Grey Gargoyle ( Paul Pierre Duval ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .
86-478: The Grey Gargoyle first appeared in Journey into Mystery #107 (Aug. 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . Paul Pierre Duval is a French chemist whose right hand was transformed into stone following a chemical accident, granting the ability to petrify anything it touches. Duval, however, becomes bored and attempts to achieve immortality by confronting Thor and stealing his hammer, Mjolnir . Thor
172-455: A horror comics anthology, it changed to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s. Beginning with issue #83 ( cover dated Aug. 1962), it ran the superhero feature " The Mighty Thor ", created by writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and artist Jack Kirby , and inspired by the mythological Norse thunder god . The series, which was renamed for its superhero star with issue #126 (March 1966), has been revived three times: in
258-590: A close, Spider-Man 's closely guarded secret identity is exposed to the world, and Bill Foster (one of Henry Pym 's successors as Giant-Man) is killed. Shortly thereafter, Captain America is seemingly assassinated. In the aftermath of the superhero civil war, the New Avengers become an unofficial group of unregistered heroes. The team moves to Doctor Strange 's Sanctum Sanctorum in Greenwich Village , recruiting
344-532: A deep-cover S.H.I.E.L.D. mole. The American Kaiju was defeated by forcing it back into human form. Rick Jones got cold feet about throwing in with A.I.M. and fled, and as a result S.H.I.E.L.D. successfully detained Hawkeye. The remainder of A.I.M. successfully evacuated to Avenger Two, a secondary base in the Savage Land run by Sunspot's old friend Cannonball. Hawkeye was fired from S.H.I.E.L.D. for his betrayal. He, Wiccan, Hulkling, and Squirrel Girl decided to reform
430-403: A distress call from Rick Jones when he is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Hawkeye decided to break with S.H.I.E.L.D. for good and supported a rescue mission. Hulkling, Wiccan and Squirrel Girl, the only three dissenters, were expelled from A.I.M. and teleported to the desert – Sunspot also conferred the name of "New Avengers" on them. The remaining A.I.M. field team successfully rescued Rick from
516-554: A lamppost as a power source and sending a bolt which fuses the Gargoyles limbs. Odin then fully restores Thor's power. The Grey Gargoyle appears in the title Tales of Suspense , attempting to steal an experimental device for use against Thor, but is stopped by his fellow Avenger Iron Man . The character continues to play the role of industrial saboteur in the title Captain America , attempting to steal an experimental chemical called Element X before being stopped by Captain America ;
602-774: A late start, Worlds Unknown (May 1973). The first five issues of Journey into Mystery vol. 2 featured such adaptations as Robert E. Howard 's "Dig Me No Grave", by writer Thomas and penciler Gil Kane , in issue #1; Robert Bloch 's "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Thomas and Ron Goulart and penciler Kane, in #2; and H. P. Lovecraft 's "The Haunter of the Dark" by Goulart and penciler Gene Colan , in addition to anthological horror stories by writers including George Alec Effinger , Steve Gerber , Steve Englehart , and Steve Skeates , and pencilers such as Billy Graham , Jim Starlin , Ralph Reese , and P. Craig Russell . Most issues also included
688-587: A member of the Illuminati. Faced with a number of multiversal groups also trying to survive the incursion crisis - the faceless sorcerers the Black Priests, the adaptoid robots the Mapmakers, and the mysterious Ivory Kings - the Illuminati built a device to allow them to view other Earths' pasts so they could see how incursions there were handled. They learned about Mapmakers and Black Priests, but also discovered that
774-669: A plot to target the Catalyst. At Empire State University , Curt Connors reveals the Catalyst to the crowd when the Lethal Legion attacks. However, they are eventually defeated and imprisoned in Ravencroft . In Sinister War , Grey Gargoyle is killed by the Sin-Eater , but is eventually resurrected and joins the Sinful Six. As Thor fights Radioactive Man , Mister Hyde , and King Cobra , he
860-551: A proper ending when the alternative would have surely been easier. In Gillen's final issue, a letter from Tom Hiddleston , who portrays Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , was published, in which he praised Gillen for his take on the character. With issue #646, the focus of Journey into Mystery changed with its rebranding under the Marvel NOW! imprint . Written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Valerio Schiti ,
