Secret Avengers

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Official Team Name

Secret Avengers

Team Aliases

Avengers

Status

Active

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Lighthouse, Earth Orbit; formerly Quincarrier

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Hawkeye; formerly Commander Steve Rogers

Current Members

Agent 13, Beast, Black Widow, Captain Britain, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, Human Torch, Moon Knight, Valkyrie, Venom, War Machine

Former Members

Ant-Man, Nova, Commander Steve Rogers,

Allies

Archon, Prince of Orphans, Shang-Chi

Enemies

Shadow Council, Roxxon Oil

Origin

Origin

Formed as a strike team by Steve Rogers to covertly deal with threats that can't be handled by the more overt Avengers.

Creators

Ed Brubaker, Mike Deodato Jr.

First appearance

Secret Avengers #1
(July, 2010)

History

Run the mission. Don't get seen. Save the world.

When Steve Rogers took over Norman Osborn's role as top cop, he chose not to continue H.A.M.M.E.R. or to reestablish S.H.I.E.L.D. Instead, he decided to put the world's security into the hands of a few Avenger teams. One of these teams became the Secret Avengers, and he took direct leadership of it with Sharon Carter assisting him with tactical operations. The purpose of this team was to covertly clean up the messes left by the Osborn administration. To this end, Steve personally recruited a team that would allow him to carry out surgical strikes in any given circumstance. This included experienced covert operators like Black Widow, Moon Knight and Ant-Man; a scientist in Beast; a one man army in War Machine; a powerful magical warrior called the Valkyrie in Brunnhilde, and the cosmos' top cop Nova.^[1]

After battling Roxxon Oil and the Shadow Council in Mars, battling John Steele and the mad LMD Max Fury, the team changed its roster after Steve returned as Captain America.

The marksman Hawkeye was the new leader, along the addition of the interdimensional hero Captain Britain, the symbiotic soldier Venom and the original android Human Torch. Meanwhile, Moon Knight, War Machine, Agent 13 and Shang-Chi left the team. Also Giant-Man helped to build the team's new base, the space station known as the Lighthouse.

Avengers vs. X-Men

When the Phoenix Force was determined to be heading to Earth, a team of Avengers was assembled to go on a mission with the intent of stopping it before it reached the planet.^[2]

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: Quincarrier
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• 17 Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) (Earth-616) Members
  
• 106 Appearances of Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) (Earth-616)
• 27 Images that include Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) (Earth-616)

Links and References

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