EARTH-9511
Earth-The Last Avengers Story
Type: Alternate reality
Environment: Earth-like
Usual means of access: Presumably vibrational
attunement
Dominant Life Form: Gods, humans, mutants,
robots, synthezoids
Significant Inhabitants: Avengers
(Gestalt, High Tide, Sequoia, Super-Ego, at least one other unidentified member - see comments), Black
Panther, Black
Widow, Bombshell,
Cannonball, Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Grim Reaper, Hawkeye,
Hercules, Hotshot,
Hulk, Human Torch, Iron Man, Richard M. Jones, Esq., Kang the Conqueror, Tommy Maximoff, Mockingbird, Oddball, Ben Parker, Mary Jane Parker, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Quasar, Quicksilver, Reed Richards, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Alicia Storm, Marissa Storm, Sue Storm, Thing, Thor, Tigra, Ultron-59, Chris Valada, Vision, Victor Von Doom, Wasp, the Wild Man, Jessie Wingfoot, Wonder Man
First Appearance: The Last Avengers Story#1
(November, 1995)
History:
(The Last Avengers Story#2 (fb)) - At Hank Pym
and Janet Van Dyne's wedding,
the animosity between the Vision and Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch's
brother, came
to a head and Quicksilver attacked the Vision. As Vision and
Quicksilver began to
battle, Quicksilver ran at super speed towards the Vision. Scarlet
Witch stepped
in front of Vision and attempted to use her hex powers to stop him.
Unfortunately, her unpredictable hex powers kept Quicksilver from
turning away, causing the opposite of what he wanted to occur. Affected
by the hex, Quicksilver unintentionally slammed into his sister at
superhuman speed, crushing her. Maddened by the death he had caused,
Quicksilver
foolishly ran off the side of a cliff, attempting to join his sister.
(The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)) - There came a great threat to their hallowed realms of Asgard and Olympus. Hercules and Thor set out to stop it and brought both the Thing and the incredible Hulk to aid them in their battle. While the foursome was away, severe storms and natural disasters ravaged Earth (excepting Paris, France) for two months. After the two months of disasters, the Hulk was found unconscious and lying in the side of Mt. Parnassus, clutching the mace of Hercules and skin the color of slate.
Two years later, an Avengers team consisting of the Hulk, Wonder Man, Hawkeye, Tigra and Mockingbird were battling Ultron-19 when Hulk surprisingly switched sides and punched Wonder Man. After Hawkeye destroyed Ultron-19 with sonic disruption arrows, the team turned their attention towards the traitorous Hulk. Tigra leaped at the Hulk and attempted to scratch his eyes out but the Hulk grabbed her arms and legs, remarked "...make a wish," and ripped her in half, killing her. Shocked at the Hulk's violence, Wonder Man flew at the Hulk and began a brutal fight. Punch after punch landed between the two superhumanly strong combatants until the Hulk punched Wonder Man so hard in the chest that it broke his skin. Ionic energy began to leak from the dying Wonder Man, who grabbed the Hulk. Mockingbird knocked Hawkeye out to save him from losing his own life trying to stop the two combatants and dragged him onto a speed sled to escape the battle. As Hawkeye and Mockingbird fled, Hawkeye awoke in time to gaze upon the ionic explosion of Wonder Man, which caused the deaths of both Wonder Man and the Hulk. The sheer energy released in the explosion also blinded Hawkeye despite him being a long distance away.
Years later, the government
enlisted any superhero they could find to apprehend any and all
supervillains they could find. Once the heroes did as they were told,
the government surprisingly executed all of the captured supervillains,
causing a rift in America between those who felt the villains deserved
their fate and the ones who felt the villains' rights had been taken
away. Reading the newspapers covering the so-called "Villain Massacre,"
Hank Pym worried about his own role in the massacre as Captain America
entered the room to try to comfort his friend. Remarking on how Cap
always knew what to do and how the government had suckered the heroes
into indirectly committing murder, Pym discussed his guilt and how he
thought that it would be a good time to quit heroics. Cap said
that he couldn't blame Pym for feeling that way, as most heroes were
taking that route because of the massacre. Hank
asked Cap what it would take for him to quit and Cap replied: "Death.
Maybe." Not long after, Captain America successfully ran for the
presidency and during his presidency, he formed a new team of Avengers
to deal with situations only superheroes could handle, housing them in the abandoned Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. During the third
year of Cap's presidency, however, he was shot and seemingly killed,
with many of his former superheroic allies attending the funeral.
Some more years later, Ultron-59
broke into the Time Capsule, a bunker store housing an eternal record
of humanity, and placed a fake book entitled "The Last Avengers Story"
inside.
(The Last Avengers Story#1) - Two decades following
the disappearance of Thor and Hercules, a group of newer "superheroes"
calling themselves the Avengers played poker in their abandoned nuclear
facility headquarters. One member named High Tide accused his
psychokinetic teammate
Gestalt of entering his mind during the game. The others felt nothing
out of the ordinary but High Tide grew angry and fired a blast of water
at Gestalt, only to be blocked by the Avengers member Super-Ego. As a
fight began between the Avengers, Ultron-59 dropped a nuclear bomb on
the
facility, killing all inside including the Avenger Sequoia and another
unidentified member.
As news reports surfaced about the deaths, Hank Pym worked day and night to cure his wife Janet Van Dyne (the Wasp)'s physiological breakdown that was causing her to shrink at one inch per year. While working, Pym and his wife were interrupted by a flood of reporters wanting to know their views on the deaths of the new Avengers. Angered, the Wasp physically threatened the reporters, provoking them into running away. After the scuffle, Hank Pym and Wasp discussed the deaths of the new Avengers until Ultron-59 suddenly materialized within Pym's living room. Ultron introduced himself to Pym and challenged Pym to a final battle between him and his allies and an Avengers team led by Pym. Pym declined to participate in such a battle and Ultron warned that he would hunt down the past Avengers members individually if Pym did not form a team to stop him. Pym reluctantly agreed and Ultron-59 teleported away from the Pym house. Pym then asked his wife how much money she still had and she replied that she couldn't take the money with her anyways.