946-457: A reprinted story from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics . By issue #6, however, the magazine became a reprint title featuring science-fiction and giant-monster tales from the first Journey into Mystery series, as well as from the " pre-superhero Marvel " anthologies Amazing Adult Fantasy , Strange Tales , Strange Worlds , and Tales to Astonish . As a consequence of the company-wide crossover " Heroes Reborn ", Thor ceased to be
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#17330932635851032-575: A super-powered babysitter for Cage's and Jewel's baby and mansion housekeeper respectively, although they do not serve directly on the main lineup of the New Avengers. Spider-Man appears to want to leave the team prior to the Fear Itself event due to his distrust of Victoria Hand and his new responsibilities in the Future Foundation , but subsequent conversations with Wolverine and Luke Cage convince him to remain an active member. After Fear Itself ,
1118-608: A version of Marvel's premiere superhero team, the Avengers . The third was written by Jonathan Hickman and depicted a group of characters called the Illuminati (formerly introduced in New Avengers vol. 1 #7, July 2005). The fourth is written by Al Ewing and depicts the former scientific terrorist group A.I.M. , reformed as "Avengers Idea Mechanics", whose field team has appropriated the name "New Avengers" for itself. The New Avengers
1204-591: Is a spin-off of the long-running Marvel Comics series The Avengers . The first issue, written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by David Finch , was dated January 2005 but appeared in November 2004. Finch penciled the first six issues and issues #11-13. Succeeding pencilers with multiple-issue runs include Steve McNiven , Leinil Francis Yu , Billy Tan , and Stuart Immonen . The roster at first comprises Luke Cage , Captain America , Iron Man , Spider-Man and " Spider-Woman " (Veranke). Later stretches included
1290-682: Is controlled by the intelligence known as Xorn (who once posed as Magneto ) and uses the energy-wielder Michael Pointer as a host. The Avengers manage to separate the two after the Collective/Xorn attempts to re-power Magneto. After the reckless actions of the New Warriors result in the deaths of over 600 civilians in Stamford, Connecticut , Congress passes the Superhuman Registration Act , which requires all superhumans to register with
1376-702: Is declared officially dead so the team breaks up, but later reform as U.S.Avengers . Following a reign of destruction by an insane Scarlet Witch , the Avengers disband . Six months later, with the Fantastic Four and the X-Men unable to act, the supervillain Electro shuts down power at the Raft, a "maximum-maximum security" prison for super-powered criminals, allowing for a mass breakout. "Jessica Drew ( Spider-Woman )", an agent for
1462-528: Is reverted to Grey Gargoyle by the end of the storyline, and Odin returns those he affected to normal. In Avengers: Standoff! , Grey Gargoyle appears as an inmate of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established by S.H.I.E.L.D. In Secret Empire , Grey Gargoyle joins Helmut Zemo's Army of Evil. In a lead-up to the Sins Rising arc, Count Nefaria forms a new incarnation of the Lethal Legion, consisting of Grey Gargoyle, Living Laser , and Whirlwind in
1548-524: Is reverted to human form, his power temporarily neutralized. In the title Iron Man the Gargoyle adopts the false identity of sculptor Paul St. Pierre, and intends to make a fortune in the art world by selling persons transformed to stone as authentic sculptures. The ruse, however, is discovered by Iron Man, who defeats the villain. During the Acts of Vengeance storyline, Doctor Doom hires Grey Gargoyle to battle
1634-415: Is then ambushed by Grey Gargoyle who starts to turn him to stone. Though he notices that Thor's belt hasn't turned to stone as it is resisting his touch. After Grey Gargoyle mentions to his fellow villains that his petrifying touch lasts for an hour, Mister Hyde breaks Thor's petrified form. Grey Gargoyle was surprised at what Mister Hyde did as Mister Hyde tells him that they argue about that move. Then he and
1720-577: Is turned to stone in their first battle, but turns back to Donald Blake when he falls over and strikes the floor with his hammer. As Blake, he defeats the Gargoyle by luring him into the Hudson River in New York City , using a projection of Thor, leaving the villain buried at the bottom. The Grey Gargoyle eventually reappears after being hauled up from the river, whereupon he turns to stone two people examining him. Believing that Blake can help him find Thor,
1806-537: The Time Runs Out storyline, a new group calling themselves the New Avengers emerge. This team consists of former members of the Avengers who broke away from the main team after Captain America partnered with S.H.I.E.L.D. to hunt down the Illuminati. As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Sunspot 's branch of the Avengers become the latest incarnation of the New Avengers. Their first opponent ended up being
