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A group of extraordinary people... people you would never think to put in a room together -- people willing to toss aside how much they personally have on the line. People instinctively doing what they do best. Giving no pause to the gravity of the fight in front of them. And just when you weren't sure which way the fight would go... the team comes together. And it's done.

—Captain America[source]

In a chaotic sequence of events executed by the insane Scarlet Witch, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, were destroyed and forced to disassemble permanently.[3][4] A group of New Avengers assembled by fate during a prison breakout in the maximum security installation for supervillains known as the Raft. Initially motivated by recapturing the fugitives, the team filled the vacant position their predecessors had left.[5] The team was torn apart however, during the Superhuman Civil War, becoming outlaws who evaded the Registration Act and rivalled the government-sponsored Avengers.[6][7] After the decommission of the act, super-heroes were free once again, and the New Avengers, led by Luke Cage, became a parallel unit of Avengers with full independence from the main team.[8] The team ceased their operations after Cage and his wife Jessica Jones opted for retirement.[9]

History

Avengers: Disassembled[]

Due to personal tragedy regarding the heartbreaking loss of Scarlet Witch's children and the volatile nature of her powers, she succumbed to madness, relinquishing her control over her reality-shaping abilities. As a devastating consequence, her teammates in the Avengers were severely punished. Some met a grim end and all endured profound suffering, in an onslaught that obliterated the Avengers Mansion. In the ruins of their very existence, the Avengers lamented their losses, which also included the destruction of the realm of Asgard and the death of the mighty Thor as well. The shattered Mansion was turned into a memorial. Tony Stark, the invincible Iron Man and financial backbone of the team, declared that he would no longer bankroll their operations. Resuming their operations was not an option, thus the Avengers disassembled.[3][4]

New Avengers, Assemble![]

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The New Avengers

A new group of Avengers first assembled by chance during a breakout occurred at the Raft, an island facility designed to detain super-criminals. The incident was set in motion during a strategic blackout inflicted by the villain Electro. At the time, private bodyguard Luke Cage was at the Raft escorting attorneys Foggy Nelson and Matthew Murdock, secretly the Daredevil, to meet with the enigmatic Sentry, who had been imprisoned by his own demand. They were accompanied by the original Spider-Woman, who acted as the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent overseeing the Raft. As the crisis escalated, Spider-Man, Captain America,[10] and Iron Man arrived to help restore order.[11] Unbeknownst to those involved, Spider-Woman was in fact the alien Skrull Queen, who had infiltrated Earth as part of an elaborate plan of conquering the planet.[12] Skrulls, who had deeply compromised S.H.I.E.L.D., actually orchestrated the prison break.[13]

Though the Raft was pacified, forty-two criminals had managed to escape. Captain America convinced Iron Man to form a new team of Avengers, believing the assembling of heroes was a fateful sign more than a fortunate coincidence. Without the government's bureaucratic involvement and the financial burdens common to the Avengers's history, Earth's new mightiest heroes should simply exist to deal with tasks that no superhero could handle alone, starting with recapturing the prison breakers. Captain America contacted the heroes present at the Raft riot to invite them to the Avengers. Spider-Man accepted the offer as an alternative for a career paved by failures, while Luke Cage joined for seeing an opportunity to make his family proud. The Daredevil decided to decline as a way not to compromise the team with his convoluted issues. Spider-Woman agreed to join after losing her assignment in S.H.I.E.L.D.. The Sentry could not be found. The new Avengers met at the Stark Tower, a building owned by Iron Man which would serve as their headquarters. Stark's loyal butler, Jarvis, was in charge of taking care of their penthouse.[1] Just like Spider-Woman, Jarvis had also been replaced by a Skrull infiltrator.[14]

The team was put into contact with the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Commander Maria Hill, who had replaced Colonel Nick Fury after his unsanctioned invasion of Latveria -- a secret mission which had involved several of the Avengers-to-be. Hill was less than enthused about a non-governmental team of Avengers, but Captain America noted that he had Full Champion License, allowing him to assemble any team he deemed necessary for any mission he set out on. With Spider-Man identifying Electro as perpetrator of the breakout, the team was able to apprehend him and track his primary target escapee Sauron to the Savage Land. Wolverine, the feral X-Man, who was in the area on a tip from the Scorcher, joined the investigation.[15] Wolverine was controversially added to the team[16] in case a last and lethal resource proved to be necessary.[17] The team confronted both the Savage Land Mutates associated with Sauron[18] and S.H.I.E.L.D. rogue operatives led by Yelena Belova, the Black Widow. Having discovered group of slaves working at a Vibranium mine, the Avengers witnessed the Helicarrier ordered by Hill destroy the area with cruise missiles, escalating tensions between them and S.H.I.E.L.D.. Reflecting on Stark's own revelation that some of the escaped criminals had been listed as deceased some time ago, the Avengers determined that S.H.I.E.L.D. might have gone backsliding without the watchful eye of the recently deposed Fury.[16]

