Appearing in "Endgame!"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Black Knight (Dane Whitman) ⏵ (Joins) (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Thor (Odinson) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Goliath (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Black Panther (T'Challa) ⏵
- ⏴ Vision ⏵
- ⏴ Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) ⏵
- ⏴ Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) ⏵
Supporting Characters:
- Black Knight (Sir Percy of Scandia) (Ghost, soul or spirit)
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Kang the Conqueror (Last appearance of this Kang's divergence) (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Grandmaster ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Squadron Sinister (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Spectrum (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Hyperion (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Whizzer (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Nazi Germany
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Ravonna ⏵
- Invaders
- Aragorn (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Kang's Guard
- Merlin (Mentioned)
- Conan (Mentioned)
- John Carter (Mentioned)
- Odin (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Unidentified alien species (Main story and recap)
- Asgardians (Main story and recap)
- Skrulls (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Pegasi (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Synthezoids
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Insects (Mentioned)
- Bees
- Fish (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United Kingdom (Main story and recap)
- England (Main story and recap)
- Garrett Castle
- London (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Big Ben (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- England (Main story and recap)
- Egypt (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Giza (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Great Sphinx (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Giza (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap) (Only in recap)
- Upper New York Bay (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Statue of Liberty (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Manhattan
- Upper New York Bay (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap) (Only in recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- India (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Taj Mahal (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- France
- Paris
- Louvre Museum (First appearance)
- Seine (First appearance)
- Eiffel Tower (Cameo)
- Paris
- United Kingdom (Main story and recap)
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Earth-6311 (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Kang's Castle (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Black Knight Armor (Main story and recap)
- Brazier of Truth
- Kang Armor (Main story and recap)
- Grandmasters Tri-Sphere (Only in recap)
- Dr. Spectrum's Power Prism (Vision or hallucination) (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Circular Shield (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Triangular Shield
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
- Goliath's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 3 (Main story and recap)
- Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
- Yellowjacket's Suit
- Panther Habit
- Kang's Time Scanner
- Ebony Blade
- Cosmic Cube (Mentioned)
- Ray-spear
Events:
Synopsis for "Endgame!"
Continuing from the last issue, we begin with Black Knight rushing through his home castle to the Brazier of Truth. There he summons the spirit of his ancestor, the original Black Knight. Knight's ancestor informs him of the events that led to the Avengers being caught up in a game between the Grandmaster and Kang the Conqueror.
Then through the Brazier, Black Knight is allowed to continue viewing the contest as it's currently going on. In the future year of 4000 A.D., Kang spends a private moment alone of Ravonna before returning to the main throne room to prepare for the second part of the competition. He sends the Vision, Black Panther, and Yellowjacket to France in the year 1941, after fighting off a small army of Nazi's, they are soon confronted by their challengers, the three Invaders from 1941: Captain America, Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner.
In the present, the Black Knight, wishing to help out the Avengers realizes that when his interference forced the Grandmaster to transport all the combatants to the present, Goliath was holding Black Knight's ebony blade. As he and the sword are mystically bonded, Black Knight focuses on it and soon finds himself transported to the future year of 4000 A.D. There he finds that Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Goliath are held prisoner by Kang. He recovers his sword and fights off an army of Kang's troops before meeting up with the Wasp.
Meanwhile, in France of 1941, the three Avengers square off one by one against the Invaders of that era. Black Panther fighting Captain America, Yellowjacket fighting Namor, and the Vision fighting the Human Torch. The Invaders are eventually defeated with the help of Visions intangibility.
With their victory, the Avengers are returned to the future. There Kang demands to be granted his power over life and death, and instead of using that power to revive Ravonna, he uses the power to attempt to destroy the Avengers. However, the powers granted to him by the Grandmaster have no effect against Black Knight, who isn't a member of the Avengers. The Knight quickly defeats Kang, and the Grandmaster considers the contest complete and returns the Avengers and Black Knight to their own era. There the Avengers officially invite the Knight into their ranks.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- The story the of three Invaders' adventure prior to this issue (and how it fits in with this one) is detailed in Invaders Annual #1. Because this issue was written before the first Invaders series, the name "Invaders" is not used here.
- The Black Knight officially joins the Avengers in this issue.
- According to Avengers: Forever #9, this divergence of Kang previously appeared last issue and this is his final appearance; another divergence will appear next in Incredible Hulk #135 where Kang goes back in time to try to make sure the Avengers never existed.
- Grandmaster previously appeared last issue and will appear next in Giant-Size Defenders #3 where he tries his luck with the Defenders and Daredevil.