—Luke CageAnd if I have to work with the "Dark Avengers," then let's put the whole band back together. You all remember Skaar, son of Hulk? He threw you in prison.
Appearing in "Earth's Mightiest..."
Featured Characters:
- Thunderbolts
- Luke Cage
- Songbird (Melissa Gold)
- Mach-V (Abe Jenkins)
- Troll (Gunna Sijurvald) (Cameo)
- Satana (Satana Hellstrom) (Cameo)
- Moonstone (Karla Sofen) (Cameo)
- Boomerang (Fred Myers) (Cameo)
- Centurius (Cameo)
- Mr. Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (Cameo)
- Ghost (Cameo)
- Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Pipeline 1 (Erik Wender) (First appearance)
- United States Army
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (Mentioned)
- Thor (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- Surtur (Invoked)
- Norman Osborn (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Steve Rogers (Mentioned)
- National defense (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Alligators
- Human-Demon Hybrids (Cameo)
- Asgardian-Troll Hybrids (Cameo)
- Dragons (Cameo)
- Cyborgs
- Mutants
- Sakaaran Shadow People-Human Hybrids
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Synopsis for "Earth's Mightiest..."
A military ops team is wandering the desert in Sharzhad when they are attacked by a monster. Everyone except Wender are killed while Wender escapes. Meanwhile, Henry Pym and Luke Cage travel to the Nexus of All Realities in the Florida Everglades where they attempt to contact the Thunderbolts. Luke, Songbird and Mach V are then called to Raft Island to meet with the Thunderbolts Advisory Committee when they are ambushed by the Dark Avengers. In the middle of the battle however, the Dark Avengers are electrocuted and the Thunderbolts Committee appears, alerting Cage and the others that the Dark Avengers are the newest team of Thunderbolts. Kept in check by nanites, the Dark Avengers are to be sent to Sharzhad on a mission. Luke initially refuses to lead the new team but changes his mind at the last minute when he arrives with Skaar; the Dark Avengers former teammate who will be joining the team together with Cage.
Solicit Synopsis
ASM IN MOTION Variant also available
DARK SCARLET WITCH. DARK SPIDER-MAN. TRICKSHOT. RAGNAROK. …LUKE CAGE?!Notes
- This story is reprinted in the trade Dark Avengers: The End is the Beginning.
- Ai Apaec is misspelled as "Ai Apec" and "Ai Apiac" in the story.
