Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha

In 2016, Marvel launched Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha, a one-shot that kicked off a larger crossover event. Written by Nick Spencer with art by Jesús Saiz, the issue introduces the seemingly idyllic community of Pleasant Hill, a S.H.I.E.L.D. super-villain rehabilitation project gone dangerously wrong. This series matters as the starting point for a tightly woven story that tested the boundaries of heroism and redemption across the Avengers line.