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#17330932635851892-543: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 's battlecarrier. In response, the U.S. military launched an attack on Avengers Island with the American Kaiju (a Marine corporal transmogrified into a giant lizard monster) – as A.I.M. evacuated the island, they battled the monster with the mentally-controlled giant robot Avenger Five. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. also launched a counterattack as led by John Garrett, forcing Songbird to reveal that she had been
1978-731: The Avengers were killed by the Masters of Evil . The New Avengers defeated the Masters of Evil and remanded them to a prison on the planet Wakanda. The Ultimate Marvel version of the New Avengers called the New Ultimates . It was formed by Iron Man and Hawkeye to fight the Defenders who are being used by Loki to obtain Mjolnir. The Breakout storyline seen in The New Avengers issues #1 to #6
2064-535: The Black Swan and Terrax the Enlightened as Illuminati prisoners. The members of the Illuminati became increasingly cut off from the outside community as a result of their actions. Namor 's kingdom was destroyed by Proxima Midnight during Thanos ' invasion, and Black Panther was cast out of Wakanda for his alliance with Namor, with whom his sister Shuri was at war. Black Bolt and his brother Maximus faked
2150-539: The Black Swan had teamed up with alternate Illuminati groups in the past, and had even killed alternate versions of Iron Man and Reed Richards when they were no longer useful. Just before the team could confront Black Swan about her deception, another incursion occurred, this time pitting the Illuminati against the Great Society, a team of heroes which, like the Illuminati, had thus far fought off incursions to save its world. Following an eight-month ellipsis during
2236-496: The Falcon and Nick Fury . An appearance in the title Marvel Team-Up against Captain America and fellow hero Spider-Man ends with the Gargoyle being trapped in a rocket and launched into deep space . The character reappears in the title Thor , and is revealed to have been rescued by the crew of the alien spaceship the Bird of Prey and nominated their captain. After a battle with Thor
2322-514: The Greco-Roman demigod Hercules . Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "the adventures of Thor were gradually transformed from stories about a strange-looking superhero into a spectacular saga." A second Journey into Mystery ran 19 issues (October 1972 – October 1975). The title was one of four launched by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas to form a line of science fiction and horror anthologies with more thematic cohesion than
2408-643: The Grim Reaper recruits Grey Gargoyle into a new incarnation of the Lethal Legion , who oppose Norman Osborn . During the Heroic Age storyline, it is claimed that he has a discarded and disavowed daughter named Mortar who is a member of the Bastards of Evil . The Grey Gargoyle is later shown as an inmate of The Raft. When an EMP surge shuts down the Raft's defenses, the inmates attempt an escape. Purple Man compels
2494-531: The Hulk . However, Hulk resists the Gargoyle's power and then humiliates him by breaking his arm. The Gargoyle appears in the title She-Hulk and in another title of Thor where he is summoned by Zarrko to fight the Thor Corps but was defeated by Beta Ray Bill . He later appeared as the pawn of an alien shapeshifter in the title Fantastic Four . The Gargoyle's power temporarily incapacitates Fantastic Four member
2580-554: The Registration Act having been revoked in the aftermath of the Siege of Asgard led by Osborn (who is incarcerated for his actions), Steve Rogers (the original Captain America , returned from his alleged death) reassembles the Avengers . Steve convinces a reluctant Luke Cage to be part of the new lineup after Tony Stark sells the reconstructed Avengers Mansion to Cage for a dollar, and Steve gives Cage carte blanche to maintain
2666-554: The Sentry , a powerful hero who erased all memory of his career from the world after he was manipulated by the mutant Mastermind and The General. With Xavier unable to repair the fractured psyche of the Scarlet Witch , the New Avengers and Cyclops' team of X-Men consider the alternatives. Fearful that the heroes are preparing to kill his sister, former Avenger Quicksilver convinces her to use her reality-altering powers to transform
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2752-472: The Thing , who recovers with the added benefit of being able to now transform between human form and his superstrong rock-like form. After another appearance in the title Thor and almost instant defeat by the god slaying entity Desak , the Gargoyle features in the title New Avengers with other criminals attempting to escape the prison facility The Raft. After a brief appearance in the humorous title She-Hulk ,
