Revengers

For the Matt Helm spy novel by Donald Hamilton, see The Revengers (novel).
The Revengers
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance A-Next #12
Created by Tom DeFalco
Ron Frenz
In-story information
Base(s) mobile
Member(s) Red Queen
Big Man
Killerwatt
Ion Man
Magneta
Sabreclaw

The Revengers are a fictional team of supervillains who were formed to fight A-Next in Marvel Comics' MC2 series A-Next. It is also the name of a comical parody of the Avengers in Earth-665, the setting of Marvel's parody comic Not Brand Echh.

In September 2011 an Earth-616 version of the Revengers, lead by Wonder Man, appears.[1]

Contents

Fictional team history

MC2

After a tragic mission that claimed the life of several Avengers, including Henry Pym and the Wasp, their daughter and son were furious to see A-Next, a team of heroes referred to by people as the "next generation of Avengers". The children of Henry Pym and Wasp used their parents' technology to replicate their powers. The daughter, Hope Pym, duplicated her mother's powers as the Red Queen, while her brother, Henry Pym Jr., copied his fathers' powers as Big Man.

Red Queen also helped create an energetic villain called Ion Man, who she sent to kill Mainframe. Although he failed (unknowingly, since Mainframe was later rebuilt), he passed her test. Red Queen soon added more villains to her fold (Spider-Girl's nemesis, Killerwatt, and Wild Thing's homicidal half-brother Sabreclaw). She waited until the members of the Avengers were at their most vulnerable, before sending her team, the Revengers, to destroy them. Red Queen herself wanted to personally torture Stinger, as she felt that Stinger dishonored her parents' memories. But the reserve members of A-Next defeated the Revengers, and Big Man turned himself in, even stopping his crazed sister, as Big Man did not want to be a killer.

However, in Last Planet Standing, the Revengers returned with the aid of Magneta; a former hero; to fight A-Next again. The fight was halted when Galactus came to destroy Earth. A-Next teamed up with a number of other heroes while the Revengers got away, minus Sabreclaw, who stayed behind to help fight and later joined A-Next to help fill out their roster.

Cancerverse

In the Cancerverse reality of Earth-10011, the Revengers are that reality's version of the Avengers who were corrupted by that reality's version of Captain Marvel. They were allies with the Defenders of the Realm and the Ex-Men. The Revengers are all destroyed when Thanos brought death to this Deathless reality.

Earth-616

In 2011, another version of the Revengers appear in the Earth-616 universe. Formed by Simon Williams/Wonder Man (whose ionic energy leaking problem has caused him to become convinced that the Avengers are not helping the world and that he must stop them), it consists of lesser-known heroes who he has convinced to help him. This team manages to defeat the New Avengers and they move on to attack Avengers Tower.[1]

Roster

MC2 Version

Former members

Cancerverse Version

Earth-616 Version

References

  1. ^ a b New Avengers Annual vol. 2 #1 (Sept. 2011)

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