The New Avengers | |
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Promotional art for The New Avengers vol. 2, #1
by Stuart Immonen. |
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Group publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The New Avengers #1 (January 2006) |
Created by |
Brian Michael Bendis (writer) David Finch (artist) |
In-story information | |
Type of organization | Team |
Base(s) | Avengers Mansion |
The New Avengers | |
The New Avengers #1 (January 2005). Cover art by David Finch. | |
Series publication information | |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date |
Vol. 1: January 2005 – April 2010 Vol. 2: June 2010 – November 2012 Vol. 3: December 2012-April 2015 Vol. 4: October 2015-November 2016 |
Number of issues |
Vol. 1: 64 (+3 Annuals and 1 Finale Special) Vol. 2: 34 (+1 Annual) Vol. 3: 33 (+1 Annual) Vol. 4: 18 |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Brian Michael Bendis |
Penciller(s) |
David Finch Leinil Yu Stuart Immonen Mike Deodato Howard Chaykin |
Inker(s) | Danny Miki Matt Banning |
Creator(s) |
Brian Michael Bendis (writer) David Finch (artist) |
Editor(s) |
Tom Brevoort Joe Quesada Lauren Sankovitch |
The New Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The title has been used for four American comic book series. The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted a version of Marvel's premiere superhero team, the Avengers. The third was written by Jonathan Hickman and depicted a group of characters called the Illuminati (formerly introduced in New Avengers Vol. 1 #7 [July 2005]). The fourth is written by Al Ewing and depicts the former scientific terrorist group A.I.M., reformed as "Avengers Idea Mechanics", whose field team has appropriated the name "New Avengers" for itself.
The New Avengers is a spin-off of the long-running Marvel Comics series The Avengers. The first issue, written by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by David Finch, was dated January 2005 but appeared in November 2004. Finch penciled the first six issues and issues #11-13. Succeeding pencilers with multiple-issue runs include Steve McNiven, Leinil Francis Yu, Billy Tan, and Stuart Immonen. The roster at first comprises Luke Cage, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and "Spider-Woman" (Veranke). Later stretches included the mutant X-Man Wolverine, the unstable and godlike Sentry, and the deaf ninja Echo, in the guise of Ronin.