2838-506: The " Siege " storyline. A one-shot titled The New Avengers: Finale was also released. In March 2010, Marvel announced the series would be relaunched in June as part of the company's rebranding initiative, " Heroic Age " . In the first issue of the series, the new team consisted of Luke Cage , Victoria Hand , Iron Fist , Jessica Jones , Mockingbird , Ms. Marvel , Spider-Man , The Thing , and Wolverine . Wolverine and Spider-Man operated on
2924-495: The 1970s as a horror anthology, and in the 1990s and 2010s with characters from Marvel's Thor mythos. The title was also used in 2019 for a limited series as part of the " War of the Realms " storyline. The first Journey into Mystery series was initially a horror-fantasy anthology published by Marvel Comics ' 1950s forerunner, Atlas Comics , with a first issue cover-dated June 1952. Artist Joe Kubert , who would later become one of
3010-512: The Avengers Idea Mechanics, and their field team which has taken the name of the New Avengers. Sunspot is the new head of A.I.M., with Songbird as the field leader; other members include Wiccan , Hulkling , Squirrel Girl , Pod , Power Man , White Tiger , and Hawkeye as an open informant for S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, there is a schism in the team: Wiccan, Hulkling and Squirrel Girl are expelled from A.I.M. and informed by Sunspot that
3096-422: The Avengers of the year 20XX came back to the present day through A.I.M.'s new time machine, warning that Moridun would destroy Demiurge's soul completely and use his near-godlike power to almost completely destroy the world. Finding Billy already infected, the future Avengers tried to kill him; instead, with Hulkling's help, Billy was able to recognise Moridun's presence in his own mind and successfully defeat him on
3182-624: The Grey Gargoyle battles heroines Spider-Woman and Ms. Marvel in the title Civil War: The Initiative ; appears briefly in the fourth volume of the title New Warriors and in the Spider-Man title published under the Marvel Adventures imprint. Grey Gargoyle is recruited to join a "crime army" formed by the villain the Hood in the title The New Avengers . During the " Dark Reign " storyline,
3268-516: The Grey Gargoyle goes after him. He pursues them through the streets, becoming angry at their escaping him and finally deciding to eliminate Blake. However he is delayed by an Asgardian blinding him with an arrow that gives off light, after which the Asgardian restores the Thunder God's power. The Grey Gargoyle is incapacitated by Thor once again as he uses his hammer to trap the Grey Gargoyle by tapping
3354-529: The Grey Gargoyle to stop a door from closing by jamming his head into the mechanism. In Fear Itself , Grey Gargoyle obtains one of the Serpent 's hammers and becomes Mokk, the Breaker of Faith. Mokk transforms the entire population of Paris to stone. When Iron Man intervenes, Mokk damages his armor and energy supply, forcing him to flee, and also fends off attacks from Detroit Steel , Sasha Hammer , and Rescue . Mokk
3440-835: The Hellhound, and Balder the Brave go on a quest to save the Earth. In 2023, the McElroys continued the storyline in the " Outre Space " arc of their tabletop role playing podcast, The Adventure Zone , using the Marvel Multiverse rules set. The New Avengers (comics) The New Avengers are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The title has been used for four American comic book series . The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted
3526-878: The Inhuman king's death following the destruction of the Terrigen Bomb to allow the Inhumans to rebuild separately from the Illuminati's machinations. Doctor Strange , feeling increasingly cut off from his scientist-dominated colleagues, decided to empower himself to perhaps be able to solve the incursions, and so used the Blood Bible to travel to the Sinner's Market, where he sold his soul in exchange for godlike power. Upon discovering multiversal decay on his own after meeting an alternate version of himself, Bruce Banner confronted Tony Stark about what he'd been doing, and Stark brought him in as
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3612-684: The Magus — leader of the Knights of the Infinite, a magical order of Kree-Skrull hybrids who revealed Hulkling to be their prophesied future king. When Moridun attacked them and attempted to devour their souls, repeating the phrase "Life is horror", the New Avengers apparently defeated him — but Moridun planted a seed of his consciousness inside Billy Kaplan's mind and began to slowly infect him. Billy changed his codename from Wiccan to Demiurge, and began to act increasingly amoral. They were alerted to Moridun's survival when
3698-479: The New Avengers and kills various evil sorcerers. Convinced that Daniel set his brother ( Brother Voodoo ) up to fail in his new role, Doctor Strange defeats him by using dark magic (recognizing that Drumm had only killed dark magic specialists while trying to frame Strange). As a result, Doctor Strange subsequently regains his position of Sorcerer Supreme. Under the Marvel NOW! label, a third volume of New Avengers
