Young Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Dark Reign

The critically acclaimed Young Avengers series continues, and sees the team rocked to its core by seiosmic events like CIVIL WAR and SECRET INVASION!

As the public turns against Marvel’s heroes, the events of CIVIL WAR lead the Young Avengers to meet their fellow young heroes, the Runaways — but will they be on the same side? Then Patriot, Hulkling, Wiccan, Vision, Stature and Hawkeye go under detailed examination as they find their place in a changed world — before the Skrull SECRET INVASION reunites them with the Runaways! But out of that crisis, the Dark Reign of Norman Osborn begins and a new crew of Young Avengers is formed! The Melter, the Executioner, the Enchantress, Egghead, Big Zero and Coat of Arms — teenage rebels on the run from the authorities and on a collision course with the original Young Avengers! And, when the Siege of Asgard begins, our heroes fight alongside Captain America and the Asgardian Gods against Osborn and his insane allies!

COLLECTING: Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) 1-4, Young Avengers Presents (2008) 1-6, Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers (2008) 1-3, Dark Reign: Young Avengers (2009) 1-5, Siege: Young Avengers (2010) 1

A writer for the Emmy Award-winning animated series Robot Chicken and co-creator of the stop-motion SuperMansion, Zeb Wells began making a name for himself at Marvel with his irreverent New Warriors limited series, which provided an inspiration for key story threads that would later appear in Civil War; he also wrote the Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways tie-in. His collaboration with the late Seth Fisher on Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan produced one of the 21st century’s most charming comics. Wells’ other credits include Daredevil: Battlin’ Jack Murdock, Venom: Dark Origin, Dark Reign: Elektra and Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One. He also contributed to the thrice-monthly “Brand New Day” era of Amazing Spider-Man, most notably with the “Shed” storyline; wrote two Carnage limited series; and helped relaunch New Mutants. Wells has returned to the world of the wall-crawler, teaming with the legendary John Romita Jr. for a new volume of Amazing Spider-Man.

Ed Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers in comics, a multiple Eisner Award winner. Following fan-favorite runs on Scene of the Crime, Sleeper, Catwoman and Gotham Central for DC, he moved to Marvel. His Captain America relaunch, in which he controversially revived Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier, won over fans new and old, and his revisionist take on the history of Marvel’s mutants in X-Men: Deadly Genesis resulted in a regular gig on Uncanny X-Men, Marvel’s flagship X-title. He and longtime artistic collaborator Michael Lark took up the baton on Daredevil after Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s legendary run concluded, and Brubaker jump-started Immortal Iron Fist with co-writer Matt Fraction and artist David Aja. Marvel’s Icon imprint published Brubaker’s creator-owned Criminal and Incognito, and he has gone on to further success at Image Comics with such titles as Fatale, Velvet and The Fade Out. Beyond comics, Brubaker has written for TV’s Westworld and co-created the crime drama Too Old to Die Young.

Brian Reed spent a decade designing and writing video games, including Ultimate Spider-Man, before making his way into comics. Aside from helping Ms. Marvel become the best hero she could be during his 50-issue run, Reed has chronicled the return of Captain Marvel, co-authored the secret history of the world’s most powerful heroes in the pages of New Avengers: Illuminati, and told harrowing tales of action, adventure, and espionage in his creator-owned series The Circle. Reed has written several event-related tie-ins such as Secret Invasion: Spider-Man, Secret Invasion: Front Line and Siege: Embedded.

Italian illustrator Stefano Caselli broke into American comics during the early 2000s with work on titles including Marvel’s Mutant X and Thunderbolts. He enhanced his reputation on series such as Avengers: The Initiative, Secret Warriors and Avengers Assemble before playing a key role in the rotating art team on Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man and joining Jonathan Hickman on Avengers. Caselli collaborated with Brian Michael Bendis on a groundbreaking Invincible Iron Man run featuring Riri Williams as a new armored hero, and joined Gerry Duggan on the seafaring X-series Marauders.

Paco Medina has illustrated a range of Marvel Comics — including New X-Men: Academy X, Captain Marvel, Thor, Venom, Marvel Team-Up, New Mutants and New Warriors, as well as relaunches of Deadpool and X-Men. Firmly established as a Marvel mainstay, Medina has enjoyed lengthy runs on Ultimate Comics X-Men, Nova and Legendary Star-Lord, as well as a major role in the Avengers storyline “No Surrender.”

The son of a commercial artist and a minister, Atlanta-based artist Mark Brooks studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design. After showcasing his skills on Transformers for Dreamwave Productions and Voltron for Devil’s Due, Brooks came to Marvel as penciler of the all-ages Marvel Age Spider-Man. In addition to illustrating the earliest appearances of the spider-powered teen heroine Araña with writer Fiona Avery in Amazing Fantasy, Brooks has drawn Amazing Spider-Man, Cable & Deadpool, New X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man Annual, X-Men Unlimited, Avengers: The Initiative and Dark Reign: Young Avengers. Brooks is well-known for his beautifully illustrated covers and promotional images for major series and events.