“If I fall, I fall as who I am. Who I've been for the better part of a century. But if I somehow make it through this whole ridiculous fracas victorious, what will I have become? Other than lost. Other than the Phoenix.”
Appearing in "Enter the Phoenix - Part One: Sleep Now in the Fire"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Main story and flashback) (Possessed by the Phoenix Force)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in flashback)
- All-Father Thor (Thor Odinson) (Only in flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Main story and flashback)
- Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (Main story and flashback)
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Only in flashback)
- Blade (Eric Brooks) (Only in flashback)
- Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) (Only in flashback) (Possessed by an unidentified Spirit of Vengeance)
Supporting Characters:
- Agents of Wakanda (Only in flashback)
- Director Okoye (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed agents (Only in flashback)
- Agent American Eagle (Jason Strongbow) (Cameo)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Phoenix Force (Main story and flashback)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Possessed by the Phoenix Force)
- Defenders of the Deep
- King Namor the Sub-Mariner (Main story and flashback)
- Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss) (Only in flashback)
- Orka (Only in flashback)
- Echidna (Only in flashback)
- King Crab (Only in flashback)
- Bloodtide (Only in flashback)
- Andromeda (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Joseph Rogers (Referenced)
- Sharon Carter (Mentioned)
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman) (Cameo)
- Red Widow (Cameo)
- Brother Hand (Shang-Chi) (Cameo)
- Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (Cameo)
- Echo (Maya Lopez) (Cameo)
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Cameo)
- Hyperion (Mark Milton) (Cameo)
- Luke Cage (Cameo)
- Valkyrie (Jane Foster) (Cameo)
- Shanna the She-Devil (Cameo)
- Zabu (Cameo)
- Moon Girl (Lunella Lafayette) (Cameo)
- Devil Dinosaur (Cameo)
- Howard the Duck (Cameo)
- The Orb (Cameo)
- Nazis (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians
- Mutants
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Atlanteans
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Cameo)
- Devil-Beasts (Cameo)
- Duckworldians (Cameo)
- Sabre-toothed Tigers (Cameo)
Locations:
- Prime Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Antarctica
- Arctic Ocean (Only in flashback)
- North Pole (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Mountain (Only in flashback)
- North Pole (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Asgard (Mentioned)
- Bifrost (Mentioned)
- Jotunheim (Mentioned)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- White Hot Room
Items:
- Captain America's Shield and Uniform (Main story and flashback)
- Panther Habit (Main story and flashback)
- Wolverine's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 70 (Only in flashback)
- Mjolnir (Only in flashback)
- Blade's Sword (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Cosmic Cube (Referenced)
- Infinity Gauntlet (Referenced)
Vehicles:
- Agents of Wakanda Helicarrier (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Enter the Phoenix - Part One: Sleep Now in the Fire"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
ENTER THE PHOENIX!
The infamous firebird of cosmic destruction and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force has returned to Earth to find a new avatar. So now the Avengers and some of the most powerful heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe are being called into a competition unlike anything they’ve ever seen. A globe-spanning battle that will transform them all and ultimately decide...who will be the all-new Phoenix.Notes
- A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this issue: