Avengers Vol 5 1

Part of the 'Marvel NOW! (2012)' event

Avengers Vol 5 #1
Published
Released
February, 2013
December 5, 2012

Rating
T+ (13 and up)

Original Price
$3.99

 Editor-in-Chief
Axel Alonso

 Cover Artists
Dustin Weaver

 Publisher
Marvel Comics Dan Buckley

 Chief Creative Officer
Joe Quesada

 Writers
Jonathan Hickman

 Pencilers
Jerome Opeña

 Inkers
Jerome Opeña

 Colourists
Dean White

 Letterers
Cory Petit

 Editors
Jake Thomas Tom Brevoort Lauren Sankovitch

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  *There was nothing. Followed by everything. Swirling, burning specks of creation that circled around life-giving suns. And then... We raced to the light. It was the spark that the started **fire--** a **legend** that grew in **the telling**. Some believe it began the moment **Hyperion** was rescued from a dying universe. Others say it was when **The Guard** were broken on the dead moon. Many more think it was when **Ex Nihilo** terraformed Mars, turning the red planet green. They are all **wrong**. As it happened before **The Light**. Before **The War**. And before **The Fall**. It started with two men. It started with an idea.*
-- **Narrator**
## Appearing in "The Avengers: Avengers World"Edit

**Featured Characters:**

* Avengers
	+ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ***(Appears in main story and flashback)***
	+ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ***(Appears in main story and flashback)***
	+ Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
	+ Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
	+ Thor
	+ Hulk (Bruce Banner)
	+ Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
	+ Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
	+ Wolverine (Logan)
	+ Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
	+ Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Sunspot (Bobby da Costa) ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Manifold (Eden Fesi) ***(Manifold (Eden Fesi))*** ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Shang-Chi ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Falcon (Sam Wilson) ***(Rejoins team)***
	+ Smasher ***(First appearance)*** ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Hyperion ***(First appearance)*** ***(Joins Team)***
	+ Captain Universe ***(First appearance)***   ***(Joins Team)***

**Antagonists:**

* Ex Nihilo ***(First appearance)***
* Aleph ***(First appearance)***
* Abyss ***(First appearance)***

**Other Characters:**

* Illuminati ***(Only in flashback)***
	+ Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) ***(Only in flashback)***
	+ Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) ***(Only in flashback)***
	+ Black Panther (T'Challa) ***(Only in flashback)***
	+ Namor ***(Only in flashback)***

**Locations:**

* Mars
* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- New York City
			* Manhattan
				+ Avengers Tower
					- Template:Cameo

**Items:**

* Arc Reactor
* Template:Cameo
* Template:Cameo
* Template:Cameo
* Iron Man Armor Model 2 ***(Only in flashback)***
* Iron Man Armor Model 42
* Mjolnir
* Black Widow's Gauntlets
* Spider-Man's Webshooters
* Hawkeye's Bow
* Captain America's Shield
* Exospex

**Vehicles:**

* Quinjet

## Synopsis for "The Avengers: Avengers World"Edit

A long time ago, there was nothing. Then there was everything. Many bits of creation swirled around the stars - planets that support life. And then one group of heroes raced into the light - the Avengers.

On Mars, Ex Nihilo begins to terraform Mars. He wants to make it have life. So he creates green plants on the red planet. And an intergalactic war is brewing because of him. At Avengers Tower, Tony Stark fumbles among some things regarding the Avengers and the Illuminati, remembering the day when it started with an idea - to create the Avengers. Later he walks down a hall with Steve Rogers, and they talk about the day when Stark found Rogers in the ice. Stark says the world changed when Cap was found. He also says that the best ideas are the simplest ones. And that they now have a new idea: with problems escalating since Cyclops' turn to the dark side, they need to grow bigger.

One year after he began, Ex Nihilo marvels at his creation with a Builder, part of a robotic race that desires to raze all worlds not deemed suitable. The six main Avengers then attack Mars, and appear to completely decimate the competition. But just then, all except Cap get captured. Cap returns home with, as intended, a whole new set of Avengers. They are ready to save the people they call their brethren. For they are Avengers.

## Solicit Synopsis

It’s a new day and a new beginning for the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, with a brand new team that’s bigger and better than ever before! And they won’t just be ‘Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’, either – when the galaxy is in danger, the Avengers will answer the call!

## Notes

* Takes place after New Avengers Vol. 3 #3.

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