EARTH-FACES
OF JUSTICE
Type: Divergent Earth
Environment: Earth-like
Usual
means of access:
Presumably
vibrational attunement
Dominant
Life Form:
Asgardians, cyclopes, humans,
robots, trolls
Significant Inhabitants: A.I.M., Atlanteans, the Avengers (Ant-Man/Giant-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp), Baron Zemo, Crimebots (Alpha-Bot, numerous others), Hydra, Edwin Jarvis, Loki, MODOK, Odin, S. H. I. E. L. D., Whiplash, Arnim Zola; possibly Ben Grimm, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Ultron (see comments)
First
Appearance: The
Mighty
Avengers: The Faces of
Justice! coloring book (2011)
History: (The Mighty Avengers: The Faces
of Justice!) - After being banished to Asgard’s Island of the Trolls by
Thor,
Loki sent a troll to Earth to cause mischief.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The troll briefly disguised
itself as the Hulk before returning to its normal form in time for
Bruce Banner
to see the troll’s destruction. Tony Stark also learned of the bridge’s
destruction via a coded message on his computer screen and quickly
chose a suit
of Iron Man armor.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) - While Iron Man was flying to the scene, Bruce Banner
stumbled
across the troll mid-destruction and, transforming into the Hulk,
rushed to
hold up the bridge to protect anyone crossing the bridge. Ant-Man, Wasp
and
Captain America soon learned of the bridge’s destruction and, arriving
on the
scene at the same time as Iron Man, found Hulk holding the bridge.
Assuming he
had smashed the bridge, the heroes began to fight but the battle was
broken up
by the arrival of Thor.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The combined heroes teamed up to defeat the troll, tying
him up in
chains.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!/The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble) - Realizing their
mistake
in fighting each other, all of the heroes present banded together as
the
Avengers and traveled to Asgard seeking Loki.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The Avengers traveled through the mazes of Asgard, avoiding
an
Asgardian Cyclops before arriving at an Asgardian ship that took them
to the
Island of Trolls.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!/The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble) - Upon their
arrival on the
Island of the Trolls, the Avengers were beset by an army of trolls
under Loki’s
command.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – During the battle against the trolls, Hulk helped scatter
trolls
attacking Iron Man and Loki magically transformed five of the trolls
into
duplicates of Captain America, leading to confusion for Thor. Captain
America took
care of the duplicates while Wasp, Hulk and Ant-Man continued to battle
the
trolls.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Protect
& Serve) – With the Avengers distracted by the trolls, Loki
magically
shrunk himself down to insect size in an effort to hide.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) - Ant-Man shrunk down to ant size himself, planning to
surprise the
insect-sized Loki.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – Ant-Man’s ploy succeeded and, together with the Wasp, he
held Loki
down, allowing Thor to strike Loki with lightning.
(The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble) – Making their way back to Earth via Asgard’s Rainbow Bridge, the Avengers based themselves out of the newly-built Avengers Mansion, made from plans approved by Iron Man. They subsequently hired and welcomed butler Edwin Jarvis to their staff. As part of the team’s organization and official startup, Tony Stark created files on each team member, placing photos of the team members into files labeled with their civilian identities. The Avengers soon learned to enjoy the lavish Mansion, often relaxing there and occasionally leaving a mess for Jarvis to cleanup. While getting used to the new Mansion, Ant-Man shrunk to ant-size and briefly became lost in the grass of the Mansion’s lawn. Shortly thereafter, Iron Man received the Avengers Alarm while tinkering in his lab.
(World of Reading: The
Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers) - At one point, the Avengers
battled an invading army of aquatic Atlanteans, forcing them to retreat
back into the ocean. While remaining together as a team, the Avengers
pursued individual crime-fighting goals, at which point Iron Man
battled the criminal Whiplash.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – The Avengers' alarm sounded due to Baron Zemo covering New York
City in
glue.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – Captain America also received the alarm about Baron Zemo
via a
coded message from S. H. I. E. L. D. and quickly realized the Avengers
were
needed.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Protect
& Serve) – Captain America yelled “Avengers Assemble!” before
summoning the
other Avengers.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) - Donning his armor, Iron Man located Wasp and Ant-Man within
his lab
while Thor arrived on Earth after Captain America had sent a coded
message to
all Avengers. Bruce Banner transformed into the Hulk and met up with
the other
Avengers and the team made its way through New York City towards Baron
Zemo.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – While he covered the city in glue, Zemo sent his
Crimebots to
rob the city. The Avengers soon arrived on the scene and battled the
Crimebots,
with Iron Man blasting some of them and Ant-Man opting to use his
powers to
grow as Giant-Man.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – Iron Man deduced a way to stop the Crimebots by disabling
the
Alpha-Bot that they were all linked to. The Hulk continued to fight the
Crimebots.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – While the Avengers fought the Crimebots, Thor took the
fight
directly to Baron Zemo.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The Wasp flew around several Crimebots before located the
Alpha-Bot
to disable.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – Captain America distracted the Alpha-Bot while the Wasp
flew
inside its head to disable it.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The Wasp flew around inside of the Alpha-Bot, trying to
find the
correct circuit to disable.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – Wasp managed to disable the Alpha-Bot, shutting down all
of the
other Crimebots, but Baron Zemo fled from the scene.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – Captain America pursued the fleeing Zemo, getting a lift
from
Giant-Man to reach the rooftops. Once above ground, Captain America
trailed
Zemo through the city.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – Locating him, Captain America hurled his shield at the
escaping
Zemo, knocking his glue gun into the air and causing it to spray Zemo
himself,
preventing him from further escape.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Brave in
Battle (fb) – BTS) – During the battle against Zemo, Thor lost his
helmet, cape
and hammer.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – With Baron Zemo captured, Giant-Man carried him off to the
police
station while Iron Man received a coded message from S. H. I. E. L. D.
ordering
them to clean up the mess caused by Zemo. Hulk quickly grabbed up the
destroyed
Crimebots while Iron Man looked a previous photo of the city to make
sure
everything was put back in its place.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Brave in
Battle) – Giant-Man made his way to the Wasp in an effort to team-up
for the
city cleanup while Thor searched for his missing hammer, cape and
helmet.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) - Iron Man then dissolved the glue around the city with
his heated
boot jets.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – As part of the cleanup, Bruce Banner located things he had
dropped
during his earlier transformation into the Hulk and the other Avengers
helped
replace the broken signs for businesses such as Ultron Electronics,
Smilin’
Stan’s Comics, Kirby Art Supply and Grimm’s Diner.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Power
Smash) – Iron Man used an old city photo to determine what buildings
the broken
signs belonged to and the team continued the repairs to the damaged New
York
City.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Brave in
Battle) – Before returning to Avengers Mansion, Captain America sent
out a
message reminding the others to “stand for freedom.”
(The Mighty Avengers:
Avengers
Assemble) – The Avengers then returned to Avengers Mansion, dropping
off their
helms and gear with Jarvis.
(The Mighty Avengers:
Power
Smash) – Once the Avengers’ gear had been sorted out, Jarvis look at
pictures
of the team members as a reminder of whose gear belonged to whom.
(The Mighty Avengers:
The Faces
of Justice!) – The team prepared to relax.
(Captain America: Seeing Stars!) - Captain America, now sporting a glove communicator, jumped on his motorcycle and drove off to stop the plans of A.I.M., jumping his motorcycle over an A.I.M. truck blocking the entrance into their headquarters. Learning that A.I.M. was stealing technology, Captain America easily rounded up the A.I.M. agents before donning a parachute for his next mission to stop MODOK and his robot army. Parachuting to MODOK's secret desert base, Cap was attacked by the base's sentry lasers, which Cap blocked with his shield. After one of the lasers destroyed Cap's parachute, Captain America dodged the ground sentry cannons and destroyed the entry keypad, forcing the door open and confronting MODOK face-to-face. MODOK quickly sent his robot army after Captain America, who destroyed MODOK's control panel for the robots, causing the robot army to shut down. Knocking out MODOK with a strong kick, Captain America was immediately contacted for his next mission when Hydra attacked a major city. Racing to Hydra's secret airfield, Captain America jumped onto one of Hydra's airships, where terrified Hydra agents tried to use acid blasters to destroy the stairs and keep Captain America from reaching them. Unfortunately for them, Cap simply jumped into the air and hurled his shield, knocking over the guards with ease before turning his attention to the Hydra leader. Captain America then managed to save the city by knocking out the Hydra leader and disabling Hydra's doomsday machine, unaware that Baron Zemo was plotting with Arnim Zola to stop Captain America. Captain America soon learned of the plan and interrupted Zemo and Zola's poison-making with a surprise attack. Arnim Zola charged at Captain America, who tore an electrical cable from the wall and shorted Zola out. Zemo then jumped in to attack with his sword but was knocked by Captain America before the poison could be completed. With Zemo and Zola defeated, Captain America leapt away and made his way back to his motorcycle. Leaving, Captain America sent out a communication reminding others to continue standing for freedom.
Comments: Created by Mark
Halpin, Emilio Urbano,
Manuela Razzi, John Raymond and Jeff Clark.
