Uncanny Avengers
Uncanny Avengers | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
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Creative team as of July 2016 | |
Created by | Rick Remender John Cassaday |
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Uncanny Avengers is a
Publication history
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In October 2014, the second volume of Uncanny Avengers was announced to start in January 2015 with art by
The third volume began in October 2015, and was written by Gerry Duggan with art by Ryan Stegman.[citation needed]. It ended with Issue 30, which was released in December 2017.[4]
A new iteration of the series was announced in 2023 and debuted on August 16, 2023. The roster features former members Captain America (Steve Rogers), Quicksilver and Rogue alongside Psylocke, Penance and Deadpool.[5]
Fictional team history
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Volume 1
The Red Shadow
While looking for survivors after Avalanche's attack, Wolverine questions Captain America's choice of having Havok lead the team and Thor vows to resolve the mutant conflict. Meanwhile, through a televised appearance of "Honest John, the Living Propaganda", Red Skull is able to make certain people kill their mutated friends. In addition to this, Rogue escapes after being captured by the S-Men and Scarlet Witch is tempted by Red Skull to repeat the events of House of M. Rogue attacks the Scarlet Witch and they fight until they both discover the lobotomized body of Professor X. Red Skull arrives and reveals that he has fused his brain with Professor X's brain. Red Skull also reveals that he is a clone of the original Red Skull that was created in 1942 and held in cryogenic stasis in the event that Germany lost World War II.[7]
Using Professor X's telepathy, Red Skull provokes ordinary citizens of New York into joining the S-Men in a mass assault against potential mutants and force Scarlet Witch and Rogue to allow themselves to be attacked, even managing to take control of
As the Scarlet Witch fights the mind-controlled Thor, Red Skull tries tempting Captain America into joining his anti-mutant crusade again. With some help from Havok, Scarlet Witch removes Thor from the battle allowing Havok and Rogue to aid Captain America against the Red Skull overpowering him until Dancing Water saves him. With the people around them free, Havok informs them the attacks on the mutants wasn't their fault. Back at the Avengers Mansion (the base for the newly coined "Avengers Unity Squad"), Captain America and Havok look at leads to find the S-Men and Havok expresses doubts over his own leadership. The Scarlet Witch attempts to befriend Rogue, who refuses, stating she is joining the team to honour Xavier and keep an eye on Wanda. Thor tells Wolverine that he hasn't failed Professor X's dream.[1]
The team makes their debut as the Avengers Unity Squad (which also contains
Apocalypse Twins
In 1013 AD at a Scandinavian inn, Thor is in a bar fight when he is attacked by
Havok clears Rogue's name with S.H.I.E.L.D for killing Grim Reaper and has her start an investigation into
The team eventually learns of Logan's murder of Daken and or Thor's impetuous behavior in creating the celestially powered Jarnbjorn. The team splits up, which is what the Twins wanted, just before introducing the new four horsemen of Apocalypse: Grim reaper, Banshee, Daken, and Sentry.[12] Banshee subdues Havok and kidnaps Scarlet Witch, Reaper kidnaps his brother, Wonder Man, and Sentry subdues Thor, while Daken imprisons Wolverine.[12] The Twins convince Scarlet Witch that only she can save the mutant race from extinction, by creating a hex spell large enough to teleport them to their own universe, and allow Earth to be taken over by Red Skull/Onslaught.[13]
Ragnarok Now
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The divided Avengers Unity Squad must reunite to stop the Apocalypse Twins.[14] Scarlet Witch convinces Wonder Man to act as a power cell to cast a spell to bring all the mutants on Earth to an Ark, but she planned to double-cross the twins. Unbeknownst to Rogue, she decides the only way to stop Wanda is by eliminating her, so she steals Logan's claw power and stabs her. Grim Reaper then stabs Rogue in the back. Right before Wanda dies Wonder Man sacrifices himself to channel Wanda's final spell, a treachery foreseen by Eimin, who entraps the entire mutant population.[15] Exiter, the celestial executioner, comes to destroy Earth. Stark and all Earth's heroes feebly try to stop the advance.[16] Thor and Captain America divide the twins, but Rogers is killed by Reaper and Exiter destroys Earth. Thor returns to Asgard and Odin chastises him that it was Thor's fault for creating Jarnborjn and mankind was doomed.[17]