In between intercepting escapees, such as the Wrecker, the Avengers also addressed the potential threat of the Sentry.[19] As a golden hero who had his existence erased from the memories of those who had known him, the Sentry struggled with keeping his alter-ego, the Void, from sabotaging his deeds. With help of the superhero community, the Sentry was helped in rediscovering his place by joining the Avengers. Although he had agreed to assist the team when he could, his mental state sometimes rendered him incapacitated. As a peculiar consequence, the Sentry's Watchtower was located at the roof of the Stark Tower, comically confirming Captain America's suggestion of the team being formed by fate.[20]

One of the Raft's former prisoners was the warrior swordsman known as the Silver Samurai. Intel suggested he returned to Japan for a potential alliance among the Hand, Madame Hydra's forces, and the Clan Yashida. With Wolverine away on other matters, the Avengers lacked an expert on the Japanese underworld. Although Daredevil turned down a request from Captain America to help, he nominated the mysterious Ronin in his place as another agent with a connection to the Hand affairs. In fact, Ronin was the deaf warrior known as Echo. She found Madame Hydra in the investigation, but was chased down by the Hand. The Avengers battled a legion of Hand ninjas to intercept the ordeal, during which Spider-Woman had an encounter with Madame Hydra to discuss her secret allegiance to Hydra. Silver Samurai claimed he had been abducted by S.H.I.E.L.D. for no apparent reason and incarcerated in the Raft, which added another layer of mystery surrounding the prison breakout. The Avengers departed with Madame Hydra captive, but during the flight Spider-Woman furtively staged the prisoner's escape.[21] She was confronted by her teammates about the bizarre incident and had to reveal her status as a triple agent, hidden inside Hydra and the Avengers as an agent guided by Nick Fury.[22]

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New Avengers Assemble

After operating in the shadows for some missions, the Avengers were to officially debut the public, being unveiled in a press conference covered by the Daily Bugle, which was run by J. Jonah Jameson. Being a blatant hater of super-heroes, especially Spider-Man, Jameson shared scathing criticism over the new membership of the Avengers, highlighting repulsive aspects of their lives. Moreover, the team counted with direct support from the former Avenger Ms. Marvel.[23] Around this period, the Avengers celebrated Luke Cage's wedding to private investigator Jessica Jones. The ceremony was interrupted by vengeful Yelena Belova, who had been transformed by A.I.M. into a Super-Adaptoid under Hydra's machinations. The Avengers assembled to stop the threat, struggling to defeat her. In the end, Belova was sacrificed by her employers upon defeat in order to hide their identity. The Avengers were then free to commemorate the matrimonial ceremony.[24]

House of M[]

In between the introduction of the New Avengers to the public, the Scarlet Witch was still an issue to be dealt with. Being taken care of by Professor Xavier in the ruins of Genosha, the possibility of recovery seemed impossible. In light of that, Xavier contacted both the Avengers and his X-Men to discuss a solution. The first step was to reason with the Scarlet Witch on Genosha. However, upon their arrival, the heroes were caught in a chaotic trap.[25] Using Xavier's telepathy to reach out to their deepest wishes, the Scarlet Witch crafted a brand-new reality built from their ideals. Mutants were a ruling cast in this new world. Unexpectedly, the Avenger and X-Man Wolverine had his greatest wish of recovering all of his memories granted.[26] The disturbed Wolverine was met by Cage,[27] who had been contacted by Layla Miller, another mutant who had recollection of the proper reality.[28] Wolverine and Cage embarked on a mission to restore the memories of the Avengers and the X-Men to revert the Scarlet Witch's doing.[29] Having reassembled the Avengers, they led a fight to Genosha alongside the X-Men.[30] In the climax of the battle, the distressed Scarlet Witch restored reality.[31] A consequence of the ordeal was the magical deactivation of the majority of the mutant population.[32]

The mutant energies liberated after this incident catastrophically detonated in Alaska. S.H.I.E.L.D. deployed the Canadian team Alpha Flight to assess the situation, with disastrous results that caused their extermination. Finding no other solution, Director Maria Hill found herself forced to contact the Avengers for assistance.[33] During the crisis, the Avengers acted on social work as per Luke Cage's suggestion, for he believed the group should start paying special attention to the people they protect. The Avengers summoned Ms. Marvel for help as the omnipotent entity arrived in Cleveland. They intercepted the creature identified as the Collective, and the ensuing fight proved to have destructive consequences.[34] Through the Vision's database, S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that the Collective was constituted by the power signature of all depowered mutants of the world as the Avengers struggled to stop him.[35] Amidst the situation, Hill inquired the Avengers about the truth behind the mutant decimation, psychically gathering the information from Spider-Man.[36] On Genosha, the Collective searched for Magneto, being followed by the Avengers. In a formidable team-up, the Avengers managed to entrap and disperse the Collective's energies into the sun with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assistance, which included the collaboration of Quake.[37]

