Avengers Vol 3 1

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"Once an Avenger..."
	Writer Kurt Busiek; Penciler George Pérez; Inker Al Vey; Colourist Tom Smith; Letterer Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Kolja Fuchs; Editor Tom Brevoort;

Appearing in "Once an Avenger..."

Featured Characters:

Avengers
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Joins team)
- Binary (Carol Danvers) (Joins team)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Joins team)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Joins team)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Joins team)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Joins team)
- Darkhawk (Chris Powell) (Joins team)
- Demolition-Man (Dennis Dunphy) (Joins team)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Joins team)
- Firebird (Bonita Juarez) (Joins team)
- Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (Joins team)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Joins team)
- Hercules (Joins team)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Joins team)
- Living Lightning (Miguel Santos) (Joins team)
- Machine Man (Joins team)
- Magdalene (Joins team)
- Crystal Maximoff (Joins team)
- Moondragon (Joins team)
- Namor (Joins team)
- Photon (Monica Rambeau) (Joins team)
- Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) (Joins team)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Joins team)
- Rage (Elvin Haliday) (Joins team)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Joins team)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Joins team)
- Sersi (Joins team)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Joins team)
- Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) (Joins team)
- Starfox (Eros) (Joins team)
- Stingray (Walter Newell) (Joins team)
- Swordsman (Philip Javert) (Joins team)
- Thor (Joins team)
- Tigra (Greer Grant) (Joins team)
- US Agent (John Walker) (Joins team)
- Vision (Joins team)
- Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (Joins team)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Carlos (First appearance)
Luna Maximoff
N'Dele (First appearance)
WJBP-TV
- Megan McLaren
Fantastic Four
- Thing (Ben Grimm)
- Invisible Woman (Susan Storm)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
Captain Mar-Vell (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Charlie-27 (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Deathcry (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Doctor Druid (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Gilgamesh (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Hellcat (Patsy Walker) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Jocasta (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Mantis (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Marrina (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Martinex (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Masque (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Hawk) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Vance Astro (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Yondu (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Only in flashback)
Od (Invoked)
Agon (Invoked)
Pan (Invoked)
Augea (Mentioned)
Arthur Pendragon (Mentioned)
Knights of the Round Table (Mentioned)
Loki (Mentioned)
Heimdall (In Thor's thoughts only)
Warriors Three (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Fandral (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Hogun (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Volstagg (In Thor's thoughts only)
Balder (In Thor's thoughts only)
Sif (In Thor's thoughts only)
Odin (In Thor's thoughts only)
Aragorn

Races and Species:

Humans
Inhumans
Human-Inhuman Hybrids
Flying Trolls of Thryhem
Silent Ones
Asgardian Dragons
Carnivorous Plants of Skornheim
Boar-Gods
Air spirits
Atlantean-Human Hybrids
Rime Giants
Demons
Rock Trolls (Orange-Skinned)
Mutants
Dwarves
Titanians
Kree (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Shi'ar (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Plodex (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Centaurians (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Rock Trolls (Stone-Skinned)
Human-Fairy Hybrids
"Frost Giants" (Ice Giants)

Locations:

Earth
- United States of America
  - New York
    - New York City
      - Manhattan
        Cafe Transia (First appearance)
        Financial District
        World Trade Center
        
        Central Park
        Fifth Avenue
        Avengers Mansion
      - East River
      - Queens
      - Bronx
  - New Mexico
    - Albuquerque
  - Ohio
    - Cincinnati
  - California
    - Los Angeles
      - Westwood
        UCLA Campus
    - San Francisco
  - Nevada
    - Las Vegas
  - Colorado
    - Denver
- Wakanda
- United Kingdom
  - Scotland
    - Hebrides (First appearance)
  - England
    - Tintagel Head (First appearance), near Cornwall
- South Pacific
- "Deep" in the Arctic
- Central America
- Equatorial Africa
Asgard (Main story and flashback)
- Rainbow Bridge (Main story and flashback)
Cap d'Antibes (Mentioned)

Items:

Vehicles:

Avenger's Quinjets

Synopsis for "Once an Avenger..."

"And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat! On that day, the Avengers were born – to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand! Through the years, their roster has prospered, changing many times, but their glory has never been denied! Heed the call, then – for now, the Avengers assemble!"

Shortly after returning from their exile to an alternate reality created by Franklin Richards, the founding members of the Avengers have gathered at the Avengers Mansion to ponder the recent series of attacks on their former team members by monstrous creatures. During their meeting, the window bursts open by a bolt of lightning and the mighty Thor appears.

"Thy questions hath answers Avengers – but answers, I fear, that may ring a death knell for all of midgard and all of life thereon!"

Missing for some time, the God of Thunder tells of where he has been the last few months. His story is amazing, to say the least, but it also brings a warning that Asgard lay in ruins and that the Twlight Sword has been taken.

Soon all of the former Avengers are assembled and are sent on a quest to find the Twilight Sword and the mystic Norn Stones. Separated into five teams the Avengers head for every corner of the earth, Captain America’s team soon finds themselves captured by Morgan Le Fay who has all five Norn Stones. Using the power of the stones combined with the chaos magic of the Scarlet Witch, she uses the sword to reshape reality.

"And the sword comes down, cleaving reality and Captain America’s last thought, as the world goes white around him, and he with it – is that Iron Man would hate this..."

Notes

Story division: Page 1 "Once an Avenger..."; untitled Prologue; Chapter 1 "And There Came a Day..."; Chapter 2 "Avengers Assemble!"; Chapter 3 "A Common Threat..."; Chapter 4 "...To Fight the Foes...".

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Appearing in "Once an Avenger..."

Synopsis for "Once an Avenger..."

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