Avengers Vol 5 9

Part of the 'Marvel NOW! (2012)' event Alternate Covers: Textless Many Armors of Iron Man Variant Many Armors of Iron Man Variant Textless Avengers Vol 5 #9 Published Released June, 2013 April 10, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso Cover Artist Dustin Weaver Justin Ponsor "Star Bound" Writer Jonathan Hickman Penciler Dustin Weaver Mike Deodato Colourist Justin Ponsor Letterer Cory Petit Editor Tom Brevoort Lauren Sankovitch Previous Issue Next Issue Avengers Vol 5 #8 Avengers Vol 5 #10

Appearing in "Star Bound"

Featured Characters:

• Avengers
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
  • Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
  • Manifold (Eden Fesi)
  • Hyperion (Marcus Milton)
  • Smasher (Izzy Kane)
  • Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
  • Falcon (Sam Wilson)
  • Hulk (Bruce Banner)
  • Spider-Man (Otto Octavius/"Peter Parker")
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Sunspot (Bobby da Costa)
  • Captain Universe (Tamara Devoux)
  • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Shang-Chi
  • Thor

Supporting Characters:

• Nightmask
• Starbrand (Kevin Connor)

Antagonists:

• Ex Nihilo (Main story and flashback)
• Abyss (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Aleph (Only in flashback)
• Children of the Sun (Cameo)
• The Hand (Cameo)
  • Numerous unnamed members (Cameo)
• Omega Flight (Cameo)
  • Validator (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • Wendigo (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • Kingdom (First appearance) (Cameo)
• A.I.M. (Cameo)
  • Numerous unnamed members (Cameo)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Asgardians
• Wendigo

Locations:

• Mars
  • The Garden
• Earth
  • Croatia
    • Split
  • Antarctica
    • Savage Land
      • Fallen Heights
  • India
    • Chhatarpur
  • Japan
    • Honshu
      • Hyōgo Prefecture
        • Kobe
  • Australia
    • Perth
  • Canada
    • Saskatchewan
      • Regina
  • A.I.M. Island
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Midtown
            • Columbus Circle
              • Avengers Tower

Items:

• Star Brand
• Captain America's Shield
• Mjolnir
• Iron Man Armor Model 42
• Iron Man Armor Model 37 (Bleeding Edge Armor) (Cameo)
• Exospex
• S.H.I.E.L.D. bio-suit
• Sol's Hammer

Vehicles:

• Quinjet
  
  

Synopsis for "Star Bound"

On Mars, Nightmask asks Ex Nihilo for help; Ex Nihilo mocks him for running away and then returning. Abyss tries to analyze Starbrand but he blasts her in half. She re-assembles and Nightmask tells her to start with him. She learns that it is actually Earth that is broken. She looks accusingly at Ex Nihilo, who confesses that he changed the rules: the life-bombs he sent to Earth were actually an attempt to make the whole planet sentient; all of the life-bombs are growing and spreading, and they say it is too late to stop them.

At Avengers Tower, Cap prepares them to go to Mars but then Nightmask and Starbrand appear in Croatia, at an Earth-bomb impact site. There, they discover the new creatures growing and evolving on a beach. The things hatch worms which speak the Builders’ language, and unite together to form a giant, sentient brain, just as the Avengers arrive. The brain-blob tries to swallow Nightmask and Starbrand, in a panic, Starbrand evaporates the whole thing. The two say they are leaving but Cap orders the Avengers to bring them down. After a fierce battle, Starbrand yields, not truly wanting to hurt anyone. The Avenger imprison them within Tony Stark’s Dyson sphere on the far side of the sun.

Solicit Synopsis

"NEW UNIVERSE"

• Watch as the most dangerous weapon in the Universe is unleashed.

• Two Universal SYSTEMS collide.

• What good is a White Event if only leads to the destruction of the planet it was meant to transform?

Notes

This issue takes place before Iron Man Vol 5 #5

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