| The Mighty Avengers | |
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 The Mighty Avengers #1 (May 2007) Cover art by Frank Cho |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | May 2007 – present |
| Main character(s) | Current Roster Amadeus Cho Hercules Jocasta Quicksilver Stature Vision Wasp (Henry Pym) U.S. Agent Former Members Ares Black Widow Iron Man Ms. Marvel Sentry Scarlet Witch (Loki) Veranke (impersonating Spider-Woman) Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) Wonder Man |
| Creative team as of July 2009 | |
| Writer(s) | Dan Slott |
| Penciller(s) | Khoi Pham |
| Creator(s) | Brian Michael Bendis Frank Cho |
The Mighty Avengers is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of New Avengers, the title features an Avengers team of registered superheroes that is part of Fifty State Initiative, residing in New York. The first incarnation of the team is led by Iron Man and Ms. Marvel, with the current lineup featuring Hank Pym as the leader. The first issue of Mighty Avengers was the second highest selling comic for that month based on Diamond Publisher's indexes. [1]
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Publication history
The team first appears in The Mighty Avengers #1 (May 2007), written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled and inked by Frank Cho. The roster, led by Ms. Marvel, also consisted of Iron Man, The Wasp, Wonder Man, Ares, the Sentry and the Black Widow. In the wake of the superhero "Civil War", Iron Man recruits Ms. Marvel as leader of the revamped team, and together they select the first roster.
The Mighty Avengers was originally intended to run parallel with New Avengers, with characters and events crossing over and being viewed from both perspectives. However, artist Cho fell behind schedule, and left the book after six issues and an additional cover.[2] Successor Mark Bagley drew the series from issues #7-11 (early March - late May 2008).
Fictional team biography
Following the federally sanctioned creation of this iteration of the Avengers, Iron Man (Tony Stark) is discredited and publicly vilified after his inability to anticipate or prevent a secret infiltration and invasion of Earth by the shape-shifting alien Skrull race, and by the Skrull disabling of his StarkTech technology, which had a virtual monopoly on worldwide defense.
Following the Skrulls' eventual defeat, the U.S. government disbands the team, and assigns its redevelopment to Norman Osborn, the reputedly reformed supervillain Green Goblin, whom the government had assigned to head the superhero team the Thunderbolts and who had become a public hero for his role in repelling the Skrull threat. Osborn, also given leadership of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., reforms that agency into H.A.M.M.E.R. and creates a new, ersatz Avengers team under its aegis.[3]
In response, Henry Pym, in his latest superhero persona as the new Wasp, leads an Avengers team outside the U.S. and H.A.M.M.E.R.'s jurisdiction. With the apparent help of the Scarlet Witch — actually, a disguised Loki, the Norse trickster god — he summons the Vision and Stature of the Young Avengers, U.S. Agent, the Hulk, Jocasta, Hercules, Amadeus Cho, and Iron Man.
As the self-described authentic Avengers, the team operates from an interdimensional headquarters. It is granted official recognition outside the U.S. by the international organization G.R.A.M.P.A., and combats supervillains and other entities including Chthon,[4] and the Unspoken. [5]
Reception
IGN reviewer Richard George said Brian Michael Bendis' writing for The Mighty Avengers #1 was "manages to move through the roster selection, convey their basic information and personality, marshal them against a huge threat and leave us with a solid cliffhanger". George also praised Frank Cho's artwork, saying, "The artist not only delivers with some excellent action sequences, he does a great job with the increasingly-standard widescreen format that many are adopting."[6]
Circulation
| Issue | Qty | icv2 Top 300 Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141,288 [1] | 2 |
| 2 | 121,365 [7] | 8 |
| 3 | 115,440 [8] | 8 |
| 4 | 107,768 [9] | 8 |
Bibliography
- Mighty Avengers #1-present
- Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Mighty Avengers- Most Wanted Files #1
References
- ^ a b "Top 300 Comics Actual--March 2007". icv2.com. http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10404.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ Kean, Benjamin Ong Pang: "Frank Cho: On Leaving The Mighty Avengers", Newsarama.com, September 27, 2007
- ^ Dark Avengers #1 (March 2009)
- ^ The Mighty Avengers #21 (March 2009)
- ^ The Mighty Avengers #27 (Sept. 2009)
- ^ George, Richard. "Advance Review: Mighty Avengers #1". IGN. http://au.comics.ign.com/articles/770/770533p1.html. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ "Top 300 Comics Actual--April 2007". icv2.com. http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10618.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Top 300 Comics Actual--May 2007". icv2.com. http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10766.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Top 300 Comics Actual--June 2007". icv2.com. http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/11131.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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