Civil War[]

The congress proposed a Superhuman Registration Act to regulate the activity of costumed heroes in the country. Predicting a crisis in the super hero community, Iron Man decided to support the proposition.[38] The act was enacted after a disaster protagonized by the junior heroes and reality show stars New Warriors led to hundreds of victims in Stamford, Connecticut. Iron Man, alongside figures such as Reed Richars and Hank Pym supported the registration that would force vigilantes to reveal their secret identities and receive training in law enforcement. Captain America vehemently opposed the emerging law on the grounds that it violated civil liberties. This led to a superhero Civil War, in which all were forced to choose sides, including the Avengers.[39] A schism emerged in the Avengers, Captain America formed a band of renegades, the Secret Avengers who evaded S.H.I.E.L.D.'s squadron of cape killers,[40][8] while Iron Man recruited subjects for the Initiative program.[41]

Luke Cage and Spider-Woman refused to sign the act, joining the resistance led by Captain America.[42] Ms. Marvel and the Sentry supported Iron Man's S.H.I.E.L.D.[41][43] Spider-Man initially supported Iron Man, but defected after seeing corruption in the act.[44] The X-Men, including Wolverine, remained neutral.[41] The Civil War escalated, until ending up with Captain America surrendering after a huge battle in Times Square, New York, realizing that superheroes were causing the horror they were supposed to prevent.[6] In custody, Captain America was assassinated while entering a federal courthouse, in a ploy orchestrated by his longtime foe, the Red Skull.[45] Iron Man lamented the death of his rival and dear friend Captain America afterwards.[46] The outlaw Avengers went underground, while Iron Man formed a new team of 'Mighty Avengers, a government-sanctioned team of registered heroes who operated under the Initiative.[6]

Outlawed[]

In the aftermath of Civil War, the New Avengers found asylum with Doctor Strange in his mystically protected and unreachable Sanctum Sanctorum. Under Cage's leadership, the fugitives Spider-Woman, Spider-Man, and Wolverine were joined by Iron Fist, who had supported Captain America during the crisis. Spider-Woman had been informed by Ms. Marvel that Captain America was, in fact, alive and kept in the Raft, which was confirmed by Strange. The Avengers raided the Raft only to immediately realize it was a trap set by Iron Man, who had his own Avengers ambush them with power-dampening technology.[47] Doctor Strange prevented a confrontation by teleporting his allies away. Despite Iron Man attempting to capture them using the magic abilities of Brother Voodoo,[48] he failed. Before departing, he ultimately led the outlaw Avengers question their purpose as a resistance after the war.[49]

Iron Fist received a call for help from Echo, as well as her Ronin suit and gadgets, since she had once again clashed with the Hand, now led by the vile Elektra.[48] As the Avengers prepared to rescue their ally from being corrupted by the assassins, an old-time member of the Avengers, Clint Barton, the marksman Hawkeye, visited Sanctum Sanctorum. He was invited to join the team, as an opposer of Iron Man, but refused to reassume his identity of the archer Hawkeye. As such, he adopted the mantle of Ronin.[49] The Avengers rescued Echo and sought refuge at Silver Samurai's palace. However, they were followed by Elektra and her army of assassin ninjas, sparking a violent conflict.[50] The brainwashed Echo mortally wounded Doctor Strange amidst battle.[49] With help from his disciple Wong, Strange escaped death and exorcized Echo. Seeking vengeance, she slew Elektra. Oddly enough, the Hand retreated and the the Avengers watched Elektra revert to her true form, a Skrull impersonator.[51] This proved to be the first evidence of the impending Skrull invasion Earth faced, Spider-Woman retained her cover as paranoia set in, since the Avengers believed anyone could be an undercover infiltrator. On their way back to New York City, Iron Fist's plane was affected by Ultron's attack to Earth and crashed. Spider-Woman managed to escape unscathed and betrayed the team by taking the Skrull corpse to Iron Man.[52]

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The new New Avengers

Doctor Strange was able to confirm all Avengers and their associates in Sanctum Sanctorum were not shapeshifters, strengthening the trust within the group. Parallel to this, Wolverine learned about the emergence of the Hood in the criminal underworld, as he took advantage of the constant conflicts between heroes to gain influence and assemble a legion of super villains, the Hood's Gang.[53] Worried about the Hood making a move against Iron Man and his Avengers, the group decided to take action.[54] However, the team was caught in a symbiote infection in Manhattan, with many Avengers, from both active rosters, being bonded with alien monsters. Due to his impenetrable skin, Cage was clean and joined forces with Iron Man's Avengers to revert the situation. After the alien parasites were neutralized, both Avengers teams called a temporary truce to help afflicted civilians, which allowed the outlaw Avengers to retreat.[55]

