Read more about Avengers Academy at: Wikipedia Official Site: Marvel Entertainment Avengers Academy is a Marvel Comics comic book series that debuted in June 2010 as part of the "Heroic Age". The series is written by Christos Gage, with artwork by Mike McKone and tells the story of a group young super-powered persons who were selected to join a training academy for the super-hero team, The Avengers. Marvel first announced the launch of Avengers Academy by the creative team of Christos Gage and Mike McKone in March 2010 by releasing a set of teaser images featuring students from the title. The first student to be revealed was Veil followed by Striker, Reptil, Mettle (under the name Fortress), Finesse and Hazmat. The comic book was released in June 2010 and took over the spot in the publishing schedule left vacant by Avengers: The Initiative. The faculty were revealed the following month. In June 2010, Marvel announced the series will cross over with Thunderbolts #147, which is bookended in the "Scared Straight" storyline featured in Avengers Academy #3 and 4. In September 2010, Marvel teased that Giant Man will join the title starting it issue #7 in December 2010, suggesting that Hank Pym, currently operating under the code name "Wasp", will be donning his old "Giant Man" guise again.
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