The New Avengers (comics)
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 Promotional art for The New Avengers vol. 2, #1 by Stuart Immonen. |
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The New Avengers #1 (January 2005) |
| Created by | Brian Michael Bendis David Finch |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Team |
| Base(s) | Avengers Mansion |
| The New Avengers | |
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The New Avengers #1 (January 2005). Cover art by David Finch. |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | Vol. 1: January 2005 – April 2010 Vol. 2: June 2010 – November 2012 Vol. 3: December 2012-present |
| Number of issues | Vol. 1: 64 (+3 Annuals and 1 Finale Special) Vol. 2: 34 (+1 Annual) Vol. 3: 6 (as of March 2013) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Brian Michael Bendis |
| Penciller(s) | David Finch Leinil Yu Stuart Immonen Mike Deodato Howard Chaykin |
| Inker(s) | Danny Miki Matt Banning |
| Creator(s) | Brian Michael Bendis David Finch |
| Editor(s) | Tom Brevoort Joe Quesada Lauren Sankovitch |
The New Avengers[1] is a comic book published by Marvel Comics. The title has been used for three American comic book series. The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted a version of Marvel's premiere superhero team, the Avengers. The third is written by Jonathan Hickman and depicts a group of characters called the Illuminati (comics) (formerly introduced in New Avengers Vol. 1 #7 [July 2005]).
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Publication history [edit]
2005–2010 [edit]
The New Avengers is a spin-off of the long-running Marvel Comics superhero-team series The Avengers. The first issue, written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by David Finch, and dated January 2005, appeared in November 2004. Finch penciled the first six issues and issues #11-13. Succeeding pencilers with multiple-issue runs include Steve McNiven, Leinil Francis Yu, Billy Tan, and Stuart Immonen. The roster at first comprises Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, and Luke Cage, however later stretches to include the mutant X-Man Wolverine, the unstable, godlike Sentry, and the deaf ninja Echo, in the guise of Ronin.
The team itself was not named "the New Avengers" within the series; a splinter group of Avengers that chose not to comply with federal superhuman registration, the team considers itself the authentic Avengers, as opposed to the government-sanctioned team gathered in the sister series Mighty Avengers, launched in early 2007, which itself was supplanted by a different government-sanctioned team in the series Dark Avengers, launched in late 2008. At this time, the team welcomed Clint Barton, recently returned from the dead, as Ronin, as well as Iron Fist and Doctor Strange.
By the end of the first volume, the New Avengers team consisted of Luke Cage, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Captain America (Bucky Barnes), Ms. Marvel, Mockingbird, Spider-Woman, and team leader Ronin (the once-deceased Hawkeye, restored to life). Writer Brian Michael Bendis said in an interview that these characters are the authentic Avengers because Captain America said they were;[2] this statement is repeated when the team, believing the presumed-dead Captain America is alive, attempts to rescue him. Spider-Man claims that if they get Captain America back, they can call themselves Avengers again; Luke Cage contends that they are Avengers already.[3] The series ended with The New Avengers #64 (April 2010), at the conclusion of the Siege storyline, with a New Avengers: Finale one-shot also being released.[4]
Volume 2, 2010–2012 [edit]
In March 2010, Marvel announced the series would be relaunched in June 2010 as part of the company's rebranding initiative, "Heroic Age" . As of the first issue of the relaunched series, the new team consists of Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, The Thing, Wolverine, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, and Mockingbird.[5][6] Wolverine and Spider-Man will be operating on the main Avengers team as well as the New Avengers,[6] and Doctor Strange accepts an offer to join the team after their first mission while he searches for the new Sorceror Supreme after the death of Doctor Voodoo.[7] Daredevil joins the team in Issue 16[8] after accepting an offer from Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.[9] Jessica leaves the team for personal reasons and is later joined by Luke Cage, thus ending that iteration of the team.
Volume 3 (2013) [edit]
New Avengers was renumbered as a new volume in January 2013. The first creative team was Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting. The book shifted focus to the powerful group known as the Illuminati, which include Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, Namor, Captain America and new members Black Panther and the Beast.[10] [11]
Fictional team biography [edit]
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Assembling the Avengers [edit]
Following a reign of destruction by an insane Scarlet Witch, the Avengers disband. Six months later, with the Fantastic Four and the X-Men unable to act, the supervillain Electro shuts down power at the Raft, a "maximum-maximum security" prison for super-powered criminals, allowing for a mass breakout. Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman),[12] an agent for the international law-enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D., is at the Raft with attorney Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and "hero for hire" Luke Cage. They are joined by Captain America, Spider-Man, and Iron Man, and assisted by a mentally unbalanced Sentry, who was also imprisoned at the Raft. The riot is quelled, although 42 inmates escape. Captain America declares fate has brought this group together, just as it had the original Avengers. All but Daredevil accept the offer to reform the Avengers as a result.
The team's first mission is to capture the remaining super-powered criminals who escaped during the riot. The unexpected emergence of an unrelated team of youthful heroes, the Young Avengers, is also a matter of concern, as is the growing sense of unease with S.H.I.E.L.D. after the disappearance of its leader, Nick Fury. The New Avengers travel to the Savage Land to capture the reptilian mutant Sauron, encountering resistance from the Savage Land Mutates (led by Brainchild) and a rogue squadron of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Yelena Belova. During this conflict, Canadian mutant Wolverine joins the team (while maintaining concurrent membership in the X-Men). The group also recruit the Sentry, a powerful hero who erased all memory of his career from the world after he was manipulated by the mutant Mastermind and his enemy the General.
House of M & The Collective [edit]
With Xavier unable to repair the fractured psyche of the Scarlet Witch, the New Avengers and Cyclops' team of X-Men consider the alternatives. Fearful that the heroes are preparing to kill his sister, former Avenger Quicksilver convinces her to use her reality-altering powers to transform the planet and its history. Instantaneously, Magneto rules the planet under the banner of the "House of M", with mutants in the majority and non-powered humans as an oppressed minority. Reality is eventually restored, but the Scarlet Witch removes the superhuman abilities from over 99% of the mutants on Earth. These lost powers manifest as the Collective, the assembled energy of the depowered mutants, controlled by the intelligence known as Xorn- who once posed as Magneto- and using energy-wielder Michael Pointer as a host, before the Avengers manage to separate the two after the Collective/Xorn attempts to re-power Magneto.
Civil War [edit]
After the reckless actions of the New Warriors results in the deaths of over 600 civilians in Stamford, Connecticut, Congress passes the Superhuman Registration Act, which requires all superhumans to register with the federal government. Many superheroes comply with this law, but others oppose the law on the grounds that it violates civil liberties. This ideological split leads to a "Civil War" within the New Avengers and the superhuman community at large, with Iron Man leading those who comply with the law, and Captain America leading those who oppose it. By the time that open hostilities between the two factions come to a close, Spider-Man's closely guarded secret identity is exposed to the world, and Bill Foster (one of Henry Pym's successors as Giant-Man) is killed. Shortly thereafter, Captain America is seemingly assassinated.
Avengers Underground [edit]
In the aftermath of the superhero civil war, the New Avengers become an unofficial group of unregistered heroes. The team moves to Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum in Greenwich Village- recruiting the resurrected Clint Barton (Now using the name and costume of Ronin) in the process before relocating to an empty apartment building owned by Danny Rand's (Iron Fist) Rand Corporation, but leased in the name of Samuel Sterns (the Leader, an adversary of the Hulk).[13][14][15]
Secret Invasion [edit]
Following this, the New Avengers play a major role in repelling the "Secret Invasion" of Earth by the Skrulls, a shapeshifting alien race which has sought to conquer the planet for years. In one confrontation, the team rescues several heroes who had been kidnapped and replaced by Skrull impostors at various unspecified times in the past. This includes the presumed-dead Mockingbird, wife of Clint Barton (Hawkeye and later Ronin), with whom she reunites. Additionally, it is revealed that Spider-Woman was replaced by the Skrull queen Veranke, prior to the prison break at the Raft that led to the formation of the New Avengers. Thus, Jessica Drew had never been a member of the team.