Tracking the Hood's Gang down, the Avengers managed to beat them into submission in an illusory setting cast by Doctor Strange that summoned an apparent army of heroes. The Hood ran away in the middle of the fight, and S.H.I.E.L.D. arrested most of his Gang. He broke them all out and elaborated a revenge attack against the Avengers.[56] Using his magical abilities, the Hood easily broke through the defenses of Sanctum Sanctorum. The Avengers were severely beaten, and Doctor Strange was murdered.[57] Using dark magic, he revived himself and knocked all villains out, which cost him his position as Sorcerer Supreme and forced him to leave the team. The commotion alerted S.H.I.E.L.D., but Ms. Marvel ultimately chose to cover her old allies' retreat. As a consequence of the disastrous attack, Jessica Jones sought asylum in the Avengers Tower with her infant child, abandoning her husband Cage and his Avengers.[58] Iron Fist relocated the Avengers to one of his corporation's apartments that was once occupied by the Leader.[57]

Skrull Invasion[]

The Skrull invasion to take over Earth finally came to a boiling point when a Skrull ship landed in the Savage Land. Spider-Woman tipped the rebel Avengers about the situation and they stole a Quinjet the official Avengers team was about to use. Upon reaching their destination, both Avengers teams found the Mutates' citadel in ruins. The Skrulls corrupted Iron Man's technology all over the globe with a virus through his armor's systems, not only were Iron Man and the Avengers affected, but S.H.I.E.L.D., the Initiative and many others. The landed spaceship opened, revealing a group of many costumed adventurers claiming to have escaped Skrull captivity, including Captain America, the Scarlet Witch, the Vision, and Ronin's ex-wife Mockingbird.[59] Confused, the Avengers were not sure who was a shapeshifter and who was legit. The Avengers cautiously recollected their team in the chaotic situation, with Ronin vouching for Mockingbird. Meanwhile, Manhattan was invaded by thousands of Super-Skrull soldiers.[60] Spider-Woman reached out to Iron Man, who recovered from the infection in his systems. She played with his mind, revealing to be Queen Veranke, the liege of the Skrulls and mastermind behind the infiltration and invasion of Earth. The Avengers put aside their differences and join forces against the common enemy,[61] being assisted by Ka-Zar and Shanna, the She-Devil.[62]

The veil of uncertainty ended when Reed Richards unleashed a device that could reveal the Skrulls' true nature. Mockingbird was exposed as an alien and murdered alongside the other imposters.[63] In the climactic battle against the Skrulls, the Avengers fought alongside a slew of comrades, most prominently Thor, the new Captain America, Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors, the Thunderbolts, Noh-Varr, and even the Hood's Gang.[64] As a last resort, the Wasp was transformed into a giant living bomb by the Skrulls, forcing Thor to end her life to prevent a detonation. On a happy note, on the other hand, the real heroes replaced by the Skrulls were found to be alive and well, including Spider-Woman and Mockingbird.[65] During the final stand, the director of the Thunderbolts, the unscrupulous Norman Osborn, who used to be the villain Green Goblin, killed the escaping Veranke. Using his technology from OsCorp, Osborn was not affected by the corruption of Iron Man's Starktech.[65] S.H.I.E.L.D. was decommissioned and replaced by H.A.M.M.E.R., with Osborn as its head in charge of the Initiative.[66] The Avengers remained outlaws. However, instead of old friends, they were now opposed by enemies. A dark reign descended upon Earth's Mightiest Heroes.[67]

Dark Reign[]

In the aftermath of the Secret Invasion, with Norman Osborn officially in charge of Earth's superhumans, the Avengers found out Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' baby had been kidnapped by the Skrull who had posed as Jarvis.[68] The Avengers reassembled themselves in Captain America's Apartment, now in possession of his successor, Bucky Barnes, the new Captain America. Barton was accompanied by his ex-wife, the resurgent Mockingbird, while Echo disappeared without notice. The face of the Skrull invasion, the real Spider-Woman was also offered asylum. In desperation, Cage and Jones, assisted by Ms. Marvel, reached out to the Avengers and the Fantastic Four for the sake of their child, with no avail.[69] Seeing no alternative, Cage contacted Osborn for help. Using his vast resources, Osborn easily tracked and assassinated the Skrull, bringing the baby back to safety. However, Cage betrayed Osborn and escaped Avengers Tower, returning to his outlawed group of renegade Avengers.[70]

