Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers

• Schedule — Monthly • Limited — Y • Superhero — Y • Publisher — Marvel Comics • Startmo — July • Startyr — 2009 • Endmo — Oct. • Endyr — 2009 • Issues — 4 • Main Char Team — Lockjaw Throg Lockheed Redwing Devil Dinosaur Zabu Ms. Lion Hairball Cosmo the Spacedog Rocket Raccoon Howard the Duck Super Rabbit Nosie Hit-Monkey Monkey Joe Tippy-Toe Jeff the Land Shark • Writers — Chris Eliopoulos • Artists — Ig Guara Colleen Coover • Letterers — Nate Piekos • Colorists — Chris Sotomayor • Editors — Nathan Cosby Ralph Macchio • Tpb — Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers • Isbn — 0-7851-4123-5 • Tpb1 — Pet Avengers Classic • Isbn1 — 0-7851-3966-4 • Subcat — Marvel Comics • Sort — Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers

Fantastic Four member Mister Fantastic visits Attilan, city of the Inhumans, seeking the six Infinity Gems (each an artifact of great power). Lockjaw, an oversized dog and pet of the Inhuman Royal Family, finds the Mind Gem, which increases the animal's intelligence. Using telepathy to read Mr. Fantastic's mind, Lockjaw decides to find the remaining Gems. The pet encounters and recruits a number of other animal companions to heroes, including the cat Hairball, the dragon-like alien Lockheed, the falcon Redwing, the frog Throg, the duck Howard the Duck, the rabbit Super Rabbit, the ferret Nosie, the monkey Hit-Monkey, the squirrels Monkey Joe and Tippy-Toe, Jeff the Land Shark, and the puppy Ms. Lion (originally a character from the animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends). Courtesy of Lockjaw's ability to teleport, the group visit the prehistoric Savage Land and acquire the Time Gem and the aid of the sabretooth tiger Zabu, and the Tyrannosaurus rex Devil Dinosaur. The Space Gem is found in the past, and after an underwater encounter and being swallowed by the whale-like Giganto, the group collect the Soul Gem and the Reality Gem. The animal team converge on the final Gem, the Power Gem, which is in the possession of the President of the United States' dog, Bo. The Titan Thanos, a previous owner of all six Gems when united as the Infinity Gauntlet, intervenes and kills Ms. Lion. The other animals are angered by this act and use the Gems to strand Thanos in an alternate dimension and subsequently revive their comrade. Retrieving the final Gem, the group decides to separate, but not before Throg advises that they now share a psychic link and will reunite if needed. Ms. Lion (resurrected by Hairball via the Soul Gem) dubs the group the Pet Avengers. The series concludes with Lockjaw presenting the Gems to a surprised Mr. Fantastic.

• The Pet Avengers are playable in Marvel Avengers Academy. This team also includes Throg, Redwing, Firebird, Zabu, and Howard the Duck.