Avenge the Earth
The story starts in an alternate future where all the world's mutants are living on Planet X following the destruction of Earth by the Celestials. While most of the mutant population has accepted the new status quo—believing that the Scarlet Witch died willingly to save them, while the Avengers tried to stop the inevitable—the remaining free Avengers (Havok, Thor and Wasp, aided by
The timeline is successfully altered by the Avengers, when Rogue, empowered by numerous heroes, and Sentry slow Exitar's descent long enough for Thor to slay Exitar using Jarnbjorn, preventing the Earth's destruction. Despite Kang's attempt to steal the power of the Celestial for himself, the tables are turned when Havok and Sunfire steal the Celestial's cosmic power and use it against Kang. Kang retreats as Immortus appears with his Chrono-Corps, but Sunfire is converted to an energy-based form when his body is destroyed, Simon's essence is trapped within Rogue, Havok is left badly burned, and Havok and Wasp are left devastated by the apparent loss of their daughter (conceived in the future and taken by Kang to protect her from the change in the timeline).[19]
Uncanny Avengers Annual
A one-issue story following the introduction of the Avengers of the Supernatural, including
AXIS
During the
Volume 2
Trip to Counter-Earth
The Avengers Unity Squad are joined by a reformed
After escaping the High Evolutionary's experiments and learning their true origins, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch found Rogue and joined the fight to defend Lowtown from the High Evolutionary. During the battle, Sabretooth broke free from the High Evolutionary's control. Captain America also appeared on the scene, where he had overcome his transformation after the tree-like creatures had been summoned to battle, and fought for Lowtown.[29] Vision saved Scarlet Witch from Luminous, while Doctor Voodoo heavily damaged the High Evolutionary. Quicksilver delivered the final blow to the High Evolutionary, who fled Counter-Earth with Luminous.[30]
Volume 3
Lost Future
As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel, the Avengers Unity Squad are now helping humankind, mutants, and Inhumans. Rogue remains on the team to represent the mutants while Human Torch and a new telepath named Synapse represent the Inhumans. While Quicksilver and Doctor Voodoo remained on the team, Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Sabretooth did not rejoin the group. While Spider-Man leaves the team, Commander Steve Rogers convinces Deadpool to remain on the team as he did help to save Rogue's life.[31]
When Super-Adaptoid returns to Earth, it fought the Avengers Unity Squad. While it is able to copy Human Torch's powers on a whim like before, Deadpool touched it barehanded. Not only did Super-Adaptoid copy Deadpool's powers, it also copied Deadpool's cancer as it became overrun with the disease that killed the organic properties of Super-Adaptoid. Deadpool is scolded for his reckless abandon which led to Spider-Man quitting the Avengers Unity Squad.[32]
The Avengers also travel to Weirdworld to arrest Black Knight after almost killing Savage Steel and murdering Carnivore. Steve Rogers almost succumbs to the insanity of the Ebony Blade, before leaving it with Dane Whitman in Weirdworld.[33]
During the Avengers: Standoff! storyline, the Avengers Unity Squad arrive in Connecticut upon answering Commander Steve Rogers' call. They discover Wrecker trying to escape in an SUV with Maria Hill. The Avengers Unity Squad help Wrecker and Maria Hill avoid the S.H.I.E.L.D. forces. While on their way to Pleasant Hill, the Avengers Unity Squad is attacked by another Maria Hill who is on a Quinjet with the Avengers.[34]
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Hank Pym returns to Earth and joins the Unity Squad after talking to Steve. However, Steve doesn't trust him and calls in the Wasp for help. Hank Pym is revealed to be dead, killed by Ultron and taken on Hank's appearance and memories. The Unity Squad attempt to stop Ultron with the help of the Vision. Ultron/Hank is defeated when Vision teleports him into space.
