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[[File:NewAvengers_6865.jpg|frame|[[Avengers Assemble]]!]]
The [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|all-star superhero team]], rebranded for the new millennium. It was published, off and on, from January 2005 to November 2016.▼
After ''[[Wham! Episode|Avengers Disassembled]]'', Tony Stark disbanded the Avengers. [[Time Skip|Six months later]], a prison riot at the Raft proved that the world needed an Avengers team, so [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] recruited the other heroes who helped stop the riot - [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]]
▲The [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|all-star superhero team]], rebranded for the new millennium.
Not to be confused with [[The New Avengers|the 1970s spy TV series of the same name]].
▲After ''[[Wham Episode|Avengers Disassembled]]'', Tony Stark disbanded the Avengers. [[Time Skip|Six months later]], a prison riot at the Raft proved that the world needed an Avengers team, so [[Captain America]] recruited the other heroes who helped stop the riot - [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Luke Cage Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]] & [[Spider-Woman (Comic Book)|Spider-Woman]] - to form the New Avengers. As the first few arcs went on, the team was joined by [[Wolverine]], [[The Sentry]] & Ronin (a disguised Echo, sent by [[Daredevil]] in his place). Following ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' through to the end of ''[[Dark Reign (Comic Book)|Dark Reign]]'', the team was forced underground, but with the beginning of the Heroic Age they were free to operate openly.
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* [[A Day in The Spotlight]]: During ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', each issue focused on an individual member of the team who didn't have their own series, with Captain America & Iron Man also getting issues due to scheduling conflicts with their own series.▼
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Any place they use as a headquarters typically has a hard time. Avengers Mansion has probably had it worst.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: During ''[[Secret Invasion]]'', both this title and ''Mighty Avengers'' didn't feature the titular Avengers, but instead revealed backstory for several of the Skrull replacements. Justified, in that both teams were trapped in the Savage Land for a large portion of the story, and the story was originally going to be a [[Bat Family Crossover]] taking place in the two Avengers titles before [[Executive Meddling]] decided to make the story a [[Crisis Crossover]] limited series instead.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[The Hood]], the [[Dark Avengers]]
* [[The Atoner]]: Daredevil, due to the events of ''[[Shadowland (
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: [[Captain Obvious|Duh]]. Not so much after [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]
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'''Spider-Man:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Uh, is that the catchphrase now?]]
'''Wolverine:''' It is now. }}
* [[Back for
* [[Badass in Distress]]: The first things the second line-up do are {{spoiler|try to retrieve Captain America's body from S.H.I.E.L.D. after learning that he may still be alive}}, before flying to Japan to save Echo from being [[Brainwashed and Crazy|forced into the Hand]].
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: [[Doctor Strange]].
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Iron Man
* [[Book Ends]]: Vol. 2 #16 (The final ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]'' tie-in) opened with Hawkeye questioning what makes someone "Avengers material"
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: Naturally, [[You Fight Like a Cow|Spider-Man]] is the chief offender, but they all have their moments.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Ronin. Despite being on all of the early covers, the character didn't appear until the midway point of the original line-up's run (and then immediately [[Put
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Echo, after ''[[Secret Invasion]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Spider-Man asking if anyone knew where she'd gone; and again with her reappearance when Luke Cage
* [[Costume Copycat]]: Spider-Man [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the Dark Avengers use of costumes previously worn by ''actual'' heroes.
▲* [[A Day in The Spotlight]]: During ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', each issue focused on an individual member of the team who didn't have their own series, with Captain America
* [[Deep Sleep]]: After witnessing Brother Voodoo repel Agamotto's invasion (with [[Heroic Sacrifice|tragic results]]), Doctor Strange wakes up in the next issue and is told he's been asleep for fifteen hours.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Daredevil has enhanced senses, including a "radar sense" that shows him the world around him.
* [[Double Agent]]: Victoria Hand, with the requisite "whose side is she really on?" questions.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: [[The Sentry]] grabs [[Complete Monster|Carnage]] and flies him out into space
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Spider-Man
* [[Fake Kill Scare]]
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: In one story arc, Hank Pym and Doctor Strange enter Luke Cage's body to remove an explosive device from his heart.
* [[Fastball Special]]: With Wolverine on the team, one of the heavy hitters will occasionally perform the traditional variant.
** Spider-Man
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** The original line-up
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*** [[The Lancer]]: Iron Man
*** [[The Big Guy]]: Luke Cage
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Iron Man
*** [[The Chick]]: Spider-Woman {{spoiler|(Veranke)}}
*** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Wolverine, The Sentry
*** [[Eleventh
** The post-''[[Civil War]]'' line-up
*** [[The Hero]]: Luke Cage
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*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Spider-Man
*** [[The Chick]]: Mockingbird, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
** The current/post-''[[Dark Reign (
*** [[The Hero]]: Luke Cage
*** [[The Lancer]]: Ms. Marvel, Daredevil after ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]''
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* [[Groin Attack]]: The Hood to Wolverine. With bullets.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Echo, a deaf woman with photographic memory; Daredevil, a blind man with "Radar Sense".
