Issue No. The disenfranchised Loki plots revenge on his brother Thor, but this time by tricking the hammer-wielding demigod into battling the Hulk.
Notably absent in all of this, however, is the star-spangled super soldier himself. From the beginning, though, the Avengers team has been characterized by its rotating roster of heroes. In the years following, literally dozens of characters have cycled through the Avengers and its spinoff teams including the West Coast Avengers and the Great Lakes Avengers.
One of the only heroes to ever turn down the offer of membership in the Avengers, in fact, is the man without fear himself, Daredevil.
In the early s, Marvel launched the Ultimate line of comics, which was intended to restart all of the major titles from scratch to attract new readership. The Utlimate comics also significantly alter many of the origin stories and characters to make them feel more modern. One of the most successful updates has actually been to the character of Nick Fury. In an odd bit of life imitating art, the Ultimate version was actually modeled on Samuel L. Jackson before the actor was ever cast in any of the movies.
Although its main story in an homage to the original comic involves a team brought together by Nick Fury to fight a rampaging Hulk, the heroes also encounter a race of shape-shifting aliens known as the Chitauri. When the Avengers Mansion was infiltrated by the Grim Reaper, he trapped the Avengers and forced a trial to decide whether the Vision or Wonder Man had the right to claim Simon Williams' identity.
The bizarre situation was ended by Wonder Man, who knocked out his own brother. Not recognizing the new members, he believed them to be invaders. The Wasp intervened and informed the Avengers about her husband's deteriorating mental health. As it was revealed Ultron-8 was behind the attack, Pym and the Wasp were captured.
The Avengers interfered in time, seemingly interrupting the transfer, although Ultron managed to escape. After fighting Typhon, [] the Avengers found themselves protecting the city from a new Lethal Legion formed by Count Nefaria. Using his vast financial resources, Nefaria replicated his minions' powers for himself, becoming one of the mightiest villains the Avengers have ever faced. However, he was ultimately defeated with the help of Thor and the Vision, after succumbing to his own fears of becoming old and frail.
When the Avengers were alerted by Nick Fury about a massive space station orbiting around Earth, they were astonished to meet its occupants: the futuristic cosmic heroes known as the Guardians of the Galaxy.
The Guardians had traveled to the past in order to prevent their archnemesis, the cyborg Korvac , from killing the young version of one of their own, Vance Astro. As the National Security Council began to take a more active interest in the Avengers' internal affairs considering their governmental privileges, Gyrich was appointed to be a liaison between the White House and the Avengers.
In the Avengers lab, Ultron's bride was awakened and escaped the Avengers Mansion. Assisted by Ms. Marvel , the Avengers found Ultron hidden in a convent. In an unanticipated turn of events, Ultron's creation, now named Jocasta , turned against her master and helped the Avengers to wreck Ultron once again.
As Hawkeye mistakenly attacked Gyrich believing him to be an intruder, the Avengers lost their security clearances and privileges in retaliation. After reacting to an urgent attack by the Atlantean Tyrak , [] the Avengers tracked the kidnapper with the help of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Following the trail, the group was welcomed by the Collector. The villain then shared that by capturing lesser life forms he intended to protect them from the prophetic coming of a cosmic war inflicted by an omnipotent being.
He also revealed that he had sent his daughter, Carina , to spy this all-powerful adversary but she had fallen in love with him. The Collector was assassinated before being able to declare to the Avengers the name of their foe: Korvac, [] who had been empowered by the Power Cosmic to godhood after tampering with Galactus ' circuitry in Taa II.
Back to Earth and working alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy, an enormous group of Avengers focused on finding their mysterious aggressor. Iron Man managed to find the source of the attack against the Collector in Forest Hills. Arriving at Korvac's disguised as an ordinary human "Michael" and Carina's house, the Avengers could not find any abnormal evidence, until the Guardian Starhawk confessed he was unable to perceive "Michael" since Korvac had rendered himself undetectable to Starhawk's senses days earlier.
Exposed, Korvac unleashed his ire upon dozens of Avengers. However, realizing Carina doubted his intentions, he preferred to commit suicide rather than scaring his love. Carina took her own life as well to be with Korvac.