The publication date
makes the
designation of Earth-201163 suitable.
The book has a
copyright of 2011
Marvel & Subs., meaning that Marvel owns the characters, not
Dalmatian
Press, who published the coloring book.
The Mighty Avengers: The Faces of Justice coloring book was reprinted in NUMEROUS other coloring books published by Dalmatian Press (and later Bendon Publishing) with various activities and other “fun” things added to it, in some cases new pages that expand on the original story such as the Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble. Two digest-sized coloring & activity books, the Mighty Avengers: Power Smash and the Mighty Avengers: Protect & Serve, split the story into two parts (with some shared pages between the two) and added colored stickers to the mix, which is where the in-color images are taken from. For the sake of completeness, I am listing the reprints in the List of Appearances in this profile because the reprints occasionally add new parts to the story. Given that both the Faces of Justice and Avengers Assemble coloring books came out in the same year, it’s nearly impossible to determine which was published first. I choose to believe that The Faces of Justice came first & Avengers Assemble merely added new pages since later coloring/activity books also added pages. It should also be noted that the two digest-sized coloring books told some aspects of the story out of order as some of the pages were rearranged. For the sake of minimizing confusion, I chose the present the story in the order in which they were printed in the original Faces of Justice book with the later, newly-added pages from other books being fit into the original story where they make the most sense. On that same note, only the characters who appear within the new pages added in later books have that issue listed in their appearances. They may have appeared in the book itself but only in the reprinted pages and therefore, they don’t have a new appearance in the book.
In 2014, Bendon Publishing released a coloring book
that reprinted parts of the previous coloring books in a coloring book
titled The Avengers: Ready for Action,
which was included in The Avengers
Play Pack: Grab & Go! along with crayons, a stencil and a
mini velvet poster of Iron Man. Since Bendon Publishing had the rights
to reprint the Faces of Justice
stories, I chose to include coloring books published by that same
company to be within the same universe as the Faces of Justice book and its
subsequent reprints. As such, the Captain
America: Seeing Stars! coloring book published by Bendon
Publishing is also included in this universe's history section.
While Red Skull appeared on the cover of Captain America: Seeing Stars!, he was not shown anywhere in the story.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-The Faces of Justice has no
known connections to
- any other alternate or divergent Earth
A.I.M. was plotting to steal technology for their own nefarious purposes but they were easily defeated by Captain America.
A.I.M.--Captain America: Seeing Stars!
The Atlanteans were a water-breathing race that resided within Earth's oceans. At one point, they attempted to invade the surface world but were driven way by the heroic Avengers.
--World of Reading: The Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers
When Loki sent a troll
to Earth
to cause destruction, Hulk helped support the bridge destroyed by the
troll. Iron
Man, Ant-Man and Wasp soon arrived, having heard of the bridge
destruction via
the news, and attacked the Hulk, assuming him to be the destructor. The
arrival
of Thor broke up their fight and the heroes banded together as the
Avengers, a team of superheroes.
Suspecting Loki’s hand, Thor led the Avengers to Asgard, where they
were set
upon by an army of trolls. Upon Loki's defeat, the Avengers remained
together
and at one point battled an invading group of aquatic Atlanteans,
forcing them to retreat back into the ocean. The Avengers then pursued
individual crimefighting for a time, at which Iron Man battled the
criminal Whiplash, but they remained together as a team. When Baron
Zemo sent his Crimebots to rob New
York after
the Baron had covered the city with glue, the Avengers met Zemo in
battle. Defeating the Crimebots by
removing
the Alpha-Bot’s battery, leaving the Crimebots powerless, Captain
America
hurled his shield at the fleeing Zemo, who dropped his glue gun,
spilling its
content all over himself and gluing him to the ground. With Zemo
captured, the
Avengers rested until their next mission. Captain America later went on
several missions involving A.I.M., MODOK, Hydra and a team-up of Baron
Zemo and Arnim Zola.
They were (from left to
right,
clockwise): Wasp, Giant-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and Thor.
They
were exactly the same as their Earth-616 counterparts.
Using his glue gun,
Baron Zemo
covered New York in glue and then led his Crimebots to rob the city.
Unfortunately for the Baron, the Avengers arrived and quickly captured
him
after Captain America's shield caused Zemo's glue gun to inadvertently
glue
Zemo to the ground. Baron Zemo later resurfaced, working with Arnim
Zola to create a poison capable of stopping Captain America, but Cap
surprised Zemo and easily defeated the criminal.
Baron Zemo was the same
as his
Earth-616 counterpart.