Ultron-59 rematerialized aboard the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror's timeship and the two discussed their upcoming plans to destroy the Avengers. Kang showed Ultron-59 the book he had come across called "The Last Avengers Story" and Ultron-59 feigned a puzzled demeanor about its origins. They then discussed one of their allies, Oddball , a strange creature with the ability to cause psychological disorders in others by mere touch who had accompanied the Grim Reaper into Kang and Ultron's grouping. Standing behind the two villains, Oddball began to argue with Kang until Ultron-59 grabbed Oddball by the throat and threatened his life. Appearing from another room, the Grim Reaper sliced off Ultron-59's forearm and claimed that if Oddball was harassed again, Ultron-59 would die at his hands. Ultron-59 easily replaced his missing limb and agreed that the point was noted. As the Grim Reaper and Oddball walked off, they discussed Reaper's desire for revenge against his brother and father.
Unaware they were being recorded on video screens as events unfolded, Hank Pym and the Wasp began a search of the destroyed Avengers nuclear facility base when a large chunk of the facility fell. Wasp screamed for Hank to look out but he was saved by the timely arrival of the mutant hero Cannonball, who grabbed the chunk of rock. The Human Torch arrived moments later and melted the rock to slag before Cannonball could rid himself of it. After some reminiscing and chit-chat, the Wasp began a search of her own and came across the mace of their fallen comrade and former Avenger Hercules. She then reminisced of the last time she had seen him but was interrupted by the arrival of gun-toting superhero Hotshot and Bombshell, the alleged daughter of Hercules. The Wasp handed the mace over to Bombshell and Bombshell mentioned that someday, she would find a way to make it into the sky and find her missing alleged father. Hotshot began to argue with her, commenting that Bombshell only had her mother's word that Hercules was her father, but the argument was quickly silenced by the Wasp. After all of the gathered superheroes spoke of the problem with Ultron-59's challenge, they decided that Hank Pym should lead the newly formed, unofficial team and Pym set off to contact some more "peers" of his in hopes of recruiting them to join his cause against Ultron-59. Human Torch mentioned that he would also talk to his daughter Marissa.
As Hank Pym later arrived in Washington, D.C., a crazed gunman was firing on civilians. A police officer yelled to a civilian that the S.W.A.T. team would take care of the problem. Just as the civilian woman doubted the police officer, Jessie Wingfoot walked toward the gunman, who fired on her. The bullets bounced off of her bulletproof S.W.A.T. vest and she punched part of the building, knocking the gunman off the building. He was taken away by medical officials and the police officer thanked Officer Wingfoot. As Jessie was taking her leave of the scene, Hank Pym approached her. She greeted him with a kiss and agreed to accompany Pym. On the plane ride to their next potential recruit, Pym and Jessie discussed Ultron-59's challenge on the plane ride. Jessie agreed to join Pym's group, claiming that she was ready to take a leave of absence from the police force anyway. Pym soon thought about how recent tests of his Pym Particle wraponry had come up a bit less than he had hoped but he shrugged the thoughts aside and contacted his old friend Reed Richards, who declined Pym's offer to join against Ultron-59 due to his powers leaving him in a permanently stretched out shape. Reed wished Pym's team luck, however, and went back to trying to teach a lobotomized Victor Von Doom how to play checkers.
As Hank and Jessie arrived at their next destination, they were greeted by Bobbi Barton in her Mockingbird costume telling them to take a hike. Clint Barton (formerly Hawkeye) heard them from the other room and told Bobbi to let them in. After Hank told Clint their situation, Clint suggested they find Captain America, whom he thought to be frozen in suspended animation after his supposed death. Hank claimed that some believed Kennedy had not truly died as well and that he could not recruit urban myths. When Jessie grew impatient, she and Hank began to make their leave and Jessie suggested the quick-tempered Mockingbird deal with her personal pain and get on with her life. Mockingbird replied that Jessie had not been there when she and Hawkeye last fought injustice and recounted her last mission. As Hank and Jessie departed, Clint played a game of darts and got three bullseyes despite his blindness. On the walk back to their plane, Hank Pym remembered the last time he had actually seen Captain America in person. Hank then recalled the presidency of Captain America and his assassination and funeral. After thinking of the situation, Hank decided that he needed to find the Vision.
(The Last Avengers Story#2) - In the Himalayas, Tommy Maximoff spoke via a mystic hologram with his brother Billy, now known as the Grim Reaper, about how Reaper was part of the plan to urge the Avengers into their final battle. Tommy replied that he would not fight his brother and the Reaper said that many others would die unless he sided with "the pathetic forces of good." After the hologram vanished, Tommy spoke with his master and trainer of the mystic arts, Doctor Strange, about what he should do and how he was not ready to face his brother. Meanwhile, on their plane, Jessie and Hank Pym were discussing who else they could recruit. They mentioned how the Black Widow was crippled, Black Panther was dead, Quasar was insane and the Wild Man was both dead and insane, ultimately deciding to give Peter Parker a call. Peter declined their offer as well, citing that his responsibilities laid with his wife and son Ben after he had quit being Spider-Man.
