Comic Book: New Avengers (2013 series)
What This Book is About:
A new team of Avengers is born, who seem to be the Illuminati under a new name. Or at least one set of characters who could lay claim to the name.
Data Sheet:
Jan 2013 to ..?
2013
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
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Total Indexed Comics:
32
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
January 2013"Memento mori"
Script: Jonathan HickmanWe begin with a flashback to the founding of the Illuminati, where Black Panther declined membership. He distrusted the idea of a group of superheroes deciding to run the world for its own good, but keeping it secret from everyone else. No-one else could be trusted. [...]
January 2013"In secret they rule"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThis issue begins with a reprise of #1, ending with the arrival of the Illuminati in Wakanda. Last issue we learned that T'Challa is King of the Dead in the Necropolis, while his sister Shuri still rules the living. [...]
February 2013"Infinity"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe 'previously' page of flashbacks shows Black Swan and Reed Richards' explanation to the Illuminati that 'incursions' are 2 alternate universes touching at the Earth. At that point they will have 8 hours to solve the problem. At the end of that time both universes will mutually destruct. [...]
March 2013"World eater"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page shows Black Swan predicting that the group will have to do extreme things to deal with the incursions. Captain America used the Infinity Gems to stave off an incursion last issue, but lost the Gems in the process. [...]
April 2013"Black Swans"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe 'previously' page shows the team using the Infinity Gems to terminate an incursion by another universe in #3, but at the cost of losing the Gems. On the next incursion last issue they set out for the other Earth to find that universe's copy of the Infinity Gems. [...]
May 2013"Blue hell"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page reminds us that Black Swan came to this Earth in the 1st incursion from the Earth of the other timeline, and used a device on that Earth to destroy it (#1). [...]
June 2013"Thrones"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page only has stuff from last issue:- The latest incursion was at Dr Doom's castle in Latveria. [...]
July 2013"What Maximus made"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page shows Maximus building something for Black Bolt, while Black Panther and Mr Fantastic constructed anti-matter bombs to destroy alternate Earths. Meanwhile Sub-Mariner asked T'Challa to intercede with his sister Shuri to stop her taking Wakanda into war with Atlantis. [...]
August 2013"The Cull Obsidian"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThis time the previously page refers back to Infinity #1, rather than to earlier New Avengers issues. (Avengers #18 did the same.) The Outrider brings news to Thanos from the mind of Black Bolt, that the Illuminati had possessed the Infinity Gems but lost them. [...]
September 2013"The Thanos seed"
Script: Jonathan Hickman [...]
October 2013"Builders"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page restates the basic 'incursion' situation from #2. An event on some alternate Earth started a chain reaction that is destroying universes. Pairs of universes join at Earth. 8 hours later both universes will die unless 1 Earth is destroyed sparing them both. [...]
November 2013"Epilogue"
Script: Jonathan HickmanNow that Infinity is over, the previously page takes us all the way back to #2 to re-establish the central problem the Illuminati are tackling in this series, that Mr Fantastic learned about from Black Swan. [...]
December 2013"Inhumanity"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page this time goes mainly back to the beginning again, with words and images taken from #2 explaining the basic incursion dilemma, where they have 8 hours each time to destroy the alternate Earth of the incursion or both realities will die. [...]
February 2014"The Agamotto gambit"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page describes the basic incursion scenario again, once more starting with Mr Fantastic's "Everything dies" speech. But it brings it up to date with the machine the Illuminati built last issue to view the alternate Earths where incursions are occurring. [...]
March 2014"See how the swans fly"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page starts with Mr Fantastic's "Everything dies" speech again, and outlines the basic incursion problem as described by Black Swan. It ends with telling how the Illuminati are using Reed's Bridge to view incursions in alternate realities. [...]
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April 2014"A perfect world II"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThis issue is a continuation of the tale in #16 where Black Panther and Sub-Mariner view the world of the Great Society as it deals with incursions. [...]
May 2014"Into the breach"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page reminds us of scattering of events from earlier issues plus something from Avengers #28. We have of course the usual potted summary of the incursion problem - pairs of parallel universes meet at their Earths, and 1 Earth must be destroyed in each case to save both timelines. [...]
June 2014"We are all monsters now"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page:- The Illuminati removed their current activities facing the 'incursions' from Captain America's memory in #3, but he recently remembered in Avengers #29. Something changed in Thanos' stasis prison cell in #15. [...]
June 2014"Blu'Dakorr"
Script: Jonathan HickmanPreviously page:- Way back in #12 Dr Strange decided to get serious about the incursions problem. Last issue the Illuminati met with the Great Society to talk rationally about the fact that 1 of their Earths must die to save both of their universes. [...]
July 2014"The bomb"
Script: Jonathan HickmanPreviously page:- The ghosts of T'Challa's Black Panther ancestors told him it was his duty to defend Wakanda (and hence the Earth and universe that contained it) no matter what it took (such as destroying the innocent world of the Great Society). [...]
August 2014"We are not brothers"
Script: Jonathan HickmanSub-Mariner has just destroyed the Earth of the Great Society, thereby saving his Earth and both universes. This was after the other Illuminati, especially Black Panther, couldn't bring themselves to do it.The other Illuminati aren't happy, despite the fact that this is what they planned to do. [...]
August 2014"All the angels have fallen"
Script: Jonathan HickmanIn #21 Sub-Mariner stepped up when the rest of the Illuminati wimped out - he destroyed the incursion-Earth of the Great Society, thus saving his own Earth and both universes. Last issue he was nonplussed when his teammates got angry and kicked him off the team. Then another 8-hour incursion began. [...]
September 2014"?"
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October 2014"What happened when the world woke up"
Script: Jonathan HickmanThe previously page shows a panel from #19 with words from #21 depicting what was effectively the beginning of the Cabal:- Maximus allying with Black Swan and freeing Thanos and friends. Then in the 8-months-later last issue we learned that the powers-that-be gave Wakanda to the Cabal. [...]
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