In charge of the official Avengers' team, Osborn reformulated its roster, revamping many super-villains with the legacy mantle of classic Avengers. His dark iteration of Avengers, which counted with the mentally unbalanced Sentry in it, was received with disgust by its predecessors. Spider-Woman was sent to Osborn in another attempt to trick him, in an attempt to ambush his Avengers with the power-dampening technology at the abandoned Hellfire Club Mansion. Osborn sent the Hood's Gang instead, since he had forged a partnership with the Hood. Severely outnumbered and having the power dampener immediately destroyed, the Avengers were easily subdued by the Hood and his syndicate of villains, being forced to retreat. Clint Barton was profoundly offended by what Osborn had done with the reputation of the Avengers and publicly denounced him on live TV.[71] Despite their differences, the two opposing Avengers teams joined forces, being guided by Thor, to protect the world from a frigid nightmare caused by the frost giant Ymir, who got defeated by the Twilight Sword. After victory, Thor did not allow Osobrn to tackle the outlawed Avengers.[72] Back to hiding, the team discussed their new directions, with Barton being appointed as leader with Ms. Marvel as second-in-command. Around this time, Iron Fist distanced himself from the group to deal with his own adventures.[73]

The group was surprised by Doctor Strange, who happened upon their hideout seeking help. No longer the Sorcerer Supreme, Strange searched for his substitute, with the Hood being on his track in a hunt for the vacant position. The Avengers immediately offered help in opposing the Hood, who weirdly operated alone. In a stolen Quinjet, the team followed the path of chaos to New Orleans,[74] where they were attacked by Madame Masque, the only partner the Hood had. In the commotion, the Hood demonstrated signs of demonic corruption, while Brother Voodoo emerged as the new Sorcerer Supreme.[75] Strange and Voodoo were able to reveal the demon who had possessed the Hood as Dormammu and, with the Avengers' and Daimon Hellstrom's assistance, exorcized him.[76]

Abandoned by its leader, the Hood's Gang realized they had been working as Osborn's mercenaries without their consent. Wishing to get Osborn's attention, they caused trouble in the city, alerting the Avengers instead. Having reverse-engineered the power-dampening technology, the Hood's Gang incapacitated the Avengers.[77] As a regular human with no special abilities, Mockingbird was unaffected and resisted the villains. Simultaneously, Osborn arrived with his Avengers on the scene[78] and made a deal with the Hood's Gang to kill the Avengers. Piloting their Quinjet, Mockingbird was able to retrieve her teammates and flee. However, Luke Cage underwent cardiac arrest due to the effects of the dampener and was taken by the Avengers to the Night Nurse's clinic.[79] Osborn was able to arrest him in it, but was legally forced to provide him with medical treatment.[80] The Avengers assembled a legion of friends of Cage to break him out of Avengers Tower and Osborn's clutches. While the Avengers attacked the Initiative installations in Camp Hammond, their friends raided Avengers Tower to rescue Cage. Osborn was not unprepared, having installed a microscopic bomb on Cage's heart during surgery.[81] With Hank Pym's assistance, the device was removed and it detonated one of Osborn's luxurious houses after the Avengers went into hiding again.[82]

Siege of Asgard[]

Going against the other Avengers, Clint Barton ultimately decided to assassinate Osborn as the only viable solution he could fathom.[77] As a one-man army, Barton infiltrated Avengers Tower. Despite successfully knocking most of Osborn's Avengers out, he was ultimately defeated and incarcerated.[83] As Cage recovered from his condition, the Avengers assembled to rescue Barton. Osborn was able to learn about their hideout, but found the place evacuated, for the Avengers had foreseen the attack. This distracted the villainous Avengers. In the mission, which involved retrieving Barton from a Helicarrier, Jessica Jones reassumed her heroic identity to assist her allies. In one of Nick Fury's secret bases, the Avengers were met by a resurrected Steve Rogers, the original Captain America.[84] One of Osborn's associates, the God of Mischief Loki, had been manipulation many of the recent crises involving the different teams of Avengers.[76][85][86] He re-empowered the Hood using the Norn Stones, a source that extended to the entire Hood's Gang, that now operated in a legit way under Osborn's Initiative.[82] The Avengers resisted multiple murder attempts from different members of the Hood's Gang. The Avengers not only joined forces with Rogers, but also with Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors.[87]

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Attacking Osborn

Loki's ultimate move in his machinations involving Osborn was to convince him about the danger of having the magical realm of Asgard on Earth. He claimed that this was a threat to Osborn's influence and suggested that a disaster should be crafted to justify a siege to the golden city.[88] Together, Loki and Osborn managed to trick Volstagg of the Warriors Three into fighting the U-Foes in a stadium full of people, who became casualties. This gave Osborn reason to move against Asgard, mobilizing all of the forces under his command such as the Avengers, H.A.M.M.E.R., the Thunderbolts, the Initiative, and the Hood's Gang. The mighty Thor defended his home, but was put down by Osborn.[89] Deciding Osborn should be stopped, Steve Rogers reassembled the Avengers to join the war, being backed by other parties, such as Maria Hill, Nick Fury's Secret Warriors the Young Avengers, and Tony Stark.[90]

