Acts of Vengeance
"Acts of Vengeance" | |||
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Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
Publication date | December 1989 – February 1990 | ||
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Main character(s) | ISBN 978-0-7851-4464-9 |
"Acts of Vengeance" is a
Publication history
This company-wide fall crossover was centered on the
The core titles of the crossover include Avengers;
among other Spider-Man titles,
A thematic sequel, Acts of Evil, was published in 2019, the 30th anniversary of Acts of Vengeance.
Plot summary
A mysterious stranger (the
, but he rejects the offer stating he is not a villain anymore.To assist the master villains, Loki engineers a jailbreak at the
While they did manage to give many of the heroes unusual fights, the plan eventually fails as the master villains fail to cooperate and bicker with each other. An example of this is where Magneto, a mutant and a Jewish Holocaust survivor, attacks the Red Skull, whose Nazi beliefs include a prejudice against mutants, and imprisons him in a buried crypt. The supervillain pawns are defeated by the heroes. A frustrated Loki reveals himself and imprisons the Red Skull, the Mandarin and the Wizard. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom is revealed to have been using a Doombot, the Kingpin makes a timely exit and Magneto is not present. The Avengers track the group and defeat the villains, with Thor forcing Loki to flee back to their home of Asgard.[17]
Loki commits one last act of villainy and fuses three
Cast of characters
Heroes
- Alpha Flight
- Box
- Diamond Lil
- Talisman
- Vindicator
- Avengers
- Black Widow
- Captain America
- Falcon
- Firebird
- Hawkeye
- Hellcat
- Iron Man
- Mockingbird
- Moondragon
- Photon
- Sersi
- She-Hulk
- Thor
- Wasp
- Wonder Man
- Clea
- Cloak and Dagger
- Daredevil
- Doctor Strange
- Fantastic Four
- Mister Fantastic
- Invisible Woman
- Human Torch
- Thing
- Gamma Flight
- Wild Child
- Witchfire
- Hulk
- Moon Knight
- New Mutants
- Rusty
- Skids
- New Warriors
- Firestar
- Justice
- Namorita
- Night Thrasher
- Nova
- Speedball
- Nick Fury
- Power Pack
- Alex Power
- Jack Power
- Julie Power
- Katie Power
- Puma
- Punisher
- Quasar
- Silver Surfer
- Spider-Man
- West Coast Avengers
- Henry Pym
- Human Torch Android
- Scarlet Witch
- U.S. Agent
- Vision
- X-Men
Prime movers
- Loki
- Doctor Doom
- Magneto
- Kingpin
- Wizard
- Mandarin
- Red Skull
Villain participants
- Absorbing Man
- Angar the Screamer
- Arkon
- Armadillo
- Asp
- The Assembly of Evil
- Awesome Android
- Baron Brimstone
- Beetle
- Boomerang
- Brothers Grimm
- Bushwacker
- Cactus
- Chemistro (Calvin Carr)
- Coachwhip
- Constrictor
- Controller
- Crossbones
- Dittomaster
- Dragon Man
- Eel(Edward Lavell)
- Electro
- Enchantress
- Executioner
- Flying Tiger
- The Freedom Force
- Avalanche
- Blob
- Pyro
- Gargantua
- Giganto (Deviant Mutate version)
- Goliath (Erik Josten)
- Graviton
- Grey Gargoyle
- Grey Hulk
- Griffin
- Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale)
- Hydro-Man
- Juggernaut
- Killer Shrike
- Klaw
- Kristoff Vernard
- Lady Mandarin
- Living Laser
- Llan the Sorcerer
- Mad Dog
- Man-Ape
- Mister Hyde
- Mole Man
- Molten Man
- Namor (mind-controlled by Controller when found out he wasn't a villain any more)
- Nekra
- Nitro
- Orka
- Owl
- Plant Man
- Quill(Resistants Version)
- Ramrod
- Rattler
- Red Ghost
- Rhino
- Ringer(Keith Kraft)
- Scarecrow
- Scorpion
- Screaming Mimi
- Sebastian Shaw
- Shocker
- Stilt-Man
- Super-Adaptoid
- TESS-One
- Terminus
- Tiger Shark
- Tinkerer
- Titania
- Trapster
- Tricephalous
- Tri-Sentinel
- Typhoid Mary
- The U-Foes
- Ironclad
- Vapor
- Vector
- X-Ray
- Ulik?
- U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.