While Thor, in his Donald Blake persona,tended the fallen Avengers, Moondragon felt Korvac's actually noble intentions, keeping the fact that the Avengers had caused an honorable heart to perish a secret for herself only. Since such an enormous group of Avengers fought Korvac, Gyrich targetted their unstable roster under the National Security Council's orders. Gyrich restricted active membership in the name of security, tightening admission requirements and pared the core group down to only seven operatives: Captain America, Iron Man, the Wasp, the Vision, the Scarlet Witch, and, according to government standards of equal-opportunity employment, the black super-hero Falcon.
Shortly afterward, then-current Chairman, the Vision , petitioned the US government to approve the establishment of a second team of active Avengers to be based on the West Coast.
Getting official clearance, the Vision appointed Hawkeye to be the new team's chairman and sent him to Los Angeles , California to set up a base of operations. Soon, the organization grew to two independently operated but fully coordinated branches of Avengers. See Avengers West Coast. The East Coast branch eventually found itself in a long series of misfortunes. First, when it was learned that the Vision planned to take benevolent control of the world government, certain punitive measures were taken by the United States, despite the fact that the Vision aborted his plan before it truly endangered anyone.
The Avengers were forced to lease a part of the Hydrobase , a floating island and scientific research station in the Atlantic Ocean , in order to use an airbase outside of FAA jurisdiction.
Later, the Avengers Mansion was nearly destroyed by a concentrated effort of the largest group of organized super-villains up to that time, the Masters of Evil as led by the new Baron Zemo , hellbent on revenge for his father's death. Although the Avengers finally managed to defeat the villains at great cost, the team relocated entirely to Hydrobase while the Mansion was being repaired.
Captain America, at that time called simply the Captain , immediately reorganized the team with the hero Gilgamesh and the temporary members Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four.
Captain America soon reassembled all known members and associates to the rebuilt Avengers Mansion, claiming that all heroes may consider themselves on reserve and ready for service, although an active team of seven members plus two reserves would be the primary response team. Also at this time, the Avengers negotiated with the United Nations, earning global jurisdiction by pledging to serve under a U. When war broke out between the alien empires of the Shi'ar and Kree with Skrull meddling , Earth became a key point of conflict.
A warp-gate in the Sol system was crucial for both sides in traveling the great interstellar distances, but was having a destabilizing effect on the sun. The Avengers sent teams to Hala and Chandilar in attempts to stabilize the diplomatic situation. After the Kree Supreme Intelligence detonated a Nega-Bomb, killing most of the Kree in order to jump-start the survivors' evolutionary processes , the Avengers were divided on how to respond.
This violation of the Avengers' "no-killing" rule would put these Avengers in defiance of Captain America and cause a significant rift in the team for some time. Proctor , a mad version of the Black Knight, attempted to drive Sersi insane. He and his Gatherers battled the Avengers while attempting to frame Sersi for murders. She then exiled herself with Dane Whitman accompanying her. The Watcher Ute seemingly restored the mansion.
The East branch accused the junior West branch of fluctuating membership, cavalier behavior, and of overextending its resources that resulted in recent attacks that had left their Compound demolished. The Vision also claimed that the Avengers West Coast was a failed experiment. Amidst voices of contention, the vote resulted in the disbanding the West Coast branch.
The East Coast branch resumed activities, and many of the former West Coast branch formed a new independent team, Force Works. Feeling burned out from recent events, Tony Stark called for a party at the Mansion inviting team members past and present.
Quicksilver and Crystal encountered a man named Tuc. Phillip Javert was attacked by agents of Kang while seeing a vision of what happened to his counterpart, Swordsman. Yellowjacket returned from the future seeking to warn the Avengers of danger. She was shot and killed and the only witness to the murder, Luna 's nanny, Marilla , was soon murdered as well.
Gilgamesh was also found dead, with an assailant seeming to come from a mysterious 'door' in the basement. Security cameras found nothing and it seems someone with great technological savvy has tampered with them.
The Mansion was evacuated with members meeting at the Wasp's home while Iron Man and Hank Pym attempted to determine the murderer and examine the door. Hawkeye was framed for the murders and Stark was revealed to be under the influence of Kang. Wasp was wounded during a subsequent confrontation and in order to save her life, Pym placed her under treatments similar to those that originally gave her her bio-electric sting and wings.
Jan emerged from a cocoon in a more insect-like form. The Avengers, boosted by the return of Captain America and Thor, returned to the Mansion and removed the Anachronauts. A special team traveled to another reality, returning with an alternate Iron Man. In the climactic battle Kang's plan was stopped when the elder Stark sacrificed himself. On the anniversary of their formation, the team withstood another one of Loki's schemes when X-Man warned them about Professor X.
