Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013):
“Avengers World”
by Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opeña

Avengers (vol. 5) #1

Title: “Avengers World”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Feb. 2013

Publisher:
Written by: Jonathan Hickman
Art by: Jerome Opeña

34 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Thor (Donald Blake)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Ex Nihilo	cosmic entity	[1st app: Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013)]		3
Abyss	cosmic entity	[1st app: Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013)]		3
Aleph	N.A.	[1st app: Avengers (vol. 5) #1 (Feb. 2013)]		3
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  Appears only on cover and final page splash page.	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  Appears only on cover and final page splash page.	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  Appears only on cover and final page splash page.	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  Appears only on cover and final page splash page.	Protestant	Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  The Avengers; U.S. Air Force; Weapon X (Exiles)		784
Manifold (Eden Fesi) (cover & 1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  Appears only on cover and final page splash page.	Australian Aboriginal religion	Secret Warriors; The Avengers		35
Hyperion (Marcus Milton) (3-panel cameo, pg. 3, 22, 24)		The Avengers		2
Captain Universe (Tamara Devoux) (2-panel cameo, pg. 22, 24)	cosmic-empowered	black; The Avengers [a host bonded to Uni-Power; 1st appeared as Avenger member]		2
Smasher (Izzy Dare) (2-panel cameo, pg. 22, 24)		Imperial Guard; The Avengers [Earth human]		2
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  final page splash page	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Sunspot (Roberto Dacosta) (1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  final page splash page	Catholic	Academy of Tomorrow; black...  Fallen Angels; Mutant Liberation Front; The Avengers; The Hellfire Club; The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Ternals; Young X-Men (teacher)		574
A.I.M. (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 1)  flashback	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) (1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  final page splash page	Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)	Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Lady Liberators; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Defenders; The Avengers		353
Shang-Chi (1-panel cameo, pg. 24)  final page splash page	Taoist monk	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; MI-6; Secret Avengers; The Avengers		313
Manta (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)  flashback		Imperial Guard		9
Oracle (Lady Sybil) (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)  flashback		Imperial Guard		58
Warstar (B'nee and C'cil) (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)  flashback		Imperial Guard		42
Smasher (Galin) (1-panel cameo, pg. 3, panel 2)  flashback		Imperial Guard		6
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (dream, pg. 6, panel 2)  in Captain America's dream of the Illuminati	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (dream, pg. 6, panel 2)  in Captain America's dream of the Illuminati	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Black Panther (T'Challa) (dream, pg. 6, panel 2)  in Captain America's dream of the Illuminati	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (dream, pg. 6, panel 2)  in Captain America's dream of the Illuminati	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Hyperion (Mark Milton) (character based on, pg. 3, 22, 24)  The Hyperion who appears in this issue is a NEW Hyperion, seen here for the first time. He looks like the established Mark Milton Hyperion, but he is a brand new character.		Squadron Supreme; Star Masters...  The Thunderbolts; Weapon X (Exiles)		175
God (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 5)  Iron Man: "Whoever these people are, they've altered billions of years of evolution in minutes. And they did it by remote, from over two hundred million kilometers away, an impressive feat... Godlike even." Thor: "Pfft!"	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Adam (mentioned, pg. 11, panel 2)  Ex Nihilo: "Look here, I'm even assembling a perfected version of the creatures who inhabit that planet. This will be our new Adam. The first man. Our son. Can't you understand that?"	Judeo-Christian	[first man]	various	38
The Goddess (mentioned, pg. 10, panel 2)  Ex Nihilo (shooting an origin bomb at Earth): "Look at it streaking across the sky. I wonder if this is how the Goddess felt at the moment of Creation."	God	[1st app: Exiles (vol. 1) #96 (Sep. 2007)]		4

This issue was published with at least 8 alternative covers. The appearance notes in this record refer to the main cover, which depicts Captain America flanked by Manifold (Eden Fesi), Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Cannonball, Hulk, Wolverine and Falcon (legs only).

In what is probably not a coincidence, this first issue of the new Avenger series (launches the flagship title of the "Marvel: NOW!" initiative) opens with an Avengers team consisting of exactly the same set of six Avengers featured in the 2012 "Avengers" movie: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Hawkeye, and the Black Widow.

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