After covering New York
City in
glue, Baron Zemo unleashed the Crimebots to rob the city. When the
Avengers
arrived on the scene, they battled the Crimebots to no avail but Wasp
managed
to remove the battery from the Alpha-Bot, causing the other Crimebots
to lose
power. With the Crimebots defeated, Baron Zemo was subsequently
defeated
himself.
The Crimebots were
extremely
durable, able to withstand being throw into each other by the Hulk
without
breaking. They could fly via boot jets.
Hydra plotted to take over a city when Captain America was informed of their mission. Arriving in time to board one of Hydra's airships, Captain America knocked out two Hydra agents using acid blasters before turning his attention to the Hydra leader, whom he defeated, saving the city.
Hydra--Captain America:
Seeing Stars!
Edwin JarvisLike his Earth-616 counterpart,
Jarvis
was the faithful butler to the Avengers, based out of Avengers Mansion.
--The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble (The Mighty Avengers: Power Smash,
Loki was essentially
the same as
his Earth-616 counterpart. After being banished to Asgard’s Island of
the
Trolls by Thor, Loki summoned a troll to Earth to destroy a bridge.
When the
Hulk noticed the bridge, he supported it until Iron Man, Wasp and
Ant-Man
arrived and assumed him to be the bridge’s destructor. Suspecting
Loki’s hands
in the misunderstanding, Thor had the heroes band together as the
Avengers and
travel to Asgard to confront Loki. Held down by Ant-Man and the Wasp,
Loki was
soon defeated by Thor.
MODOK was a rogue artificial intelligence that commanded a robot army. Captain America managed to defeat MODOK by hitting MODOK's control panel for the robot army, shutting them down before kicking MODOK into unconsciousness
MODOK could fire sonic blasts from his forehead.
--Captain America:
Seeing Stars!
Odin was the same as
his
Earth-616 counterpart and was present when the Avengers arrived in
Asgard to
confront Loki.
Whiplash was a whip-wielding foe of Iron Man. During a period in which the Avengers pursued more individual heroic pursuits, Iron Man battled Whiplash.
--World of Reading: The Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers
Arnim Zola was an evil scientist who worked with Baron Zemo to concoct a poison capable of stopping Captain America. When Captain America surprised them before the poison was complete, Arnim Zola charged Captain America, only to be short-circuited when Cap used an electrical cable to shock Zola.
--Captain America:
Seeing Stars!
images: (without ads)
The Mighty Avengers: The Faces of Justice!, p17, splash page (New York
City,
main image)
Captain America: Seeing Stars!, p6, splash page (AIM)
World of Reading: The Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers, p2-3, splash page (Atlanteans)
The Mighty Avengers: Protect & Serve, back cover (Avengers)
The Mighty Avengers: Protect & Serve, sticker insert p2 (Baron Zemo)
The Mighty Avengers: The Faces of Justice!, p20, splash page (Crimebots)
Captain America: Seeing Stars!, p32, splash page (Hydra)
The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble, p31, splash page (Edwin Jarvis)
The Avengers Play Pack: Grab & Go!, sticker insert p1 (Loki)
Captain America: Seeing Stars!, p20, splash page (MODOK)
The Mighty Avengers: The Faces of Justice!, p13, splash page (Odin)
World of Reading: The Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers, p25, splash page (Whiplash)
Captain America: Seeing Stars!, p42, splash page (Arnim Zola)
Appearances:
The Mighty
Avengers: The Faces of Justice! coloring book (2011) – Mark Halpin
(writer), Emilio Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark
(illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Avengers Assemble coloring book (2011) – Mark
Halpin
(writer), Emilio Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark
(illustrators)
World of Reading: The Mighty Avengers-These are the Avengers (2012) -
Thomas Macri (writer), Mike Norton, Hi-Fi Design (illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Brave in Battle (2012) – no credits given but
presumably
still Mark Halpin (writer), Emilio Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond,
Jeff
Clark (illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Fight for Freedom (2012) – no credits given but
presumably
still Mark Halpin (writer), Emilio Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond,
Jeff
Clark (illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Power Smash (2012) – Mark Halpin (writer), Emilio
Urbano,
Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark (illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Protect & Serve (2012) – Mark Halpin (writer),
Emilio
Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark (illustrators)
The Mighty Avengers: Standing Strong (2012) – Mark Halpin (writer),
Emilio
Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark (illustrators)
The Avengers: Ready for Action (2014) - Mark Halpin (writer), Emilio
Urbano, Manuela Razzi, John Raymond, Jeff Clark (illustrators) (all
uncredited)
Captain America: Seeing Stars! (2014) - no credits given
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
First posted:
11/02/2012
Last
Updated:
01/18/2020
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