The mystery of Mantis‘ origins are finally revealed when Kang comes to claim the legendary Celestial Madonna as his bride. This strange Avengers tale sees the team travel through time, discover the connection between Kang, Immortus and Rama-Tut and witness the Scarlet Witch‘s transformation into an actual witch!
Also, the wayward Hawkeye returns to the Avengers, the ‘truth’ about the Vision‘s origin is revealed and a double-wedding soldifies the Vision and Scarlet Witch’s relationship – and also features a woman marrying a tree.
When I first read this story, I just found it odd and difficult to get through. Now… it’s about the same.
Crossover: The story jumps between the main Avengers title and the quarterly Giant-Size Avengers title, making this a crossover.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets – for example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue.
Must-Reads: Issues in bold in the Core List or marked with a ✔ in the Full Reading Order are must-read stories from this event; in the Fallout section, issues marked with a ✔ are the stories that are most heavily impacted by this event.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions, first appearances and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- THE MARK OF HAWKEYE (1973) – Hawkeye quits the Avengers
- THE AVENGERS/DEFENDERS WAR (1973) – Dormammu battles the Avengers
- BRIDE AND DOOM (1974) – The Avengers attend Crystal and Quicksilver’s wedding
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Avengers #128 (tie-in)
- Avengers #129
- Captain America #179 (tie-in)
- Giant-Size Avengers #2 [1/2]
- Avengers #130 (tie-in)
- Avengers #131-132
- Giant-Size Avengers #3 [1/2]
- Avengers #133-135
- Giant-Size Avengers #4 [1/3]
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Avengers #128 (tie-in) The Avengers and Fantastic Four return to Earth after Crystal and Quicksilver‘s wedding on the moon (during BRIDE AND DOOM, 1974). Now that Franklin Richards has lost his mutant powers, Agatha Harkness offers to train the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) in the ways of magic and immediately moves in to Avengers Mansion. Together they immediately face Necrodamus who plans to use Agatha’s soul to regain a youthful form. Wanda shatters Necrodamus’ Graven Box, unleashing its power and sucking him into another realm. Meanwhile, Mantis rejects the Swordsman‘s affections and tries to take advantage of Wanda’s relationship issues by seducing the Vision. Her efforts are interrupted when a dazzling star appears above Avengers Mansion as Kang the Conqueror arrives! 1st appearance: Kang the Conqueror (divergent), Graven Box |
| ✔ | Avengers #129 Kang’s Macrobots defeat the Avengers and hold them in stasis, giving him the chance to explain that the Dawn Star heralds the completeness of the Celestial Madonna, who he believes is either the Scarlet Witch, Agatha Harkness or Mantis. Kang plans to mate with the Madonna and rule the universe through their all-powerful offspring. Kang abducts the Avengers to the pyramid of Rama-Tut (with Kang revealing ‘Rama-Tut’ to be one of hies earlier identities), leaving the Swordsman who he believes to be worthless. With Harkness’ telepathic guidance, Swordsman takes a Quinjet to Egypt where he breaks into the pyramid and fights his way past the vampire Amenhotep, only to be held back from rescuing his friends by Rama-Tut himself. Kang encases Iron Man, Thor and the Vision in Macrobots and plans on using them to start World War III! 1st appearance: Macrobots |
| Captain America #179 (tie-in) Steve Rogers quit being Captain America after discovering a high-ranking US Government official was the leader of the villainous Secret Empire (during SECRET EMPIRE, 1972-1974). His attempt to live a normal life with his girlfriend, SHIELD agent Sharon Carter, is ruined by a challenge from a masked man calling himself the Golden Archer. The Archer’s final challenge draws Rogers directly into battle and the defeated ‘villain’ is revealed to be Hawkeye who encourages Steve to rejoin the heroic life under a new identity. Elsewhere, the Falcon fights crime without Steve Rogers. Biker Scar Turpin‘s career as the new Captain America is very short-lived. Also see NOMAD 1st appearance: Road Runners, Sickle Cycle Club (Captain America/’Scar’ Turpin) New identity: Hawkeye/Clint Barton as Golden Archer |
