![]() ![]() The first issue of The New Avengers: Illuminati was released in December 2006 and the final issue was released in November 2007.Īs part of Marvel NOW!, New Avengers was relaunched featuring the Illuminati. Bendis explored their history in the New Avengers: Illuminati one-shot (May 2006), which built up to the Civil War event that summer.īendis, along with co-writer Brian Reed and artist Jim Cheung, produced a five-issue miniseries filling out what the group does behind the scenes between their formation and dissolution. The Illuminati first appeared in the Sentry story arc of New Avengers, written by Brian Michael Bendis. The only individual present who outright refuses to meet or even participate with the others is the Black Panther, who fears the association will end in less than altruistic actions. The group does, however, agree to meet to exchange information regularly. Reed Richards refuses on the grounds that such an organization would be too large to run effectively, that the heroes would spend more time dealing with bureaucracy than actually helping people. Doctor Strange refuses on the grounds that too many heroes are anti-establishment and that the group Iron Man has assembled to form a governing body would not be 'anti-establishment', but rather a form of 'counter-establishment'. Xavier refuses on the grounds that mutants are already feared and hated, and if Iron Man thinks he can fight this with iconic superheroes, it will result in heroes being feared and hated as much as mutants. Namor refuses on the grounds that too many superheroes are violent outsiders (such as Hawkeye and Quicksilver, both former criminals). He brings together the Illuminati with the Black Panther in Wakanda, and proposes that they form a government of superhumans. Iron Man realizes that each of the individual members had information about these alien races beforehand, and they could have collectively stopped it. The group forms at some time in the aftermath of the Kree-Skrull War, and probably after the Avengers/ Defenders war. They all bring with them a unique viewpoint and perspective that isn't shared by the others. ![]() Professor Charles Xavier: Leader of the X-Men is there on behalf of the mutant community.Speaks for the mystical/non-scientific side of the Marvel universe. Doctor Stephen Strange: Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.He also represents a ruler/king archetype, one that has also been filled by Namor. Black Bolt: King of Inhumans, who are an important part of Marvel history and play an important part in events that have not yet come to pass.Represents the science-based part of the superhero community. Mister Fantastic: Leader of Fantastic Four.He also represents the common man, as he possesses no natural superhuman abilities. Tony Stark represents the Avenger type of hero, one who understands and appreciates that a hero can work with the government, rather than outside of it. ![]() Namor is a King of the Atlantis and the Seven Oceans and represents the antihero mindset.They each represent a certain something that is very special to the Marvel Universe: The Illuminati appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as a team of heroes from an alternate universe known as Earth-838.Ĭreator Bendis says of the group's members: The group was revealed to have been formed very shortly after the Kree–Skrull War. Their history was discussed in the special New Avengers: Illuminati (May 2006). The Illuminati was established to exist (via story retcon) in their first published appearance in New Avengers #7 (July 2005), written by Brian Michael Bendis. The characters joined forces and secretly work behind the scenes. The Illuminati are a fictional secret society group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Prominent members of the Illuminati, (clockwise from left to right): Iron Man, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange, Mister Fantastic, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Professor X in artwork for the cover of New Avengers: Illuminati Vol 2 #1 (Feb, 2007). ![]()
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