We took the Infinity Gems out of circulation. ... For safekeeping. Because every time someone tried to put them together -- to create the Infinity Gauntlet -- Earth, our existence, held on by a thread. We simply took that option off the table. 
Appearing in "Revelations"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Illuminati
- Lockjaw
- Red Hulk (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross) (Main story and flashback)
- Edwin Jarvis
- Secret Avengers
- New Avengers
Antagonists:
- Parker Robbins (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- X-Men (Referenced)
- Fantastic Four (Referenced)
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- A.I.M. (Mentioned)
- Ertzia (Mentioned) (Dead)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Asgardians
- Inhumans
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Kree-Cockroach Hybrids
- Inhuman Dogs
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Funtime, Inc. Facility
- New York State
- California (Only in flashback)
- Death Valley (Only in flashback)
- United States of America
- Asia
- North America
Items:
- Bleeding Edge Armor
- Mjolnir
- Power Gem (Only in flashback)
- Reality Gem (Only in flashback)
- Dragonfang
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- War Machine Armor Model 5
- Wolverine's Suit
- Hawkeye's Suit
- Hawkeye's Bow & Trick Arrows
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Infinity Gauntlet (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Revelations"
Iron Man reassembles the Illuminati. However, unexpectedly, Medusa teleports in with Lockjaw, revealing that her husband Black Bolt is dead. they then cut to the chase: someone is chasing down the Infinity Gems. Already, the gems Mr. Fantastic and Black Bolt hide have been stolen. The question now is, how does Iron Man know about it.
In a flashback, Red Hulk crashes into Avengers Tower. He admits to being an agent for Steve Rogers and that he was floored by the Hood, who has two of the gems, though he didn't know who he was. Iron Man leaves, claiming to be going to check his files.
Knowing that Black Bolt would never take the gem off Earth, they teleport to the former location of Attilan in the Himalayas. They find evidence that someone using Hydra and AIM tech. Medusa identifies the case that held the gem to have been crafted by Ertzia. Unfortunately, the Avengers have found them.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- Also includes Chapter 13 of "Avengers Assemble: The Oral History of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes", written by Brian Michael Bendis. Continues in New Avengers (Vol. 2) #8.
- The Infinity Gems were split amongst the Illuminati members in New Avengers: Illuminati (Vol. 2) #2.
- At the end of that issue, Black Bolt was shown with the Space Gem and Iron Man with the Reality Gem. Between then and this story arc they had apparently swapped.
- It is also implied in this issue and with Ertzia's account in the next issue that Black Bolt hid his Gem beneath Attilan in the Himalayas before the city departed for space. However, Attilan had not been located in the Himalayas since Inhumans (Vol. 3) #1, which takes place well before the Illuminati acquired the Gems.