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Giant-Size Avengers #2 [1/2] Hawkeye investigates the light above Avengers Mansion and learns the team’s fate from Edwin Jarvis. Swordsman returns with Rama-Tut who regrets his pursuit of the Celestial Madonna – back when he was Kang – and has emerged in the present day after a period of suspended animation since a second period in Ancient Egypt. Now he plans on preempting his past-self’s efforts to alter time. Hawkeye, Rama-Tut and Swordsman materialise at the United Nations Building to stop the Macrobot’s attack and free the Vision. They then jump to Peking and free Iron Man from the Macrobots. Kang sends the Thor-Macrobot to kill Hawkeye’s team. The Vision enters Kang’s vehicle and frees Mantis, the Scarlet WItch and Agatha Harkness. Rama-Tut confronts Kang directly, causing time to rupture. Mantis is revealed to be the Celestial Madonna. Refuting Rama-Tut’s claims, Kang shoots at Mantis, but she’s saved by Swordsman who leaps into the laser’s path and sacrifices himself to save her. Rama-Tut and Kang’s clash triggers Kang’s time-ship and sucks them both into the timestream. New identity: Mantis/Brandt as the Celestial Madonna |
| ✔ | Avengers #130 Three days later, the Avengers comply with Mantis’ wishes to bury the Swordsman at the abandoned temple of the Priests of Pama in Saigon, leaving the Scarlet Watch to continue her training with Agatha Harkness. While in Vietnam, the Avengers clash with the newly-formed Titanic Three (Crimson Dynamo, Radioactive Man and Titanium Man) who are running things their way. Thor convinces his fellow Avengers that they have no say in things, here. They soon run into the trio again when they inadvertently side with ex-GI jewel thief, the Slasher, whose ruse is soon discovered. The two teams part ways, leaving the Slasher to the authorities. 1st appearance: Cotati (cameo, unnamed), Cotati Swordsman (cameo, unnamed), Slasher, Titanic Three |
| ✔ | Avengers #131 (tie-in) While continuing to look for clues to Mantis’ missing past, the Avengers cross paths with Steve Rogers in his new guise as Nomad. He plans to rejoin the Avengers after he defeats the Serpent Squad. Mantis asks Vision to forgive her for pursuing him before she sees a vision of the Swordsman. Immortus pulls Kang and Rama-Tut from their battle in the timestream into Limbo, placing Tut in stasis and employing Kang to help him defeat the Avengers. Kang summons candidates from various points time – Frankenstein’s Monster, Ghost, Midnight, Wonder Man, Baron Heinrich Zemo and the original Human Torch – to form his Legion of the Unliving and instill fear in the Avengers. Kang betrays Immortus by trapping him in a tube, then transports the Avengers to Limbo and sends the Legion to destroy them! Also see NOMAD 1st appearance: Cotati (full, unnamed), Cotati Swordsman (full, unnamed), Legion of the Unliving, Castle Limbo (unnamed), Labyrinth of Limbo |
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Avengers #132 The Legion of the Unliving pursue the Avengers through the Labyrinth of Limbo beneath Immortus’ stronghold. Mantis defeats Midnight, but the Human Torch cooks Iron Man alive and the Ghost ‘mortally’ wounds the android Vision. In Vietnam, the Hooded One – who’s been secretly aiding the Avengers – runs into the green, glowing spectre of the Swordsman! New identity: Libra as the Hooded One (unrevealed) |
| ✔ | Giant-Size Avengers #3 [1/2] Mantis defeats Midnight. The Frankenstein Monster stops Wonder Man from killing the Vision. The Human Torch discovers the Vision’s body is his own while saving his life. Jarvis learns Libra has escaped prison. The Torch and the Monster turn against Kang. Hawkeye frees Rama-Tut and Immortus. Immortus turns Baron Zemo to paste. Even with one damaged arm, the Vision defeats Wonder Man. Kang teleports out when he realises he’s losing. Despite planning on destroying the Avengers, Immortus restores Iron Man and the Vision out of gratitude. When Rama-Tut leaves, Immortus reveals to the Avengers that he, too, is a future version of Kang. He then offers to reveal the origins of Mantis and the Vision. |
| ✔ | Avengers #133 Immortus sends the Vision through time with a Synchro-Staff, allowing him to view (but not interfere with) key moments in the history of the original Human Torch. He realises the Torch’s memories have been influencing his own actions. Hawkeye, Iron Man, Mantis and Thor have another Synchro-Staff that takes them back to the beginning of Kree history. They learn that the peaceful Skrulls visited the planet Hala and offered the indigenous Kree and Cotati their advanced technology if they competed in a contest. The Cotati won, so the Kree retaliated by killing them all, as well as the Skrulls. Back on Earth, the Scarlet Witch now has the power to make furniture come to life but has a darker attitude. In Vietnam, the Hooded One reveals to Swordsman’ ghost that he’s Libra. 1st appearance: Cotati (named), Emperor Dorrek I, Phineas T Horton (full name revealed) New identity: Libra as the Hooded One (revealed) |
| Must Read | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Avengers #134 Thousands of years ago, the barbarian Kree stole Skrull technology and used it to attack the Skrulls’ own world, beginning the Kree-Skrull War which still rages today (see THE KREE-SKRULL WAR, 1971-1972). Many years later, a group of pacifist Kree called the Priests of Pama discovered the dead Cotati had grown new offspring and formed an alliance with the Priests who took the Cotati all over the known universe to continue to learn and grow and use their telepathic abilities to spread peace. One group landed on Earth in Vietnam. Not so long ago, the Mad Thinker used the original Human Torch to attack the Fantastic Four. When the Torch’s body was laid to rest again, it was discovered by Ultron. In the present, Moondragon arrives at Avengers Mansion having picked up their earlier distress call. The Scarlet Witch refuses to help her find the Avengers in favour of her loyalty to Agatha Harkness. Wanda defeats Moondragon and returns to her studies. Thor, Iron Man, Mantis and Hawkeye are transported to present day Vietnam to the grove where the Swordsman is buried – now knowing that it’s actually a grove made up of Cotati. They’re greeted by Libra of the Zodiac Cartel and the ghost of the Swordsman. |
| ✔ | Avengers #135 Moondragon arrives in Vietnam and learns from the ‘Swordsman’ and Libra that both she and Mantis were candidates for the Celestial Madonna – both having been trained by the Priests of Pama. Immortus arrives with a box. Back on Earth, Edwin Jarvis discovers the Scarlet Witch has been kidnapped. The Vision learns that Ultron-5 kidnapped Prof Phineas T Horton and employed him to transform the inert Human Torch android into a weapon to use against the Avengers. Horton was killed by Ultron for allowing the new-look Torch to retain his memories and rebel against his new ‘master’. Ultron defeated the Torch, erased his personality and replaced his persona with Wonder Man’s. Ultron then sent the Vision on his mission against the Avengers. Having learned the truth, the Synchro-Staff disappears, only for the Vision to be left floating in a void. Also see CONSUMMATION |
| ✔ | Giant-Size Avengers #4 [1/3] The Cotati-animated body of the Swordsman reveals to Mantis that she’s the perfect human and they should mate to create the Celestial Messiah. Hawkeye, Iron Man and Thor discover the Titanic Three having been battered into submission by Kang. The three Avengers defeat three future Kang decoys while the ‘true’ Kang absconds with Mantis, only to discover her to be a disguised Space Phantom. The Vision discovers the Scarlet Witch under the control of Dormammu and Umar, then breaks the spell by telling the Scarlet Witch he loves her. The Witch messes almost costs Dormammu his control over Gaea (see CONSUMMATION, 1975), so he allows the Scarlet Witch, Vision and Agatha Harkness to leave the Dark Dimension and return to Avengers Mansion. The Vision proposes to the Scarlet Witch and she accepts. Agatha Harkness announces the Scarlet Witch’s teachings under her are complete. Immortus transports the Vision and Scarlet WItch to Vietnam where a double wedding is held. Immortus officiates the marriage of the Vision and Scarlet Witch and Mantis (having learned her full origin) and the Cotati-animated body of the Swordsman. Mantis and ‘Swordsman’ take on energy forms and head into space. Also see CONSUMMATION |
