History Comicbook / NewAvengers

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* RunningGag: Whenever the Avengers are getting their asses handed to them, someone (usually Spider-Man) suggests that Senty [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten throws whatever is kicking the team's ass into the sun]].

** The ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' arc introduced the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, a [[EvilHero supposed hero team]] who are actually ''posing'' as their counterparts. This interaction is mostly based on Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] leads the team as the ComicBook/IronMan-ComicBook/CaptainAmerica mashup called '[[AmericanRobot Iron Patriot]]'; ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}} is a mashup of [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]]; ComicBook/{{Venom}} ([[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan MacGargan, previously known as Scorpion]]) as ComicBook/SpiderMan; Moonstone as [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]]; Noh-Varr as ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] as ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and ComicBook/{{Daken}} as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Only ComicBook/TheSentry doesn't pose as anyone, because he's just that plain nuts to join an ObviouslyEvil team. Though the Dark Avengers didn't match up well with the actual Avengers they faced, for instance, there was no counterpart for Luke Cage or Spider-Woman.

* ThePsychoRangers: Norman Osborn revives the Dark Avengers concept with a new team featuring Skaar, Son of Hulk (The Hulk/Red Hulk); Hawkeye's brother Trickshot (ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, duh); The Gorgon, Wolverine's deadliest enemy (ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}); Ragnarok, a robotic clone of Thor infamously created by Tony Stark's side during ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' ([[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]); Ai Apaec, a sinister sort of arachnid god (ComicBook/SpiderMan); June Covington, a deranged geneticist Osborn met in prison (ComicBook/ScarletWitch); and Superia, a StrawFeminist MadScientist with super strength (ComicBook/MsMarvel). Norman himself becomes the new [[AllYourPowersCombined Super-Adaptoid]], making him the only Dark Avenger without any real analogue. [[spoiler:Skaar turns out to subvert his role, being Captain America's [[TheMole Mole]] in the team.]] Just like the previous iteration, they don't match up well with the actual Avengers they face, as they still have no Luke Cage counterpart and there's no Hulk, Thor, or Scarlet Witch on the team.

** The second annual has the Hood lead a villain attack to Doctor's Strange Sanctum Sanctorum that the New Avengers were using as their HomeBase.

** The Collective has the powers of all the mutants that Wanda {{DePower|ed}} during ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''.

* TheAtoner: ComicBook/DoctorStrange during his stay with the team post-''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', since he feels incredibly guilty for staying neutral during the war, which is why he lends them the Sanctum Sanctorum as their HomeBase for a while, allowing them to hide for Iron Man and the government forces.

* BackForTheFinale: Wolverine, shows up at the very final issue to do a sneak attack on Count Nefaria, after being unavailable for the last few arcs due to events in ''ComicBook/XMen''.

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Sentry has one with his own inner demon, The Void, who's actually Sentry repressed persona who manifested itself when The Mastermind used his powers to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe out Sentry's memories]]. The Mastermind also created the delusion that if Sentry ever used his powers, a creature called The Void would appear and destroy the world. With the help of Emma Frost and his wife Lindy, Sentry manages to overcome it.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] and the Hood become the BigBadDuumvirate after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' forming an alliance, with Norman taking control of the government as a VillainWithGoodPublicity while The Hood takes over the New York criminal world with his gang.

* BigBrotherMentor: Iron Man and Spider-Man share this sort of relationship, until ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''.

** Echo becomes this for a small time, fighting alongside Elektra and the Hand. Iron Fist tries an IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight to no avail, but Doctor Strange manages to dispel the Hand's magic on her, undoing the brainwashing.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Using stolen Stark tech EvilGenius Jonas Harrow builds a power disruptor device that Chemistro uses to [[DePower depower the New Avengers]], giving the Wrecking Crew a chance to take them out, with the only one untouched being BadassNormal Mockingbird. Curiously the power disruptor also knocks out Clint/Ronin, even though he's ''also'' a BadassNormal, and the story never explains why. It also works on The Sentry when he [[TheCavalry shows up to help them]].

** When the team goes to the Savage Land, Spider-Man gets worried since it ''always'' ends up in a crash-landing situation. Iron-Man dismisses the idea, only to narrowly avoid being InstantlyProvenWrong when they get attacked by dinosaurs. And when they do land safely, the ship gets instantly destroyed by a T-rex the moment they step out. And when they meet Wolverine, he also admits he crashed when he arrived on the island.

* DealWithTheDevil:
** Luke Cage has to resort to making a deal with Norman Osborn in order to find his daughter after the Skrulls kidnap her. Luke doesn't actually go through with joining Osborn, which puts him in Osborn's shitlist.