After Osborn was taken down by the Avengers, he ordered the Sentry to destroy Asgard, leaving nothing but rubble. Regaining advantage, Osborn had Loki teleport the Hood and his Gang empowered by the Norn Stones to oppose the Avengers. However, the Sentry proved to be an uncontrollable force.[91] In regret, Loki realized that he had gone too far and used the Norn Stones to empower the heroes fighting on the side of Asgard. Noticing the trickery, the Sentry killed Loki to reverse the process. As a last resource, Tony Stark managed to take control of the H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier to drop it on the Sentry which made him revert to his human form. Powerless, the Sentry was mercy-killed by Thor, who disposed of his remains in the Sun.[92]

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The New Avengers celebrate the end of the Dark Reign

During the final stand against Osborn, the Hood and Madame Masque were able to vanish.[93] In desperation to get the Hood repowered, Madame Masque sought help in Los Angeles with her father, Count Nefaria, an all-powerful crimemaster and old nemesis of the classic Avengers. In order to track down the Hood, the formerly outlawed Avengers blackmailed his cousin and associate, John King, being able to track down his location. The Avengers brutally assaulted Count Nefaria to incapacitate him. Emerging victorious, they were able to put all three villains into custody.[94] In the aftermath of the siege, the Registration Act was decommissioned and H.A.M.M.E.R. was dissolved. Steve Rogers stepped in as head of security and the responsible for the superhuman community and the Avengers.[92]

Heroic Age[]

With the return of the Avengers under Steve Rogers' supervision, Cage was not comfortable with operating in this condition after such a long time hiding from justice. As an alternative, Rogers provided Cage free jurisdiction to assemble his own team of New Avengers to operate in his terms. Moreover, Tony Stark ceded the reformed Avengers Mansion to serve as their headquarters. Rogers' only condition was having Victoria Hand, Norman Osborn's former scond in command, to act as a liaison, because he felt she could provide an important insight to the team. With Iron Fist and Jessica Jones at his side, Cage gathered most of his former allies in the team, with the new addition of the Thing from the Fantastic Four.[8]

The New Avengers faced their baptism of fire when the Eye of Agamotto happened upon and possessed Cage, prompting him to be sought by Doctor Strange and Daimon Hellstrom, who had also been corrupted by demonic forces. While Doctor Strange regained control, Iron Fist took the Eye of Agamotto and got banished to another plane after the intervention of the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Voodoo. This unleashed a rupture in reality, causing Earth to be vulnerable to a hellish invasion.[95] After a convoluted series of disasters,[96] the New Avengers realized the spirit of Agamotto himself reclaimed the item. The Avengers challenged Agamotto for a mystic duel, sending a mystically empowered Wolverine as their warrior.[97] Doctor Voodoo intervened and sacrificed his life to ensure the defeat of a power-hungry Agamotto. Reality was protected[98] and the Avengers returned to the Mansion, which was reformed by Damage Control. Moreover, Strange joined the team and invited his associate Wong to serve as a housekeeper, while Cage and Jones hired the unbeatable Squirrel Girl to be their daughter's nanny.[99]

New H.A.M.M.E.R.[]

The extremist Superia gathered former agents of H.A.M.M.E.R. in preparation for resurgence. Hand had intelligence about her activities and dispatched the New Avengers to investigate. In the ensuing conflict, Mockingbird was mortally wounded by gunshot.[100] As some of the Avengers tended to their injured ally, Superia was able to outpower them and escape.[101] The incident led the New Avengers to suspect Victoria Hand could still be loyal to H.A.M.M.E.R.,[102] but she proved her allegiances to the Avengers when exposing Superia's whereabouts after being contacted. Superia was in possession of a mixture of the Super-Soldier Serum and the Infinity Formula that Fury had contact with in the late 1950s. The substance, although relatively unknown, was administered to save Mockingbird's life. Meanwhile, the incarcerated Superia demonstrated her plan had been influence H.A.M.M.E.R. from jail all along.[103]

