AVENGERS ARENA #5: Arcade is bored watching the heroes pussyfooting around each other, so he decides to shake up the game with 24 hours of earthquakes and other surprises, as the players make a run for safety and supplies. Meanwhile, Death Locket may have a minor malfunction...?
AVENGERS ARENA #4: Nico, Chase, Hazmat, Reptil, and X-23 band together for survival—briefly—before deciding to smack each other around, instead. (The battle promised on the cover, btw? Never even comes *close* to happening in this issue).
AVENGERS ARENA #1: Arcade has read one too many apocalyptic YA novels & taken them quite seriously. He kidnaps 16 teenage superheroes from Avengers Academy & brings them to an island where they have 30 days to fight to the death—and he’ll eliminate one to get the ball rolling.
The first time I read this, I couldn’t fathom why Spider-Man was being such a...well, DICK. But now I know it’s because it’s Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man’s body.
