—Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)Doom has nothing to fear from a spacecraft.
Appearing in "In the Court of the Crimson King"
Featured Characters:
- Star-Lord (Emperor Peter Quill) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lord Doom's Empire
- Doom Elite (First appearance)
- "Lord Doom" (First appearance)
- Madame Masque (Whitney Frost) (First appearance)
- Lord Doom (Victor von Doom)
- Wrecking Crew (First appearance)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (First appearance; dies)
- Piledriver (Calusky) (First appearance; dies)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (First appearance; dies)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (First appearance; dies)
- Universal Church of Truth
- Imperial Guard
- Astra (First appearance)
- Gladiator (Kallark)
- Warstar (B'nee and C'cil) (First appearance)
- Mentor (First appearance; behind the scenes)
- Imperial Guard
Other Characters:
- Enchantress (Amora) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Fantastic Four (Named only)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (First appearance; corpse)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Mentioned)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Kingpin (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Spider-Woman (Ashley Barton) (Mentioned)
- Avenger (Mentioned)
- Spider-Woman's raiders (Mentioned)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mentioned)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Mentioned)
- Jason Quill (Only in recap)
- Meredith Quill (Only in recap)
- Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
- Piledriver's mother (Mentioned)
- Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Doombots
- Asgardians (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Zen-Whoberis
- Human-Spartoi Hybrids (Main story and recap)
- Halfworlders
- Cosmic Beings
- Flarks (Invoked)
- Skrulls (Mentioned)
- Chitauri (Mentioned)
- Cockroaches (Mentioned)
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Unidentified alien species
- Strontians
- Robots
- Brood (Corpses on-screen)
Realities:
- Earth-21923 (Main story and recap)
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Milky Way
- Solar System
- Earth
- Earth Orbit
- Amerika
- The President's Quarter
- New York
- New Latveria (First appearance as New Latveria)
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Doom Square (First appearance as Doom Square)
- 42nd Street and Madison Avenue (First appearance)
- Doom's Lair (First appearance as Doom's Lair)
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- New Latveria (First appearance as New Latveria)
- New Babylon (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- New York
- Badlands
- Wyoming
- Unidentified Town (First appearance)
- Horse Creek (First appearance) (Name revealed)
- Wyoming
- The President's Quarter
- Peak
- Jupiter (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- Earth
- Spartax (Only in recap)
- Solar System
- Milky Way
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Star-Lord's Uniform and Element Guns
- Captain America's Uniform (Toy)
- Relic (Mentioned)
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Cambots (First appearance)
- Thunderball's Ball and Chain (First appearance)
- Wrecker's Crowbar (First appearance)
- Bulldozer's Helmet (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Milano (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Synopsis for "In the Court of the Crimson King"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING!
• PETER QUILL returns to Earth…but a lot has changed since he was last there.
• As Peter reacquaints himself with the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, he’ll find it’s difficult to pick up where he left off.
• But they’ll have to figure it out quick, as A DEADLY ENEMY is closing in…
• And: What happened to the AVENGERS?Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- This issue does nothing to alleviate the confusion surrounding "New Babylon," which had previously been identified in Wolverine (Vol. 3) #66 — 72 as Washington, D.C., but as both Washington, D.C. and New York City in Wolverine (Vol. 3) #71.