—Iron ManI can create a world without war. I can make a world without alcohol or drugs. Without hate or jealousy. But then it wouldn't be the world we live in. Nothing would be learned, nothing would be gained. We wouldn't advance as species.
Appearing in "Who Will Wield the Gauntlet?"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Ego (Cameo)
- Marvel Zombies (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Zombie Thor (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Zombie Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Zombie Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Zombie Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Zombie Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Zombie Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Zombie Luke Cage (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Zombie Nova (Richard Rider) (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Zombie Colonel America (Steve Rogers) (Last appearance historically; vision) (Cameo)
- Luke Cage-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- James Howlett-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Darkhölme) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Scott Summers-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Red Guard (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Squadron Supreme (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Dr. Spectrum (Joseph Ledger) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Power Princess (Zarda Shelton) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Skylark (Linda Lewis) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Hyperion (Mark Milton) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Liberators (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Perun (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Colonel (Abdul Al-Rahman) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Abomination (Chang Lam) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Crimson Dynamo (Alex Su) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Hurricane (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Schizoid Man (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Swarm (Petra Laskov) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Loki Odinson (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Ant-Man (Hank Pym)-1610 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Exiles (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed-295) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Sasquatch (Heather McDaniel) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Morph (Kevin Sidney-1081) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Mimic (Calvin Rankin-12) (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Janet Van Dyne (Mentioned)
- Danielle Cage (Mentioned)
Races and Species
- Humans
- Mutants
- Asgardians
- Inhumans
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Kree-Cockroach Hybrids
- Kree
- Zombies (Vision or hallucination)
- Asgardian-Frost Giant Hybrids (Vision or hallucination)
- Eternals (Vision or hallucination)
- Utopians (Vision or hallucination)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-616
- Astral Plane
- Earth
- Black Galaxy (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth-2149 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth-58163 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth-712 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth-1610 (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Earth-616
Items:
- Infinity Gauntlet
- Vishanti Spell of Illusion (First appearance)
- Astral Plane Forced Ejection Spell (First appearance)
- Book of the Vishanti (Referenced)
- Book of Fire (Referenced)
- Bleeding Edge Armor
- Mjolnir
- War Machine Armor Model 5
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow & Trick Arrows
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Wolverine's Suit
- Spider-Woman's Suit
- Ms. Marvel's Suit
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Moon Knight's Suit
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Super-Soldier Serum (Mentioned)
- Hunger Virus (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Giant-Man's Suit (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
- Daredevil's Suit (Vision or hallucination) (Cameo)
Synopsis for "Who Will Wield the Gauntlet?"
In the astral plane, Thanos, the Mad Titan, appears before the Hood, holding the last Infinity Gem. He warns the Hood of the dangerous powers that he now wields but doesn't comprehend. He offers to help the Hood use the gems properly. When the Hood refuses, Thanos reveals himself to be actually Doctor Strange in disguise. They return to the physical plane, as Red Hulk comes charging with the Power Gem and knock all but the Reality Gem out of the Hood's hand. They soon clash, battling across various other Earths. Though Red Hulk warns that he could sunder the fabric of reality, the Hood doesn't care and demands his gem by threatening to erase him from existence. Red Hulk opens his fists to reveal nothing. All the gems have been placed on the Infinity Gauntlet, now held by Iron Man, who then snags the last gem.
Outnumbered and outmatched, the Hood snaps at the Avengers that if they lost his powers, they'd be no different from him. Iron Man admits that he could use the gauntlet to make the world a better place. He could bring back his father or Wasp. Instead, he decides to do two things. First, send the Hood back to prison. Second, to will the gauntlet out of existence.
As the Avengers wrap things up, Steve Rogers tries encouraging Red Hulk to join the Avengers.
However, Iron Man had lied, for he didn't destroy the gauntlet, fearing a cause and effect if he did. The Illuminati, including Rogers, decide to find better hiding places for the gems.
Appearing in "Avengers Assemble: The Oral History of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Chapter 17"
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Synopsis for "Avengers Assemble: The Oral History of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Chapter 17"
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Notes
- Also includes Chapter 17 of "Avengers Assemble: An Oral History of Earth's Mightiest Heroes", written by Brian Michael Bendis. Continues in New Avengers (Vol. 2) #12.