Appearing in "Once an Avenger…"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
Beast (Hank McCoy) 
(Joins team)- Binary (Carol Danvers) (Joins team)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) and Aragorn (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 (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) (Main story and recap)
- Tigra (Greer Grant) (Joins team)
- US Agent (John Walker) (Joins team)
- Vision (Joins team)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Joins team)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Carnivorous Plants of Skornheim
- Demon Riders
- Dwarves
- Morgan Le Fay
- Flying Trolls of Thryhem
- Fomor
- "Frost Giants" (Ice Giants)
- Gullin
- Midgard Serpent
- Kai-Ra
- Mordred
- Mutaurus
- Nidhogg
- Reanimated Conquistadors
- Rock Trolls (Orange-Skinned)
- Rock Trolls (Stone-Skinned)
- Silent Ones
- Ulfrin the Dragon
- Vanna
Other Characters:
- Carlos (First appearance)
- Luna Maximoff
- N'Dele (First appearance)
- WJBP-TV
- Onslaught (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D (Mentioned)
- War Machine (Mentioned)
- Fantastic Four
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (On-screen)
- Invisible Woman (Susan Storm) (On-screen)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (On-screen)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
- Captain Mar-Vell (On-screen)
- Charlie-27 (On-screen)
- Deathcry (On-screen)
- Doctor Druid (On-screen)
- Gilgamesh (On-screen)
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker) (On-screen)
- Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (On-screen)
- Jocasta (On-screen)
- Mantis (On-screen)
- Marrina (On-screen)
- Martinex (On-screen)
- Masque (On-screen)
- Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (On-screen)
- Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) (On-screen)
- Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson) (On-screen)
- Two-Gun Kid (Matthew Hawk) (On-screen)
- Vance Astro (On-screen)
- Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) (On-screen)
- Yondu (On-screen)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Recap)
- 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)
- Balder (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Sif (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Odin (In Thor's thoughts only)
- Surtur (Mentioned)
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 (On-screen)
- Shi'ar (On-screen)
- Plodex (On-screen)
- Centaurians (On-screen)
- Rock Trolls (Stone-Skinned)
- Human-Fairy Hybrids
- "Frost Giants" (Ice Giants)
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- California
- Nevada
- Colorado
- Illinois (Main story and flashback)
- Chicago (Main story and flashback)
- Wakanda
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
- Hebrides (First appearance)
- England
- Tintagel Head (First appearance), near Cornwall
- Scotland
- South Pacific
- "Deep" in the Arctic
- Central America
- Equatorial Africa
- United States of America
- Asgard (Main story and flashback)
- Rainbow Bridge (Main story and flashback)
- Valhalla (Mentioned)
- Sea of Eternal Night (Mentioned)
- Cap d'Antibes (Mentioned)
Items:
- Hawkeye's Bow
- Trick Arrows
- Swordsman's Sword
- Captain America's Shield
- Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Iron Man Armor Model 16
- Mjolnir
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Falcon's Wings
- Quantum Bands
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Panther Habit
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
- Energy shield
- Twilight Sword
- Norn Stones
- Sword of Light
- Shield of Night
- Avengers Identicard
- Cat Suit (On-screen)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (On-screen)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Recap)
- Moon Knight's Suit
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Once an Avenger…"
Across the world, several former members of the Avengers are spontaneously attacked by monsters that all vanish after short battles.
In the Avengers Mansion, shortly after returning from their exile to an alternate reality created by Franklin Richards,[1] the founding members of the Avengers have gathered to discuss the recent attacks on their former teammates. As they sip tea served by Jarvis, the window bursts open by a bolt of lightning and the mighty Thor appears.
Missing for some time, the God of Thunder tells the other heroes that the world is in dire danger and they must put out a call for help. Dozens of former members fill the Mansion of where he has been the last few months. Captain America briefs the crowd, flanked by Giant Man, Iron Man, Thor, and Wasp. Thor explains how as the heroes returned from the pocket dimension created by Franklin Richards to protect them from Onslaught, he and Dr. Doom fought in the interstitial medium between it and Earth-616.[1] Using Mjolnir, the duo were shifted to another plane to continue their battle. When it ended, Thor arrived in Asgard to see it lain in ruins with the Rainbow Bridge shattered, no sign of life, and the Twilight Sword stolen.
The Sword is immeasurably powerful and Thor has surmised that threats have streamed from multiple worlds, leaving all reality in the balance. The expanded Avengers must retrieve it and the mystic Norn Stones before all hope is lost. Separated into five teams, the Avengers head for every corner of the earth, to find the Stones. Captain America's team soon finds themselves captured by Morgan Le Fey and her nephew Mordred who have all five of the artifacts. The other squadrons of heroes are distracted by mythical beasts that Fay has called to fight them. Using the power of the stones, combined with the chaos magic of the Scarlet Witch, she uses the Sword to reshape reality. The world turns white and fades away.
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...".
Legacy Numbering
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is Avengers #416.
Trivia
- A behind-the-scenes feature shows how last-minute changes to the art swapped out a monster, fixed the costume for Binary, added Rick Jones in a wheelchair, and inserted D-Man on the cover.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Spider-Woman #2 – First appearance of Morgan Le Fey.
- Iron Man #150 – Iron Man’s first encounter Morgan Le Fey.
- Avengers #241 – The Avengers face off against Morgan Le Fey.
- Thor Annual (Vol. 2) #1999 – To learn where Thor and Doctor Doom have been.
