The following contains spoilers for Avengers #1 from Marvel Comics.
A preview for Marvel’s new Avengers series reveals why Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers names Tony Stark/Iron Man, her former Civil War II enemy, as second-in-command of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Avengers #1 comes from writer Jed MacKay, artist C.F. Villa, color artist Federico Blee and letterer VC’s Cory Petit. In a preview for the issue provided by Marvel, Tony tells Carol that she’s been named as the new chairperson for the Avengers. Carol, however, doesn’t appear to be overly enthusiastic about jumping into the position, as she tells Tony, “The Avengers aren’t cops. Or, at least, we shouldn’t be. That doesn’t work, that just gets us into civil wars.”
AVENGERS #1
- JED MACKAY (W) • C.F. VILLA (A) • Cover by STUART IMMONEN
- CORNER BOX VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
- VARIANT COVER BY KAEL NGU
- VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY KAEL NGU
- VARIANT COVER BY DANIEL ACUÑA
- VARIANT COVER BY MARCO CHECCHETTO
- HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY PAUL SMITH
- VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
- SCARLET WITCH VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
- SCARLET WITCH VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
- NEGATIVE SPACE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
- ASSEMBLE!
- JED MACKAY AND STORMBREAKER C.F. VILLA TAKE THE REINS OF EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES!
- The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King.
- The world is ever in peril, and a new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any dangers that dare threaten the planet. But when TERMINUS attacks, a new and insidious danger rears its head: one that the Avengers know all too well, and one that comes to them in the most dangerous of guises – that of a friend.
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She continues, “The Avengers are firefighters. We’re the ones who fly into the blaze, whatever it is. Because we’re the ones who can, so we’re the ones who have to. We save lives. That’s it. That’s our whole mission statement.” She then proceeds to tell Tony that, despite their differences in opinion during events such as 2016’s Civil War II (by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez and Justin Ponsor), he’s her first pick for second-in-command of the Avengers. “Jess, Rhodey, Jen…they’re who I go to for Captain Marvel business. You’re who I go to for Avengers business. I want you to be my XO, my number two. We’ve been on opposite sides before, and I didn’t like it. Let’s work together.”
Avengers #1 features cover art by Stuart Immonen and variant cover art by Daniel Acuña, Derrick Chew, John Tyler Christopher, Kael Ngu, Marco Checchetto, Frank Martin, Mark Brooks, Paul Smith, Jason Keith and Skottie Young. The issue releases on May 17, 2023, from Marvel.
Source: Marvel