3784-555: The New Avengers team, leading it as he sees fit. Given the freedom to recruit almost anyone he wants for the New Avengers team (except Iron Man or Thor ), Cage selects Clint Barton (who has resumed the Hawkeye identity), Iron Fist , Jewel (Cage's wife Jessica Jones ), Ms. Marvel , Mockingbird , Spider-Man , the Thing (who maintains concurrent membership in the Fantastic Four), and Wolverine . Rogers also sends him Victoria Hand on
3870-483: The New Avengers with Wiccan as the new team leader after fighting the Plunderer together. Meanwhile, Songbird openly became a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, but was in fact still loyal to Sunspot. The New Avengers has been collected in a series of editions that had both hardcover and trade paperback releases. The New Avengers has also been collected in the following hardcovers : The New Avengers has also been collected in
3956-627: The Thor-spinoff backup feature "Tales of Asgard" beginning in issue #97 (Oct. 1963). They were dropped entirely with issue #105 (June 1964), when the "Thor" feature expanded from 13 to 18 pages. With the previous issue, the cover logo had changed to Journey into Mystery with the Mighty Thor . Its final issue was #125 (Feb. 1966), after which the series was retitled The Mighty Thor in its trademarked cover logo and simply Thor in its postal indicia copyright notice. Thor's evil adoptive brother Loki
4042-456: The alternate Earth, and they used an antimatter bomb to destroy a dead Earth over Latveria . During the Infinity event, alternate-universe Builders destroyed an Earth for the Illuminati. The event ended with the defeat of Thanos' forces and the capture of Thanos and his generals Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive , all three of whom were imprisoned in amber by Thanos' son Thane. They joined
4128-404: The authentic Avengers because Captain America said they were. This statement is repeated when the team, believing Captain America (Rogers) is alive, attempts to rescue him. Spider-Man claims that if they get Captain America back, they can call themselves Avengers again. Luke Cage contends that they are Avengers already. The series ended with The New Avengers #64 (April 2010), at the conclusion of
4214-643: The character has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, and was renamed Xemnu the Titan. Journey into Mystery #69 and the teen-humor title Patsy Walker #95 (both June 1961) are the first modern comic books labeled "Marvel Comics", with each showing an "MC" box on its cover. Beginning with issue #83 (Aug. 1962), the title introduced the Norse god superhero Thor . The anthological stories, by now primarily science fiction -fantasy, gradually diminished after this, with
4300-400: The character is lost in space once again. The Grey Gargoyle eventually returns to Earth in a meteorite in the title Avengers , and battles briefly before being defeated and imprisoned. The character reappears in the title as part of Baron Helmut Zemo 's incarnation of the Masters of Evil . In an encounter with the Avenger the Black Knight , the Gargoyle grasps the hero's enchanted sword and
4386-482: The company's earlier attempts that decade, which had included the series Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows . Whereas those titles generally presented original stories, these new books would instead adapt genre classics and other stories. With the four titles' debuts set to be staggered over the course of four months, Marvel premiered Journey into Mystery vol. 2 (October 1972), Chamber of Chills (Nov. 1972), Supernatural Thrillers (Dec. 1972), and, with
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#17330932635854472-404: The dead in special crystals as part of a plan to create a new lifeform. The crystals were later destroyed by Songbird 's sonic scream. The Life-Minus experiment also conjured up Moridun, a dark entity from the Fifth Cosmos (the Marvel Universe having recently been reborn in its eighth iteration in the events of Secret Wars). The New Avengers encountered Moridun when he took over the body of M'Ryn
4558-426: The disappearance of its leader, Nick Fury . The New Avengers travel to the Savage Land to capture the reptilian mutant Sauron , encountering resistance from the Savage Land Mutates (led by Brainchild ) and a rogue squadron of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Yelena Belova . During this conflict, Canadian mutant Wolverine joins the team (while maintaining concurrent membership in the X-Men). The group also recruits
4644-421: The federal government. Many superheroes comply with this law, but others oppose the law on the grounds that it violates civil liberties. This ideological split leads to a Civil War within the New Avengers and the superhuman community at large, with Iron Man leading those who comply with the law, and Captain America leading those who oppose it. By the time that open hostilities between the two factions come to
