The Avengers will fight for the right to control the Phoenix Force in the Enter The Phoenix story arc, beginning with Avengers #40. However, the issue prior to that will provide an origin story for the Phoenix's first human host.
Avengers #39 will once again travel to the age of 1,000,000 B.C.E. This time, the spotlight is on the ancient Phoenix and how she came to wield the cosmic energy. The cover features the Phoenix facing down a pair of hungry wolves, while a firebird burns bright behind her.
The Phoenix Force has long been regarded as a force that either brings life or death. It has had many hosts over the years, the most notable of them being the X-Men's Jean Grey. Avengers writer Jason Aaron previously teased the Phoenix Force's return to Earth in Avengers #32, where Namor was revealed to have a connection to it.
AVENGERS #39
- JASON AARON (W) • DALE KEOWN (A) • Cover by INHYUK LEE
- KNULLIFIED VARIANT BY GREG TOCCHINI
- ENTER THE PHOENIX PROLOGUE!
- In the harsh, primordial world of One Million B.C.E., early humans who are different are left in the Burnt Place to die. But one young girl whose only crime was being born with red hair finds something else entirely in the place of bones and ash – something that will change human history forever.
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Avengers #39 goes on sale in December from Marvel.