While Jessie asked Pym about Marissa Storm, the Human Torch was actually trying to recruit his daughter to join the battle against Ultron-59, saying that they could use her flame-object powers for good. She declined as well, stating that her father was stupid to risk his life and that he looked stupid in his costume. Johnny got angry at her but his wife Alicia comforted him and commented that Marissa had inherited her father's stubbornness. Returning to the heroes' base, Hank conducted an experiment and successfully recreated his Pym Particle formula, causing a rock to shrink to submicroscopic size. Jessie decided to take a shower but was interrupted by Tommy Maximoff, who now wished to join the fight. Grim Reaper soon sent a holographic image to warn his foes of their upcoming battle and announced that it would take place in the burnt-out remains of Greenwich Village in New York. The group immediately set out to find the Vision and with Tommy's help, they found him weightlessly floating in the air at an enormous size, having surrendered his humanity and solid form. Tommy attempted to recruit his father but the Vision remained silent. Angered, Tommy and the others left him to his destiny as the Vision recalled a long-faded memory involving Quicksilver.
The team then called a meeting together at their base to discuss a strategy. Many of the team members just chit-chatted between each other as Hank felt guilty and non-effective as a team leader. He then went for a walk and was once again confronted by Ultron-59. The two discussed the reasons for the final battle and Ultron-59 once again teleported away at the end of the discussion. The next day, the team arrived at Greenwich Village, ready for battle. Chris Valada, a news reporter, also arrived to cover the battle. Hotshot reminded her that his best side was his right side and the Wasp yelled at him for risking the lives of the news crew. The battle subsequently began as Kang's giant timeship lowered down to Greenwich Village. At the last minute, Hank Pym chickened out and escaped into the Microverse, leaving his team to the hands of fate.
Kang ordered his minions to attack and Hotshot made the first assault, firing off round after round against Kang's force field. Kang covered Hotshot in a force field and the next shot that Hotshot took was his last, as it reflected off the force field and blasted off the right side of his face, killing him. Bombshell then attacked Kang by exploding the ground beneath Kang's feet. Kang jumped into the air and blasted off one of Bombshell's legs with his laser gloves. As she tried to stagger off, the angry Wasp threatened Kang's life. Tommy Maximoff tried to blast the Grim Reaper with a mystic power bolt, only to have it reflected away by his scythe, barely missing hitting the Human Torch. As the Torch's wife and daughter watched on television, Ultron-59 grabbed the Human Torch mid-flight and threw him at Jessie Wingfoot. Human Torch then halted his momentum and turned to fire a flame blast at Ultron-59, giving Jessie the chance to run up and punch her fist through Ultron-59's midsection. Unfortunately, Ultron-59 survived and repaired himself around her hand, leaving her hand trapped within his chest. Ultron-59 then jumped backwards, breaking Jessie's arm.
Human Torch then fired another flame blast, allowing Jessie to escape and grab Ultron-59 by the neck. As she did so, the Grim Reaper came from behind and impaled Jessie, passing harmlessly through Ultron-59. Tommy became angry and a retaliatory Cannonball flew head-on into Ultron-59, grounding the robot into the dirt. During that time, the Torch helped Bombshell stand and they tried to stagger off of the battlefield to safety. Ultron-59 traveled through the ground and blasted up from the ground in front of the Torch and Bombshell. Bombshell used her explosion powers against Ultron-59, disrupting his molecules and leaving him momentarily stunned. Cannonball turned his attacks towards Kang, battering Kang's force field with his own blast field. As he flew at Kang, Kang lowered his shield allowing Cannonball to pass halfway through his shield and then raised the shield back up, trapping Cannonball inside the field. Kang then took a gun to Cannonball face and fired, killing Cannonball. The Avengers then began to turn their enemies away momentarily until Ultron-59 summoned forth Ultrons 20-40 to battle the team. Human Torch was grazed by one of the robots and fell to the ground, injured. Tommy erected a mystic shield around Torch and continued his own assault. As the Wasp was flying, she became affected by Oddball's psychological disorders and flew into a trashcan. Picking her up, Oddball pulled out a scalpel and prepared to cut her in two but was stopped by the return of Hank Pym using his old Pym Particle gun. Pym then shrank Oddball down in size, where he was crushed by the attacking Ultron robots. Reaper became crazed following the death of Oddball and ran from the protection of Kang's shield as the Ultron robots began to overwhelm the remaining Avengers.
When all seemed lost, Mockingbird appeared, jumping from Ultron robot to Ultron robot and attaching explosives to their frames. Hawkeye also joined in the battle using an earpiece that allowed him to trace where his opponents were. As the battle progressed, the Vision continued to slowly recall past memories. Grounded by her missing leg, Bombshell continued to blast apart the Ultron robots. During the commotion, Hawkeye stumbled and fell from the ledge he was perched on and was saved by the Human Torch. With more of the Ultron robots destroyed by Mockingbird's explosives, Tommy began his battle with the Grim Reaper as Hank began his own battle with Ultron-59. When Hank gained the upper hand, Kang shot him in the back, angering Ultron-59 by interfering in their personal battle. Ultron-59 then turned on Kang and together with the Wasp, shattered his force field. Kang attacked the Wasp but she dodged every attack. She then flew down and shot Kang through his eyeholes in his mask and out the back of his head using her bio-stings. As the Wasp mourned her now-deceased husband, Ultron-59 used the opportunity to absorb the remaining Ultron robots, causing him to grow to enormous size. While Tommy continued his battle with the Grim Reaper, the Vision was awakened by his memory of Scarlet Witch's death and he flew into the fray against the giant Ultron-59. The Vision then merged his density with that of Ultron-59's, causing the deaths of both and effectively ending the battle.