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: A complicated double agent situation is created due in regard to [[spoiler:Spider-Woman. First, she's contacted by HYDRA, who offer to get her powers back in exchange for her to become TheMole for them in S.H.I.E.L.D., however she immediately tells Nick Fury and they both arranged for her to be a DoubleAgent that would actually only [[FeedTheMole feed them intel Fury approved of]]. But unbeknown to Jessica or Fury, theHYDRA agents that gave her powers back turned out to actually be an alien Skrull cell that infiltrated HYDRA, and after giving Jessica her powers back, Queen Veranke used Jessica's DNA to enable her to [[MoleInCharge perfectly impersonate Jessica as Spider-Woman]]. She stayed as a mole in S.H.I.E.L.D., but jumped at the chance to join the New Avengers so she could keep an eyes on them and could get a chance to personally examine Tony's Stark tech. She only got found out during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' event.]]

** Yelena Belova, the blonde ComicBook/BlackWidow replacement for Natasha, was unceremoniously disfigured in the first arc after being set on fire. She was brought back in the annual as a villain and quickly disposed of by her HYDRA masters.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The New Avengers go through ''hell'' on this run ever since ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' begins, what with them being on the losing side and their leader Captain America dying. The New Avengers [[FugitiveArc become fugitives]] on the run from their former friends. And soon enough they have to deal with a secret AlienInvasion from the Skrulls in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' and even when they manage to thwart it, Norman Osborn ends up taking the credit and replaces Tony Stark as the new 'top cop' and the New Avengers fugitive status becomes even ''more'' dire. But they endure it, and Norman Osborn is finally defeated and exposed during the events of ComicBook/{{Siege}} and The Hood and his [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] gets permanently dissolved. Steve Rogers also comes BackFromTheDead and takes over as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. of the New Avengers can finally stop hiding.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal:
** Yelena Belova, the other Black Widow, is already a bass spy, but HYDRA gave her the PowerCopying powers of Super-Adaptoid, so she could face all of the New Avengers on her own.
** [[spoiler:Mockingbird, once she receives a dosage of the Infinity Formula.]]

* FinalBoss: The final villain they face is Madame Masque's father, Count Nefaria, who is about to make a deal with The Hood to give him powers. But the avengers interrupt them. Despite being a FlyingBrick and SupermanSubstitute, Ms. Marvel and Wolverine defeat Nefaria [[AntiClimaxBoss rather easily in three pages]]. Partially justified, in that the New Avengers specifically planned out the quickest and most effective way to take him down, whilst he had no idea of the ambush.

* FugitiveArc: post-''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', the New Avengers are fugitives from the government, with Tony Stark and his Avengers openly searching and trying to arrest them. This goes on until after the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'' arc is over... when [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Norman Osborn replaces Tony]] as the new 'top cop' in America and things get ''even worse'' until he's finally defeated and exposed as a villain during the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''.

** In the "The Collective" arc, Alaskan mutant Michael Pointer is literally possessed by the vengeful spirit of a dead Chinese mutant who idolizes Magneto, who also happens to drag along the power sets of all the mutants who were depowered on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]]. After the initial explosion, which destroys his entire hometown, he starts walking to the lower 48 across Canada, obliviously destroying anything and anybody in his path. Throughout the four-issue arc, he is starkers -- his clothes were burnt off right at the start, although he has a BarbieDollAnatomy with his powers active. When he loses his powers and he turns back human, he's naked and [[HandOrObjectUnderwear uses his hands to cover himself until he's handed a blanket]].
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: The Hand's attempt to {{Brainwash|ing}} Echo involves this, as they throw her into a dark pit with no light for three days, making her almost go nuts with sensory deprivation.

** During the mission to rescue Echo, Luke Cage takes down Elektra by giving her a hard kick in the groin, which makes her crumple to the ground. It's PlayedForLaughs given the funny {{Reaction Shot}}s from everyone, with even The Hand {{Mook}} ninjas looking shocked. [[spoiler: The fact it wasn't Elektra, but actually her ''male'' Skrull replacement can [[HilariousInHindsight make it even funnier]].]]

* HandicappedBadass: Echo, a deaf woman with photographic memory; Daredevil, a blind man with "Radar Sense".