See how this event fits into the wider Marvel Universe with these reading orders:
- KANG, 1963-Present – Nathaniel Richards
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | Frankenstein’s Monster #12 (1974) Frankenstein’s Monster is plucked from the past – joining th Legion of the Unliving – and returned to the past. | HE COMES ALIVE… TODAY! |
| Captain America #180 (1974) Steve Rogers adopts a new costumed identity as Nomad. Captain America #181 (1975) Steve Rogers supports Roscoe Simons in becoming the new Captain America. | NOMAD | |
| Captain Marvel #37 (1975) Captain Marvel is too busy tracking down the Lunatic Legion to assist the Avengers in their investigation into Mantis’ past. | ||
| ✔ | Captain America #182 (1975) Nomad arrives in Seattle and takes down Viper and Cobra, the leaders of the Serpent Squad. | NOMAD |
| Captain America #183 (1975) Roscoe Simons is tortured and crucified by the Red Skull when he discovers he’s dealing with a ‘fake’ Captain America; Steve Rogers becomes Captain America again. | ||
| Captain America #189-191 (1975) Captain America (Steve Rogers) and the Falcon put their differences aside and fight side-by-side again, joining forces against Nightshade. | ||
| ✔ | Doctor Strange #8-9 (1975) Dormammu uses Gaea’s power to break through the surface of the Earth, but is defeated by Doctor Strange and Clea; Clea frees Gaea. | CONSUMMATION |
| Avengers #137 (1975) Agatha Harkness is revealed to have moved out of Avengers Mansion; the Avengers go on a recruitment drive due to the reduced line-up caused by the departure of the Vision, Scarlet Witch and Mantis and the death of Swordsman; Yellowjacket and the Wasp return to the Avengers; Moondragon and Beast are also given probationary status. | ||
| Iron Man #74 (1975) Iron Man parts ways with the Avengers after their time travel adventures; the Titanic Three are placed under house arrest in Saigon, ending their alliance. | ||
| Frankenstein Monster #12 (1974) Frankenstein’s Monster awakens in the present day after falling into accidental suspended animation. | HE COMES ALIVE… TODAY! | |
| Avengers Forever #4-6 (1999) Kang’s next plot begins in the Old West. | ||
| Avengers #141-143 (1975-1976) Steve Rogers finally returns to the Avengers, having regained his Captain America identity, in time for a rematch with Kang; now that they believe him to be an ally, the Avengers turn to Immortus for help in rescuing Hawkeye from the past. | ||
| Avengers #151-152 (1976) Moondragon becomes a full member of the Avengers; Wonder Man is resurrected by the Black Talon, only to be freed from his control by the Avengers and joining them as an ally. | NO FINAL VICTORY | |
| ✔ | Justice League of America #142 (1977, DC Comics) Using the name Willow, Mantis is revealed to have escaped to an alternate universe in order to avoid Kang and give birth to the Celestial Messiah. | THE JOKER’S DAUGHTER |
| Avengers #158-160 (1977) The Vision battles the resurrected Wonder Man, believing him to be making a play for the Scarlet Witch due to their shared brain-patterns; the resurrected Wonder Man discovers his brother has become the revenge-obsessed Grim Reaper. | ||
| Captain America #233 (1979) This period of Captain America’s relationship with Sharon Carter ends when she appears to die while being mind-controlled by the Grand Director. | ||
| ✔ | Thor #282 (1979) Though Immortus appears to help Thor against Tempus, but is later revealed to have removed Mjolnir‘s time-travel abilities to stop the Avengers from travelling through time of their own free will. | |
