The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is Marvel’s latest animated endeavor and it’s their best in many years. Marvel sent us some screen captures from this Sunday’s episode, so check them out here below.

Try to block out the tragedy that was the Saturday morning Avengers cartoon from several years back. The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes does a great job of walking the line between kid-friendly action fest and older adult fan storytelling. There’s a great serialized element to the show that is most often used to introduce a new hero or villain.

For fans of the comic books, this show is loosely based on Brian Michael Bendis‘ New Avengers series. The show began with the escape of the earth’s most powerful villains and a group of heroes including Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Wasp, Ant Man, Hulk, and Black Panther and others assembled to recapture the evil doers. This story is told as if the team didn’t previously exist, so there’s no baggage from Avengers Disassembled for new fans to be concerned with.

From Marvel:

The Avengers may doom us all in a new episode of “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” on Sunday, January 9 at 10:00 a.m., ET/PT on Disney XD. Kang the Conqueror has traveled back in time to stop the Avengers because their existence might mean the end of the Earth. But if the Avengers triumph over their new foe, what does that mean for the rest of the world?

Evil will be Avenged when Disney XD premieres Brand New Episodes of “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” Sunday Mornings at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT.

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