It follows in the footsteps of the equivalent X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic, and initially adopts much the same approach - there is no single story binding the whole series together, and both the cast and the creative team may change completely between arcs.
As with Marvel's other Infinity Comic webcomics, it's a single-column vertically scrolling comic that's designed to be readable on a phone screen, rather than using a traditional comic book approach to panels and pages.
As an Infinity Comic, the series is initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.
The first two issues were released July 12, 2022.
Storylines
- "The Black Ledger" (#1-6), written by David Pepose and illustrated by Farid Karami, with color art by DC Alonso. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel the Black Panther and She-Hulk are targeted by a very well-prepared villain.
- A Whole New World (#7-8), written by Jeremy Adams and illustrated by Stefano Raffaele, with color art by Carlos Lopez. Hawkeye is summoned by an alien child who needs him to overthrow a tyrant.
- The Kaiju War (#9-13), written by Murewa Ayodele, with art by Dotun Akande. Iron Man, War Machine and Ironheart are drawn into an alien war that's been raging for decades.
- Minding the Mansion (#14), written by Jim Zub, with art by Leonardo Romero and color art by Jim Campbell. The Avengers' butler Jarvis has a typically eventful day.
- Righteous Revenge (#15-16), written by Jim Zub, with art by Enid Balám and color art by Carlos Lopez. Quicksilver seeks out the murderous mutant Mr. X for a rematch.
- Sabotage (#17-18), written by Jeremy Adams with art by Dante Bastiano and color art by Chris Sotomayor. Tony Stark visits Project Pegasus, but ends up trapped inside the base, away from his Iron Man armor, when A.I.M. attack.
- Riptide (#19-20), written by Tochi Onyebuchi with art by Ray-Anthony Height and color art by Carlos Lopez. The Black Panther and Shuri are on a humanitarian mission in Polynesia when Tiger Shark attacks - and then Namor gets involved...
- The Doomsday Man (#21-24), written and drawn by Patch Zircher, with color art by Javier Tartaglia.
- The Avengers Holiday Special (#25), a Christmas Episode starring She-Hulk.
Avengers Unlimited contains examples of the following tropes:
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The Black Ledger
- All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Nick Fury finds himself on the run from Nefaria's forces within his own helicarrier.
- Big Bad: The first issue reveals that Nick Fury is behind the attacks. Later issues reveal that it's actually Count Nefaria, who's seized control of a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier and is using Fury's resources - including the titular Black Ledger - to attack the Avengers.
- Continuity Nod: The Tri-Sentinel is equipped with reverbium, the artificial, unstable version of vibranium, which has appeared in a handful of previous Marvel stories.
- EMP: Thor generates an electromagnetic pulse to defeat the Tri-Sentinel. The Black Panther is impressed and a little surprised that Thor considered that as a tactic.
- First-Episode Twist: Taskmaster and the Ghost are attacking the Avengers on behalf of Nick Fury.
- Going to Give It More Energy: A villainous example. Moonstone keeps hitting Captain Marvel with energy blasts, which she easily absorbs. They're loaded with gravitons, though, and after a few of them, Carol's being pummelled with debris as a gravity well around her starts to suck everything in.
- Humongous Mecha: The Tri-Sentinel, which is big enough that the Black Panther can carve a hole and fight his way through its internal machinery.
- Midfight Weapon Exchange: After Ghost compromises Tony's armor and Taskmaster poisons Steve, the two Avengers swap weapons. Tony uses Captain America's shield to disrupt the intangible Ghost, whilst Steve wears Tony's chestplate and gauntlet, relying on the chestplate to keep his heart going while his system fights the poison.
- Mythology Gag: Captain America gets to use the "I could do this all day" line made famous by his counterpart in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Throwing Your Shield Always Works: As you'd expect, this is true of both Captain America and Taskmaster. However, an unarmored Tony Stark also proves he's pretty good when he borrows Captain America's shield, catching Ghost with a ricochet.
The Kaiju War
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- The Bus Came Back: The original Death's Head makes his first appearance since 2019.
Tropes from other stories and more general tropes
- Arrow Catch: In Hawkeye's A Whole New World story, the alien usurper Blacharan's fast and strong enough to catch Hawkeye's arrow with one of his nose tentacles.
- Fight Unscene: In A Whole New World, we don't see Hawkeye's initial battle against Blacharan's guards, we just get sound effects from behind a door. And the follow-up battle against his stone warriors uses the Big Ball of Violence approach, with everything hidden in a dust cloud.
- Infinite Canvas: As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, it’s presented in the vertical scrolling variant. Each issue is a single long page, with one column of panels.
- Villainous Glutton: Blacharan, Big Bad of the Hawkeye story A Whole New World, is intent on drinking the entire royal stores of Junghopper Juice, and is using slaves to trample more fruit for him.