Afterwards, a monument was erected in memory of the battle and the Wasp visited it with Hawkeye in tow. Clint asked Janet if she believed in God. She replied in the negative and Clint remarked that there had to be something bigger watching over them. He then reiterated his claim that Captain America was not actually dead and that he would return soon. The Wasp, humoring her old teammate, said "Okay, Hawkeye...whatever you say." and dismissed Hawkeye's words as nothing more than Hawkeye being a dreamer, unaware that they were being watched from afar by a partially frozen Captain America. When Cap's screen marked the file history as complete and asked what Cap's next command would be, Cap replied "What else...save it."
(Avengers Forever I#7 (fb) - BTS) - A statue of Hawkeye of Earth-Avengers: Last Avengers Story was made, and was later viewed by his Earth-616 counterpart.
Comments: Created by Peter David and Ariel
Olivetti.
The whole Earth-"The Last Avengers
Story" seems to be mostly the same as Earth-616, with the exceptions
listed in
the history.
The body of
this story would seem to take place 20+ years after the modern era. It
remains unclear to me whether this is a divergent or alternate reality,
but I'd lean towards the latter. I guess if it were a divergent Earth,
the point of divergence would be that the Scarlet Witch somehow
actually had real children, rather than just demon energy from Mephisto.
Avengers West Coast Annual#7 showed an
alternate world where the Vision was never reprogrammed and they kept
their children. It could represent an earlier appearance of this
reality appearance.
Also, it is apparently unclear
whether the wedding of Hank and Janet mentioned up above was their
first or second marriage. If it was supposed to be their first, then
that would really skew things as the Vision and Scarlet Witch didn't
have kids until way after Hank and Jan's marriage. I guess that leaves
the point of divergence open and the answer of whether it is an
alternate or divergent realm open.
--Snood.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-9511 has no known connections to:
Alicia Storm, wife of Human Torch, is not to be confused with:
Ben Parker, Peter Parker's son, is not to be confused with:
Bombshell, member of the Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Cannonball, member of the
Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Captain America, former president, is not to be confused with:
Doctor Strange, trainer of Tommy Maximoff, is not to be confused with:
Gestalt, a member of the new Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Grim Reaper, brother of Tommy Maximoff, is not to be confused with:
Hawkeye, Avenger, is not to be confused with:
Hercules, former Avengers member, is not to be confused with:
High Tide, a member of the new Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Hotshot, a new member of the Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Hulk, traitorous former member,
is not to be confused with:
Human Torch, member of the Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Iron Man, former member of the Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Jessie Wingfoot, member of the Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Oddball, psychological villain, is not to be confused with:
Peter Parker, formerly Spider-Man, is not to be confused with:
Sequoia, one of the new Avengers, is not to be confused with:
She-Hulk, city-wide protector, is not to be confused with:
Super-Ego, one of the new Avengers, is not to be confused with:
Thing, ally of Thor, is not to be confused with:
Thor, former Avengers member, is not to be confused with:
Tigra, former Avenger, is not to be confused with:
Ultron-59, the robotic villain, is not to be confused with:
Vision, android Avenger, is not to be confused with:
This team of new Avengers was formed by President America to deal with problems only superheroes could handle. They ended up just spending most of their time playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. During one of their card games, a nuclear bomb was dropped on their base by Ultron-59, killing all inside.
When Jessie Wingfoot and Hank Pym were on their way
back to their base, they discussed former
Avengers they could possibly get ahold of to recruit against Ultron-59.
Hank Pym decided "no" on the Black Panther due to the Black Panther's
earlier death.
When Jessie Wingfoot and Hank Pym were on their way
back to their base, they discussed former
Avengers they could possibly get ahold of to recruit against Ultron-59.
Hank Pym decided "no" on the Black Widow due to her earlier crippling.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2
Following the deaths of the newer
Avengers, Cannonball investigated their bombed out nuclear facility
headquarters and saved the equally-investigating Hank Pym from a
falling piece of debris. When Human Torch arrived as well, both him and
Cannonball decided to help Hank in an impending battle with Ultron-59,
Kang, Oddball & the Grim Reaper. During their final battle,
Cannonball was killed when Kang trapped
him within his force field and then shot him in the head.
Cannonball possessed the same propulsion abilities and superhuman blast field that protected him from harm that his Earth-616 counterpart possesses.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2d,Captain America was a former member of the Avengers, alongside Hank Pym, Hulk, Wasp, Iron Man and Thor. During the so-called "Villain Massacre," in which the government enlisted all of the superheroes to contain all of the supervillains, only to execute them, Hank Pym was worried and guilt-ridden over his role in it. Captain America came to visit him and Hank explained that the government had suckered the heroes into doing their dirty work and that he was considering quitting being a hero. Cap said he couldn't blame him since many other heroes were also taking that route. Hank asked him what would make him quit and Cap replied "Death. Maybe." After the "Villain Massacre," Captain America ran for presidency and won. He was a very successful president and he even formed a new Avengers team to deal with situations only superheroes could handle. During his third term of presidency, Cap was shot and seemingly killed. At his funeral, Hank Pym worried that if Cap could be killed, what chance did other heroes have. When Hank Pym and Jessie Wingfoot later visited Clint Barton's residence years later, he claimed that Hank should try to find Captain America if he was looking for able-bodied heroes. Clint claimed that Captain America was really in suspended animation until they could heal him from gunshot wounds, though Pym remained skeptical. During the Avengers' subsequent battle against Ultron-59, Captain America, apparently still injured or at least out of the limelight, viewed the entire battle from computer video screens that he commanded. When the battle was over, Captain America told the computer to save the file.
Captain America presumably had the same abilities as the Earth-616 counterpart of himself, which includes enhanced strength (over 800 pounds), agility, durability, reflexes and slowed aging.
Daredevil was present at Captain America's "funeral."
He presumably has the same powers as his Earth-616 counterpart, including superhuman senses and a radar sense.