They are quickly confronted by the X-Men , themselves wary of another ruse by the physic entity Onslaught.
Eventually, several heroes joined forces to battle Onslaught in Central Park. An enraged Hulk was able to crack open Onslaught's shell. However, Onslaught remained as pure psionic energy, planning to spread across the planet. Thor plunged into Onslaught, trying to contain him.
The majority of Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Dr. Banner separated from Hulk , and Dr. Doom followed. The X-Men then destroyed Onslaught. Back on Earth , however, the remaining Avengers quietly disbanded the team without the guidance of their senior members. After several months away, the missing heroes returned from Counter-Earth. Firestar and Justice also joined as provisional members. Some were able to see past the illusion and hear Wanda's call for aid. After Morgan was defeated, a new roster was officially established.
After several months of activity, the Avengers were forced to react to their archenemy, the robot Ultron , who had decimated the nation of Slorenia. Ultron was ultimately defeated, but the Avengers vowed to become more proactive to avoid such results in the future. The team also learned that Count Nefaria was alive and planned to bombard the world with ionic energy. Teaming with the Thunderbolts , a team composed by reformed Masters of Evil formed during the superpower vacuum after the Onslaught crisis, Nefaria was stopped.
The Avengers reorganized their membership roles and communications systems and began a program to better investigate threats at large as well as follow-up on completed missions. Several members of Avengers from various points in time were called by Rick Jones to battle Immortus, the Time-Keepers , and even other teams of Avengers for their very existence.
Immortus is revealed to have been responsible for influencing Stark during the Crossing, manipulating events so the Vision could be created, and even affecting Hank Pym's episodes. Soon after, Earth was attacked by the time-traveling villain Kang the Conqueror and his son, the Scarlet Centurion.
The Avengers failed to keep Kang from destroying the United Nations building in New York City , after which Kang declared war on the Earth and offered positions of power to those who would also conquer in his name, thus creating several uprisings.
The Avengers were forced to spread themselves across many fronts, calling on many of their reserve members. Instead, the attack failed, and Kang took control of the Sentinels and proceeded to destroy Washington D. Soon, many other countries would fall before Kang, and the villain interned his opponents, political dissidents and superheroes, in scattered internment camps.
Two contingents of Avengers remained: one, who had captured a base belonging to the villain known as the Master of the World ; the other, a group of Avengers who joined Jonathan Tremont of the Triune Understanding in confronting the threat of the Triple-Evil.
Both contingents wrested control of their respective enemies' equipment, turning it against Kang and ultimately defeated him and destroyed his Damocles base.
Kang went down with the base, surviving only thanks to his suit's force-field. He fought Captain America, stating that it was an honor to be defeated by such a foe. Beaten, Kang was arrested. Knowing he would be executed for his crimes he awaited his trial, happy that his son had been returned to their time and would forge his own legacy.
Wanting to return his father home, the Scarlet Centurion broke into his cell. However, during the war, he had aided Warbird , although Kang was willing to overlook his lies as long as he died with his legacy intact, as he was rescued, he told his son that he could not tolerate traitors and killed him. The Avengers then turned their attention to help rebuild the war-torn cities of the world, and the reserve members returned to stand-by status.
When the latest villain calling himself Scorpio appeared, he used a new version of the all-powerful Zodiac Key to unlock the balance between chaos and order, splitting the cosmic being known as the In-Betweener into his two diametrical halves, and throwing nearly every major capitol city on Earth into another dimension.
The Avengers investigated, with one contingent of the team confronting Scorpio and the other serving in the stead of the United Nations as a global peacekeeping and judicial force.
The Avengers ultimately thwarted Scorpio's plans by forcibly reuniting the In-Betweener with timely aid from Thor. The cosmic entity thwarted Scorpio and restored the Earth's cities to their proper places. Before he returned on his way, he left the Avengers with a prophecy: that an evil as great as their good would arise, and that many would die, including one of their own.
As an extension of the Avengers' service during the crisis, the United Nations granted the team special diplomatic status as a peacekeeping force against humanity not instigated by a member nation.