When the Asgardian god of fear, the deadly Serpent, resurfaced with the help of the Red Skull's daughter Sin, a group of super humans was empowered by magical hammers similar to Mjolnir. As the Worthy, they spread fear around the world to venerate their master in his plans of becoming the All-Father of Asgard. Part of Sin's attack involved raiding America with an army of Nazi soldiers, her own Blitzkrieg.[104] A corrupted Thing caused the Avengers Tower to fall in a deadly combat against the Red Hulk.[105] The Avengers Mansion was also attacked by Sin's forces. As Squirrel-Girl struggled to keep her protégée safe, Daredevil assisted her in fending off the illegitimate soldiers. Out of gratitude, Cage and Jones invited him to join the Avengers, which he accepted.[33] Moreover, as one of the Serpent's generals, Sin stormed Washington, D.C., with a Nazi army, causing Captain America's apparent death, which prompted Steve Rogers to step back as the star-spangled soldier.[106] All over the globe, the Avengers kept resisting the destructive Worthy.[107] Wielding Uru weapons manufactured by Iron Man in the furnaces of Nidavellir, many Avengers were empowered as the Mighty to oppose the Serpent's army. Thor bravely slayed the Serpent at the ultimate cost of his own life. The war-torn Avengers had a hard work to rebuild the world ahead of themselves but were able to do it without fear.[108]

New Avengers (Earth-616) vs. Dark Avengers (Earth-616) from New Avengers Vol 2 20 0001

Hand had the New Avengers supervise the transition of Norman Osborn from the Raft to another prison. The transference failed, as Osborn was freed alongside Superia by corrupted Raft officers and returned as the head of a revived H.A.M.M.E.R., which now counted with forces from A.I.M., Hydra, and the Hand.[109] The paranoic Osborn also reformed his version of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, an iteration of the New Dark Avengers.[110] At Stark Resilient laboratories at Paramus, New Jersey, the New Avengers joined Iron Man to fight a new version of Ultimo, controlled by H.A.M.M.E.R., that was trying to steal Iron Man's armor. Though the giant robot fell, a smaller robot attacked Wolverine, obtained a blood sample and escaped.[111] Back to Avengers Mansion, the New Avengers founded it surrounded by protesters who rebelled against them, having a dispiriting effect on the team. As Victoria Hand dispatched the team to deal with Atlantean terrorists in Miami, they received wrong coordinates. By the time the New Avengers lately arrived at the correct place, Osborn and his New Dark Avengers had already solved the problem in a glorious display.[112]

The two Avengers teams battled each other. However, the heroic Avengers were caught unprepared, being also rejected by civilians who blamed them for the crisis. Doctor Strange aborted the mission and teleported the team away, only to be surprised by the sudden appearance of Ragnarok, the cyborg clone of Thor who had been rebuilt by A.I.M.[113] The artificial creature was destroyed by the Avengers after a difficult fight. However, when returning to their base they experienced a bitter victory, as S.W.A.T. wished to detain them.[114] Outnumbered by the authority forces, the New Avengers were teleported to Sanctum Sanctorum to prepare a plan. Afraid of Osborn and of the violent public opposition, Jessica Jones disappeared with no trace with her child and Squirrel-Girl, leaving Cage in turmoil. Meanwhile, Hand was exposed as a triple agent, who was in contact with Osborn under the orders of Captain America, who happened to be in Osborn's custody. Another mole within H.A.M.M.E.R. was the Dark Avenger Skaar, who betrayed his team by attacking them[115] and freeing Captain America. The New Avengers arrived on the scene and defeated all the New Dark Avengers.[116] Osborn succumbed to his own greed for power.[117]

New Avengers: Disassembled[]

After the war between the Avengers and the X-Men, Luke Cage decided to leave the team in order to raise his daughter in peace,[118] which incited the New Avengers to disassemble. However, the defunct team became a target of the spirit of Daniel Drumm, who had vowed revenge for the death of his brother, Doctor Voodoo. Having possessed the body of Victoria Hand, he attacked magicians to empower himself. This attracted the attentions of authorities, who investigated Avengers Mansion.[119] Daniel Drumm assassinated Hand and an FBI agent to bring trouble to the Avengers, as S.H.I.E.L.D. determined Doctor Strange was the murderer.[120] In extreme confusion, the other Avengers team arrived on the scene. Drumm took the opportunity to randomly possess different members of both groups to spark a battle. To solve the situation, Doctor Strange called upon a challenge between sorcerers.[121] Strange battled all the Avengers by himself, resisting a plethora of different attacks. Knowing his friends faced danger, Cage decided to return to Avengers Mansion in his last act as an Avenger. Drumm possessed his body only to find himself permanently trapped, being unable to corrupt others. This enabled Doctor Strange to perform an exorcism.[9]

As a result, Strange's former mentor, the Ancient One, appeared in the battlefield and bestowed upon his disciple the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme again due to his valiant efforts in protecting the dimension without it being his duty anymore.[9] In the aftermath of the battle, the Avengers honored the memory of Victoria Hand and remembered their moments together. Cage returned the possession of Avengers Mansion to Tony Stark.[9] The building became the headquarters of the mutant-centered team known as the Avengers Unity Division,[122] some of the New Avengers became part of other Avengers teams,[123][124] and Cage planned to revive the Heroes for Hire.[125]

