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Secret Avengers
Cover to Secret Avengers, #1 (May 2010). Art by Marko Djurdjević.
Series publication information
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateJuly 2010 – present
Creative team
Writer(s)Ed Brubaker
Artist(s)Mike Deodato
Letterer(s)Cory Petit
Colorist(s)Ranier Beredo
Editor(s)Tom Brevoort
Joe Quesada
Lauren Sankovitch
Secret Avengers
Group publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceSecret Avengers #1 (July 2010)
In-story information
Type of organizationTeam
Leader(s)Captain Steve Rogers
Agent(s)Ant-Man
Beast
Black Widow
Sharon Carter
Moon Knight
Prince of Orphans
Shang-Chi
Valkyrie
War Machine

Secret Avengers is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black ops superhero team of the same name. Written by Ed Brubaker, the series depicts a new version of Marvel's premiere super hero team, the Avengers, which operates under the guidance and leadership of Captain Steve Rogers (the former Captain America).[1][2] The series is part of the Avengers-line relaunch, the "Heroic Age".

Publication history

Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Mike Deodato were announced as the creative team for the Secret Avengers title. A series of teaser images were released by Marvel to promote the upcoming series in February 2010, which slowly revealed the team's roster over the course of two months.[3] The series started in late May 2010 (cover date July 2010).

As of the first issue, the roster includes Beast, War Machine, Valkyrie, Moon Knight, Nova, Black Widow, Sharon Carter, and Ant-Man, and the team is led by Captain Steve Rogers.[2] In regards to the tone of the new title, Brubaker has said:

[Secret Avengers is] definitely going to have a lot of the espionage plots and the Steranko influence, and the crazy Kirby technology, but I don't think there's going to be much soap opera. I hope it feels different than any Avengers team, ever.[4]

Plot

After the events of "Dark Reign" and Siege, Norman Osborn was deposed as America's "top cop" and his organization H.A.M.M.E.R. was disbanded. In response to his hand in reforming the original Avengers and staving off the Siege of Asgard, President Barack Obama appointed former Captain America Steve Rogers as America's new foremost law enforcement agent, as well as dissolving the Superhuman Registration Act at Rogers' request.[1] Captain Rogers then forms the Secret Avengers as a group of superheroes to operate under a veil of secrecy, in addition to the main Avengers team.

The opening issues display the black ops type work and being proactive about known threats and clean them up, they are in direct opposition to a group called the "Shadow Council" seemingly led by Nick Fury. In one such plot they find a dangerous artifact, the "Tentacle Crown." After some research the group finds a link to the Roxxon Corporation, which leads to investigations of a mining site on Mars. Richard Rider (Nova) is on the case, and in his investigations he finds another crown, the "Serpent Crown." The crown possesses Nova, but he is pursued by a guardian of the crown claiming to be a collective named the "Archon" who was created by the Watchers. The possessed Nova directs Shadow Council agents into unearthing a primordial evil. Steve Rogers, with the help of the Xandarian Worldmind, temporarily gains the Nova Force to take out the Serpent Crown/Nova.

The Secret Avengers later have to deal with the fact that someone resembling Nick Fury is shown to be working for the Shadow Council. The real Fury confirms that what they are seeing is an advanced LMD modified by Jake Fury. SHIELD was going to destroy the LMD, but he was rescued by the Shadow Council and given the name Max.[5] Some other operatives in the "Shadow Council" are an immortal named Aloysius Thorndrake and former Golden Age hero John Steele.

Team Roster

As of Secret Avengers #12, the team is made up of the following members:

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Captain Steve Rogers Steve Rogers Secret Avengers #1
(May 2010)
Beast Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy
War Machine James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes
Valkyrie Brunnhilde
Moon Knight Marc Spector
Black Widow Natalia Alianovna Romanova (a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff)
Agent 13 Sharon Carter
Ant-Man Eric O'Grady
Nova Richard Rider Believed deceased during The Thanos Imperative.
Prince of Orphans John Aman Secret Avengers #6
Shang-Chi Shang-Chi Secret Avengers #10

Biblography

  • Secret Avengers #1-Present, 12.1
  • Avengers Vol. 4 #8-13, 12.1
  • Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #2-3
  • Captain America and The Secret Avengers #1
  • Chaos War #1
  • Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1, 3
  • Deadpool Vol. 2 #28-29
  • Fear Itself #1
  • Incredible Hulks #614-615
  • Onslaught Unleashed #1-4
  • Vengeance of the Moon Knight #10

Collected Editions

Secret Avengers has been collected in the following hardcovers:

Title Material Collected ISBN Publication Date
Secret Avengers, Vol. 1: Mission to Mars Secret Avengers #1-5 0785145990 January 19, 2011

References

  1. ^ a b Bendis, Brian Michael (w). Siege, vol. 1, no. 4 (May 2010). Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ a b Brubaker, Ed (w). Secret Avengers, vol. 1, no. 1 (May 2010). Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Newsarama staff (February 8, 2010). "SECRET AVENGERS Teaser 6: I LEAD BY EXAMPLE". Newsarama. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (February 9, 2010). "Ed Brubaker Tries to Keep the SECRET AVENGERS' Secrets". Newsarama. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  5. ^ Brubaker, Ed (w), Aja, David, Michael Lark, Stephano Guadiano (a). "Secret Histories: Epilogue - The Secret Life of Max Fury" Secret Avengers, no. 5, p. [18-19] (November 2010). Marvel, ISSN 2153-9898.

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