{"id":26815,"date":"2025-04-17T06:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26815\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T06:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:27:14","slug":"earths-mightiest-heroes-or-villains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26815\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth’s Mightiest Heroes or Villains?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAvengers Assemble!\u201d is now \u201cHail Doom!\u201d Earth\u2019s mightiest heroes aren\u2019t heroes. And these new Avengers are superior. That\u2019s according to Emperor Victor von Doom, Earth\u2019s new Superior Sorcerer Supreme<\/a> and the ruler of United Latveria (a.k.a. the world). Marvel has been teasing that the titanium-armored monarch would be assembling his own team of \u201cAvengers\u201d<\/a> led by his son, Kristoff Vernard, and that the all-new Superior Avengers are actually supervillains presented as heroes<\/a> (like the original Thunderbolts team<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s Superior Avengers #1, the first in a six-issue limited series from writer Steve Foxe (New Champions) and artist Luca Maresca (X-Men: Forever), begins with Kristoff\u2019s \u201cAvengers Initiative\u201d: he has upgraded Doom\u2019s time platform to search the timestreams for futures where Doom\u2019s reign has flourished, using it to bring champions of the future to the present. <\/p>\n

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RELATED: One World Under Doom: Marvel Sets Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom Rematch Ahead of Avengers: Doomsday<\/a><\/p>\n

The first to be pulled into the present-day past is an aged, alternate Amadeus Cho, a grey-skinned smart Hulk, who says the despot Doom ruined his world before he\u2019s disintegrated for his insolence. <\/p>\n

One week later, Kristoff officially unveils the Superior Avengers after they publicly save Washington, D.C., from the alien Annihilus and an invading Annihilation Wave. Brought from a century into the future to the present day, they are: the armored Abomination, the clawed jungle cat Killmonger, Dark Elf Malekith, the telepathic Onslaught, the technologist Doctor Octopus, and the high-tech, intangible Ghost (who more resembles her Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart than the classic Iron Man villain). <\/p>\n

\u201cThough they may look fearsome, it is that nature that proves Doom\u2019s grand promise \u2014 under him, the very notion of a \u2018villain\u2019 is obsolete,\u201d Kristoff tells the public. \u201cThey are a vision of what we may hope to accomplish in the days ahead. They are your heroes. They are our future.\u201d <\/p>\n

They are also suspicious of Doom. In private, Olivia (codename Doctor Octopus) reminds her teammates of their actual mission. They hail from Anno Doom +128, and are the few survivors of the final incursion that destroyed universes across the multiverse<\/a> (in Secret Wars). <\/p>\n

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The Superior Avengers have secretly seized Prison 42, an impenetrable penitentiary in the Negative Zone \u2014 domain of Annihilus \u2014 that heroes like Tony Stark\/Iron Man and Reed Richards\/Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four established to hold prisoners who violated the Superhuman Registration Act during the superhuman Civil War. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe already killed Doom once,\u201d Killmonger reminds Ghost. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll burn this entire era to ashes if that\u2019s what it takes to reclaim our future.\u201d To be continued! <\/p>\n

After thwarting Annihilus, the mysterious Superior Avengers next take on another Fantastic Four foe, the ancient alchemist Diablo, and will then face the actual Avengers in issues still to come. <\/p>\n

\u201cIntroducing any new character to the Marvel Universe \u2014 let alone an entire cast of them \u2014 is both an honor and no small terror,\u201d Foxe said. \u201cSo when editor Wil Moss reached out about developing an intense, secretive team of Avengers for One World Under Doom, I knew I had to swing for the fences.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Avengers that readers are going to meet here may have familiar names, but you\u2019ll quickly come to learn why they consider themselves superior to other teams,\u201d the X-Men \u201997 and Spider-Woman writer continued. \u201cThis book features some of the most ruthless, wide-scale action I\u2019ve ever written at Marvel, and I\u2019m so thrilled to be telling this story alongside Luca Maresca. Luca nails both the subtler mind games at play in our story and the (sometimes literally) breakneck action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Superior Avengers #2 (of 6)<\/p>\n

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DOOM\u2019S MIGHTEST HEROES! The SUPERIOR Avengers have made a strong debut, but what happens when they have to hunt down one of the Fantastic Four\u2019s most sinister foes: DIABLO?! What plans does DOOM have for this team? And where exactly did these heroes come from?<\/p>\n

On sale:<\/strong> May 21<\/p>\n

Superior Avengers #3 (of 6)<\/p>\n

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EARTH\u2019S MIGHTIEST FRAUDS! It was bound to happen\u2026the first clash between the Avengers and the Superior Avengers! Plus: The origin of KILLMONGER!<\/p>\n

On sale:<\/strong> June 25<\/p>\n

Superior Avengers #4 (of 6) <\/p>\n

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WHO PULLS THE STRINGS? As the Superior Avengers solidify their place as Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes, the cracks begin to show. Where does each member\u2019s loyalty lie? And can they stay together long enough to reach their ultimate goal?<\/p>\n

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