What’s Covered?
Avengers vol 1 # 500 - 503, Avengers: Finale # 1, Excalibur vol 3 # 11 - 14
Synopsis
Avengers # 500 - 503, Avengers Finale # 1: Avengers Disassembled
Writer - Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils - David Finch, George Perez (Finale)
Former Avenger Jack of Hearts, who is believed to be dead, shows up at Avengers mansion. Scott Lang and others go up to him prior to him detonating. Half of Avengers mansion is blown up and Scott Lang is dead.
Meanwhile, Tony is speaking at a UN meeting and even though he's sober, he feels as if he's drunk. He unravels at the meeting, ridicules the ambassador from Latveria, and gets the Avengers special status revoked. Tony is later fired as Secretary of Defense.
Later, Vision shows up in the aftermath of the explosion, apologizes, and then released five Ultron's who start attacking. The Avengers are fighting for their lives! Near the end, Vision explodes, giving us Avengers casualty # 2.
After the Ultron battles, She-Hulk gets so angry that she loses control and attacks the team. The battle leaves several avengers hurt until Iron Man has to jump in the hulkbuster and take her out.
The Avengers are arguing over what happened until every Avenger that has ever served shows up for reinforcements. It's good that there are dozens of heroes, because the Kree show up and they are once again fighting for their lives. Hawkeye decides that he is the only one that can take down the Kree warship and sacrifices himself. Avengers casualty # 3.
Dr. Strange begins to suspect that something is very wrong with all this. All of the attacks are magic based, not real. He suspects that the cause of all this might be Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch. He goes on about how she was born with her magic powers, she didn't earn them. He further talks about how she is Magneto's daughter. Doctor Strange also declares that there is actually no such thing as chaos magic.
This is when we get a flashback with Wanda. Apparently she had magically conjured two boys into existence, but she was forced to disband them since they weren't real and the Avengers wiped them from her memory. Apparently she remembered that this happened, thanks to an ignorant comment from the Wasp, and she has a mental break. It really was her who snapped and distorted reality without realizing it to get revenge on the Avengers for taking her children from her. Before the Avengers can do anything to harm Wanda, Magneto shows up out of the blue and whisks Wanda away to Genosha.
Tony shares that he's financially ruined and can no longer financially support the Avengers. They are on their own and the Avengers are officially disassembled!
Excalibur Vol 3 # 11 - 14: For the love of a daughter
Writer - Chris Claremont
Pencils - Aaron Lopresti, Cliff Richards (12)
Xavier is furious with Magneto for revealing himself to the Avengers. Mags claims that he did it to save his daughter. Callisto is in shock that he was strong enough to use his magic powers to create a wormhole. For a while, we break into a boring Excalibur story, so let's get into bullet points:
Courtney Ross is being evil with Viper amongst the Lords Cardinal
Warren with Paige at an event in Africa when the town is attacked by Viper and the weaponeers
Paige saved by Askari - The Spear, An African superhero and the President of Zanzibar!
XM + AA + Husk fight Viper and the Weaponeers.
Scimitar, a soldier for hire, defeats Husk
The team defeats the Weaponeers and frees Zanzibar
Courtney Ross gets her way by getting financial leverage on Zanzibar
Later, Dr. Strange takes a stroll through Professor Xavier's mind. He's in the military with Wolverine and Kitty's dad, Carmen Pryde. Dr. Strange is visited by Dormamu. Eventually, Magneto asks Xavier to put him and Wanda out of their misery.
My Connections and Creators
It goes without saying that this was crazy! This was my first time reading Avengers Disassembled and House of M and it certainly delivered! I am in shock how many Avengers died and that the Avengers were basically shut down for months. Let's get into House of M!
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