4730-405: The focal point, resulting in the destruction of both universes unless one Earth is destroyed, allowing the other to pass through. As the Illuminati consider darker and darker avenues to save the universe, Captain America's steadfast morals are put at odds with the other members of the Illuminati. Captain America is voted out of the group with a spell of forgetfulness cast by Dr. Strange. Faced with
4816-438: The focus of his own series, which was restored to Journey into Mystery beginning with issue #503 (Nov. 1996). The feature "The Lost Gods" ran through issue #513, followed by issues starring Shang-Chi , Master of Kung Fu and the Black Widow for three issues each, and reluctant vampire Hannibal King for two, ending with issue #521 (June 1998). The Thor title resumed its original numbering in 2009 with Thor #600, including
4902-628: The following Complete Collections : The New Avengers has also been collected in the following Marvel Omnibus : On the unified Marvel 2099 reality of Earth-2099, the 2099 version of the New Avengers were formed by Moon Knight (Tabitha) and consist of Aero (Zhe Li), Black Panther (T'Shamba) , Captain America (Roberta Mendez) , an unidentified 2099 version of Captain Britain , Captain Marvel (Rowena Stern) , Gladiator (a Strontian named Kubark), Hulk 2099 , an unidentified 2099 version of She-Hulk , Spider-Man 2099 , Spider-Woman (Sivern Dru) , and Wave (MacKenzie Salgado) after most of her teammates in
4988-454: The footage that will expose Enchantress as Roxxon's new CEO and that the villains will get their rematch by drawing Thor to them. The Grey Gargoyle can temporarily transform himself and whatever he touches into organic stone. He also has a master's degree in chemistry. Journey into Mystery Journey into Mystery is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics , then by its successor, Marvel Comics . Initially
5074-430: The formation of the New Avengers. Thus, Jessica Drew had never been a member of the team. Upon the Skrulls ' defeat, S.H.I.E.L.D. is dismantled and replaced by H.A.M.M.E.R. , a new intelligence agency. Norman Osborn (who has been Spider-Man 's archenemy as the Green Goblin ) is placed in control of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the Thunderbolts , while assembling a team of Avenger imposters composed of supervillains. Meanwhile,
5160-408: The grounds that she can provide the team with a unique insight from which Rogers feels they will benefit. Although Hawkeye leaves the team when a crisis comes up with the main Avengers team (claiming that he only joined them to spend time with his wife), the team later enlists a now-weakened Doctor Strange after he assists them in tackling a dimensional crisis. Squirrel Girl and Wong are hired as
5246-429: The international law-enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D. , is at the Raft with attorney Matt Murdock ( Daredevil ) and "hero for hire" Luke Cage . They are joined by Captain America , Iron Man , and Spider-Man . They are also assisted by a mentally unbalanced Sentry , who is imprisoned at the Raft. The riot is quelled, although 42 inmates escape. Captain America declares fate has brought this group together, just as it had
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#17330932635855332-438: The intervening issues of Thor in its count while disregarding the 1990s Journey Into Mystery issues. Starting with issue #622, the series for a second time had its title restored to Journey Into Mystery , which accompanied the launch of a new title, Mighty Thor. Thor's supporting cast returned as the focus of a run written by Kieron Gillen , who had written Thor from #604 to #614, and drawn by Doug Braithwaite . Starring
5418-428: The main Avengers team as well as the New Avengers, and Doctor Strange accepted an offer to join the team after their first mission while searching for the new Sorcerer Supreme after the death of Doctor Voodoo . Daredevil joined the team in issue #16 after accepting an offer from Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. Jessica left the team for personal reasons and was later joined by Luke Cage, thus ending that iteration of
5504-548: The main war comics artists for DC Comics , drew the story "The Hog" in Journey into Mystery #21 (January 1955). Issue #23 was the first to be approved by the Comics Code Authority , which led to restrictions on horror comics. The title was caught in the collapse of Atlas' distributor, and publication was suspended for a year between issues #48 (Aug. 1957) and #49 (Nov. 1958). Xemnu , a huge, furry alien monster, first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #62 (Nov. 1960). The character reappeared in issue #66 (March 1961). Since then
5590-438: The mental plane, expelling Moridun from his body and mind. The Maker engineered the prison break of Angela Del Toro, the former White Tiger, and presented her with the Tiger Amulet from the Ultimate Universe. She fought with Ava Ayala in Rome, causing the Tiger Gods from the two amulets to merge into one, leaving Del Toro with the powers of the White Tiger and Ava powerless. In the Avengers: Standoff! crossover, A.I.M. received
