The Avengers

The Battle of New York reveals alien life to the world and shapes many later stories. Loki's scepter and the Tesseract remain important, and the mid-credits scene introduces Thanos.

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!