Daredevil was never fully seen, only visible from the chest down.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)In the Himalayas, when the Grim Reaper spoke with his brother, Tommy Maximoff, via a holographic image, Tommy spoke to his master/trainer in the mystic arts, Doctor Strange.
Doctor Strange presumably possessed a complete mastery over the mystic arts, as does his Earth-616 counterpart.
Gestalt was a member of a team of new Avengers formed by President America to deal with problems that only superheroes could handle, though they ended up spending most of their time playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. During one of their card games, High Tide accused Gestalt of entering his mind and checking out High Tide's cards. Gestalt denied the accusation, and the rest of the Avengers admitted they felt no psychic intrusion, but when Gestalt commented that he need not use his powers due to the High Tide's terrible poker face, High Tide got angry and fired a blast of water at Gestalt. The blast was deflected by the telekinetic Super-Ego. As High Tide sat back down, complaining, a nuclear bomb was dropped on the Avengers' Shoreham base, killing all inside.
Gestalt was a telepath and telekinetic, able to see into the minds of others and telekinetically levitate small objects.
--The Last Avengers Story#1d
Before the battle took place, the Grim Reaper appeared on two different occasions as a holographic image. Whether this was technological or an actual power, possibly mystic in nature, was undetermined. If his scythe is seperated from him, he can teleport it and materialize it back onto his hand.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2 Hawkeye used a special earpiece that allowed him to track his
opponents and still retained much of his marksmanship skills despite being blind.
The former Avenger Hercules apparently fathered a daughter. A short time after, Hercules and Thor, along with Hulk and Thing, left Earth to save Asgard and Olympus when they were simultaneously threatened. Not long after, only the Hulk returned and years later, Hercules' apparent daughter became a superhero in her own right under the codename of Bombshell. Bombshell constantly sought a way to travel to Asgard and Olympus in hopes of finding her missing father.
Hercules presumably had all the same demi-god powers that his Earth-616 counterpart had, including superhuman strength, agility, endurance, durability and immortality.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)High Tide was a member of a team of new Avengers
formed by President America to deal with problems only superheroes
could handle, though they ended up just spending most of their time
playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. During a poker game,
High Tide accused Gestalt of entering his mind to see his cards,
although no one else could feel any mental intrusion. Gestalt denied
the accusation, claiming he didn't need his powers to know the cards
due to High Tide's terrible poker face and angering High Tide, who
fired a blast of water at him. The blast was deflected by the
telekinetic Super-Ego and the argument started to calm down. As High
Tide
sat back down and complained, a nuclear bomb was dropped on their base
by Ultron-59, killing all inside.
High Tide could manipulate water, at least to the
degree that he could project high pressure blasts of water from his
fingertips.
Hotshot was the son of the Black Knight and he became known as a gun-toting superhero. Hotshot and Bombshell, the apparent daughter of Hercules, visited the new Avengers' nuclear facility headquarters after the deaths of the Avengers, where they joined up with Hank Pym and the Wasp as a ragtag group of Avengers against the upcoming battle against the robot Ultron-59. Prior to the battle against Ultron-59, Hotshot called the press and caught some flack for it because he endangered the lives of the arriving news crew. Once the battle began, however, he used his firearms against the force field of the time-traveling Kang. When Kang placed a force field around Hotshot, he attempted shooting his way out of the field, only to have his shots reflected back at him, killing the hero. After Hotshot's death, Bombshell retaliated by using her powers against Kang but Kang dodged and fired back at her, blasting off her leg.
Hotshot didn't appear to possess any superhuman powers but he used a variety of guns in battle.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2d
Hulk had the same powers as his Earth-616 counterpart, including superhuman strength, durability, a healing factor and a height increase when angry.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)
A retired member of the Fantastic Four, Johnny Storm
fathered a daughter, Marissa, with his wife Alicia. Years later, when
Hank Pym and the Wasp visited the nuclear site headquarters where the
new Avengers had been killed,
they were noticed by both Human Torch and Cannonball, both of whom were
equally investigating the rubble. Both heroes joined the newly formed
ragtag band of Avengers under Hank
Pym's leadership in preparation for an impending battle against the
robot Ultron-59 and the Human Torch returned home in an attempt to also
recruit his daughter into the fight. She declined, suggesting Johnny
looked stupid in his superhero costume at his age,
and he got angry until his wife Alicia spoke with him. Nonetheless, he
later joined the Avengers during their "final battle" against Ultron-59
and his allies, where
he took many near-death hits, including a fall caused by a reflected
mystic power bolt, being choked and
thrown, and being grazed by two Ultron robots. He managed to survive
through Ultron-59's destruction at the Vision's hands and his family
was overjoyed he had survived.
Human Torch had all the powers of his Earth-616 counterpart, including the creation and manipulation of fire and flame, as well as flight.
--The Last
Avengers Story#1 (#2
Iron Man was a former Avenger alongside Thor, Captain
America, Hank Pym, Hulk and Wasp. He attended the "funeral" of Captain America.
It is probable that his armor that
same gadgets that his Earth-616 counterpart had.
It is unrevealed
what happened to him but he was not present during
the "final battle" against Ultron-59. Unfortunately, this is the best
picture I could get of Iron Man and it is taken from an image of Iron
Man seen in the mind's eye of Hank Pym. We do actually see a color
image of Iron Man at Cap's "funeral" but he is only seen there from the
waist down.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)
Richard M. Jones, Esq. was the chairman of the Time
Capsule project, which preserved the eternal record of humanity and its
superheroics inside a bunker made to withstand a nuclear holocaust.
Jones possessed one of two keys needed to access the Time Capsule
mini-museum with the United States President possessing the second key.
When Ultron-59 broke into the Time Capsule, he thought about the
history of the Time Capsule and Jones' history and access to it.