5676-464: The mutant X-Man Wolverine , the unstable and godlike Sentry , and the deaf ninja Echo , in the guise of Ronin . The team itself was not named the "New Avengers" within the series. A splinter group of Avengers that chose not to comply with federal superhuman registration, the team considers itself the authentic Avengers. A concurrent government-sanctioned team gathered in the sister series The Mighty Avengers . This series launched in early 2007 and
5762-404: The original Avengers. Most of the heroes agree to join the team. Daredevil refuses the offer and Sentry flies off. The team's first mission is to capture the remaining super-powered criminals who escaped during the riot. The unexpected emergence of an unrelated team of youthful heroes, the Young Avengers , is also a matter of concern. There is also a growing sense of unease with S.H.I.E.L.D. after
5848-512: The other villains witness Thor's shattered remains pulling themselves back together as Thor is restored to normal. After Thor defeated Radioactive Man and Mister Hyde, Grey Gargoyle and his fellow villains are teleported away where they meet with their employer Dario Agger . After Agger mentions about the surveillance left behind where what happened was part of Enchantress' doing and hearing about Iron Man's upcoming war with Roxxon, Agger states to Grey Gargoyle and his fellow villains that he will leak
5934-422: The planet and its history. Instantaneously, Magneto rules the planet under the banner of the " House of M ", with mutants in the majority and non-powered humans as an oppressed minority. Reality is eventually restored, but the Scarlet Witch removes the superhuman abilities from over 99% of the mutants on Earth. These lost powers manifest as the Collective , the assembled energy of the depowered mutants. This energy
6020-419: The planet for years. In one confrontation, the team rescues several heroes who had been kidnapped and replaced by Skrull impostors at various unspecified times in the past. This includes the presumed-dead Mockingbird , wife of Clint Barton (Ronin), with whom she reunites. Additionally, it is revealed that Spider-Woman was replaced by the Skrull queen Veranke , prior to the prison break at The Raft that led to
6106-494: The possibility of having to destroy a world, the scientists of the Illuminati set about building a number of weapons, including a number of antimatter injection bombs similar to the one used by the Black Swan, a Dyson Sphere designed to weaponize the sun, a Builder Worldkiller ship kept in Jupiter 's orbit, and a rogue planet kept slightly out-of-phase with Earth. The Illuminati survived a number of incursions using these and other methods; at one near Liberty Island , Galactus ate
6192-539: The resurrected Clint Barton (now using the name and costume of Ronin). They eventually relocate to an empty apartment building owned by Danny Rand's ( Iron Fist ) Rand Corporation, but leased in the name of Samuel Sterns (the Leader , an adversary of the Hulk ). Following this, the New Avengers play a major role in repelling the " Secret Invasion " of Earth by the Skrulls , a shapeshifting alien race which has sought to conquer
6278-534: The revamped New Avengers roster consists of Captain America (Bucky Barnes) , Luke Cage , Ronin , Mockingbird , Ms. Marvel , Spider-Man, the real Spider-Woman and Wolverine . Captain America offers these "new Avengers" his home as a base of operations. Iron Fist announces he must leave the group to attend to personal business, but will remain on call. The team elects Ronin as leader (with Ms. Marvel as second-in-command), and persuades Spider-Man to once again reveal his secret identity to his fellow members. With
6364-592: The series began starring the Marvel Asgardians , with the Lady Sif as its lead character. The series was cancelled with issue #655 (Oct. 2013). During the " War of the Realms " storyline in 2019, the title was used for a limited five–issue run written by Griffin , Justin , Travis and Clint McElroy . The series was drawn by André Lima Araújo with covers from Valerio Schiti. In the limited series, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Wonder Man, Sebastian Druid, Death Locket, Thori
6450-512: The team as a replacement for the deceased Professor X . Black Panther discovers a second Earth hanging above Wakanda and witnesses the Black Swan destroy the alternate Earth. Black Panther captures and imprisons the Black Swan and reforms the Illuminati. Using the Black Swan's information, Reed Richards discovers the threat of Incursions, a multiversal chain reaction causing universes to collide with one another, with Earth of every universe at