* HeroismWontPayTheBills: PlayedWith in one of the final issues where [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], newly-instated as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., offers each member of the team a stipend for their heroics. Luke Cage, however initially refuses because he is extremely anti-establishment and was adamant that the team remains autonomous. His wife immediately snatches the check and loudly reminds him that thanks to their last battle, they have nowhere to live, no food, no diapers, and no other necessities to take care of their infant child. Luke promptly shuts up and accepts the check.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: J. Jonah Jameson is portrayed as this in his brief appearance in this run when the New Avengers approach him with a deal: if Jameson stopped bashing Spider-Man every time he needed an editorial, he'd get an exclusivity deal with them. He even got to hear ''Captain America'' tell him Spidey was a hero rather than a monster. His response? After shaking hands on the deal, he promptly went back to not only committing libel, but making accusations of bribery and digging up things like "wanted murderer" (Wolverine), "terrorist" (Spider-Woman) and "convicted drug dealer" (Luke Cage, who was framed and ''exonerated'').

** After the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' force him to leave, Luke Cage becomes the unofficial team leader.

** 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; and Bucky joined the team during his tenure as Captain America.

** Issue #26, after Hawkeye wakes up after passing out during his meeting with Wanda, he finds himself in her bed, [[UndressingTheUnconscious having been undressed by hair]], supposedly to help with his health. When they end up sleeping together not long after, they both end up having separate sheets wrapped around their waists, with Wanda [[HandOrObjectUnderwear crossing her arms to cover her chest]].

** {{Averted|Trope}} when Echo and Hawkeye sleep together. When we see them post-sex in bed, there is a sheet on the bed but for some reason, it's at their ankles. Instead a convenient CensorShadow is placed on his crotch and her chest to cover up the nudity.

** Victoria Hand looks like one at first, but it's ultimately averted, as she follows Steve Rogers' orders now.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Jeryn Hogarth, Daniel Rand's lawyer, manages to run circles around Iron Man, and seriously pisses off Ms. Marvel in the process. However, given this is after Civil War, and Iron Man's trying to arrest his former friends, it's brilliant to behold.

** The Sentry throwing the Void into the sun.
** Similarly, Spider-Man reminds everyone that Victoria Hand was Norman Osborn's [[NumberTwo right hand]] during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' at every opportunity.

* OneOfTheBoys: Within the team dynamic, Mockingbird tends to be this. She's not part of the PseudoRomanticFriendship between Carol and the two Jessicas (ComicBook/SpiderWoman and ComicBook/JessicaJones), and instead whenever she's getting chummy with a team member, it's with one of the boys. She also has the most tomboyish personality, probably helped by her tomboyish name.

** HYDRA and A.I.M. Give Yelena Belova [[PowerCopying Adaptoid-like powers]], but Yelena can't handle the stress when they take Sentry's powers, since it also means she takes in the Void's insanity.

* RunningGag: Whenever the Avengers are getting their asses handed to them, Someone (usually Spider-Man) suggests that Senty [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten throws whatever is kicking the team's ass into the sun]].

* SamusIsAGirl: Ronin turns to be Echo, with Spider-Man and Luke Cage both being surprised Ronin is female. When Silver Samurai finds out much later, he's also surprised Ronin was a girl.

* ScreamingWoman: When the Hood attacks Tigra in her house, what does Tigra, a former police officer and Avengers, do? She just goes "AIIEEEE" over and over.

* ShamefulStrip

* SuperMobBoss: The Hood was an UnluckyEverydude who got a magical cape and shoes from a certain demon that granted supernatural powers, and with that in hand he fights to become a mob boss. But even without his magical clothes, he's also a BadassNormal who can fight with GunsAkimbo. When he loses his demonic powers, he makes a deal with Loki to get new ones, but given it's ''Loki'' Hood is eventually betrayed and loses them once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's outlived his usefulness.]] He tries ''again'' to get powers via a deal with Madame Masque's father Count Nefaria, but the New Avengers interrupt the deal before it's realized and arrest everyone.

* SweetPollyOliver: Echo as Ronin. A bit of FridgeBrilliance with this, since given the [[CaptainEthnic VERY Japanese]] nature of the identity (plus the fact that the costume does [[SamusIsAGirl a great job of hiding the fact there's a woman in it]]), nobody would ever suspect that Ronin was actually a Latina woman from America, not a male from Japan.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Echo, who is of mixed Latina and Native American descent. In fact, her having a disability (deafness) makes it a threefer.

** When the New Avengers go to the Savage Land in pursuit of Sauron in Issue #5, they get ambushed by the Savage Land Mutates with Vertigo putting them all to ForcedSleep. When they next wake up, they're all been stripped naked a strung up by their arms (A combination of CensorShadow, GodivaHair, SceneryCensor, SpeechBubbleCensoring and ShouldersUpNudity are used to keep any naughty bits from being seen.

