There is no need for panic! Let me assure you, the Avengers will continue to function as Earth’s mightiest peace keeping force! There has been, and there will be, no lapse in leadership! I have personally assumed control!
Appearing in "Chain of Command!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) ⏵
- National Security Council
- ISAAC (Appears on screen)
- Edwin Jarvis
Antagonists:
- Beyonder (Behind the scenes)
- Unnamed bank robbers
Other Characters:
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Sue Richards (Referenced)
- Unnamed journalists
- Hostages
- NYPD Officers
- Alicia Masters (Mentioned)
- Franklin Richards (Mentioned)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Mentioned)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Mentioned)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Mentioned)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Mentioned)
- Hercules (Mentioned)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (Mentioned)
- Luna Maximoff
- ⏴ Crystal Maximoff ⏵
- ⏴ Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) ⏵
- FDNY Firefighters
- Sullivan
- Devil (Invoked)
- ⏴ Iron Man (James Rhodes) ⏵
- President Ronald Reagan (Mentioned)
- Frank Rambeau (Mentioned)
- Maria Rambeau (Mentioned)
- West Coast Avengers (Mentioned)
- Richard Nixon (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Synthezoids
- Humans
- Inhumans
- Titanians
- Dire Wraiths (Mentioned)
- Beyonders (Behind the scenes)
- Asgardians
Locations:
- Solar System
Items:
- Terrigen Mist (Mentioned)
- Avengers Identicard
- Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Adapted Iron Man Armor Model 4
- Captain America's Shield
- Mjolnir
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
Vehicles:
- Air Force One
Events:
- Secret Wars (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Chain of Command!"
As acting Avengers chairman, the Vision tries to quell public panic during his missing teammates' absence. Days later, the six Avengers and the other vanished costumed heroes reappear in Central Park. The team then holds a meeting at which the Wasp unexpectedly surrenders the chairmanship to the Vision. The android Avenger then proposes the establishment of a second team on the west coast, headed by Hawkeye, in response to the new threat of the alien Dire Wraiths.
Solicit Synopsis
With the other Avengers missing in a far-off land, what will happen back home when the Vision appoints himself chairman of the mightiest super-team of all?
Notes
- The Vision becomes the chairman of the Avengers.
- The Vision begins the experiments that will eventually connect him to every computer in the world.
- The Vision decides to create a second branch of the Avengers and appoints Hawkeye as its leader. The idea being that two teams can better combat the coming threat posed by the Dire Wraiths.