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The students meet another young super-powered person that was manipulated by Norman Osborn named Jeremy Briggs. Since Osborn's defeat, Briggs managed to become a billionaire. He shows the students several others teens tortured by Osborn, some of which decided to use their powers to help people directly. However when Finesse reveals that Briggs was telling lies and was using the teens for his own purposes they attacked him. Briggs overpowers the students but ultimately lets them be taken out of his building by security stating that he could kill them if he wishes, but not today.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #14.1</ref>
The students meet another young super-powered person that was manipulated by Norman Osborn named Jeremy Briggs. Since Osborn's defeat, Briggs managed to become a billionaire. He shows the students several others teens tortured by Osborn, some of which decided to use their powers to help people directly. However when Finesse reveals that Briggs was telling lies and was using the teens for his own purposes they attacked him. Briggs overpowers the students but ultimately lets them be taken out of his building by security stating that he could kill them if he wishes, but not today.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #14.1</ref>
During the ''[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]'' storyline, Henry Pym, Quicksilver, Jocasta, and Justice head out to round up the escaped criminals while Tigra stays with the students. At the Raft, Henry Pym and the others fight [[Dragonfly (Marvel Comics)|Dragonfly]], [[Flying Tiger (Marvel Comics)|Flying Tiger]], [[Gorilla-Man]] II, and [[Quicksand (comics)|Quicksand]] as they try to escape. Tigra and the students end up dispatched to Washington DC to help fight Skadi and her mechanized soldiers.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #15</ref> Giant-Man ends up attacked by Greithoth who claims to be a god now while the Quicksilver and Justice fight Skirn. Justice and Quicksilver are taken down by Skirn. Due to Greithoth having absorbed some of Giant-Man's powers, Giant-Man can't shrink him as he is knocked down by Greithoth.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #16</ref>
During the ''[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]'' storyline, Henry Pym, Quicksilver, Jocasta, and Justice head out to round up the escaped criminals while Tigra stays with the students. At the Raft, Henry Pym and the others fight [[Dragonfly (Marvel Comics)|Dragonfly]], [[Flying Tiger (Marvel Comics)|Flying Tiger]], [[Gorilla-Man]] II, and [[Quicksand (comics)|Quicksand]] as they try to escape. Tigra and the students end up dispatched to Washington DC to help fight Skadi and her mechanized soldiers.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #15</ref> Giant-Man ends up attacked by Greithoth who claims to be a god now while the Quicksilver and Justice fight Skirn. Justice and Quicksilver are taken down by Skirn. Due to Greithoth having absorbed some of Giant-Man's powers, Giant-Man can't shrink him as he is knocked down by Greithoth.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #16</ref> After defeating the remaining soldiers, the students are met by [[Falcon (comics)|Falcon]] and his bird Redwing who appreciated what they did to protect Washington DC. Reptil and the other students learn from Falcon that Bucky is dead. Upon returning to the Academy, Tigra learns from Jocasta about what happened in the battle between Skirn and Greithoth which resulted in Giant-Man, Justice, and Quicksilver. Tigra leaves to go tend to the wounded and tells the students to get some rest.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #17</ref>


==Characters==
==Characters==

Revision as of 00:55, 4 August 2011

Avengers Academy
Cover to Avengers Academy, #1 (June 2010). Art by Mike McKone.
Group publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers Academy #1 (June 2010)
In-story information
Type of organizationTeam
Avengers Academy
Series publication information
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateJune 2010 – present
Number of issues16
Creative team
Writer(s)Christos Gage
Artist(s)Mike McKone
Letterer(s)Clayton Cowles
Colorist(s)Jeromy Cox
Editor(s)Rachel Pinnelas
Joe Quesada
Bill Rosemann

Avengers Academy is a Marvel Comics comic book series that debuted in June 2010 as part of the "Heroic Age", following the end of the "Siege" story arc. The title takes over the spot in the publishing schedule left vacant by Avengers: The Initiative. It is written by Christos Gage, with artwork by Mike McKone.[1]

Publication history

The series crosses over with Thunderbolts #147, which is bookended in the storyline by Avengers Academy #3 and 4.[2]

A teaser released by Marvel on 9/2/10 has teased that Giant Man will join the title starting at Issue #7 in December, suggesting that Hank Pym, currently operating under the code name "Wasp" in the title, will be donning his old guise again (or perhaps the creation of a 'new' Giant Man).[3][4]

