And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat! On that day, the Avengers were born--to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand
Stan Lee presents
The New Avengers
A massive super-villain riot at the high-tech maximum security prison known as the Raft brings together the heroes who would become the New Avengers--Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, and the mysterious powerhouse known as the Sentry. One member of the hero community who aided in the fight refused to join the newly-formed team--Matt Murdock, known throughout Hell's Kitchen as Daredevil.
When Captain America is given information that the Silver Samurai, one of the Raft's escapees, has returned to Japan, he goes to Murdock to ask for help. Murdock's personal problems prevent him from aiding the New Avengers, but he offers the services of a mysterious friend--Ronin.
Cap sends Ronin to Japan to infiltrate the Clan Yashida, a family of Japanese Yakuza. Ronin discovers that the Hand-+a ritualistic cult of ninjas-along with Silver Samurai's old partner Viper, a.k.a. Madame Hydra, is recruiting the Silver Samurai.
Ronin is attacked by an army of Hand assassins and followed back to Tony Stark's Osaka penthouse apartment. The rest of the New Avengers, awaiting Ronin's return, find themselves faced with hundreds of ninjas...