This is “The Book of Knowledge,” a feature where I spotlight instances where texts like the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe either introduced or resolved changes to continuity. Today, we look at how a Marvel handbook determined which Avengers teams didn’t “count” as real Avengers teams. Something that always amused me since the New Avengers started (almost TWENTY YEARS AGO) was how people treated them as not the “real” Avengers, when the New Avengers formed in almost precisely the same way as the original Avengers did, just a bunch of heroes who ran into each other, and decided to form a team together. The original Avengers tried to include the HULK in its membership, for crying out loud! He was gone after two issues as a member, and then, just sixteen issues into the series, the Avengers completely retooled, replacing EVERY SINGLE original member at the time, and putting Captain America in charge of a new team consisting of three newly reformed supervillains.Empyre was a Marvel crossover that awkwardly came out right smack in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made it tough for the crossover to succeed. It was still a fun crossover, though (and had Swordsman show how much of a loser he was…AGAIN). Marvel released a handbook for the event, and in it, it detailed the history of some Avengers teams, and in the process, revealed which teams didn’t count as “Real” Avengers teams…
This is “The Book of Knowledge,” a feature where I spotlight instances where texts like the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe either introduced or resolved changes to continuity. Today, we look at how a Marvel handbook determined which Avengers teams didn’t “count” as real Avengers teams.
Something that always amused me since the New Avengers started (almost TWENTY YEARS AGO) was how people treated them as not the “real” Avengers, when the New Avengers formed in almost precisely the same way as the original Avengers did, just a bunch of heroes who ran into each other, and decided to form a team together. The original Avengers tried to include the HULK in its membership, for crying out loud! He was gone after two issues as a member, and then, just sixteen issues into the series, the Avengers completely retooled, replacing EVERY SINGLE original member at the time, and putting Captain America in charge of a new team consisting of three newly reformed supervillains.
Empyre was a Marvel crossover that awkwardly came out right smack in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made it tough for the crossover to succeed. It was still a fun crossover, though (and had Swordsman show how much of a loser he was…AGAIN). Marvel released a handbook for the event, and in it, it detailed the history of some Avengers teams, and in the process, revealed which teams didn’t count as “Real” Avengers teams…
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