow Luke Cage as he goes from wrongly-convicted prisoner to super-powered fugitive...and assembles the band of rebel freedom fighters who will come to be known as the Avengers! Featuring Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Tigra, Mockingbird and more than a few surprises! The team behind the acclaimed Union Jack, Christos (World War Hulk: X-Men) Gage and Mike (Captain America) Perkins, reunite to bring you Marvel's heroes and villains in a world where anything can happen...and does!

Plot

New York City, Back in the Day: Luke Cage has escaped from Seagate Prison, after being set up by Willis Stryker, and is seeking revenge. Luke finds Stryker, who is now a mutant, and Luke explains how he missed the Mutant/Human War, and how was experimented on in prison and now has his current power set of super strength and invulnerability. Luke Cage then kills Stryker and becomes a new crime boss of Sapien Town.

Luke then forms a new team of Sapiens, including Hawkeye, a thief who prefers harder heists to easy scores, Moon Knight and Iron Fist, two street toughs avoiding the Mutant police, and Tigra, a Sapien who can pass as a mutant. They start protecting Sapiens from the Mutant police and try to make a safe place in Sapien Town.

This gets the attention of Misty Knight and the Sapien police who are trying to prove that humans are just as good police as the mutants.

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