They also established the Avengers Mansion as a unique and separate embassy. Krona , an exiled Oan villain from another Universe who had gained the powers of entropy, began destroying entire universes in his obsession to find out how they were created. The Grandmaster , a cosmic entity who is obsessed with games, offered to give Krona the knowledge he sought but only if he could beat him in a game. The game consisted of forcing the Avengers and their heroic counterparts, the Justice League of America , from that Universe's Earth to battle each other in a race to find twelve items of incredible power that had been hidden around their worlds.
With help from Metron of the other Universe, the heroes were tricked into participating. When Batman and Captain America discovered this, Captain America allowed the game to end with a victory for the JLA, but Krona refused to accept this and used his powers to steal the knowledge directly from the Grandmaster's mind. In turn, the Grandmaster used the power of the twelve artifacts to merge the two universes, trapping Krona at their center. However, this resulted in a chaotic world, and Krona began to cause the universes to collapse, since he now knew that universal creation came from destruction.
The Avengers and the Justice League joined forces to stop him, aided by many other members from both teams' pasts brought together by wild changes in time. In the end, Krona was turned into a "cosmic egg" from which a universe would be born in a trillion years. The two universes returned to normal, with everything that Krona destroyed being recreated as well this would have consequences for the Anti-Matter Universe , as seen in a further Justice League adventure.
Despite their recent success in obtaining international trust and the highest level of security clearance, the Avengers began to experience many failures. Jack of Hearts , who joined the team shortly after the Kang War, experienced a fluctuation in his powers that ultimately consumed him. An innocent civilian, Kelsey Leigh , became a casualty in the Avengers' tussle against the Wrecking Crew , although she was reborn as Captain Britain and was asked to join the Avengers.
The Wasp and Hawkeye had a dallying romance, upsetting Yellowjacket. The Scarlet Witch however, was the highlight of the team's failures. Years of mental stress, personal tragedy, and the continuous development of her powers resulted in a mental breakdown with the Avenger losing sight on reality as well as her powers which was triggered unintentionally by her teammate the Wasp.
Her machinations included luring Captain America into a strange romance, resurrecting and murdering deceased Avenger Jack of Hearts, causing teammates Iron Man and She-Hulk to behave irrationally and aggressively, nearly destroying Avengers Mansion, emotionally scarring her teammates and even creating an armada of alien Kree out of thin air.
These actions ultimately led to Iron Man losing his position of the U. Doctor Strange appeared, sensing something had gone horribly wrong. An investigation of Agatha Harkness 's house on Whisper Hill brought into question if she really had been able to help Wanda. The Scarlet Witch soon appeared and attacked her allies.
The Eye of Agamotto was able to subdue her, but the assembled members were still in shock as Magneto appeared to claim his daughter. Unknown to the Avengers, Thor's absence was due to the events of Ragnarok ; whether the two events were connected or not is unknown. The damaged Mansion was turned into a memorial. Stark decided that rebuilding at that point was not an option and the team disbanded.
The Avengers legacy was eventually reborn after six months through the efforts of Captain America and Iron Man creating the New Avengers due to a massive prison break.
By doing so, they recruited a small number of new members and their primary purpose was to recapture numerous super-powered criminals that had escaped from the maximum security prison known as the Raft.
Although the team did considerably well, they were not well received by the government as its officials found the new recruits questionable. Also, around this time a teenage version of Kang traveled to the past to stop Kang, however, he found Avengers Mansion destroyed.
But he found the remains of the Vision and uploaded it's A. The A. They remained together even after the young Kang left, and continued to add other members. Government legislation itself would soon become the very cause of the Avengers' next dispersal. The passage of the Superhuman Registration Act split the superhuman community in half with one side led by Iron Man registering with the law while the other led by Captain America rebelled against the new law.
Pro-registration emerged victorious and the Avengers were recreated by Iron Man who assembled a new team to abide by the law, while New Avenger Luke Cage assembled a small group of remaining rebels to operate as "outlaw" heroes in honor of Captain America after his apparent assassination. Creators found ways of connecting them to other parts of the Marvel Universe — and that might also give us a clue of how they could fit into the MCU.
Yes, that Titan. Alars found another exiled Eternal on Titan, and they had two children together: Eros, also known as Starfox , and his older brother, Thanos. The groundwork for the Eternals had been laid years before the movie hit theaters. And Marvel proved with the Guardians that relatively unknown characters can actually be a blessing, because they provide a blank canvas. But can the movie Eternals do what the comics have never quite managed, and find their own niche?
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