** Madame Masque also unmasks herself to kiss Hood when [[UnholyMatrimony they become a couple]], although [[TheUnreveal we don't see her face]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The Savage Land Mutates simply wanted to get Sauron back when they caused the [[GreatEscape Raft escape]], but that event cause several super-villains to go free, causing trouble all over the world [[spoiler: but they also [[SpannerInTheWorks unwittingly put the heroes on track of uncovering the Skrulls' invasion]]]].

* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Lampshaded very well in an early issue. The heroes needed information quickly and got into a local prison in order to get it from the inmates. Spider-Woman, backed up by Wolverine, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and others, told the inmates that they were going to talk, and she had ways to make them do so. She then held up a bag of donuts and said whoever helped them would get a donut, and whoever didn't could have whatever the prison cafeteria was serving. Prisoner: "I'll tell you anything you want. Gimme a donut."
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Spider-Woman is treated like this by most of the team after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'', due to the fact [[spoiler:Veranke was impersonating her the whole time. Even though they know it's not her fault, everyone saves Ms. Marvel and Wolverine are still wary about her, and her past as a HYDRA DoubleAgent doesn't help]].
* WeWorkWellTogether: The New Avengers were formed when a [[GreatEscape mass jailbreak of supervillains]] forced several heroes to band up and fight together. After that Captain America decided they make a good team, and to try and make a new Avengers team out of them.

** Issue #31 -- [[spoiler:Echo kills Elektra, and everyone watches in horror as Elektra's body reverts to her true form as a Skrull, [[TheReveal revealing]] that the Skrulls were covertly replacing high powered figures on Earth [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008 in preparation of an invasion]]]].

** During the "Revolution" arc, Silver Samurai notes that the Hand, under [[TheQueenpin Elektra's leadership]], are violently seizing control over the Japanese underworld. Once Elektra gets a sword through the chest, [[spoiler:and turns out to be a Skrull]], the Avengers go home, and never mention the Hand again.

** During the Raft breakout, Spider-Woman and Luke Cage are barely holding back Carnage from killing them,
when Sentry shows up and makes short work of Carnage, flying him off into space and tearing the symbiote into pieces. Carnage and Cletus were even assumed to be dead for a while.

* WolverinePublicity: There are three characters who were in the book since the very first arc - Luke Cage, Spider-Man, and Wolverine. Guess which one's the CreatorsPet and which two this trope applies to.

After ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', Tony Stark disbanded the Avengers. [[TimeSkip Six months later]], a prison riot at the Raft proved that the world needed an Avengers team, so ComicBook/CaptainAmerica recruited the other heroes who helped stop the riot - ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/LukeCage, and [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Spider-Woman]] - to form the New Avengers. As the first few arcs went on, the team was joined by ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheSentry and Ronin (a disguised [[Characters/{{Daredevil}} Echo]], sent by ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} in his place, later replaced by a resurrected ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}). Following ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' through to the end of ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', the team was forced underground, but with the beginning of the Heroic Age they were free to operate openly. The series lasted for 64 issues (January, 2005-June, 2010).

In other media, the team (consisting of Spider-Man, Luke Cage, ComicBook/WarMachine, Iron Fist, Wolverine, and the Thing) appeared in a self-titled episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. Most of the members also are playable heroes in the Website/{{Facebook}} game ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''. Also, in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the New Avengers are referenced at the end of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''[[note]]The immediate follow-up, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', doesn't pick up on this[[/note]] in which, with [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] leaving for Asgard, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] for parts unknown, and Iron Man and Hawkeye leaving the team, Cap and ComicBook/BlackWidow decide to rebrand the team with War Machine, ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/TheVision as its new formation.

Not to be confused with the British TV show ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', which was a revival of ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}''.

For the 2012 ''New Avengers'', please see ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman. For the [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel All-New, All-Different]] 2015 ''New Avengers'', please see ComicBook/NewAvengers2015.

!Tropes used in ''New Avengers'':

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: During ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', both this title and ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' 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 BatFamilyCrossover taking place in the two Avengers titles before ExecutiveMeddling decided to make the story a CrisisCrossover limited series instead.

** ComicBook/IronMan and S.H.I.E.L.D. for ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

** Hood (Parker Robbins) for the "Trust" arc, with him organizing a VillainTeamUp while the heroes are busy and disorganized in the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' aftermath.
** Queen Veranke and The Skrulls for ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.

* TheAtoner: ComicBook/DoctorStrange during his stay with the team post ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', since he feels incredibly guilty for staying neutral during the war, which is why he lends them the Sanctum Sanctorum as their HomeBase for a while, allowing them to hide for Iron Man and the government forces.

