"Acts of Vengeance" is a

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crossover storyline running through several titles published by

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from December 1989 to February 1990.

Publication history

This company-wide fall crossover was centered on the Avengers and

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after three consecutive fall crossovers were built around the

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and related mutant teams. Promotional materials teased the idea of a wide array of super-villains facing heroes they had never met, or were not part of the heroes' regular rogues gallery. The core titles of the crossover include ''Avengers''; '' Avengers Spotlight''; '' Avengers West Coast''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; ''

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''; and ''Fantastic Four''. Major tie-ins included ''

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'' among other Spider-Man titles, ''

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'' and the second '' Damage Control'' limited series. An epilogue features in ''

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''; ''

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'' and in an ''Avengers'' Annual. A humorous

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with the character the Impossible Man features in the title ''

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''. A thematic sequel, ''Acts of Evil'', was published in 2019, the 30th anniversary of ''Acts of Vengeance''.

Plot summary

A mysterious stranger (the Asgardian god

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in disguise) coerces a group of master

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s to join forces in a conspiracy to destroy the

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team the Avengers. Loki does this to strike back at his adopted brother

, and due to his bitterness that he inadvertently caused the formation of the Avengers. The supervillain team consists of

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, the Kingpin,

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, the

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, the Red Skull, and the Wizard. Loki also attempts to recruit

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, and the Mad Thinker, but they all decline. Loki also approaches

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, but he rejects the offer stating he is not a villain anymore. To assist the master villains, Loki engineers a jailbreak at the Vault. The lesser villains are then directed against heroes (mainly the Avengers and

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) who have never fought them before, the theory being that the unfamiliarity will act in the villains' favor. While this does result in some unusual battles, the plan falls apart when the master villains fail to cooperate and instead bicker with each other. An example of this is where Magneto, a mutant and a Jewish Holocaust survivor, attacks the Red Skull, whose Nazi beliefs include a prejudice against mutants, and imprisons him in a buried crypt. The supervillain pawns are defeated by the heroes. A frustrated Loki reveals himself and imprisons the Red Skull, the Mandarin and the Wizard. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom is revealed to have been using a Doombot, the Kingpin makes a timely exit and Magneto is not present. The Avengers track the group and defeat the villains, with Thor forcing Loki to flee back to their home of

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. Loki commits one last act of villainy and fuses three Sentinels to form the robot Tri-Sentinel, so that it can destroy

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. The Tri-Sentinel is stopped by Spider-Man, who at the time possessed the powers of

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. Michelinie, David (w), Larsen, Erik (a). ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #329 (Feb. 1990). Marvel Comics

Cast of characters

Heroes

* Alpha Flight **

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** Diamond Lil **

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** Vindicator * Avengers ** Black Widow **

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** Firebird ** Hawkeye **

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** Hellcat **

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** Moondragon **

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** Sersi **

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* Daredevil *

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** Thing * Gamma Flight ** Wild Child ** Witchfire *

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Moon Knight Moon Knight is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabbi, Marc S ...

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** Skids *

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** Firestar **

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** Namorita ** Night Thrasher ** Nova ** Speedball *

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* Power Pack ** Alex Power ** Jack Power ** Julie Power ** Katie Power * Puma * Punisher *

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** U.S. Agent **

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** Jubilee **

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Prime movers

* Kingpin * Wizard *

* Red Skull

Villain participants

* Absorbing Man * Angar the Screamer * Arkon *

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* Asp * Assembly of Evil ** Hulk Robot ** Fenris ** Hydro-Man **

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** Rock * Awesome Android * Baron Brimstone *

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* Bushwacker * Cactus * Chemistro (Calvin Carr) * Coachwhip * Constrictor * Controller * Crossbones * Dittomaster * Dragon Man * Eel (Edward Lavell) * Electro * Enchantress *

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* Flying Tiger * Freedom Force **

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** Blob ** Pyro *

Gargantua ''La vie tres horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel jadis composée par M. Alcofribas abstracteur de quinte essence. Livre plein de Pantagruelisme'' according to 's 1542 edition, or simply Gargantua, is the second novel by François ...

