Young Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Not What You Think [Paperback]

The critically acclaimed Young Avengers series begins, with an astonishing debut of a new generation of heroes!

Acclaimed TV veteran Allan Heinberg teams with superstar-in-the-making Jim Cheung to introduce the Young Avengers! When the original Avengers disband, a team of teenage heroes comes together to fill the gap. But who are Iron Lad, Hulkling, Patriot, Stature, Wiccan and Kate Bishop…and what, if any, are their connections to the heroes that inspired them? Their first order of business: surviving the wrath of Kang the Conqueror and weathering the disapproval of the adult Avengers! Next, the newly formed Young Avengers take on super-powered sadist Mister Hyde, the extraterrestrial Super-Skrull and a full-scale alien invasion — juggling their parents and their private lives at the same time! Featuring shocking revelations, new recruits and a devastating loss to the young team! Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS (2005) #1-12 and YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL. 

COLLECTING: Young Avengers (2005) 1-12, Director's Cut; Young Avengers Special (2005)Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, writer Allan Heinberg spent his childhood watching such super-hero staples as TV’s Superfriends and the ’60s Batman. As an adult, his writing career took him to Los Angeles, where he got his break writing for the Tea Leoni sitcom The Naked Truth on NBC. His success on the show led to work on a number of top-rated series — including Party of Five, Sex and the City and Gilmore Girls. He wrote and produced The O.C., a blockbuster dramatic series that showcased Heinberg’s interest in comic books and his admiration for many contemporary comics creators through the show’s main character. Heinberg’s love of the Marvel Universe as evidenced on The O.C. attracted the attention of Marvel Comics’ then-Editor in Chief Joe QlÓ-