Civil War II
Faced with the tension of the escalating conflict in the superhuman community, along with Steve's own refusal to deal with the threat of the Terrigenesis cloud and the danger to mutant lives, Rogue contemplates disbanding the Unity Squad, but they are called back together when Doctor Voodoo reveals that his brother has allied with the Hand to steal Bruce Banner's corpse and resurrect the Hulk as their soldier. The Squad is unable to stop the Hand's ceremony, but after they contain the Hulk, Voodoo is able to enter the astral plane and release Banner of the Hand's influence, choosing his friend Bruce over the Hand's offer to release his brother's spirit.
As the war ends, the Red Skull mounts his attack, having used his telepathic powers to subtly take control of the heroes, but Deadpool is able to resist him long enough to place Magneto's old helmet on Rogue, allowing her to defeat the Skull. Beast subsequently performs an operation to remove the elements of Xavier's brain from the Skull without compromising the Skull's personality, Rogue and Johnny incinerating the brain fragment to prevent anyone else using Xavier in that manner.
Volume 4
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In light of the unexpected attack on
Other version
Age of Ultron
In an alternate reality seen in "Age of Ultron", the Earth is near the end due to Ultron nearly destroying the world. Wolverine tries to fix the world by using time travel to kill Hank Pym before he invented Ultron. By doing so, the world is altered. This issue features the Apocalypse Twins trying to kill Colonel America (an alternate version of Captain America) while under the orders of Kang the Conqueror. While Colonel America goes into the sewers to meet Havok, he is attacked by the twins. Colonel America manages to escape injured but is unable to prevent the deaths of the alternate versions of Havok and Rogue. After the twins fail their task, Kang plans to send the Twins back to the mutant camps for the next few years.[36]
Roster
Characters in Bold are current members.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Captain America | Steve Rogers | Uncanny Avengers #1 (October 2012) |
Former leader of the main Avengers team. Disbanded the team in Uncanny Avengers vol. 3. #14. |
Havok | Alexander Summers | Former leader. Left the team in Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #3. | |
Rogue
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Anna Marie | Field leader. | |
Scarlet Witch | Wanda Maximoff | ||
Wolverine | James Howlett | ||
Thor | Thor Odinson | Left the team after Uncanny Avengers #27. | |
Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida | Uncanny Avengers #5 (March 2013) | |
Wasp
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Janet van Dyne | ||
Wonder Man | Simon Williams | Left the team after Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #1. | |
Captain America | Sam Wilson | Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #2 (October 2014) | Left the team after Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #5. |
Doctor Voodoo
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Jericho Drumm | Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #9 (December 2014) | |
Quicksilver
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Pietro Maximoff | ||
Sabretooth
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Victor Creed | Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #1 (January 2015) | Left the team after Uncanny Avengers vol. 2 #5. |
Vision | Victor Shade (alias) | ||
Human Torch | Johnny Storm | Avengers #0 (October 2015) | |
Synapse
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Emily Guerrero | ||
Spider-Man | Peter Parker | Left the team in Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #1. | |
Deadpool | Wade Wilson | Left the team after Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #23. | |
Cable
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Nathan Summers | Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #4 (January 2016) | |
Beast
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Hank McCoy | Uncanny Avengers vol. 3 #28 (October 27) | |
Psylocke | Kwannon | Uncanny Avengers vol. 4 #1 (August 2023) | |
Penance | Monet St. Croix |
Reception
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- Comic Book Resources gave Uncanny Avengers #1 a 4.5/5, declaring it to be a "grand opening to Marvel NOW!".[37]
- IGN gave Uncanny Avengers #1 a 7.9 "Good" rating.[38]
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication Date | ISBN |
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Volume 1 | ||||
