Digital Comics Storyline Spotlight: Korvac Saga
The Avengers encounter one the greatest threats they've ever faced
Posted: 2008-04-17 Updated: 2008-04-21 11:21:32
Each week we highlight a classic storyline told in full inside Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the greatest collection of Marvel comics available online! This week we focus on one of the greatest Avengers adventures of all-time, the"Korvac Saga"! Plotted by former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, this 12-issue spanning epic features scripts and pencils by an all-star team of industry legends such as George Perez, David Michelinie, Roger Stern, Sal Buscema, and more.
The action begins when the Guardians of the Galaxy traverse both time and space in pursuit of a newly reborn Korvac, now fueled with the knowledge and energies of the planet devouring Galactus' worldship. Unable to track the godlike threat, the heroes from nearly 1,000 years in the future enlist of the aid of the modern age's mightiest heroes: the Avengers!
Featuring one of the largest Avengers roster's ever assembled and including a bevy of cameos (like the wall-crawling amazing Spider-Man), the "Korvac Saga" remains a veritable tour de force of as Earth's Mightiest Heroes encounter Henry Gyrich, Ultron, and the Collector before their final showdown with Korvac.
To check out this and other awesome Avengers adventures, head over to Marvel Digital Comics Unlmited and get started with the "Korvac Saga"!
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