* Giganto (Deviant Mutate) *

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(Erik Josten) *

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* Grey Gargoyle * Grey Hulk *

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(Jason Macendale) * Hydro-Man *

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* Killer Shrike * Klaw * Kristoff Vernard * Lady Mandarin *

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* Llan the Sorcerer * Mad Dog * Man-Ape * Mister Hyde *

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* Molten Man *

(mind-controlled by Controller) * Nekra *

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* Orka * Owl * Plantman *

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(Resistants Version) *

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* Rattler * Red Ghost * Rhino * Ringer (Keith Kraft) * Scarecrow *

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* Screaming Mimi * Sebastian Shaw * Shocker * Stilt-Man *

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* TESS-One * Terminus *

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* Tinkerer * Titania * Trapster * Tricephalous * Tri-Sentinel * Typhoid Mary * U-Foes ** Ironclad ** Vapor ** Vector ** X-Ray * U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. ** Anarchy ** Flag-Smasher * Ultron-13 * Vanisher *

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* Water Wizard *

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* Wrecking Crew **

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** Piledriver ** Thunderball ** Wrecker * Yetrigar Other villains that Loki tried to get involved as members of the inner circle of major villains (but who turned him down) are

, and the Mad Thinker.

Issues and events

The following issues are listed in chronological order: *''Thor'' #410 (one page only) - #411 *''The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger'' #8 (one page only) *''Avengers Spotlight'' #26 *''The New Mutants'' #84 - (two pages only) - #85 The following issues are approximately in reading order: *''Avengers Spotlight'' #26 *''The New Mutants'' #86 *''X-Factor'' #50 (six pages only) *''Damage Control'' (vol. 2) #1 *''The Avengers'' #311 *''Thor'' #410 *''Captain America'' #365 *''Fantastic Four'' #334 *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #326 *''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #158 *''Wolverine'' (vol. 2) #19-20 *''The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger'' (vol. 3) #8-9 *''Web of Spider-Man'' #59 *''Power Pack'' #53 *''The Incredible Hulk'' #363 *''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'' #8-9 *''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #11-12 *''Fantastic Four'' #335-336 *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #327 *''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #159 *''Web of Spider-Man'' #60 *''Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme'' #13 *''Marc Spector: Moon Knight'' #10 *''Alpha Flight'' #79-80 *''Daredevil'' #275-276 *''Thor'' #411-412 *''Avengers West Coast'' #53 *''Quasar'' #5 *''Avengers Spotlight'' #27 *''Iron Man'' #251 *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #328 *''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #160 *''Web of Spider-Man'' #61 *''Uncanny X-Men'' #256-257 *''The Avengers'' #312 *''The Punisher'' (vol. 2) #28-29 *''The Punisher War Journal'' #12-13 *''Captain America'' #366 *''The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger'' #10 *''Iron Man'' #252 *''Avengers West Coast'' #54 *''Quasar'' #6-7 *''Avengers Spotlight'' #28 *''The Avengers'' #313 *''Captain America'' #367 *''Avengers Spotlight'' #29 *''Avengers West Coast'' #55 *''The Uncanny X-Men'' #258 *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #329 *''The Incredible Hulk'' #369 *''Web of Spider-Man'' #62-63 *''Damage Control'' (vol. 2) #2-4 *''Web of Spider-Man'' #64-65 *''The Avengers Annual'' #19 Note: ''Iron Man'' #250 has the "Acts of Vengeance!" logo on its cover, but has nothing to do with the crossover.

Collected editions

References

External links

Acts of Vengeance
at Marvel.com

at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe * {{Marvel events 1989 comics debuts 1990 comics endings Comics about revenge Comics by John Byrne (comics)