A temporally divergent counterpart of Earth-6311's Kang, this Kang was lured into a proposed "final battle" with the Avengers on Earth-9511 by a seemingly historical document of the battle entitled The Last Avengers Story that was secretly placed within Earth-9511's Time Capsule museum by Ultron-59, who sought an alliance with Kang for the battle. Successfully lured into the alliance when he discovered the book and its fake historical documentation at some point in time, Kang became very confident that he would win the "final battle" and he joined up with Ultron-59 on Earth-9511, unaware that Ultron-59 had orchestrated the entire situation. Having been tricked into the alliance, the still-unaware Kang thought himself in charge of the group of supervillains assembled for the final battle despite Ultron-59 being the true mastermind. After challenging Hank Pym to a battle they were sure they would win in Greenwich Village, Kang, Ultron-59, Grim Reaper and Oddball arrived to battle a ragtag band of Avengers assembled by Pym. As the battle began, Kang killed Hotshot, the son of former Avenger Black Knight, by erecting a force field around Hotshot that reflected Hotshot's gunfire back on him. When Bombshell retaliated by using her powers against Kang, Kang severed Bombshell's leg. As the battle progressed, Kang also killed Hank Pym by shooting him in the back and killed Cannonball by trapping him halfway inside his force field then shooting him. Kang himself was eventually killed when the Wasp, acting out of grief and anger, fired a bioelectric sting through the eyeholes of Kang's mask and out of the back of his head.
Kang did not have any inherent
superhuman powers but he used a variety of futuristic weaponry
including force field generators and energy blasters.
The Last Avengers Story was falsified book that chronicled the nonexistent "final" battle of the Avengers against several of their foes. Attempting to destroy the Avengers for good and essentially create this "final battle," the robot Ultron-59 broke into the Time Capsule museum managed by Richard Jones and placed The Last Avengers Story book inside as bait to lure the time-traveling Kang into allying with him against the Avengers. Discovering the book at some point in the timestream, Kang became very confident of his victory against the Avengers after reading the book and, as planned, he allied with Ultron-59 against the Avengers.
Tommy possessed the mystic abilties inherited from his mother, the Scarlet Witch.
--The Last Avengers Story#2
In her younger days, while part of the Avengers, Mockingbird
accompanied Hawkeye, Tigra, Wonder Man and the Hulk in a battle against
Ultron-19. During the battle, Hulk turned on his teammates, killing
Tigra and punching a hole through the chest of Wonder Man. Noticing the
ionic energy leaking from Wonder Man, Mockingbird knocked out Hawkeye,
whom she knew would attempt to rescue his ally, and attempted to get
them both to safety before Wonder Man exploded. Succesfully getting a
good distance away before the explosion, Mockingbird witnessed Hawkeye
regain consciousness and his subsequent blinding during Wonder Man's
explosive death throws. Years later, when Hank Pym came
to their house to recruit allies for an upcoming battle against
Ultron-59, Mockingbird declined to help and told Pym to take a hike.
Clint overheard
them arguing and invited Pym into their home. Despite Clint dreaming
that Captain America may someday return, Bobbi remained very
disinterested in being an Avenger again. Later, during the Avengers'
"final battle" against Ultron-59, Mockingbird and
Hawkeye jumped into the fray to save their friends. Jumping from Ultron
robot to Ultron robot, planting explosives on each one, Mockingbird
also managed to blind an Ultron robot using her battle staves.
Mockingbird's explosives ultimately destroyed the Ultron robots but
Ultron-59 absorbed them into himself, growing to giant size, only to be
destroyed when an arriving Vision merged with the robot.
Mockingbird used much of the same weaponry as her Earth-616
counterpart, including battle staves. She also used explosives in battle.
Oddball had the ability to cause psychological disorders in order by simply touching them.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2d Peter Parker presumably still possessed the
same abilities as his Earth-616 counterpart,
including superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, a spider-sense, and
the ability to cling to walls. He formerly used a web fluid formula of
his own design in his guise as Spider-Man.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2d
--The Last Avengers Story#2 (fb) - BTS (#2 - BTS,
The brother of the heroic Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver held animosity against the synthezoid Vision because of his love for his sister. At Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne's wedding, Quicksilver arrived and attacked the Vision. During the ensuing scuffle, Quicksilver ran at superhuman speed towards the Vision but the Scarlet Witch jumped in front of him and used her hex power, causing the opposite of Quicksilver's intentions to occur. Affected by the hex, Quicksilver lost control and was unable to stop, ultimately slamming into and killing his sister. Grief stricken, Quicksilver immediately ran off the side of cliff in a crazed attempt to join the Scarlet Witch.
Quicksilver possessed the same superhuman speed as his Earth-616 counterpart.
A former Fantastic Four member, Reed Richards' body was similar to "melted play-dough" after years of using his stretching abilities, forcing him to wear a body brace to function normally. When Hank Pym called up Reed Richards during his attempts at building the ranks of a makeshift Avengers team he was assembling to battle the robot Ultron-59, Reed declined to join due to the state of his body. Following the phone call, Reed returned to trying to teach an apparently lobotomized Victor Von Doom how to play checkers.
Reed Richards still retained the stretching abilities of his Earth-616 counterpart, although he didn't use them anymore.
--The Last Avengers Story#1
Scarlet Witch had the same hex powers as her Earth-616 counterpart.
--The Last Avengers
Story#2 (fb)
Sequoia was a member of a team of new Avengers formed by President America to deal with problems only superheroes could handle, though they ended up just spending most of their time playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. During one poker game, High Tide accused Gestalt of entering his mind but Sequoia and his teammate Super-Ego confessed that they felt no sort of telepathic intrusion. Sequoia followed up by asking High Tide was wrong, at which point High Tide grew angry and fired a blast of water at Gestalt. Super-Ego deflected the blast and, as High Tide set back down and complained, a nuclear bomb was dropped on the Avengers' base by the robot Ultron-59, killing all inside.