** Skrull Queen Veranke is the main antagonist for the run until her defeat in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', having her hands in almost every bad thing that happens to the New Avengers since they formed as a HiddenVillain, which is appropriate since [[spoiler:she [[MoleInCharge joined them in the very first issue as Spider-Woman]]]].
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] and the Hood become the BigBadDuumvirate after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' forming an alliance, with Norman taking control of the government as a VillainWithGoodPublicity while The Hood takes over the New York criminal world with his gang.

* BigBrotherMentor: Iron Man and Spider-Man share this sort of relationship, until ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

** During ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' they once again have to go to the Savage Land, and have to crash land when the ship gets attacked by a dinosaur.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Echo, after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Spider-Man asking if anyone knew where she'd gone; and again with her reappearance when Luke Cage and Jessica Jones were looking for a Nanny, as she angrily asks if Cage even remembers that she used to be on the team.

* CosmicRetcon: By virtue of Spider-Man being in the cast throughout the first volume, the effects of ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' wind up coming into effect during the build-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' - as such, everyone loses their knowledge of his secret identity until he unmasks to the team again after the event.

* CrossThrough: The post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'' issues occur with the opening arc of ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'', when the team's plane is downed by Ultron's EMP. After recovering, they watch her message to the world.
* ADayInTheSpotlight: During ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', each issue focused on an individual member of the team who didn't have their own series, with Captain America and Iron Man also getting issues due to scheduling conflicts with their own series.

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: A complicated double agent situation is created due in regard to [[spoiler:Spider-Woman. First, she's contacted by HYDRA, who offer to get her powers back in exchange for her to become TheMole for them in S.H.I.E.L.D., however she immediately tells Nick Fury and they both arranged for her to be a DoubleAgent that would actually only [[FeedTheMole feed them intel Fury approved of]]. But unbeknown to Jessica or Fury, theHYDRA agents that gave her powers back turned out to actually be an alien Skrull cell that infiltrated HYDRA, and after giving Jessica her powers back, Queen Veranke used Jessica's DNA to enable her to [[MoleInCharge perfectly impersonate Jessica as Spider-Woman]]. She stayed as a mole in S.H.I.E.L.D., but jumped at the chance to join the New Avengers so she could keep an eyes on them and could get a chance to personally examine Tony's Stark tech. She only got found out during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' event.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Doctor Strange joined the team post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'', he was quickly stripped of his Sorcerer Supreme status, which greatly weakened him and limited what he could do with his powers. He would not be restored to full power until the final issue of Creator/BrianBendis' run.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The New Avengers go through ''hell'' on this run ever since ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' begins, what with them being on the losing side and their leader Captain America dying. The New Avengers [[FugitiveArc become fugitives]] on the run from their former friends. And soon enough they have to deal with a secret AlienInvasion from the Skrulls in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and even when they manage to thwart it, Norman Osborn ends up taking the credit and replaces Tony Stark as the new 'top cop' and the New Avengers fugitive status becomes even ''more'' dire. But they endure it, and Norman Osborn is finally defeated and exposed during the events of ComicBook/{{Siege}} and The Hood and his [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] gets permanently dissolved. Steve Rogers also comes BackFromTheDead and takes over as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. of the New Avengers can finally stop hiding.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When Spidey reveals himself as Peter Parker for the post-''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', it leads to Jessica Jones actually recognizing him and revealing they [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether went to high school together]] (which actually was in her origin story), and she gets all excited because she used to have a huge crush on him. The funny thing is, this is the second time he's unmasked (he made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the devil]] to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mindwipe]] the whole world into forgetting his identity), and she didn't say anything the first time! And Peter actually has no memory of her at all until she mentions she was in a coma, and he remembers her as "the coma girl", and she's very disappointed he didn't even know her name.
* FugitiveArc: post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'', the New Avengers are fugitives from the government, with Tony Stark and his Avengers openly searching and trying to arrest them. This goes on until after the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' arc is over... when [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Norman Osborn replaces Tony]] as the new 'top cop' in America and things get ''even worse'' until he's finally defeated and exposed as a villain during the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''.

** Their publicity becomes much worse during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' when the team is split by Iron Man and Captain America, with the New Avengers who sided with Cap needing to go underground since S.H.I.E.L.D. is trying to arrest them.

-->'''Spider-Man''': I'm telling you. This is fishy. Fishy fishy.\\
'''Luke Cage''': My spider-sense is tingling too.\\
'''Spider-Man''': That's copyrighted.

-->'''Thing''': Guess what time it is!\\
'''Spider-Man''': Really, you'll ''never'' guess!\\
'''Ms. Marvel''' Is it ''clobberin[='=]'' time?\\
'''Spider-Man''': Oh man, you guessed it right off the bat! ''First try!''\\
'''Thing''': Guys, you called me all the way out here. The ''least'' you could do is let me do my own catchphrase!

