Avengers Vol. 2

The second volume of Avengers sees a new member join the team in the Red Hulk.  The major event of this book is the fact that the Illuminati that was formed long ago & has played a hand in several events most famously the Planet Hulk story line.  This story starts off that a mysterious person has found out about the Infinity Gems by accident he really found out about an object of immense power.  This mysterious individual turns out to be The Hood aka Parker Robbins.  Parker Robbins has in a short amount of time become a major thorn in the Avengers sides throughout Bendis's run on the Avengers titles.  Robbins is able to get his hands on three of the gems before the story's conclusion & by the end he is back where he started in prison.  But a human gaining control of the Infinity Gems is not the only ramification to come out of this story.  The Avengers learn of Black Bolts death from Medusa in this book & the Avengers lead by Steve Rogers come to learn of the existence of the Illuminati & the hiding of the Infinity Gems.  By the end of this book the Illuminati still exist but now Steve Rogers is a part of it.  This book also lays more of the foundation for the Age of Ultron event.