Abrams will launch the high-end hardcover subsequent yr.

Author and designer Chip Kidd will workforce with artist Michael Cho for The Avengers within the Veracity Lure, a graphic novel coming subsequent yr from Abrams Books’ MarvelArts line. The 64-page hardcover will retail for $25.99.

Abrams revealed the award-winning Improbable 4: Full Circle by Alex Ross, in addition to the expanded version that was just lately launched and options numerous extras.

“Scripting this e-book was actually simply an excuse to see Michael Cho depict wonderful, epic, jaw-dropping sequential storytelling with these iconic characters that we love a lot. He greater than delivered,” Kidd stated. “Oh, and it was additionally my final comics ego journey, which Abrams and Marvel really allowed me to take. I nonetheless don’t know why however I’m past grateful.”

The story’s villain will probably be Loki:

It begins with an epic battle in Asgard, as Loki, the god of mischief, comes into possession of a weapon of unimaginable energy and assembles a military of otherworldly monsters in an effort to hold out his evil plans. Cue the Avengers—Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Large-Man, and the Wasp—who meet this horrifying throng of beasts head–on as an exhilarating, knock–down drag–out combat ensues.

However when the smoke clears, what seems to be a usually raucous comedian e-book take–down is revealed to be one thing very, very completely different—and really, very terrifying. And this discovery threatens to destroy the Avengers in a means that Loki or some other foe by no means has earlier than. As a result of this time the enemy is… the Fact.

“I’ve at all times held a particular spot in my super-hero loving coronary heart for the Avengers, particularly the early Marvel age comics they appeared in. The Veracity Lure is a tribute to the surprise, the delight, and the zany ‘something might occur!’ spirit of these tales,” Cho stated. “Chip wrote a unbelievable and heartfelt story and, in drawing this e-book, I attempted my finest to channel a few of the vitality and, particularly, the enjoyment that crackled from the pages of these basic comics.”

The graphic novel will arrive in shops subsequent Might.