* HomeBase
** Stark[=/=]Avengers Tower until ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

** "Avengers Apartment", the crappy apartment Iron Fist gets for the team to hide in until ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', which they use for all of two issues.

** The Ronin identity is better known as an alias of Clint Barton rather than Echo, thanks to Echo only wearing it for a handful of appearances before it was appropriated by Barton following ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: [[spoiler:From the very first issue, Spider-Woman is actually the Skrull Queen Veranke, something that would only be revealed during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' event, ''much'' later. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that Spider-Woman/Jessica does join the team for real after that event. Similarly, all of Elektra's appearances in the run were actually that of the Skrull Pagon in disguise.]]

** After the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' force him to leave, Luke Cage becomes the unofficial team leader.
** After the events of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', Clint Barton as Ronin is elected the new official team leader, with Ms. Marvel as his NumberTwo.

** Discussed by Iron Fist and Doctor Strange following ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', with the two of them bearing mantles (Sorcerer Supreme and the Iron Fist) that had been previously passed down to them, and they will later pass on in their lives. Capped off with this:

** It's revealed fairly early on that Spider-Woman is being a mole for S.H.I.E.L.D and then the New Avengers, although it takes some time before it's revealed it's for [[spoiler:HYDRA]]. But what's really surprising is that [[spoiler: she's actually [[MoleInCharge the Skrull Queen Veranke]] until after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'']].

* MsFanservice: Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew is the designed {{fanservice}} provider when she's on the team. She's drawn as a HeadTurningBeauty who wears a [[FormFittingWardrobe form fitting]] SensualSpandex as her hero costume, and gets plenty of MaleGaze shots. She also ends up naked fairly often, such one issue it even shows she SleepsInTheNude when Fury calls her one night and is confronted by Wolverine [[ShowerScene while she's in the middle of a shower]]. [[spoiler:Although technically speaking, it's actually Queen Veranke who's the Ms. Fanservice, since she's impersonating Jessica the whole time until ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', which also makes the whole thing double as FanDisservice. Notably, Jessica doesn't get into any {{fanservice}} situations when she comes back, though she still looks the same.]]

* OnceMoreWithClarity: In Issue #14, we get several {{flashback}}s to Spider-Woman's story as a DoubleAgent to S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA and during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' [[spoiler:we get to see many of those same scenes, but this time, in with the knowledge Veranke is posing as Spider-Woman]].

* ParanoiaFuel: Becomes an InUniverse theme of the first volume, with the Avengers constantly wondering who they could trust, with several {{Double Agent}}s, TheMole reveals and the entirety of the [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion secret Skrull invasion]].

** Jessica Drew[=/=]Spider Woman was revealed to be recruited by HYDRA to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. as TheMole in exchange for her powers being restored, except Nick Fury had her [[FeedTheMole feeding HYDRA limited intel]] whilst S.H.I.E.L.D. analyzed the HYDRA cell and planned to use the intel to take them down; when Captain America recruited her to the New Avengers, HYDRA amended her role to also spy on the Avengers. When the team found out about her role as a DoubleAgent, it was decided to do the same thing she was doing for S.H.I.E.L.D. and have her feed HYDRA limited intel. [[spoiler:And ''then'' it turns out that she was replaced by [[MoleInCharge Skrull Queen Veranke]] during the procedure to restore her powers, and she was playing the New Avengers, HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of the [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrull's plans to take Earth]].]]

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: ''ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}'' featured a team-up between many of the characters who would go on to form the core cast of ''New Avengers'', and also set up several plot threads for that series.

** Echo was sent to keep an eye on The Hand and Elektra shortly after "joining" the team. She only came back when they had to rescue her in the post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'' "Revolution" arc. But then she was written out of the book after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', eventually joining the cast of ''ComicBook/MoonKnight''.
** Doctor Strange joined the team post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'', but left to go WalkingTheEarth after the Hood and his gang destroyed his home. He only returns in Issue #52 as a GuestStarPartyMember until they deal with Dormammu-possessed Hood and he leaves to become TheMentor to Brother Voodoo.
* TheQueenpin: In the "Revolution" arc, Silver Samurai admits Elektra became this in the Japanese underworld, as TheLeader of The Hand, she took control of pretty much all Yakuza families and criminal business in Japan. [[spoiler:By the end of the arc, we find out she was actually a Skrull, and taking over the Japanese underworld was just a part of their plan for ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'']].

