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| New Avengers | |
 Cover art for The New Avengers #37. Art by Leinil Francis Yu. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | January 2005–current |
| Main character(s) | Current Roster Luke Cage Spider-Man Wolverine Ronin Captain America (Bucky) Ms. Marvel Spider-Woman Mockingbird Jessica Jones Former Members Echo Iron Fist Doctor Strange Spider-Woman (Veranke) Captain America (Steve Rogers) Iron Man The Sentry |
| Creative team as of February 2007 | |
| Writer(s) | Brian Michael Bendis |
| Penciller(s) | Jimmy Cheung Billy Tan |
| Creator(s) | Brian Michael Bendis David Finch |
New Avengers is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Written by Brian Michael Bendis, the writer behind the Avengers Disassembled storyline, the series depicts a group of superheroes that form a new team of Avengers, regularly referred to in the series as the "New Avengers".
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The New Avengers was launched in November 2004, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by David Finch. With the Avengers team disbanded, and the Fantastic Four and the X-Men unable to act, supervillain Electro shut down the S.H.I.E.L.D Raft installation, a "maximum-maximum security" prison for super-powered criminals. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and Luke Cage, already at the Raft, were joined by Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron Man, as well as helped by a seemingly insane Sentry. The riot was quelled, although some forty-two inmates escaped. Captain America decided that fate had brought this group together, just as it had the original Avengers. All but Daredevil accepted the offer to reform the Avengers as a result. X-Men member Wolverine joined the team following a trip to the Savage Land.
Iron Man sought approval from such pillars of the superhero community as Professor Charles Xavier, Doctor Strange, Namor and Mister Fantastic and headquartered the new team in Stark Tower.
The team's first mission was to capture the remaining super-powered criminals who escaped during the riot that brought them together. The emergence of the Young Avengers is also a matter of concern and the team find themselves divided in what actions they should take. Also, there is the growing sense of unease with S.H.I.E.L.D. after the disappearance of Nick Fury. The new team was not well received and certain governmental bodies, unsure of the New Avengers, sent the Thunderbolts to remind them of their place.
In the aftermath of the Civil War, the New Avengers became an unofficial group of unregistered superheroes opposed to the Superhuman Registration Act and moved in to the Sanctum Sanctorum under the protection of Doctor Strange before moving in to a empty apartment building owned by the Rand Corporation but leased in the name of Samuel Sterns.[1][2][3]
As of mid-2008, the New Avengers team consists of Echo, Ronin (the once-deceased Hawkeye, restored to life), Wolverine, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, and team leader Luke Cage. Writer Brian Michael Bendis has said that these characters are Avengers because Captain America said they were;[4] this statement is later repeated when the New Avengers, believing that Captain America is alive, decide 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.[5]
Despite the fact that the members of Cage's team call themselves Avengers, the team officially sanctioned by the United States government (and created as part of the Fifty State Initiative) is the Mighty Avengers. [6]
Iron Man receives notification from S.H.I.E.L.D. that a Skrull ship is about to crash in the Savage Land. He immediately orders the Mighty Avengers to prepare to intercept it but Spider-Woman contacts her former teammates to give them a head start. With help from Cloak they are transported to a landing pad where Black Widow is preparing a Quinjet. Spider-Man and Ronin quickly incapacitate her and then remove the devices that would allow Iron Man to shut down the aircraft remotely. The Quinjet is destroyed by a Dinosaur upon arrival in the Savage Land. The New Avengers find the crashed Skrull ship just as the Mighty Avengers arrive. Cage refuses to acknowledge Iron Man's authority when he tries to arrest him and forces open the crashed ship. This act throws the Skrull plan in to motion as Skrulls posing as Edwin Jarvis, Dum Dum Dugan, Susan Storm Richards and Hank Pym cripple Stark Industries, S.H.I.E.L.D., S.W.O.R.D. and the Baxter Building, incapacitate Reed Richards and release the supervillain prisoners held in the Raft and the Cube.[7].
Shockingly, it is also revealed that Spider-Woman was replaced by the Skrull queen Veranke, prior to the prison break at the Raft which led to the formation of the New Avengers. Thus, the real Spider-Woman was never a member of the team.
During the run of the main Secret Invasion title, the New Avengers played a major role in the main series of the event while their book shifted to portray supplementary material of the event, including the background information on the motivations of the Skrulls.
In the aftermath of Secret Invasion, the new team roster consists of Captain America, Spider-Man, Ronin, Mockingbird, Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, Jessica Jones[8], Wolverine and the true Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, who was revealed to be alive and well.[9]
After the battle is over, Bucky organizes a meeting with the New Avengers at his home, offering it as a base of operations. Iron Fist announces he needs to leave the group to attend to personal business, but tells the team to call if they need him. When Luke, Jessica and Carol arrive at Bucky's home, the New Avengers contact the Fantastic Four and Iron Fist to begin searching for Danielle, Luke and Jessica's lost daughter. They attack various villains such as A.I.M., HYDRA and Electro for any information regarding the Skrull Jarvis, thinking he might have contacted them for a way to escape New York City, possibly the Earth. Eventually they find a Skrull pretending to be an ex-SHIELD agent at a bar. After a brief confrontation, the Skrull is about to reveal where Danielle is when another agent shoots the Skrull in the head, leaving Jessica convinced Skrull Jarvis is going to kill Danielle. Meanwhile, the rest of the New Avengers are unaware Luke is asking Norman Osborn for help in their search.[10]
The New Avengers has been collected in the following trade paperback:
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Date Released |
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| Volume 1: Breakout | The New Avengers #1-6 | ISBN 0-7851-1479-3 | January 18, 2006 |
| Volume 2: The Sentry | The New Avengers #7-10, New Avengers: Most Wanted Files | ISBN 0-7851-1672-9 | July 26, 2006 |
| Volume 3: Secrets and Lies | The New Avengers #11-15, Lead Story from Giant-Size Spider Woman #1 |
ISBN 0-7851-1706-7 | September 6, 2006 |
| Volume 4: The Collective | The New Avengers #16-20 | ISBN 0-7851-1987-6 | April 4, 2007 |
| Volume 5: Civil War | The New Avengers #21-25 | ISBN 0-7851-2446-2 | September 5, 2007 |
| Volume 6: Revolution | The New Avengers #26-31 | ISBN 0-7851-2468-3 | November 21, 2007 |
| Volume 7: The Trust | The New Avengers #32-37, The New Avengers Annual #2 | ISBN 0-7851-2503-5 | July 16, 2008 |
| Volume 8: Secret Invasion Book 1 | The New Avengers #38-42 | ISBN: 978-
0-7851-2947-9 |
February 25, 2009 |
The New Avengers also have been collected in the following hardcovers:
| Volume # | Material collected | ISBN | Date Released |
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| 1 | The New Avengers #1-10; New Avengers Most Wanted Files; New Avengers: Custom #676: Army & Air Force |
ISBN 0-7851-2464-0 | December 5, 2007 |
| 2 | The New Avengers #11-20; The New Avengers Annual #1; The lead story from: Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1 |
ISBN 0-7851-3085-3 | April 2, 2008 |
| 3 | The New Avengers #21-31; New Avengers: Illuminati; Civil War: The Confession; Civil War: The Initiative |
ISBN 0-7851-3763-7 | February 18, 2009 |
In the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, New Avengers are considered a team bonus if the player has any combination of Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and/or Spider-Woman on a team.
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