6536-464: The team lineup shifts, initially with the addition of Daredevil to the team and later with Jessica Jones leaving the team out of fear for her baby Danielle's safety. Luke Cage leaves the team after the events of Avengers vs. X-Men to ensure the security of his wife and baby. The remaining New Avengers band together with Doctor Strange when the Ghost of Daniel Drumm returns. He possesses each of
6622-525: The team. New Avengers was renumbered as a new volume in January 2013, written by Jonathan Hickman and originally drawn by Steve Epting . The new volume shifted its focus to the powerful group known as the Illuminati , which includes Black Bolt , Captain America , Doctor Strange , Iron Man , Mister Fantastic , and Namor , who reassembled to confront the threat of incursions. Black Panther and Reed Richards discovered that universal decay centered on Earth
6708-607: The team. Bruce Banner joined the team in Avengers Vol. 5 #28 after discovering the universal decay on his own. Volume 4 of New Avengers launched in October 2015 as a part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch, written by Al Ewing with art by Gerardo Sandoval . The comic features a different team from the past three volumes: it focuses on A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics), a former super-villain group which has been rebranded as
6794-409: The terrorist organization W.H.I.S.P.E.R. (short for World Headquarters for International Scientific/Philosophical Experimentation and Research) that was founded by Mister Fantastic's Earth-1610 counterpart Maker and consisting of the former members of A.I.M. that were chased off by Sunspot. The New Avengers fought W.H.I.S.P.E.R. to destroy their Life-Minus experiment which involved capturing the souls of
6880-496: The three of them are now what remains of the New Avengers; during the same story, Cannonball was revealed to be working for A.I.M. as well. Hawkeye, who had been fired from S.H.I.E.L.D., later rejoins the trio of remaining New Avengers to form a lineup jokingly called "Wiccan's Kooky Quartet". During the events of Civil War II , the New Avengers assist A.I.M. on one last mission, which Hawkeye sits out for reasons of plausible deniability. After Sunspot's funeral, Advanced Idea Mechanics
6966-539: Was adapted into a prose novel written by comic writer Alisa Kwitney in January 2013 as part of the Marvel Prose Novel series. It is significantly altered to feature Hawkeye and Black Widow as the main characters due to their appearance and relationship in The Avengers (2012), replacing Sentry and Wolverine in the story. Barton is depicted as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent like his film counterpart whilst Natasha
7052-480: Was causing universes to collide with one another, with Earth at the focal point. In issue #3, Black Panther, who had previously opposed the existence of the Illuminati, joined the group, and the Beast was brought in to fill the spot vacated by the death of Professor X . In the same issue, Captain America leaves. In issue #12, after having helped the Illuminati to defeat Thanos 's army, Black Bolt's brother Maximus joined
7138-717: Was introduced in issue #85 (October 1962). Other adversaries for the new hero included the Radioactive Man introduced in #93 (June 1963), the Enchantress and the Executioner in #104 (April 1964), the Absorbing Man in #114 (March 1965), and the Destroyer in #118 (July 1965). An oversized annual publication , featuring Thor, was released in 1965 and introduced the Marvel version of
7224-561: Was itself supplanted by a different government-sanctioned team in the series Dark Avengers , which was launched in late 2008. At this time the team welcomed Clint Barton (recently returned from the dead) as Ronin, as well as Doctor Strange and Iron Fist . By the end of the first volume, the New Avengers team consisted of Ronin , Captain America (Bucky Barnes) , Ms. Marvel , Mockingbird , Spider-Man , Spider-Woman (Drew), Wolverine , and team leader Luke Cage . Writer Brian Michael Bendis said in an interview that these characters are
7310-433: Was launched, written by Jonathan Hickman . With Hickman in charge of the entire Avengers line, New Avengers carried a parallel storyline to the main Avengers series. Rather than featuring a traditional team of Avengers, the book focused on the Illuminati . Black Panther joins Black Bolt , Captain America , Doctor Strange , Iron Man , Mister Fantastic , and Namor when faced with a universal threat. Beast joins
7396-613: Was the Thor antagonist Loki , who had been reincarnated as a child following his sacrifice in the series Siege . Gillen's run was favorably reviewed, with one critic writing: Gillen's work has always been big on theme and interconnectedness, and this is no exception. The finale encapsulates the run as a whole — ambitious, ambiguous, clever and uncompromising, as challenging as it is entertaining. Sometimes those qualities hurt it, and although sales were never especially healthy it's to Marvel's credit that they helped keep it afloat long enough for
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