** During the initial lead-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', an issue of ''New Avengers'' ended with a dramatic close-up of Dani Cage, the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, whose eyes were shown glowing. This was obviously meant to imply that she (and by extension, one of her parents) might be a Skrull, but was really just an indication that she'd inherited superpowers from her parents.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: While a few female characters [[GuestStarPartyMember join the team for an arc or two]] (Echo in the "Ronin" arc, Ms. Marvel in the "Collective" arc), Spider-Woman is the only permanent female team member until she quits and joins the ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' cast, which is coincidentally when Echo permanently joins the team, thus becoming the sole female team member until after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', when the team gets 3 women on the team (Spider-Woman, Ms. Marvel and Mockingbird). Technically Jessica Jones ''is'' always around, but she acts like a supporting character who's living with them as a civilian.

* TheSyndicate: Hood's Gang is a criminal organization of super-villains that The Hood created after ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' left the heroes disorganized, and they are one of the most recurring foes of the New Avengers. Aside from Hood, some of its notable members includes Madame Masque (who acts as TheDragon), The Wrecking Crew (The [[TheBrute main muscle]]), Jonas Harrow (The EvilGenius and TheStarscream) and Jigsaw (The first recruit).

** Issue #36 has Doctor Strange and Night Nurse having a post-coital conversation, where he tells her about the guilt he has over having staying neutral during the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:The New Avengers killing Elektra only to watch her body turn into a Skrull is treated as a WhamShot and is what triggers the events of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.]]

* {{Transplant}}: Ms. Marvel sided with Iron Man in ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' and for a while was even TheLeader of the "official" government-sponsored Avengers team ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'', and would often butt heads with the New Avengers team. But after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and Norman Osborn's government appointment, she joins up with the New Avengers, even becoming their NumberTwo.

* UnfocusedDuringIntimacy: When Night Nurse (Linda Carter) and Doctor Strange have SexForSolace, Strange is so stressed by his guilt over not helping during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' and the discovery of [[spoiler: a [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion possible Skrull invasion]]]] that he's very unfocused. When they're TalkingInBed post-sex Linda says he was basically in the Astral Plane the entire time, and is somewhat miffed about it.

* UnholyMatrimony: The Hood and Madame Masque begin a relationship, soon after he [[RescueRomance rescues her]] from being a victim of KillAndReplace by the Skrulls in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''.

** When Spider-Man first joined many in the team already were {{Secret Keeper}}s of him, and the ones who didn't found out during his dramatic unmasking in ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. But then the ComicBook/OneMoreDay CosmicRetcon happened and nobody knew who Spider-Man was again, which came up in a post-''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' story where Clint asked him to unmask for the team, with Spidey reluctantly complying.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: There's a bit of awkward sexual tension between Echo and Hawkeye, mostly on her part with her feeling awkward whenever he does something nice for her or gets close. [[RelationshipUpgrade It gets resolved]] in Issue #40. But their romance [[AbortedArc was completely dropped]] once Clint's ex-wife ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} returned "from the dead" (it's complicated) at the close of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and Echo was PutOnABus.

* WelcomeBackTraitor: Spider-Woman is treated like this by most of the team after ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', due to the fact [[spoiler:Veranke was impersonating her the whole time. Even though they know it's not her fault, everyone saves Ms. Marvel and Wolverine are still wary about her, and her past as a HYDRA DoubleAgent doesn't help]].

** Issue #31 - [[spoiler:Echo kills Elektra, and everyone watches in horror as Elektra's body reverts to her true form as a Skrull, [[TheReveal revealing]] that the Skrulls were covertly replacing high powered figures on Earth [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion in preparation of an invasion]].]]

* ThePsychoRangers: Norman Osborn revives the Dark Avengers concept with a new team featuring Skaar, Son of Hulk (The Hulk/Red Hulk); Hawkeye's brother Trickshot (ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, duh); The Gorgon, Wolverine's deadliest enemy (ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}); Ragnarok, a robotic clone of Thor infamously created by Tony Stark's side during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ([[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]); Ai Apaec, a sinister sort of arachnid god (ComicBook/SpiderMan); June Covington, a deranged geneticist Osborn met in prison (ComicBook/ScarletWitch); and Superia, a StrawFeminist MadScientist with super strength (ComicBook/MsMarvel). Norman himself becomes the new [[AllYourPowersCombined Super-Adaptoid]], making him the only Dark Avenger without any real analogue. [[spoiler:Skaar turns out to subvert his role, being Captain America's [[TheMole Mole]] in the team.]] Just like the previous iteration, they don't match up well with the actual Avengers they face, as they still have no Luke Cage counterpart and there's no Hulk, Thor, or Scarlet Witch on the team.