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Luke Cage
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]
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'''Luke Cage''': My spider-sense is tingling too.
'''Spider-Man''': That's copyrighted. }}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Spider-Man's status as [[The Smart Guy]], but ''only'' after the changes due to the ''[[One More Day]]'' [[Reset Button]] took effect.
* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: When the team were hiding out at the Sanctum Sanctorum, Doctor Strange cast a spell on the building that it made it appear as if it had been long been deserted. He even went so far as to use a codeword which also hid any inhabitants that used it. Subverted, as Iron Man suspected the team were doing this, but couldn't find a magic user (or at least, a magic user willing to work with S.H.I.E.L.D.) able to overcome Strange's spell.
* [[Home Base]]
** Stark/Avengers Tower until ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''.
** Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum until he left the team.
** "Avengers Apartment" until ''[[Secret Invasion]]''.
** Bucky's Safehouse until ''[[
** Avengers Mansion since the end of ''[[Dark Reign (
** Avengers Tower until its destruction during ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]''.
** Avengers Mansion (current)
* [[
** Doctor Strange tries a similar argument after Daniel Drumm swears vengeance on him, which sets up one of Luke Cage's better lines. "Okay. Raise your hand if any of you [the gathered members of the New Avengers] have ever had the bad guy threaten all holy hell on you before he died, went to jail, disappeared, vanished, or just in general felt like lipping off." Every hand in the room goes up.
** On the other hand, Jessica Jones walked away from the team because her daughter's life was threatened by Norman Osborn.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Subverted - After {{spoiler|the death of [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]]}}, Luke Cage states that they ''are'' Avengers, because Captain America said they were.
** Played straight, however, in Clint Barton assuming the Ronin name after {{spoiler|Captain America's death}} and keeping it until the start of the Heroic Age.
** Discussed by Iron Fist
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: In the initial arc, Maria Hill informs Captain America that he can't just form a new team of Avengers because he feels like it. Cap then tells her that she can check his S.H.I.E.L.D. file
** When Brother Voodoo challenges Agamotto one-on-one, he uses a spell that gathers the collective strength and fighting ability of the New Avengers into a single person.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Spider-Woman is really the Skrull Queen Veranke until after ''[[Secret Invasion]]''}}.
** Flashing red neon letters pointing directly at Victoria Hand. (But is it a little ''too'' obvious?)
* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-universe, The Sentry throwing the Void into the sun.
** Similarily, Spider-Man reminds everyone that Victoria Hand was Norman Osborn's right hand during ''[[Dark Reign (
* [[Playing Both Sides]]/[[Reverse Mole]]: {{spoiler|Victoria Hand, formerly Norman Osborn's right hand during ''[[Dark Reign (
* [[The Power of Friendship]]/[[True Companions]]: The team has a "family" vibe, complete with nearly-[[Once an Episode|once-a-book]] scenes of them sitting around a table eating and talking.
* [[Put
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: By vol. 2 under Luke Cage, the team consists of anyone he has managed to recruit, yielding a mismatched bag of heroes, some of whom are on their second (or third, or fourth) chance. Wong called them a "second-rate pile of Avengers" and Kyle Richmond, aka Nighthawk, said "clearly you guys are [[The Defenders]]."
* [[Running Gag]]: Whenever the Avengers are getting their asses handed to them, Spider-Man suggesting that Senty [[Never Live It Down|throws whatever is kicking the team's ass into the sun]].
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* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: Luke and Jessica trying to find a superpowered nanny for their daughter. Some candidates are horrible, some are offended, and some take the opportunity to get in a few zings at the team. But the [[Squirrel Girl|last one]] is perfect.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Wolverine, of the [[Necessarily Evil]] kind. [[Iron Man]] notes to [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] that, aside from strengthening human/mutant relations, this would be an important reason to have Logan around - He'd be able (and willing) to do [[Thou Shall Not Kill|things that none of the other team members would]].
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'''The Thing''': I think that's a compliment, by the way. }}
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: This series has been ''hard'' on Doctor Strange. The final flare-up of dark magic which led him to give up the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme; the quest for his successor with a Dormammu-empowered Hood at his heels; and finally the abrupt [[Diabolus Ex Machina|invasion of Agamotto]] into their dimension, which the new Sorcerer Supreme, Brother Voodoo, repelled at the cost of the Eye of Agamotto and his own life -- all happened in issues of ''New Avengers''.
* [[Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object]]: "I've always wondered what would happened if I [[Buffy-Speak|Iron Fisted]] a Hulk..." <ref>[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Let's just say the object moves]].</ref>
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Issue 31 - {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]] that the Skrulls were covertly replacing high powered figures on Earth [[Secret Invasion|in preparation of an invasion]].}}
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: There are three characters who have been in the book since the very first arc - Luke Cage, Spider-Man
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