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The Avengers assemble at the hospital bedside of a comatose Tony Stark, then witness his abduction by the Growing Man. Following the gigantic android, they are whisked through time to the future era ruled by Kang the Conqueror. The heroes learn that Kang has been challenged to a contest by a seemingly omnipotent being called the Grandmaster. If Kang wins their game, he gains the power of life and death, enabling him to revive his beloved Ravonna from suspended animation; if he loses, the Earth will be destroyed. When the Avengers agree to serve as his "chessmen." Kang returns Stark to the twentieth century. Then the Grandmaster reappears and the game begins, as Thor, Captain America, and Goliath are also returned to the present to face their opponents, a quartet known as the Squadron Sinister.