What’s inside
This volume reprints Avengers #164–184, Annuals #7–8, and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 in black and white. These are late-’70s issues, mostly written by Jim Shooter, with art by George Pérez and John Byrne.

• The Korvac Saga. This story is the main reason to buy the book. The Guardians of the Galaxy travel back from the 31st century to track down Korvac, an escaped criminal who is part man and part computer. Korvac has quietly made himself a home on present-day Earth, where he is building up nearly godlike power. Meanwhile, Avengers keep disappearing one by one, and government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich is tying the team up in red tape. Fans regularly rank this as one of the best Avengers stories ever.
• Thanos and Adam Warlock. The two annuals continue the Thanos storyline from Jim Starlin’s Warlock run. This is the famous cosmic story many fans consider a precursor to Infinity War.
• Other villains include Count Nefaria, Ultron, and the Absorbing Man.
• The weak spot is a two-part Bloodhawk and Monolith story that readers generally consider filler.