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1: The Red Shadow | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #1–5 | 136 | May 7, 2013 | 978-0785168447 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 2: The Apocalypse Twins | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #6–11, 8AU | 160 | November 12, 2013 | 978-0785168454 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 3: Ragnarok Now | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #12–17 | 136 | April 15, 2014 | 978-0785184836 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 4: Avenge the Earth | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #18–22 | September 30, 2014 | 978-0785154235 | |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 5: AXIS Prelude | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #23–25, Annual #1, Magneto (vol. 3) #9–10 | 144 | January 20, 2015 | 978-0785154259 |
Uncanny Avengers Omnibus | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) #1–25, 8AU, Annual #1 | 672 | March 3, 2015 | 978-0785193944 |
Volume 2 | ||||
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1: Counter-Evolutionary | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 2) #1–5 | 112 | September 8, 2015 | 978-0785192374 |
Volume 3 | ||||
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1: Lost Future | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #1–6 | 152 | May 3, 2016 | 978-0785196150 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 2: The Man Who Fell to Earth | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #7-12 | 136 | October 4, 2016 | 978-0785196167 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 3: Civil War II | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #13-17 | 112 | April 4, 2017 | 978-1302902346 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 4: Red Skull | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #18-23 | 136 | August 8, 2017 | 978-1302906443 |
Secret Empire: United We Stand | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #24-25 and Secret Empire: United #1, Secret Empire: Underground #1, Secret Empire: Uprising #1, | 112 | October 24, 2017 | 978-1302908553 |
Uncanny Avengers Vol. 5: Stars and Garters | Uncanny Avengers (vol. 3) #26-30 | 112 | March 13, 2018 | 978-1302906450 |
References
This section includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2016) |
- ^ a b Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 4.
- ^ CBR Staff (August 28, 2012). "Adi Granov Covers "Uncanny Avengers" #1 for Marvel NOW!". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Morse, Ben (27 July 2012). "Marvel NOW! Q&A: Uncanny Avengers". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Avengers #30 Review: A Sweet if Unexciting Finale -Bleeding Cool
- ^ "The Fall of X Brings the Uncanny Avengers Back for a New Series".
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 1 (2012-10-10).
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 2 (2012-11-28).
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 3 (2012).
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 5 (2012).
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 6 (2012).
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 8 (2012).
- ^ a b Uncanny Avengers #10
- ^ Uncanny Avengers #11
- ^ Uncanny Avengers #12
- ^ Uncanny Avengers #14
- ^ Uncanny Avengers #15
- ^ Uncanny Avengers #17
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 20.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 22.
- ^ Uncanny Avengers Annual, no. 1.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 24.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), John Cassaday (a). Uncanny Avengers, no. 25.
- ^ Rick Remender (w). Avengers & X-Men: AXIS, no. 1.
- ^ Rick Remender (w). Avengers & X-Men: AXIS, no. 3.
- ^ Rick Remender (w). Avengers & X-Men: AXIS, no. 9.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), Daniel Acuña (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 2, no. 1.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), Daniel Acuña (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 2, no. 2.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), Daniel Acuña (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 2, no. 3.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), Daniel Acuña (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 2, no. 4.
- ^ Rick Remender (w), Daniel Acuña (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 2, no. 5.
- ^ Avengers, vol. 6, no. 0.
- ^ Gerry Duggan (w), Ryan Stegman (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 3, no. 1.
- ^ Black Knight vol. 4 #1-5
- ^ Gerry Duggan (w), Ryan Stegman (a). Uncanny Avengers, vol. 3, no. 7.
- ^ Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1 #4. Marvel Comics.
- ^ Uncanny Avengers Issue # 8AU
- ^ Zawisza, Doug (10 October 2012). "Uncanny Avengers #1 Review". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Schedeen, Jesse (9 October 2012). "A new team of Avengers for a new age". IGN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
External links
- Marvel Now – Marvel Comics
- Avengers Unity Division at Marvel Wiki