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Formerly Avengers Quinjet, Rand Corporate Jet, Dr. Strange's teleportation spells

Notes

  • When the New Avengers first started, Tony Stark had the original new members make an e-mail with his domain name. As a whole, their e-mail address was allavengers@newavengers.stark.net.[citation needed]

See Also

Links and References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Avengers #3
  2. ↑ Avengers Assemble #1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Avengers #500–503
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Avengers: Finale #1
  5. ↑ New Avengers #1–6
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Civil War #7
  7. ↑ New Avengers #27–31
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 New Avengers (Vol. 2) #1
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 New Avengers (Vol. 2) #34
  10. ↑ New Avengers #1
  11. ↑ New Avengers #2
  12. ↑ New Avengers #42
  13. ↑ Mighty Avengers #16
  14. ↑ Mighty Avengers #14
  15. ↑ New Avengers #4
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 New Avengers #6
  17. ↑ New Avengers #8
  18. ↑ New Avengers #5
  19. ↑ New Avengers #7–8
  20. ↑ New Avengers #9–10
  21. ↑ New Avengers #11–13
  22. ↑ New Avengers #14
  23. ↑ New Avengers #15
  24. ↑ New Avengers Annual #1
  25. ↑ House of M #1
  26. ↑ House of M #2
  27. ↑ House of M #3
  28. ↑ House of M #4
  29. ↑ House of M #5
  30. ↑ House of M #6
  31. ↑ House of M #7
  32. ↑ House of M #8
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 New Avengers #16
  34. ↑ New Avengers #17
  35. ↑ New Avengers #18
  36. ↑ New Avengers #19
  37. ↑ New Avengers #20
  38. ↑ New Avengers: Illuminati #1
  39. ↑ Civil War #1
  40. ↑ Civil War #2
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Civil War #3
  42. ↑ New Avengers #22–23
  43. ↑ New Avengers #24–25
  44. ↑ Civil War #5
  45. ↑ Captain America (Vol. 5) #25
  46. ↑ Civil War: The Confession #1
  47. ↑ New Avengers #28
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 New Avengers #29
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 New Avengers #30
  50. ↑ New Avengers #27–29
  51. ↑ New Avengers #31
  52. ↑ New Avengers #32
  53. ↑ New Avengers #35
  54. ↑ New Avengers #33–34
  55. ↑ New Avengers #36
  56. ↑ New Avengers #37
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 New Avengers #38
  58. ↑ New Avengers Annual #2
  59. ↑ Secret Invasion #1
  60. ↑ Secret Invasion #2
  61. ↑ Secret Invasion #4
  62. ↑ New Avengers #41
  63. ↑ Secret Invasion #5
  64. ↑ Secret Invasion #6–7
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Secret Invasion #8
  66. ↑ Secret Avengers #8
  67. ↑ Secret Invasion: Dark Reign #1
  68. ↑ New Avengers #47
  69. ↑ New Avengers #48
  70. ↑ New Avengers #49
  71. ↑ New Avengers #50
  72. ↑ Free Comic Book Day 2009 Avengers #1
  73. ↑ New Avengers #51
  74. ↑ New Avengers #52
  75. ↑ New Avengers #53
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 New Avengers #54
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 New Avengers #55
  78. ↑ New Avengers #56
  79. ↑ New Avengers #57
  80. ↑ New Avengers #58
  81. ↑ New Avengers #59
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 New Avengers #60
  83. ↑ Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1
  84. ↑ New Avengers Annual #3
  85. ↑ Dark Avengers #12
  86. ↑ Mighty Avengers #24
  87. ↑ New Avengers #61–62
  88. ↑ Siege: The Cabal #1
  89. ↑ Siege #1
  90. ↑ Siege #2
  91. ↑ Siege #3
  92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 Siege #4
  93. ↑ New Avengers #64
  94. ↑ New Avengers Finale #1
  95. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #2
  96. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #3–4
  97. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #5
  98. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #6
  99. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #7
  100. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #8
  101. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #9
  102. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #10
  103. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #11–13
  104. ↑ Fear Itself #1–2
  105. ↑ Avengers (Vol. 4) #14
  106. ↑ Fear Itself #3–4
  107. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #14–15
  108. ↑ Fear Itself #5–7
  109. ↑ New Avengers #16.1
  110. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #18
  111. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #17
  112. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #19
  113. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #20
  114. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #21
  115. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 4) #22
  116. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #23
  117. ↑ Avengers (Vol. 4) #24
  118. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #30
  119. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #31
  120. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #32
  121. ↑ New Avengers (Vol. 2) #33
  122. ↑ Uncanny Avengers #1
  123. ↑ Avengers (Vol. 5) #1
  124. ↑ Secret Avengers (Vol. 2) #1
  125. ↑ Mighty Avengers (Vol. 2) #1
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