Plot

In the wake of Dark Reign, it was discovered that Norman Osborn had manipulated several young super-powered people for his own purposes. Six of these teens are now placed in a program called the Avengers Academy, headed by Henry Pym, with Tigra, Justice, Speedball, and Quicksilver as teachers. They say the purpose is to teach these youths how to become heroes. However, the students soon discover that they were selected because their profiles indicate they are the ones most likely to become villains.[5] After finding out the truth, Finesse blackmails Quicksilver to teach her everything he was taught in the Brotherhood of Mutants threatening to expose the fact that he stole the Terrigen Crystals and not the Skrull imposter that he claimed to have committed the crime.[6]

Pym takes the students to The Raft, the supervillain prison as a part of a scared straight tour. During the tour, Hazmat uses an EMP to shut down the prison.[7] Hazmat, Mettle, and Veil locate Norman Osborn's cell in order to exact their revenge. Osborn however manipulates their emotions about the secrets Pym is keeping from them and convinces them that he can someday cure them of their individual maladies.[8]

The students gain notoriety after they defeat Whirlwind. However it is revealed to Striker that his mother paid Whirlwind to stage the attack in order to get him some publicity.[9] Reptil is voted to be student leader but after a confrontation with Mentallo he loses control and nearly kills him. His teachers suggest he seek counciling but he refuses to talk to the faculty. They then set up a meeting Jessica Jones, who had similar issues and Reptil finally opens about many of the things that have been troubling him, but keeps his concerns about his fellow students and the academy private.[10]

Hank Pym finds a way to bring his late wife the Wasp back to life. But after some convincing and a battle with Absorbing Man, he decides against it because the risks are too great. He adopts his old Giant-Man persona as a way of letting go and moving on.[11]

After video of the Hood assaulting Tigra goes viral, Finesse, Hazmat, Veil and Striker track down Hood, now depowered, and torture him. Veil records the incident and the students upload the video in the same manner as Tigra's assault. When the students show Tigra the video she becomes furious and expels all those involved.[12]

Quicksilver helps Finesse seeks out Taskmaster believing him to be her long-lost father but is called backed early to attend a faculty meeting to determine if Tigra's decision to expel Finesse, Hazmat, Veil, and Striker was just. The teachers overturn the decision and instead place the students involved on probation.[13]

After the expelled students are readmitted, Speedball takes them all on a field trip to Stamford, Connecticut to visit the memorial of the incident that started the Civil War. At the memorial, the group is attacked by the Cobalt Men which Speedball easily defeats using his Penance powers. Veil later sneaks into Henry Pym's lab in order to find a way to help him bring Wasp back.[14]

Veil soon finds that what seemed to be Wasp was in fact Carina: Wife of Korvac. Korvac follows Carina back and the Avengers are summoned to fight him. With the Avengers soon defeated, Carina uses her powers to transform the students into their adult bodies.[15]

Carina tells the students that she has placed their consciousness in their adult bodies from possible futures. After Korvac is defeated the students revert back to their normal bodies with the exception of Reptil, who remains in his the body of his adult self from a possible future.[16]

On prom night at the Avengers Academy with members of the Young Allies and past members of the Initiative in attendance, Reptil still in his adult body dances with Komodo. When Hardball accuses Reptil of hitting on "his girl", a fight breaks out but is soon broken up by Henry Pym and Speedball. After the fight Reptil speaks with Spider-Girl, who tells him that she liked him the way he was, and reverts back to his teenage body.[17]

While the adult Avengers are dealing with the eruption of Mount Etna, Tigra and the students learn that Electro has broken into a French Lab. Once on the scene the students discover the Electro is accompanied by the rest of the Sinister Six. The Sinister Six overpower the students and Doctor Octopus steals a device containing self-sustaining power. The team barely escapes before an explosion takes out the lab. Back at the academy, Henry Pym then tells the students that he has failed to prepare them for such a fight and they will train harder as a result.[18]

The students meet another young super-powered person that was manipulated by Norman Osborn named Jeremy Briggs. Since Osborn's defeat, Briggs managed to become a billionaire. He shows the students several others teens tortured by Osborn, some of which decided to use their powers to help people directly. However when Finesse reveals that Briggs was telling lies and was using the teens for his own purposes they attacked him. Briggs overpowers the students but ultimately lets them be taken out of his building by security stating that he could kill them if he wishes, but not today.[19]

