The MCU continues to expand and as you’ll be seeing, that means saying goodbye to some heroes and villains to welcome other powerful Marvel characters. Not only that. Many of these will form new groups that will make the mythical and heroic Avengers that we all know remain in the memory, to make way for new generations within the franchise -you just felt very old, we know; you’re not alone. One of those formations is the Dark Avengers or dark avengers, a group you should pay more attention to than you think. We explain why.
the dark avengers
Within the Marvel comics there are endless characters that we have not seen on the big screen (many of them will never even appear for whatever reason) as well as formations between superheroes that have given the passage of publications to diverse groups with which to develop new plot arcs on paper. Among them, as we anticipate, are the Dark Avengers, made up of people who (by their name you will already be imagining it) are not known precisely for their actions noble and pure as was the case with the Avengers led by Tony Stark/Iron Man.
The Dark Avengers appeared in December 2008 in the comics, as part of the Dark Reign series. With a total of 16 numbers, we will see how the very Norman Osborne orchestrates a new group, counterpart of the original Avengers, and becomes their leader, moving away from his profile as a Green Goblin and wearing an armor similar to that of Iron Man (created by himself) but with the US flag. His new name will be from then on Iron Patriot.
Who are the Dark Avengers?
As is often the case in these groups, over time some superheroes are replaced by others. These are the original characters that form the group with Osborn, some from the Thunderbolts:
- Moonstone: will be the parallel character to Ms Marvel. She is about Karla Sofen who, by manipulating a moonstone, acquires supernatural powers.
- Bullseye: the Hawkeye/Hawkeye group. Archenemy of Daredevil, he is one of the most ruthless characters of this generation.
- Venom: what to tell you about the antithesis of Spider-Man that you don’t know at this point. A violent and sometimes uncontrolled character who does not hesitate to join Osborn.
- Daken: It is the Wolverine of the group. This power-hungry character is none other than Logan’s son, with perfected genetics compared to his father.
- Noh-Varr: We also have a “Captain Marvel” in the group, a Kree who will decide to leave the group when he finds out that his companions are actually villains posing as heroes.
- Ares: the one in charge of replacing Thor.
- Sentri: Osborn will use it as the main combat weapon within the group. He is a very powerful mentally challenged character.
After this initial group, other characters will arrive, among them, one that you have recently seen on TV and whose appearance must have some intentionality… Yes, we mean the son of the Hulk.
Skaar, another Dark Avenger who has already appeared in She-Hulk
Within the UCM nothing is a coincidence and that the son of the Hulk has already appeared on the small screen is the least striking. As you may well know if you have been following the series of she hulkgood old Bruce Banner makes a new stellar appearance in the last episode of the Disney+ series with quite a surprise (for those who don’t read comics): he has a son, Skaar.
son of hulk and the extraterrestrial Caiera, enjoys the supernatural powers of her father and has an important career in Marvel publications. Between her multiple adventures, He becomes part of the Dark Avengers, at a time when Osborn is convinced that he can reunite a group to control and fulfill his objectives. What the ex-Green Goblin doesn’t know is that Skaar is actually a double agent and that he will precisely help the New Avengers – we’ll talk about them another day – to catch him.
That he appeared in the final chapter of she hulk makes us think that Skaar could get more prominence in the future of the franchise and therefore, that the Dark Avengers, whom he enters and are part of his history, also make an appearance in a quite remarkable way.
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