Last month's issue of Avengers Assemble ended on a helluva cliffhanger. The Serpent Society has created a deadly toxin known as the Serpent's Tears, which they intend to use on the general population. Trying to protect the innocent as ever, Captain America hurled himself on top of an exploding gas grenade containing the poison and was transformed into a monstrous shadow of his former self: Cap-Snake! As Viper snarled, "What remains of Captain America now serves the Serpent!"
Avengers Assemble is created by writer Steve Orlando, penciled by José Luis Soares Pinto, inked by Oren Junior, colored by Sonia Oback, and lettered by Cory Petit. The series focuses on a side team of heroes formed by Captain America known as AVENG.E.R.S. – the Avengers Emergency Response Squad.