During the Fear Itself storyline, Henry Pym, Quicksilver, Jocasta, and Justice head out to round up the escaped criminals while Tigra stays with the students. At the Raft, Henry Pym and the others fight Dragonfly, Flying Tiger, Gorilla-Man II, and Quicksand as they try to escape. Tigra and the students end up dispatched to Washington DC to help fight Skadi and her mechanized soldiers.[20] Giant-Man ends up attacked by Greithoth who claims to be a god now while the Quicksilver and Justice fight Skirn. Justice and Quicksilver are taken down by Skirn. Due to Greithoth having absorbed some of Giant-Man's powers, Giant-Man can't shrink him as he is knocked down by Greithoth.[21] After defeating the remaining soldiers, the students are met by Falcon and his bird Redwing who appreciated what they did to protect Washington DC. Reptil and the other students learn from Falcon that Bucky is dead. Upon returning to the Academy, Tigra learns from Jocasta about what happened in the battle between Skirn and Greithoth which resulted in Giant-Man, Justice, and Quicksilver. Tigra leaves to go tend to the wounded and tells the students to get some rest.[22]

Characters

Students

Character Real Name Abilities Notes
Finesse[23] Jeanne Foucault Photographic Reflexes
Hazmat[23] Jennifer Takeda Poison Generation
Mettle[24] Ken Mack Possesses Metal Skin, Superhuman Strength
Reptil[25] Humberto Lopez Can turn into any Dinosaur, or parts of any Dinosaur
Striker[26] Brandon Sharpe Electric Manipulation
Veil[1] Madeline Berry Sublimation

Faculty

Character Real Name Abilities Notes
Giant-Man[27] Henry Pym Genius Intellect, Size Shifting
Tigra[27] Greer Grant Nelson Superhuman agility, Superhuman senses, Superhuman strength, retractable claws
Quicksilver[27] Pietro Django Maximoff Superhuman speed
Justice[27] Vance Astrovik Telekinesis
Speedball[27] Robbie Baldwin Energy blasts, Force field generation
Jocasta Jocasta Computer Integration, Superhuman Strength, Physical Resistance & Senses, Optic Cannons, Force Field Generation

Collected Editions

Avengers Academy has been collected in the following hardcovers:

Title Material Collected ISBN Publication Date
Avengers Academy Volume 1: Permanent Record Avengers Academy #1-6 and material from Enter the Heroic Age 0785144943 January 26, 2011
Avengers Academy Volume 2: Will We Use This in the Real World? Avengers Academy #7-12 078514496X June 15, 2011
Avengers Academy: Arcade - Death Game Avengers Academy Giant-Size #1, Marvel Team-Up #89, and Spider-Man #25 0785156305 August 31, 2011

References

  1. ^ a b "Marvel Opens "Avengers Academy" in June". Comic Book Resources. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  2. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (June 8, 2010). "AVENGERS ACADEMY Kids Get Scared Straight By THUNDERBOLTS". Newsarama. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Marvel Teaser - "GIANT MAN Returns" (Avengers Academy #7)". Newsarama. September 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "GAGE'S GIANT-SIZED PLANS FOR "AVENGERS ACADEMY"". Comic Book Resources. September 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Avengers Academy #1
  6. ^ Avengers Academy #2
  7. ^ Avengers Academy #3
  8. ^ Avengers Academy #4
  9. ^ Avengers Academy #5
  10. ^ Avengers Academy #6
  11. ^ Avengers Academy #7
  12. ^ Avengers Academy #8
  13. ^ Avengers Academy #9
  14. ^ Avengers Academy #10
  15. ^ Avengers Academy #11
  16. ^ Avengers Academy #12
  17. ^ Avengers Academy #13
  18. ^ Avengers Academy #14
  19. ^ Avengers Academy #14.1
  20. ^ Avengers Academy #15
  21. ^ Avengers Academy #16
  22. ^ Avengers Academy #17
  23. ^ a b ""Avengers Academy" Open Enrollment Continues". Comic Book Resources. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  24. ^ "Psych Ward: Avengers Academy | Avengers | Comic News | News". Marvel.com. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  25. ^ "Reptil Enrolls In "Avengers Academy"". Comic Book Resources. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  26. ^ ""Avengers Academy" Adds A New Student". Comic Book Resources. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  27. ^ a b c d e Dave Richards (2010-04-19). "C2E2: Gage's "Avengers Academy" Faculty". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
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