| Marvel Team-Up #130 (1983) Necrodamus escapes the mystical void and tries to take the Vision’s form as a host body as revenge for the Scarlet Witch’s actions; Necrodamus is forced out of the Vision’s body by Spider-Man. | ||
| Scorpio Rose #2 (1983, Eclipse Comics) Using the name Lorelei, Mantis is revealed to have jumped to another universe, having already given birth to a son. | ||
| West Coast Avengers #1-4 (1984) Hawkeye does end up becoming Avengers Chairman, but of his very own team of Avengers on America’s west coast. | WEST COAST AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! | |
| Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 (1985) Agatha Harkness is killed by Salem’s Seven, but the Scarlet Witch uses some of her life energy to set her own pregnancy in motion. | ||
| ✔ | Avengers #267-269 (1986) Kang clashes with Immortus again, only for Immortus to take the healed Ravonna for himself. |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| Vision and the Scarlet WItch #12 (1986) The Scarlet Witch gives birth to twin sons, Thomas & William Maximoff. | ||
| ✔ | Avengers Annual #16 (1987) The Grandmaster summons his own Legion of the Unliving consisting of the Swordsman, Baron Blood, Black Knight, Bucky, Captain Marvel, Death Adder, Dracula, Drax the Destroyer, Executioner, Green Goblin, Hyperion, Korvac, Nighthawk, Red Guardian and Terrax; these may just be facsimiles as many of these characters were later revealed to be alive, or they could have been snatched from a moment in time before their ‘deaths’; the Legion are used against the Avengers. | WAR OF THE ELDERS OF THE UNIVERSE |
| ✔ | West Coast Avengers #37-39 (1988) Mantis is reunited with the Vision, Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye when she asks for the Avengers’ help against the Cotati-Swordsman; the Swordsman murders Mantis, but she’s revealed to be a fragment of the true Mantis whose memories are restored when the fragment dies. | WEST COAST AVENGERS DISASSEMBLE! |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four #325 (1989) The human/Cotati Celestial Messiah is finally revealed; Mantis decides to keep her son from both Kang and the Cotati and raise him as a fully-rounded emotional being. | I DIE LIKE THE STARS |
| ✔ | West Coast Avengers #42-45 (1989) The Vision is kidnapped by the group Vigilance who – due the the Vision’s previous attempt to take over the world’s computer systems – dismantle and mindwipe him, effectively ending his marriage to the Scarlet Witch; Wonder Man refuses to let the Scarlet Witch use his brain patterns to restore the Vision due to his feelings for her. | VISION QUEST |
| ✔ | Avengers West Coast #50 (1989) The original Human Torch is reactivated in the present day, immediately joining the Avengers; it’s confirmed that the Vision wasn’t built from the body of the original Torch. | |
| Avengers West Coast #51-52 (1989) Agatha Harkness returns to life (without any real explanation) and reveals to the Scarlet Witch that her children were actually just fragments of Mephisto‘s soul; the children are kidnapped by Master Pandemonium before being reclaimed by Mephisto. | ||
| Silver Surfer #29-30 (1989) Using their advanced technology, the Kree resurrect Midnight as Midnight Sun and send him to attack the Silver Surfer. | KREE-SKRULL WAR II | |
| Captain America #362 (1989) Baron Helmut Zemo tries and fails to resurrect his father, Baron Heinrich Zemo, using the Bloodstone. | ||
| ✔ | Avengers West Coast #61-62 (1990) Immortus summons his very own Legion of the Unliving consisting of duplicates of Black Knight, Swordsman, Grim Reaper, Iron Man of 2020, Left-Winger, Oort, Right-Winger and Toro; Immortus makes a bid to claim the Scarlet Witch’s power for himself, finally revealing himself to be an enemy of the Avengers; the Time-Keepers grant Immortus his wish, though he’s ultimately defeated by the Avengers. | |