Sequoia's form was tree-like in appearance and he could presumably could control plant life, although he
never actually displayed any specific superhuman powers.
A former Avenger, the heroic She-Hulk eventually had a child by Wyatt Wingfoot and named her Jessica. After Jessica's birth, She-Hulk remained active during a period known as the "Great Cataclysm," in which horrible weather devastated the planet, sparking worldwide riots. Not too long after the Cataclysm, She-Hulk disappeared.
She-Hulk possessed the superhuman strength and durability of her Earth-616 counterpart.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)
The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant was originally built to function as an actual power plant but it was never brought online. After President America formed a new team of Avengers to combat threats that only superheroes could handle, Shoreham was leased to the new Avengers to act as their headquarters. Most of the time, the Avengers just hung around Shoreham playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. Ultimately, the robot Ultron-59 sought to destroy the true Avengers once and for all and in the early phases of his plan, Ultron dropped a nuclear bomb onto Shoreham, killing all inside and eventually drawing out some of the retired former Avengers.
The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant functioned as a
base of operations for the new Avengers and was equipped with a large
recreation room that housed card tables, pool tables and a stage for
dancing.
The blind Alicia Storm was the loving wife of Johnny Storm, the retired Human Torch of the Fantastic Four. Together they had a daughter, Marissa. After joining Hank Pym's makeshift Avengers team against the robot Ultron-59, the Human Torch returned home in an unsuccessful attempt to recruit Marissa. Following an argument between Johnny and Marissa, Alicia was there to calm Johnny, acting as the voice of reason to Johnny's fiery temper. During the televised battle against Ultron-59, Alicia and Marissa watched Johnny in action and when the Torch fell in action, Alicia asked Marissa if the silent Johnny was moving.
Marissa had the ability to create solid objects out of flame.
--The Last Avengers Story#2Sue Storm was married to Reed Richards and was a
member of the heroic Fantastic Four. At some point after the "Great
Cataclysm," in which natural disasters and rioting ravaged the world,
Sue
left to parts unknown with She-Hulk and years later, was still missing
in action when Jessie Wingfoot suggested Hank Pym recruit more of the
old Fantastic Four into his makeshift Avengers team against the robot
Ultron-59.
Sue presumably possessed the invisibility and invisible force generation of her Earth-616 counterpart.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb) - BTS (#1 - BTS,Super-Ego was a member of a new team of Avengers formed by President America to deal with problems only superheroes could handle, though they ended up just spending most of their time playing cards or watching scantily-clad dancers. During a poker game, High Tide accused Gestalt of entering his mind to spy his cards, although neither Super-Ego nor his teammate Sequoia sensed any telepathic intrusion. When High Tide became angry and fired a blast of water at Gestalt, Super-Ego used his powers to deflect the blast and High Tide sat back down, complaining. Moments later, a nuclear bomb was dropped on the new Avengers' base, killing all inside.
Super-Ego had telekinetic abilities.
Thing had the same superhuman strength and durability of his Earth-616 counterpart.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)Thor was a former member of the Avengers who left for Olympus and Asgard during the "Great Cataclysm" alongside
Thing, the Hulk and Hercules. He never returned.
He presumably had the same superhuman strength, durability, endurance and agility, as well as the weather manipulating abilities, of his Earth-616 counterpart.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb) Tigra possessed the same superhuman agility and razor-sharp teeth & claws of her Earth-616
counterpart.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (fb)
The Time Capsule was bunker containing the eternal record of humanity, especially in regards to superheroics. Funded by US tax dollars, the Time Capsule project was chaired by Richard M. Jones, Esq., who retained one of the two keys needed to access the Time Capsule itself, with the second key possessed by the US President. Inside the bunker meant to withstand a nuclear holocaust were various artifacts related to superheroics and the Capsule was kept under strict guard. Wishing to lure the Avengers into a final battle with him, the robot Ultron-59 broke into the Time Capsule, killing the guards on duty, and placed within the Capsule a fake book entitled The Last Avengers Story, a book meant specifically to lure the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror to ally himself with Ultron. As planned, Kang noticed the book within the Capsule during a later point in the timestream and became convinced that he could win a final battle against the Avengers, as seemingly evidenced in the book.
Some of the
interesting artifacts within the Time Capsule were: a severed Sentinel
head, computer monitors displaying the various former members of the
Avengers, Silver Surfer's surfboard, Juggernaut's helmet, Apocalypse's
severed head, various Spider-Man masks and part of one of his costumes,
a photo of Charles Xavier and his wheelchair and hoverchair, Magneto's
helmet and cape, a photo of the Beast and his pelt, various pieces of
Iron Man armor, a brain in a jar (possibly the Eternal Brain?), a photo
of Dr. Strange & one of his amulets, Daredevil's mask and
billy-club, Nova's helmet, the H from one of Hawkeye's masks and one of
his bows (with an arrow), a scythe-like weapon (perhaps from the
original Grim Reaper?), a skull with sharp teeth, Black Knight's
helmet, a photo of the Thing and a "4" logo presumably from one
of his costumes, one of Thor's helmets and his hammer (though the
hammer appeared rusted & we know Thor disappeared in this reality
so perhaps this hammer was fake or belonged to someone else?),
Punisher's skull logo shirt and white ammo pouches from his belt, one
of his guns and two large artillery shells, the Scarlet Witch's
headdress, Wolverine's mask and the "X" logo from his belt, Cyclops'
skullcap and visor and the "X" logo from his belt, a old, severed head
of the Vision (which he must have replaced at some point because he
existed with a head in this reality), Doctor Octopus' tentacles,
several books and the Absorbing Man's ball and chain.
