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" Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman has explained why the title&amp;#039;s team roster had to be expanded for the Marvel NOW! era. The scribe said that twice-monthly it will feature &amp;quot;bigger threats&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;bigger stakes&amp;quot; than before, forcing the creative team to include a group of up to 20 heroes.   &amp;quot;We made it, if possible, even bigger and the threats even larger and the stakes even higher,&amp;quot; he told USA Today.  &amp;quot;As a result, we needed a bigger team, so we&amp;#039;ll have arguably one of the largest Avengers teams in the history of the franchise and things just spiral out of control from there.&amp;quot; Avengers will feature a rotating artistic lineup of Jerome Opena, Dustin Weaver, Adam Kubert and Mike Deodato. The first issue of the rebooted series arrived in stores today (December 5). Watch a trailer for Avengers #1 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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