| Marvel Comics Presents #46-49 (1990) Despite the Silver Surfer releasing his soul from Limbo years earlier, the Ghost (or ‘Flying Dutchman’s Ghost’) is revealed to be back under Mephisto’s control when he clashes with the Devil-Slayer on the demon’s behalf. | ||
| ✔ | Avengers #352-353 (1992) The Grim Reaper includes a facsimile of Amenhotep and others when he creates his own Legion of the Unliving (otherwise consisting of facsimiles of Baron Zemo, Black Knight, Necrodamus, Red Guardian, Count Nefaria, Inferno, Nebulon and Star Stalker. | |
| Captain America #419 (1993) Slasher returns, years later, having renamed himself Razorblade. | VIPERS IN OUR MIDST | |
| Avengers #395 (1996) The Avengers battle and defeat Mantis when she appears to ally herself with Kang in a bizarre plot against the team (though ‘Kang’, ‘Mantis’ and the ‘Swordsman’ are later revealed to be Space Phantoms sent by Immortus). | THE CROSSING | |
| ✔ | Avengers #10-11 (1998) The Grim Reaper summons a new Legion of the Unliving to oppose the Avengers, consisting of Captain Marvel, Swordsman, Wonder Man, Doctor Druid, Hellcat, the Skrull Mockingbird and Thunderstrike. | |
| ✔ | Avengers Forever #1-12 (1998-1999) Rama-Tut next appears having returned to his Kang identity and started a war with his other future self, Immortus; it’s revealed that Immortus created a duplicate Human Torch body that Ultron then used to create the Vision, allowing both to continue to exist; Immortus and Kang diverge into their own separates their timelines. | |
| Avengers #38-40 (2001) Kang is revealed to have a son, Marcus Kang, who adopts his father’s old Scarlet Centurion identity (though it’s later implied Marcus may be a clone of Kang). | THE KANG DYNASTY | |
| ✔ | Avengers: Celestial Quest #1-8 (2001-2002) The name of the Celestial Messiah is revealed to be Sequoia (‘Quoi’ for short); Quoi is pursued by the Thanosi (clones of Thanos) and defended by the Avengers and the Cotati-Swordsman; Vision finally (somehow) has sex with Mantis. | |
| Avengers #45-54 (2001-2002) Kang successfully conquers Earth, though his victory is fairly short-lived thanks to the Avengers. | THE KANG DYNASTY | |
| Avengers #503 (2004) Agatha Harkness is murdered by the insane Scarlet Witch, definitively ending her tuition. | AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED | |
| New Thunderbolts #3 (2005) A new Swordsman emerges (and is later revealed to be Andreas Strucker of Fenris). | ||
| Young Avengers #1-6 (2005) Another of the “five lives” Kang/Immortus has known may include Iron Lad, the persona young Nathaniel Richards uses when he tries to prevent himself from becoming Kang by forming the Young Avengers. |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event / Crossover |
| 4 #15-18 (2005) Kang is revealed to have a son called Ramades and attempts to conquer the 21st century, only to be defeated by the Fantastic Four. | ||
| Daredevil #86 (2006) The incarcerated Boss Morgan is killed by Bullseye. | ||
| Annihilation: Conquest – Star-Lord #1-4 (2007) Annihilation: Conquest #2-6 (2008) Mantis eventually abandons her role as Celestial Madonna in favour of helping Star-Lord save the universe; she’s invited to join Star-Lord’s new team (later taking the moniker Guardians of the Galaxy). | ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST | |
| Avengers/Invaders #12 (2009) Bucky wishes Toro (Thomas Raymond) back to life using the Cosmic Cube when the Invaders briefly travel forwards in time, allowing Toro to be reborn in the present day. | ||
| The Torch #1-8 (2009-2010) The original Human Torch is reunited with Toro. | ||
| ✔ | Chaos War #2 (2010) Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1-3 (2011) The Swordsman is among those resurrected by the Chaos King; Swordsman allies himself with other resurrected Avengers against the Grim Reaper before returning to the grave. | CHAOS WAR |
| Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #6 (2011) Wiccan and Speed of the Young Avengers are revealed to be the reincarnated sons of the Vision and Scarlet Witch. | THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE | |
| Vampires: The Marvel Undead #1 (2011) Amenhotep’s history and the confirmation of his death is revealed. | ||
| Uncanny Avengers #8 (2013) Kang adopts the Apocalypse Twins (Uriel and Eimin) who are the offspring of Archangel and Ichisumi. FF #8 (2013) Another of the “five lives” Kang/Immortus has known may include Kid Immortus, another attempt by young Nathaniel Richards to alter his destiny. | MARVEL NOW! | |
| Avengers World #8 (2014) Swordsman is revealed to have had a daughter, Adelynn DuQuesne, who has become the Swordswoman, a member of Euroforce. | ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! | |
| Avengers World #12 (2014) Swordsman’s real name is revealed to be Marjorie, though her last name is unrevealed. | ||
| All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-6 (2016) Another of the “five lives” Kang/Immortus have known may include Mister Gryphon, who was created when a glitch in the timestream caused Kang to separate into different versions of himself. | ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | |
| Scarlet Witch #12-14 (2017) Agatha Harkness is inadvertently resurrected again by the Scarlet Witch’s mother, Natalya Maximoff. | ||
| Avengers #14-17 (2019) The Shadow Colonel (aka Xarus, son of Dracula) forms his own Legion of the Unliving, mostly made up of Baroness Blood and a band of vampires. | ||
| ✔ | Empyre: Avengers #0 (2020) Empyre #1 (2020) Lords of Empyre: Celestial Messiah #1 (2020) Lords of Empyre: Swordsman #1 (2020) Empyre #6 (2020) The Cotati warn the Avengers of a new threat to the Earth; Mantis tries to talk Quoi out of wiping out humanity via a psychic link, which he permanently severs; Alchemax’s actions on Earth are revealed to be the cause of Quoi believing all animals to be unworthy; the treacherous Cotati Swordsman is killed by the Black Panther. | EMPYRE |
| Moon Knight: City of the Dead #1-5 (2023-2024) Shadowknight (Randall Spector) becomes the Jackal Knight and forms his own Legion of the Unliving, consisting of Moon Knight‘s deceased foes Black Spectre, Chainsaw, Master Sniper, Midnight, Plasma and Taurus. | ||
| ✔ | Guardians of the Galaxy #9 (2024) While trapped in Grootspace, Mantis’ various conflicting roles and personas are addressed. | |
| Vision & the Scarlet Witch #1-5 (2025) Scarlet WItch and the Vision join forces again and must renew their trust in each other to overcome Gargantos. |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Avengers Epic Collection: Kang War (vol.8) | Avengers #115-128 Captain Marvel #33 Defenders #8-11 Fantastic Four #150 Giant-Size Avengers #1 |
| Avengers: The Celestial Madonna Saga Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers vol.14 | Avengers #129-135 Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 |
| Avengers: The Complete Celestial Madonna Saga | Avengers #124-125, 129-135 Avengers: Celestial Quest #1-8 Captain Marvel #33 Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Agatha Harkness: The Saga of the Salem Witch Avengers Epic Collection: The Avengers/Defenders War (vol.7) Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers vol.13 | Avengers #128 |
| Avengers Omnibus vol.5 Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set | Avengers #128-135 Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 |
| Avengers: Legion of the Unliving Wonder Man: The Early Years Omnibus | Avengers #131-132 Giant-Size Avengers #3 |
| Avengers: The Vibranium Collection | Giant-Size Avengers #2 |
| Avengers: VIsion and the Scarlet Witch Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy Prelude Marvel-Verse: Wanda & Vision Vision and the Scarlet WItch: Wanda & the Vision | Giant-Size Avengers #4 |
| Captain America and the Falcon: Nomad Captain America Epic Collection: The Secret Empire (vol.5) Captain America Omnibus vol.3 Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America Marvel Masterworks: Captain America vol.4 | Captain America #179 |
| Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus | Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 |
Reading Order © Omniverse Comics Guide 2026
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