The Avengers

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Official Team Name

The Avengers

Team Aliases

The Dark Avengers, The New Dark Avengers

Status

Active

Identity

Public

Alignment

Bad

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

H.A.M.M.E.R. secret base

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

None; formerly Norman Osborn

Current Members

Spider-Man (Ai Apaec), Trickshot, Scarlet Witch (Toxic Doxie), Ragnarok

Former Members
Skaar, Ares, Hawkeye (Bullseye), Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr), Ms. Marvel (Moonstone), The Sentry, Spider-Man (Venom), Wolverine (Daken), Ms. Marvel (Superia), Wolverine (Gorgon)[1], Norman Osborn

Allies

American Son, H.A.M.M.E.R.

formerly :

American Son, Dark X-Men

Enemies

New Avengers, Morgan le Fay, X-Men

Origin

Origin

Formed in the wake of the Secret Invasion, tasked with protecting America on behalf of Norman Osborn's Cabal

Place of Formation

Avengers Tower

Creators

Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato Jr.

First appearance

Dark Avengers #1
(March, 2009)

History

To me, my Avengers!

--Norman Osborn

In the aftermath of the Skrull Invasion, Norman Osborn became head of the Fifty-State Initiative, The Thunderbolts Initiative and S.H.I.E.L.D.. He disbanded all three with different results. S.H.I.E.L.D. reformed into H.A.M.M.E.R. with Osborn as its Director, the Thunderbolts became a secret black-ops team for him and his Cabal and the Fifty State Initiative ended after its founder, Tony Stark, was blamed for the Secret Invasion and became a hunted and wanted fugitive.

Osborn's first action as Director of H.A.M.M.E.R. was recruiting former S.H.I.E.L.D. business affair operative Victoria Hand as his Deputy Director, while relieving Maria Hill from active duty. Now also in charge of the government sponsored Avengers, Osborn began recruiting new members in his favor due to the resignation of most of the original team. Among his selection were former Thunderbolts Bullseye, Moonstone and Venom due to their loyalty to Osborn during the final battle of the recent Skrull invasion. Former Avengers Ares and Sentry remained on the team despite many of their original teammates' departure, offering their full services to their new director, Norman Osborn, with Sentry being offered help with his mental problems, and Ares merely following his new leader. ^[1]

Despite his success, Osborn failed to recruit former Mighty Avengers team leader Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel), who refused employment from the former super villain and mass murderer. Osborn's final recruits were the unstable, murderous mutant Daken (taking the role of his father, Wolverine, in one of his old costumes) and the alien Kree invader Noh-Varr (as the new Captain Marvel). This new Avengers team was a dark splinter in the Avengers mythos that included vigilante-like new members and old roster favorites with hidden agendas.

After receiving a distress call from Doctor Doom Osborn led the Avengers on their first mission, to save Doom from the hordes of demons led by Morgan le Fay.

Norman Osborn later sent the Dark Avenger Ares on a solo mission to Aqiria to defend his allies at Eaglestar International from an attack perpetuated by War Machine. ^[2]

Siege

When Osborn and Loki masterminded a massacre at Soldier Field in Chicago, the former led the Dark Avengers and the Initiative on a siege of Asgard. They failed when the Void lost control.

The New Dark Avengers

When Norman Osborn was broken out of prison and took control of a new H.A.M.M.E.R., with HYDRA, A.I.M.and the Hand following him, he assembled a new team of Avengers formed by Ai Apaec as Spider-Man, Trickshot as Hawkeye, Toxic Doxie as Scarlet Witch, Superia as Ms. Marvel, Gorgon as Wolverine and Skaar.

His new team made their first public appearance when Victoria Hand advised them about a situation at Miami, while she delayed the New Avengers, who arrived later, when the Dark Avengers already established control. The New Avengers started fighting Osborn's team until they saw they weren't prepared for it, Doctor Strange teleported the team to a rooftop, but then Ragnarok appeared. As Ragnarok nearly destroyed the team with a mighty strike from his hammer, he injured Wolverine and overpowered Luke Cage then tried to kill Spider-Man. Both Luke Cage and Wolverine managed to almost destroy Ragnarok, who they left to Osborn after leaving the scene.

When the S.W.A.T. siezed Avengers Mansion under Osborn's command, Cage's team became fugitives and hide in Victoria Hand's appartment. When the team was about to hunt the New Avengers, Skaar betrayed and attacked them.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: Quinjet
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• 16 Dark Avengers (Earth-616) Members
  
• 109 Appearances of Dark Avengers (Earth-616)
• 33 Images that include Dark Avengers (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Dark Avengers (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Dark Avengers (Earth-616)

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