[1] The first issue of A-Next paid homage to The Avengers #1, with an Asgardian menace prompting new superheroes to band together, all of them analogues to the original team.

The summons is responded to by several heroes including Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson, son of the original Thunderstrike, who was visiting the mansion at the time of the attack); Stinger (Scott Lang's daughter Cassie Lang, now an entomologist, who was testing Ant-Man's old uniform); Mainframe (a mysterious armored individual); J2 (Zane Yama, high school student and teenage son of the Juggernaut) and the adult Speedball, Jubilee and Jolt.

[2] A downed Kree spaceship leads to the transformation of Bill Foster's son John into Earth Sentry, an analog of Captain Marvel.

The new members: American Dream, (a female analogue of Captain America); Freebooter (who modeled himself on Hawkeye and the Swordsman); Crimson Curse (an analogue to the Scarlet Witch) and Bluestreak (an analogue to Quicksilver); known collectively as the Dream Team, save N'kano, the Wakandan ambassador, from the racist Soldiers of the Serpent (an amalgam of the Sons of the Serpent and elements from the Egyptian god Set), with the assistance of the Coal Tiger, the son of the Black Panther.

[5] Afterwards, the team investigates the apparent return of Doctor Doom, who is revealed to be Kristoff Vernard in disguise.

[6] The team is then attacked by Argo, who claims to be Hercules' son,[7] followed by an encounter with the villainous Ion Man, prompting Mainframe to reveal he is a sentient computer program based on Tony Stark's personality.

[8] The new Avengers discover the Scarlet Witch in suspended animation in the mansion's subterranean levels, powering a gate to an alternate Earth.

The Avengers, alongside their reserve members Earth Sentry, Coal Tiger, Argo and Blacklight, defeat the Revengers.

Picked on by bullies at school, he manifested the ability to grow to a huge size, in which he gains super strength and invulnerability.

His uniform, which includes his father's favorite flannel shirt tied around his waist over his armor, manifests itself automatically upon metamorphosis.

Mainframe is a self-aware computer program, created by Tony Stark, which inhabits a series of identical armors.

His robot body utilizes Stark technology similar to the one found in the Iron Man armor.

She possesses many abilities originally engineered by Henry Pym, including resizing, flying, communication with insects and artificial "stingers", all based on her costume and helmet.

He absorbed his father's mace into his body, and has gained the ability to produce "thunderclaps"; bursts of concussive force from his hands.

Her uniform design is based on Captain America's and includes a set of stun discs (similar to Nomad's) that can be thrown at opponents.

American Dream was later rewarded the shield of an alternate-reality Captain America after saving that world from destruction.

They appear similar to the way the Scarlet Witch's powers were originally portrayed, and she can control it with relative ease.

She died stopping an alternate Doctor Doom from attempting to use the Cosmic Cube to invade the Avengers' Earth.

[11] Brandon Cross was trained by Hawkeye and Swordsman and has shown proficiency with a variety of weapons as well as athletic skills.

contacts, the team is able to locate Hercules, who is suffering from mental trauma from witnessing an event which nearly destroyed the Avengers.

In this feline form, he has superhuman strength and agility, enhanced senses and retractable razor-sharp claws on his fingers and toes.

When John and his father Bill were investigating a UFO crash site, they discovered a Kree space probe.