Vision was married to the Scarlet Witch, whose brother Quicksilver objected to their love, and had two sons by her, Tommy and Billy. During the wedding of Hank Pym and the Wasp, Quicksilver attacked the Vision and ran at him at superhuman speed. Scarlet Witch jumped in front of the Vision and tried to use her hex powers against Quicksilver, causing him to lose control and slam into her, crushing the Scarlet Witch. After looking upon the faces of his children as they witnessed their mother's death, the Vision removed himself from humanity and became immaterial, floating for years in a semi-inert state. As his density decreased over time, the Vision grew larger and his molecules grew more and more apart. By the time that his son Tommy and Hank Pym's makeshift Avengers found him in an attempt to recruit his help against the robot Ultron-59, the Vision was enormous and barely even existing on the normal plane of existence. Vision remained inert and did not acknowledge their existence, angering Tommy, so the Avengers ultimately left. During the final battle between the Avengers and their enemies, Ultron-59 absorbed his army of past Ultron incarnations into himself and grew to a gigantic size. The Vision, reawakened by the memories of Wanda's death that had resurfaced, flew to the scene and merged himself with Ultron-59, effectively killing them both.
The Vision
apparently replaced his head at some point, as one of his heads was
seen in the Time Capsule mini-museum and he definitely had a head
during his period of immaterialization.
The Vision, like his Earth-616 counterpart, possessed the ability to alter his density at will.
Victor Von Doom appeared to have been lobotomized (based on the scar across his head) at some point and he was left in the care of Reed Richards, who attempted to teach Doom how to play checkers. During a game of checkers with Doom, Reed Richards was contacted by Hank Pym in an attempt to recruit Reed into the ranks of Pym's makeshift Avengers against the robot Ultron-59. Reed declined because years of stretching had left his body "like melted play-dough" and when Pym asked about Doom, Reed suggested Doom also would not be of any help due to his state of mind. After the call, Reed resumed trying to teach the zoned out Doom how to play checkers. When Doom successfully predicted a move to counter Reed's last, Reed praised him.
Victor Von Doom still wore some armor
(at least a mask and glove) but he likely did not still possess the
knowledge of sorcery that his Earth-616 counterpart possesses.
--The Last Avengers Story#1
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2
The former Avenger known as the Wild Man at one
point went insane and died. Some time later, when Jessie Wingfoot and
Hank Pym were returning from an attempt at recruiting allies against
the robot Ultron-59, Jessie suggested the Wild Man, whom Hank declined
to reach out to on the grounds that he was both dead and insane.
--The Last Avengers Story#2 (fb) - BTS (#2 - BTS,
Jessica Wingfoot is the daughter of Wyatt Wingfoot and She-Hulk. Her father died before she was born and her mother went missing in action alongside the Fantastic Four's Sue Storm. Growing up, Jessie eventually became a police S.W.A.T. team officer and, while extremely effective, she was known to cause damage to nearby buildings during her work. Following a mission, Jessie was met by former Avenger Hank Pym, whom she immediately recognized and greeted with big kiss. When Hank asked her assistance in an upcoming battle against the robot Ultron-59, Jessie jumped at the chance to join the Avengers, remarking that she had been considering a leave of absence from the police force anyway. She then accompanied Hank in his attempts to recruit other allies and later joined the makeshift Avengers squad during their "final battle" against Ultron-59. During the battle, however, she was killed when she tried to grab Ultron-59 and was impaled by the Grim Reaper's scythe from behind.
Jessie had superhuman strength (presumably on par with her mother, She-Hulk) and durability.
--The Last Avengers Story#1 (#2d
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The Last Avengers
Story#2, front cover (Final battle on Earth-9511 (main image), Hawkeye,
Human Torch, Hank Pym & Wasp images)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p35, pan3 (Earth-9511 landscape)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p4, pan1 (Avengers & Sequoia images)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p23, pan5 (Bombshell & Hotshot images)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p20, pan3 (Cannonball)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p47, pan1 (Captain Ameri
The Last Avengers Story#1, p45, pan5 (Daredevil)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p1, pan9 (Dr. Strange)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p4, pan3 (Gestalt)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p34, pan4 (Grim Reaper)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p22, pan1 (Hercules, Thing & Thor images)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p4, pan4 (High Tide)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p36, pan1 (Hulk)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p17, pan1 (Kang the Conqueror & Ultron-59 images)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p2, pan6 (The Last Avengers Story)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p35, pan4 (Tommy Maximoff)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p25, pan4 (Mockingbird)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p23, pan2 (Oddball)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p3, pan3 (Ben Parker & Mary Jane Parker images)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p38, pan3 (Quicksilver)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p30, pan4-5 (Reed Richards & Victor Von Doom images)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p27, pan1 (Scarlet Witch)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p22, pan3 (She-Hulk)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p3, pan2 (Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p7, pan1 (Alicia Storm)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p5, pan3 (Marissa Storm)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p3, pan3 (Super-Ego)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p37, pan4 (Tigra)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p2, pan1-2 (Time Capsule)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p15, pan3 (Chris Valada)
The Last Avengers Story#2, p39, pan6 (Vision)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p26, pan1 (Jessica Wingfoot)
The Last Avengers Story#1, p39, pan1 (Wonder Man)
Appearances:
The Last Avengers Story#1-2 (November-December,
1995) - Peter David (writer), Ariel Olivetti (art), Marcus McLaurin
(editor)
Avengers Forever I#7 (June, 1999) - Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern
(writers), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Jesus Merino (inks), Tom Brevoort
(editor)
First Posted: 03/05/2004
Last updated: 03/29/2023
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