What with its city-leveling spectacle and interdimensional portals, the Battle of New York left a huge imprint on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and one need only look to Spider-Man: Homecoming and its decision to include alien weaponry left over from the Chitauri invasion.

Turns out Adrien Toomes wasn’t the only crooked warmonger combing the Big Apple in search of alien tech, though; thanks to Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1, the first in a two-part companion piece for Marvel’s titanic crossover, we now know that Chitauri-fueled weapons found their way to the Middle East.

Written and illustrated by Will Corona Pilgrim and Tigh Walker, respectively, the Infinity War prelude comes packing a whole host of brand new intel, as it checks in on a sedated Bucky Barnes, the lonely Tony Stark and a Hawkeye who is now beginning to take the first steps into an early retirement – even if it...