Dark Reign [edit]
Upon the Skrulls' defeat, S.H.I.E.L.D. is dismantled and replaced by H.A.M.M.E.R., a new intelligence agency. Norman Osborn (who has been Spider-Man's archenemy as the Green Goblin) is placed in control of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the Thunderbolts, while assembling a team of Avenger imposters composed of supervillains. Meanwhile, the revamped New Avengers roster consists of Captain America (Bucky Barnes), Spider-Man, Ronin, Mockingbird, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel,[16] Wolverine and the real Spider-Woman. Captain America offers these "new Avengers" his home as a base of operations. Iron Fist announces he must leave the group to attend to personal business, but will remain on call. The team elects Ronin as leader (with Ms. Marvel as second-in-command), and persuades Spider-Man to once again reveal his secret identity to his fellow members.[17]
Heroic Age [edit]
With the Registration Act having been revoked in the aftermath of the Siege of Asgard led by Osborn (who is incarcerated for his actions), Steve Rogers (the original Captain America, returned from his alleged death) reassembles the Avengers. Steve convinces a reluctant Luke Cage to be part of the new lineup after Tony Stark sells the reconstructed Avengers Mansion to Cage for a dollar, and Steve gives Cage carte blanche to maintain the New Avengers team, leading it as he sees fit. Given the freedom to recruit almost anyone he wants for the New Avengers team (except Iron Man or Thor), Cage selects Spider-Man, Clint Barton (who has re-assumed the Hawkeye identity), Mockingbird, Wolverine, Jewel (Cage's wife Jessica Jones), Ms. Marvel, Iron Fist and the Thing (who maintains concurrent membership in the Fantastic Four). Rogers also sends him Victoria Hand on the grounds that she can provide the team with a unique insight from which Rogers feels they will benefit.[6] Although Hawkeye leaves the team when a crisis comes up with the main Avengers team- claiming that he only joined them to spend time with his wife-,[18] the team later enlists a now-weakened Doctor Strange after he assists them in tackling a dimensional crisis following Hawkeye's departure. Squirrel Girl and Wong are hired as super-powered babysitter for Cage's and Jewel's baby and mansion housekeeper respectively, although they do not serve directly on the main lineup of the New Avengers.[7] Spider-Man appears to want to leave the team prior to the Fear Itself event due to his distrust of Victoria Hand and his new responsibilities in the Future Foundation,[19] but subsequent conversations with Wolverine and Luke Cage, convince him to remain an active member. After Fear Itself, the team lineup will be shifting, initially with the addition of Daredevil to the team and later with Jessica Jones leaving the team out of fear for her baby Danielle's safety [20]
Post AvX [edit]
Luke Cage leaves the team after the events of Avengers vs. X-Men to ensure the security of his wife and baby.[21]
The remaining New Avengers band together with Doctor Strange when the Ghost of Daniel Drumm returns when he possesses each of the New Avengers and killing various evil sorcerers. Convinced that Daniel set his brother up to fail in his new role, Doctor Strange defeats him by using dark magic (recognizing that Drumm had only killed dark magic specialists while trying to frame Strange). As a result, Doctor Strange subsequently regains his position of Sorcerer Supreme.[22]
Marvel NOW! [edit]
Under the Marvel NOW! label, a third volume of New Avengers was launched. The title doesn't feature the Avengers but the Illuminati. Black Panther joins Captain America, Black Bolt, , Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, and Namor when faced with a universal threat.[10] Beast joins the team as a replacement for the deceased Professor X. Captain America is kicked off the group for disagreeing with the others.[23]
Team roster [edit]
Collected editions [edit]
The New Avengers has been collected in the following trade paperbacks. They were released as hardcover editions previously.
New Avengers Vol.1 (2005) [edit]
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
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| Volume 1: Breakout | The New Avengers #1-6 | 0-7851-1479-3 | January 18, 2006 |
| Volume 2: The Sentry | The New Avengers #7-10; New Avengers: Most Wanted Files |
0-7851-1672-9 | July 26, 2006 |
| Volume 3: Secrets and Lies | The New Avengers #11-15; Lead story from Giant-Size Spider Woman #1 |
0-7851-1706-7 | September 6, 2006 |
| Volume 4: The Collective | The New Avengers #16-20 | 0-7851-1987-6 | April 4, 2007 |
| Volume 5: Civil War | The New Avengers #21-25 | 0-7851-2446-2 | September 5, 2007 |
| Volume 6: Revolution | The New Avengers #26-31 | 0-7851-2468-3 | November 21, 2007 |
| Volume 7: The Trust | The New Avengers #32-37, Annual #2 | 0-7851-2503-5 | July 16, 2008 |
| Volume 8: Secret Invasion (Book 1) | The New Avengers #38-42 | 0-7851-2947-9 | February 25, 2009 |
| Volume 9: Secret Invasion (Book 2) | The New Avengers #43-47 | 0-7851-2948-6 | May 6, 2009 |
| Volume 10: Power | The New Avengers #48-50; Secret Invasion: Dark Reign |
0-7851-3559-3 | August 5, 2009 |
| Volume 11: Search for the Sorcerer Supreme | The New Avengers #51-54 | 0-7851-3689-7 | September 25, 2009 |
| Volume 12: Powerloss | The New Avengers #55-60 | 0-7851-4575-3 | March 24, 2010 |
| Volume 13: Siege | The New Avengers #61-64, Annual #3; The New Avengers Finale |
978-0785145783 | July 28, 2010 |
The New Avengers has also been collected in the following hardcovers:
| Vol # | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
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| 1 | The New Avengers #1-10; New Avengers: Most Wanted Files; New Avengers: Custom #676: Army & Air Force |
0-7851-2464-0 | December 5, 2007 |
| 2 | The New Avengers #11-20, Annual #1; Lead story from Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 |
0-7851-3085-3 | April 2, 2008 |
| 3 | The New Avengers #21-31; New Avengers: Illuminati; Civil War: The Confession; Civil War: The Initiative |
0-7851-3763-7 | February 18, 2009 |
| 4 | The New Avengers #32-37, Annual #2; Illuminati #1-5 |
0-7851-4262-2 | May 5, 2010 |
| 5 | The New Avengers #38-47 | 0-7851-4579-6 | June 1, 2010 |
| 6 | The New Avengers #48-54 Secret Invasion: Dark Reign Avengers: Free Comic Book Day 2009 Special |
0-7851-5648-8 | May 16, 2011 |
| 7 | The New Avengers #55-64; Annual #3; Dark Reign: The List- Avengers; New Avengers Finale |
0-7851-5676-5 | September 21, 2011 |
New Avengers Vol. 2 (2010) [edit]
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
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| New Avengers—Volume 1 | New Avengers Vol. 2 #1-6 | 978-0785148722 | January 26, 2011 |
| New Avengers—Volume 2 | New Avengers Vol. 2 #7-13 | 978-0785148746 | August 31, 2011 |
| Avengers: Fear Itself | Avengers Vol. 4 #13-17 New Avengers Vol. 2 #14-16 |
978-0785163480 | January 25, 2012 |
| New Avengers—Volume 3 | New Avengers Vol. 2 #16.1, 17-23 | 978-0785151791 | May 16, 2012 |
| New Avengers—Volume 4 | New Avengers Vol. 2 #24-30 | 978-0785161561 | November 28, 2012 |
| New Avengers—Volume 5 | New Avengers Vol. 2 #31-34 | 978-0785161585 | March 5, 2013 |
New Avengers Vol. 3 (2013) [edit]
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
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| New Avengers—Volume 1: Everything Dies | New Avengers Vol. 3 #1-6 | 978-0785168362 | July 16, 2013 |
In other media [edit]
Television [edit]
- The New Avengers are featured in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode of the same name. In the show's continuity, the New Avengers were assembled by Tony Stark as part of a fail-safe program in his computer systems to ensure the world would still have heroes in the event that the Avengers were ever killed. The team consisted of Spider-Man, War Machine, Thing, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Wolverine. They were bought together by Iron Man's computers to oppose Kang the Conqueror's attempt at world conquest after he trapped the original Avengers in a temporal void. While the others were being a diversion to Kang, Spider-Man manages to deactivate Kang's time machine. Once the Avengers were freed from the temporal void, they helped the New Avengers to repel Kang, who is sent to an unknown time.
Video games [edit]
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance the New Avengers are considered a team bonus if the player has any combination of Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and/or Spider-Woman on a team.
- In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Wolverine fights Spider-Man because of Spider-Man's black suit. To prove that he is still himself, Spider-Man is asked a series of questions by Wolverine including "who turned down the offer to join the New Avengers" (the answer being Daredevil).
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 the New Avengers are considered a team bonus if the player has any combination of Luke Cage, Iron Man, Wolverine, Iron Fist, Ms. Marvel, and/or Spider-Man.
References [edit]
- ^ The series cover title is listed as New Avengers in The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators, in postal indicia, and in the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ The New Avengers #28 (May 2007)
- ^ George, Richard (January 15, 2010). "Siege Ends the Avengers". IGN. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ "Luke Cage Is A New Avenger Again". Comic Book Resources. March 1, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c The New Avengers vol. 2, #1 (August 2010)
- ^ a b The New Avengers vol. 2, #7
- ^ New Avengers: Devils You Know at Marvel.com
- ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #16
- ^ a b Uzumeri, David (2 August 2012). "Marvel NOW! Q&A: Avengers". Marvel.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Hickman, Alonso & Brevoort Bring "Avengers," "New Avengers" To Marvel NOW!". Comic Book Resources. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ In actuality, as revealed in the 2008 company-wide "Secret Invasion" story arc, this was an alien shapeshifter posing as Drew.
- ^ Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City. New York City: Pocket Books. pp. 24–27. ISBN 1-4165-3141-6.
- ^ The New Avengers #27 (April 2007)
- ^ The New Avengers #38 (October 2007)
- ^ The New Avengers #48 (Feb. 2009)
- ^ The New Avengers #51 (May 2009). While Spider-Man had previously exposed his identity to the world in compliance with the Superhuman Registration Act in Civil War #2 (August 2006), this revelation was erased from the collective memory of the world's population by the demon Mephisto in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (November 2007).
- ^ The New Avengers vol. 2, #4 (November 2010)
- ^ The New Avengers vol. 2, #13 (July 2011)
- ^ New Avengers (vol. 2) #24
- ^ New Avengers (vol. 2) #30
- ^ New Avengers (vol. 2) #31-34
- ^ New Avengers Vol. 3 #3
External links [edit]
- The New Avengers at the Grand Comics Database
- The New Avengers at the Comic Book DB
- The New Avengers at Marveldatabase.com
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