** The ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' arc introduced the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, a [[EvilHero supposed hero team]] who are actually ''posing'' as their counterparts. This interaction is mostly based on Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts: [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] leads the team as the ComicBook/IronMan-ComicBook/CaptainAmerica mashup called '[[AmericanRobot Iron Patriot]]'; ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}} is a mashup of [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]]; Venom ([[Characters/MarvelComicsMacGargan MacGargan, previously known as Scorpion]]) as Franchise/SpiderMan; Moonstone as [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]]; Noh-Varr as ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}; [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] as ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and ComicBook/{{Daken}} as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Only ComicBook/TheSentry doesn't pose as anyone, because he's just that plain nuts to join an ObviouslyEvil team. Though the Dark Avengers didn't match up well with the actual Avengers they faced, for instance, there was no counterpart for Luke Cage or Spider-Woman.

** The "Ronin" arc introduces a mysterious masked vigilante called Ronin. A sequence of Ronin beating up Yakuza goons in Japan is intercut with flashbacks of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica asking ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} to join the team, with the latter declining due to recently having been outed to the public as Matt Murdock in his own series. Cap then brings up the period where he briefly adopted the superheroic alias of Nomad, suggesting that Matt could similarly take on a new costumed identity to join the Avengers without arousing suspicion. This, coupled with Ronin's penchant for using nunchaku (similar to Daredevil's trademark billy clubs), is clearly meant to fool the reader into thinking Ronin is indeed Matt Murdock, but Matt instead tells Cap that he has a friend who might be able to do the job. Subsequent issues continue the mystery, with Spider-Man guessing that it might be Daredevil's old allies Iron Fist or ComicBook/ShangChi under the mask, only for it to ultimately be revealed that [[SamusIsAGirl Ronin is actually Maya Lopez, a.k.a. Echo]].

* ThePsychoRangers: Norman Osborn revives the Dark Avengers concept with a new team featuring Skaar, Son of Hulk (The Hulk/Red Hulk); Hawkeye's brother Trickshot (ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, duh); The Gorgon, Wolverine's deadliest enemy (ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}); Ragnarok, a robotic clone of Thor infamously created by Tony Stark's side during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ([[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]); Ai Apaec, a sinister sort of arachnid god (Franchise/SpiderMan); June Covington, a deranged geneticist Osborn met in prison (ComicBook/ScarletWitch); and Superia, a StrawFeminist MadScientist with super strength (ComicBook/MsMarvel). Norman himself becomes the new [[AllYourPowersCombined Super-Adaptoid]], making him the only Dark Avenger without any real analogue. [[spoiler:Skaar turns out to subvert his role, being Captain America's [[TheMole Mole]] in the team.]] Just like the previous iteration, they don't match up well with the actual Avengers they face, as they still have no Luke Cage counterpart and there's no Hulk, Thor, or Scarlet Witch on the team.

The MarvelUniverse's [[ComicBook/TheAvengers all-star superhero team]], rebranded for the new millennium.

Following ''Dark Reign'', the team was officially sanctioned by S.H.I.E.L.D., and was one of two public teams of Avengers active in the MarvelUniverse. They were led by Luke Cage, and they were based in Avengers Mansion.

Following ''Dark Reign'', the team was officially sanctioned by S.H.I.E.L.D., and was one of two public teams of Avengers active in the MarvelUniverse. They were led by Luke Cage and based in Avengers Mansion.

After ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', Tony Stark disbanded the Avengers. [[TimeSkip Six months later]], a prison riot at the Raft proved that the world needed an Avengers team, so ComicBook/CaptainAmerica recruited the other heroes who helped stop the riot - ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/LukeCage, and [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Spider-Woman]] - to form the New Avengers. As the first few arcs went on, the team was joined by ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheSentry and Ronin (a disguised [[Characters/{{Daredevil}} Echo]], sent by ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} in his place, later replaced by a resurrected ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}). Following ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' through to the end of ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', the team was forced underground, but with the beginning of the Heroic Age they were free to operate openly. The series lasted for 64 issues (January, 2005-June, 2010).

** When Echo and Hawkeye [[TheyDo sleep together]] we similarly only see them kissing, before the scene cuts to them in bed post-sex.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: There's a bit of awkward sexual tension between Echo and Hawkeye, mostly on her part with her feeling awkward whenever he does something nice for her or gets close. It [[TheyDo gets resolved]] in Issue #40. But their romance [[AbortedArc was completely dropped]] once Clint's ex-wife ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} returned "from the dead" (it's complicated) at the close of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and Echo was PutOnABus.