—StrikerWe're not here 'cause they think we have what it takes to be the next Captain America. We're here 'cause they're worried we'll be the next Red Skull. They're afraid of us.
Appearing in "Permanent Record"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers Academy (First appearance)
- Students
- Finesse (Jeanne Foucault) (First appearance) (Joins)
- Hazmat (Jennifer Takeda) (First appearance) (Joins)
- Mettle (Ken Mack) (First appearance) (Joins)
- Reptil ('Berto Lopez) (Joins)
- Striker (Brandon Sharpe) (First appearance) (Joins)
- Veil (Maddy Berry) (First appearance) (Joins) (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)
- Staff
- Justice (Vance Astrovik) (Joins)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Main story and flashback) (Joins)
- Speedball (Robbie Baldwin) (Joins)
- Tigra (Greer Nelson) (Joins)
- Wasp (Hank Pym) (Joins)
- Students
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Norman Osborn ⏵ (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Brad (Only in flashback)
- Oprah Winfrey (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Julianne Navarro (First appearance)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Mentioned)
- Baron Wernher von Blitzschlag (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Melter (Bruno Horgan) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Enchantress (Amora) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Doctor Doom (Dr. Victor von Doom) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones) (Mentioned)
- Doctor Phil (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- Robert Pattinson (Referenced) (Topical Reference)
- H.A.M.M.E.R. (Mentioned)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Mentioned)
- Initiative (Mentioned)
- New Warriors (Mentioned)
- Arnold Astrovik (Mentioned)
- Norma Astrovik (Mentioned)
- Magneto (Erik "Magnus" Lehnsherr) (Only in flashback)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Dogs (Mentioned)
- Asgardians (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
- T-Rex (Mentioned)
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Long Island
- Hempstead
- Harry S. Truman High School (Only in flashback)
- Berry Home (Only in flashback)
- Hempstead
- California (Mentioned)
- Stamford, Connecticut (Mentioned)
- M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts (Mentioned)
- New York
- United States of America
- Europe (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Latveria (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Chernobyl, Ukraine (Mentioned)
- North America
- Infinite Avengers Mansion
- Hell (Mentioned)
Items:
- Fossilized Amulet
- Finesse's Battle Staves (First appearance)
- Iron Man Armor Model 1 (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mjolnir (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Unstable Molecules
- Wasp's Suit
- Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Giant-Man's Suit (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Magneto's Helmet (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Permanent Record"
Three months ago, young Maddy Berry tells Norman Osborn about how ago she was an outcast in school, before she dissipated into vapor, before returning to physical form, naked. Osborn offers to help her master her powers. But in truth, he had experimented on her. In the present, she is being studied by Hank Pym, who informs her that her body is losing cohesion because of Osborn's experiments. Eventually, she may dissipate permanently. Shocked, Maddy runs out into the atrium of the Infinite Avengers Mansion, the sight of the Avengers Academy. Justice comes out to reassure her that if Pym helped his ex-fiancee Firestar, then he can do the same for her. He then brings her to see Hazmat, who has radioactive powers. Her powers were accidentally jumpstarted, which caused her family and boyfriend to become sick and her dog dead. Therefore, she has to remained contained in her suit for the rest of her life. Maddy tries introducing herself, only for Hazmat to rudely reject her. After apologizing, Justice assures her that she, among the rest of her classmates, are the best of the best to help change the world.
As soon as Maddy, now calling herself Veil, is dressed in her new costume, she walks in on trainees Reptil and Mettle. She panics upon seeing the latter's face and dissipates, before reforming herself. She is then properly introduced to her other classmates, Finesse and Striker. Then, Robbie Baldwin, now calling himself Speedball once more, tells them that they are going to have a sparing session. The trainees are skeptical of being taught by him.
In the atrium, Pym tells the six young trainees that they are the future of the Avengers. He introduces their teachers, Tigra, Justice, Speedball and Quicksilver. As the trainees get into a match with Speedball and training bots, Pym and Tigra are observing, mostly on Striker's cockiness towards Speedball. They then converse on the topic of whether Quicksilver can be trusted, as he is a constant defector. Quicksilver appears to tell them that he disagreed with his father Magneto and he doesn't want to spend his life remembering bad decisions. Furthermore, he says that they shouldn't be lying to these kids, to which Pym objects, as it would only cause their students to internalize it. It is then that Hazmat uses lethal force against the training bot. Speedball reprimands her for that. After, Justice breaks it up, Quicksilver asks Speedball if they should keep up with deception. Speedball throttles him, yelling it him that it's better not to. Finesse, seeing them through the observation window, could tell that something was suspicious, due to her ability to read lips. The six trainees then hack the security feeds and learn that the Avengers are fearing that they may become villains. Finesse remarks that they should be.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- Reptil, Wasp, Justice, and Tigra last appeared in Enter the Heroic Age #1
- Speedball last appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #35
- Quicksilver last appeared in Mighty Avengers #36
- When the Staff of Avengers Academy are introduced the images in the background are of Avengers #2 and Avengers #3, and the Statue in the middle homages Avengers #4.
See Also
Links and References
Marvel Hotline Christos Gage on Avengers Academy
Marvel Hotline: Avengers Academy 1