Avengers Vol 1 688

Part of the Marvel Legacy event Part of the Avengers: No Surrender storyline
Avengers Vol 1 #688
Previous Issue	Avengers #687
Next Issue	Avengers #689
Art by: Mark Brooks
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - End of an Era Variant
Art by: Mark Brooks
Art by: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story and Marcio Menyz
Release Date	April 11, 2018
Cover Date	June, 2018
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99

1st story
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Mark Waid Al Ewing Jim Zub
Penciler(s)	Kim Jacinto Stefano Caselli
Inker(s)	Kim Jacinto Stefano Caselli
Colorist(s)	David Curiel
Letterer(s)	Cory Petit
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Alanna Smith

 Together. We are stronger. Together. We sacrifice for those in need. Together. We engage the impossible. That is why we are a team. That is what it means to be an Avenger. Fighting together. Now... and... forevermore. 

—Quicksilver

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Apparent death)
• U.S.Avengers
  • Citizen V (Bobby Da Costa)
  • Dr. Toni Ho
  • Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) (Unfrozen)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
• Avengers
  • Falcon (Sam Wilson)
  • Hercules
  • Thor (Jane Foster)
  • Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Unfrozen)
  • Wasp (Nadia Van Dyne)
• Avengers Unity Division
  • Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
  • Synapse (Emily Guerrero)
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
  • Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
  • Rogue (Anna Marie)
  • Doctor Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
  • Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
• Lightning (Miguel Santos)

Supporting Characters:

• Voyager ("Valerie Vector")
• Edwin Jarvis
• Hulk (Dr. Bruce Banner)

Antagonists:

• Challenger / Grandmaster Prime (First appearance as Grandmaster Prime)

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed Portuguese
• Namor the Sub-Mariner (Frozen)
• She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Frozen)
• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
• Wrecking Crew (Frozen)
  • Wrecker (Dirk Garthwait) (Frozen)
  • Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Frozen)
  • Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Frozen)
• Black Panther (T'Challa) (Unfrozen)
• Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast) (Mentioned)
• Founding Avengers
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Statue)
  • Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (Statue)
  • Thor (Odinson) (Statue)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Unfrozen)
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Unfrozen)
• Hawkeye (Clint Barton)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Frozen)
• Cosmic Beings
• Mutants
• Asgardians (Statue)
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Gods (Mentioned)
• Human-Inhuman Hybrids

Locations:

• Earth
  • Germany
    • Berlin
      • Brandenburg Gate
  • Portugal
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Avengers Mansion (Ruins)
        • Queens
          • Avengers Auxiliary HQ
  • Wakanda
    • Birnin Zana
  • Japan
    • Honshu
      • Kanagawa Prefecture
        • Yokohama
  • New Zealand
    • Greymouth (First appearance)
  • Brazil
    • Rio de Janeiro
      • Corcovado
        • Cristo Redentor
  • Earth Orbit
    • Grandmaster's Cosmic Game Room (Ruins)
    • Moon (Cameo)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• "Blue Spots"
• Panther Habit (Unfrozen)
• Falcon's Wings
• Wasps' Suits and Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Iron Man Armor Model 2 (Statue)
• Giant-Man's Suit (Statue)
• Mjolnir
• World-Engine (First appearance)
• X-Uniforms
• Spider-Man's Suit (Unfrozen)
• Web-Shooters (Behind the scenes)
• Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Unfrozen)
• Daredevil's Suit (Unfrozen)
• Staff of Legba
• Hawkeye's Bow

Synopsis for 1st story

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

THE AVENGERS WEEKLY EPIC CONTINUES!

NO SURRENDER Part 14

As the final battle for Earth begins, one Avenger will sacrifice everything to give his teammates a fighting chance.

Trivia

• Press outlets from Greymouth, New Zealand reached out to Jim Zub over the appearance of their town in this issue.

See Also

• 5 image(s) from Avengers Vol 1 688
• 2 reprint(s) of Avengers Vol 1 688

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