Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1, Marvel '09

Dark Reign: The List — Avengers #1 is the first in Marvel's series of one-shot specials closing out Norman Osborn's Dark Reign era. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art and cover by Marko Djurdjević, the issue puts Clint Barton — operating as Ronin — front and center. Enraged that Osborn has continued to operate with impunity, Clint decides to take matters into his own hands: he storms Avengers Tower with the intent to kill Osborn himself. He throws Venom out a window, shoots Bullseye five times, and fights his way through Moonstone and Daken before reaching Osborn's lab — only to find a Life Model Decoy waiting for him. A brutal, character-defining issue for one of Marvel's most overlooked heroes and a pivotal chapter in the lead-up to Siege.