Enter the Heroic Age (HA)

Marvel's Enter the Heroic Age (2010) is a one-shot primer that set the stage for the publisher's post-"Dark Reign" era, written by Christos N. Gage with art by Mike McKone. It briskly re-establishes the classic Marvel status quo—heroes as public champions—following a period of darker, more morally ambiguous storytelling. As a concise, standalone roadmap, it matters as Marvel's official on-ramp for new readers looking to jump into the "Heroic Age" initiative without needing prior continuity.