- Anarchy
- Flag-Smasher
- Ultron-13
- Vanisher
- Venom
- Voice
- Vulture
- Water Wizard
- Whirlwind
- The Wrecking Crew
- Bulldozer
- Piledriver
- Thunderball
- Wrecker
- Yetrigar
Other villains that Loki tried to get involved as members of the inner circle of major villains (but who turned him down) are
Issues and events
The following issues are listed in chronological order:
- Thor #410 (one page only) - #411
- The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger #8 (one page only)
- Avengers Spotlight #26
- The New Mutants #84 - (two pages only) - #85
The following issues are approximately in reading order:
- Avengers Spotlight #26
- The New Mutants #86
- X-Factor #50 (six pages only)
- Damage Control (vol. 2) #1
- The Avengers #311
- Thor #410
- Captain America #365
- Fantastic Four #334
- The Amazing Spider-Man #326
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
- Wolverine (vol. 2) #19-20
- The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (vol. 3) #8-9
- Web of Spider-Man #59
- Power Pack #53
- The Incredible Hulk #363
- Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-9
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #11-12
- Fantastic Four #335-336
- The Amazing Spider-Man #327
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #159
- Web of Spider-Man #60
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #13
- Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10
- Alpha Flight #79-80
- Daredevil #275-276
- Thor #411-412
- Avengers West Coast #53
- Quasar #5
- Avengers Spotlight #27
- Iron Man #251
- The Amazing Spider-Man #328
- The Spectacular Spider-Man #160
- Web of Spider-Man #61
- Uncanny X-Men #256-257
- The Avengers #312
- The Punisher (vol. 2) #28-29
- The Punisher War Journal #12-13
- Captain America #366
- The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger #10
- Iron Man #252
- Avengers West Coast #54
- Quasar #6-7
- Avengers Spotlight #28
- The Avengers #313
- Captain America #367
- Avengers Spotlight #29
- Avengers West Coast #55
- The Uncanny X-Men #258
- The Amazing Spider-Man #329
- The Incredible Hulk #369
- Web of Spider-Man #62-63
- Damage Control (vol. 2) #2-4
- Web of Spider-Man #64-65
- The Avengers Annual #19
Note: Iron Man #250 has the "Acts of Vengeance!" logo on its cover, but has nothing to do with the crossover.
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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Acts of Vengeance Omnibus | Avengers #311-313, Annual #19, Avengers Spotlight #26-29, Avengers West Coast #53-55, Captain America #365-367, Iron Man #251-252, Quasar #5-7, Thor #411-413, Mutant Misadventures of Cloak And Dagger #9, Amazing Spider-Man #326-329, Spectacular Spider-Man #158-160, Web of Spider-Man #59-61 | March 2011 | 978-0785144649 |
Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus | Fantastic Four #334-336, Incredible Hulk #363, Punisher #28-29, Punisher War Journal #12-13, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-10, Daredevil #275-276, Power Pack #53, Damage Control #1-4, material from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #11-13, Web of Spider-Man #64-65, Wolverine #19-20, Alpha Flight #79-80, New Mutants #86, Uncanny X-Men #256-258, material from X-Factor #50 | August 2011 | 978-0785144885 |
Acts of Vengeance: Avengers | Avengers Spotlight #26-28, Avengers #311-313, Quasar #5-7, Iron Man #251-252, Avengers West Coast #53-55, Mutant Misadventures of Cloak And Dagger #9, material from Captain America #365-367, Thor #411-413, Avengers Annual #19, Avengers Spotlight #29 | February 2020 | 978-1302922733 |
Acts of Vengeance: Marvel Universe | Fantastic Four #334-336, Incredible Hulk #363, Punisher #28-29, Punisher War Journal #12-13, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-10, Daredevil #275-276, Power Pack #53, Damage Control #1-4, material from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #11-13 | September 2020 | 978-1302923105 |
Acts of Vengeance: Spider-Man & the X-Men | Amazing Spider-Man #326-329, Spectacular Spider-Man #158-160, Web of Spider-Man #59-61, 64-65, Wolverine #19-20, Alpha Flight #79-80, New Mutants #86, Uncanny X-Men #256-258, material from X-Factor #50 | June 2021 | 978-1302923112 |
References
- ^ John Byrne (w), Paul Ryan (p), Tom Palmer (i). The Avengers, vol. 1, no. 311-313 (December 1989 - January 1990). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Dwayne McDuffie, Howard Mackie, James Brock (w), Dwayne Turner, Al Milgrom, James Brock (p), Chris Ivy, Don Heck, Roy Richardson (i). Avengers Spotlight, vol. 1, no. 26-29 (December 1989 - February 1990). Marvel Comics.
- Avengers West Coast, vol. 1, no. 53-55 (December 1989 - February 1990). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Mark Gruenwald (w), Kieron Dwyer, Ron Lim (p), Danny Bulanadi (i). Captain America, vol. 1, no. 365-367 (Mid-December 1989 - February 1990). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Iron Man #250 - 252 (Dec. 1989 - Jan. 1990)
- ^ Quasar #5 - 6 (Dec. 1989 - Feb. 1990)
- ^ Thor #411 - 412 (Dec. 1989 - Jan. 1990)
- ^ Fantastic Four #334 - 336 (Dec. 1989 - Jan. 1990)
- ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #326 - 329 (Dec. 1989 - Feb. 1990)
- ^ Uncanny X-Men #256 - 258 (Dec. 1989 - Feb. 1990)
- ^ Damage Control vol. 2, #1 - 4 (Dec. 1989 - Feb. 1990)
- ^ Cloak and Dagger vol. 3, #9 (Dec. 1989)
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #64 - 65 (May - June 1990)
- ^ Avengers Annual #19 (1990)
- ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3, #33 (Jan. 1990)
- ^ Avengers #1 (Sep. 1963). Marvel Comics
- ^ Avengers West Coast #55 (Feb. 1990). Marvel Comics
- Larsen, Erik(a). The Amazing Spider-Man #329 (Feb. 1990). Marvel Comics
External links
- Acts of Vengeance at Marvel.com
- Acts of Vengeance at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Acts of Vengeance at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)