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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle]], [[ComicBook/{{Sentinel}} Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}), and students of Comicbook/CaptainBritain's Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]]'s little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

The series is notable for garnering a backlash when it was first announced, due to the fact that these characters from cult hit series could possibly die. Since teen characters/lesser known characters are generally CListFodder, DeathIsCheap doesn't apply to them -- if they die, they can be KilledOffForReal with no chance of resurrection. Because of this, the series is divisive with many. The series lasted for 18 issues (February, 2013 - January, 2014), and is followed up by ''Comicbook/AvengersUndercover''.

Also see Comicbook/YoungAvengers for another teen series part of the Comicbook/MarvelNOW initiative.

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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' ''ComicBook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy [[ComicBook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle]], [[ComicBook/{{Sentinel}} Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}), and students of Comicbook/CaptainBritain's ComicBook/CaptainBritain's Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]]'s little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

The series is notable for garnering a backlash when it was first announced, due to the fact that these characters from cult hit series could possibly die. Since teen characters/lesser known characters are generally CListFodder, DeathIsCheap doesn't apply to them -- if they die, they can be KilledOffForReal with no chance of resurrection. Because of this, the series is divisive with many. The series lasted for 18 issues (February, 2013 - January, 2014), and is followed up by ''Comicbook/AvengersUndercover''.

''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover''.

Also see Comicbook/YoungAvengers ComicBook/YoungAvengers for another teen series part of the Comicbook/MarvelNOW ComicBook/MarvelNOW initiative.



* LowerDeckEpisode: Issue #13, which snaps the story outside of Murderworld, to the adults of Comicbook/AvengersAcademy investigating the kids' disappearances.

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* LowerDeckEpisode: Issue #13, which snaps the story outside of Murderworld, to the adults of Comicbook/AvengersAcademy ComicBook/AvengersAcademy investigating the kids' disappearances.
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* TakenALevelInBadass: Arcade comes with new godlike powers and easily kicks around the kids. [[spoiler: Then the trope is flipped on it's head as turns out his powers just come from a suit fashioned by Ms. Coriander, who also arranges the island base.]]

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* TakenALevelInBadass: Arcade comes with new godlike powers and easily kicks around the kids. [[spoiler: Then the trope is flipped on it's head as turns out his powers just come from a suit fashioned by Ms. Coriander, who also arranges the island base. The suit only works on the island, and when confronted at his base he is helpless to fight back.]]
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** Nico's powers aren't portrayed as they were in [[Creator/JossWhedon Joss Whedon's run]]. Nico casts the spell "Chill Out", which she already cast in ''ComicBook/CivilWar: Runaways[=/=]ComicBook/YoungAvengers #2''. The Staff of One can only cast the same spell once and tends to have a random or negative effect when a spell is recast. The effect is different, but the results are very much the same. Also, Apex [[spoiler: was able to grab the Staff of One, despite in volume three it established no one but her can touch it.]]

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** Nico's powers aren't portrayed as they were in [[Creator/JossWhedon Joss Whedon's run]]. Nico casts the spell "Chill Out", which she already cast in ''ComicBook/CivilWar: ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}: Runaways[=/=]ComicBook/YoungAvengers #2''. The Staff of One can only cast the same spell once and tends to have a random or negative effect when a spell is recast. The effect is different, but the results are very much the same. Also, Apex [[spoiler: was able to grab the Staff of One, despite in volume three it established no one but her can touch it.]]

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* FirstEpisodeTwist: [[spoiler: Mettle is killed brutally in the ''very first issue,'' setting up the villain Arcade's powers, Hazmat's character arc, and the entire series' tone.]] Several comic news outlets already included that spoiler in any coverage of ''Arena'', and it's pretty hard to read anything about the comic without stumbling into that. Also, several other characters are {{Walking Spoiler}}s due to the nature of the series.


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* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: Mettle is killed brutally in the ''very first issue,'' setting up the villain Arcade's powers, Hazmat's character arc, and the entire series' tone.]] Several comic news outlets already included that spoiler in any coverage of ''Arena'', and it's pretty hard to read anything about the comic without stumbling into that. Also, several other characters are {{Walking Spoiler}}s due to the nature of the series.
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* OffModel:
** An Artist error on #4's print copy has a panel giving X-23 her brother's claw pattern in her hand. This is corrected in the digital copy.
** Hazmat has a crack in her helmet is inconsistent drawn, disappearing entirely when a new artist takes over in #4, and the amount of gas/general size changes from issue to issue.
** Nico's staff, which was given a new form in Runaways volume 3. It's in its old/un-upgraded form in all but one of the covers, and all the interiors.
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* TriangRelations:
** Kid Briton, Apex, and Nara are in a Type 7, with Kid Briton being in a relationship with Apex, but cheating on her with Nara. [[spoiler: Of course, it turns out she knew about it, and just let it happen.]]
** Cullen, Anachronism and Nara are in a Type 4, with Cullen being in love with Anachronsim/Aiden, but he and Nara are involved.
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** During a flashback in #3, Agent Brand shows Cammi a picture that has her with Nova, Drax the Destroyer, and Starlord. The problem is that Peter Quill didn't become Starlord again until the after Cammi left.

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** During a flashback in #3, Agent Brand shows Cammi a picture that has her with Nova, Drax the Destroyer, and Starlord. The problem is that Peter Quill didn't become Starlord again until the after Cammi left.
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** To Battle Royale, Hunger Games, etc. Battle Royale especially.

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** To Battle Royale, Hunger Games, ''Battle Royale'', ''Hunger Games'', etc. Battle Royale ''Battle Royale'' especially.
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* StupidEvil: Arcade himself. Yeah, kidnapping Wolverine's daughter/clone, a bunch of kids affiliated with in an Avengers sponsored school, etc. isn't going to get him beaten to a bloody pulp in the end. This one is so blatant it even gets {{lampshaded}}. And of course, he uploads all the footage on Website/YouTube titled "What Happened In Murderworld?" so he ''blatantly confesses on the internet'' that it was all his doing since the X-Men and Avengers are very familiar with what Arcade has called his death traps. There's also the fact that his entire scheme to make himself a bigger threat was by making teenagers kill each other.
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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]]'s little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Mettle]], [[ComicBook/{{Sentinel}} Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Comicbook/CaptainBritain's Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]]'s little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).
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*** Issue #14 references Creator/FrankMiller's ''[[ComicBook/FrankMillersWolverine Wolverine]]''.

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*** Issue #14 references Creator/FrankMiller's ''[[ComicBook/FrankMillersWolverine Wolverine]]''.''ComicBook/{{Wolverine|1982}}''.
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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone's little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone's [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]]'s little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).



* ChekhovsGun: In issue #5, while Kid Briton is being berated by Captain Britain, there's a fight outside the window with the Braddock Academy staff and [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} Elsa Bloodstone]] and a huge green monster. It's treated as a FunnyBackgroundEvent, but later [[spoiler: it's revealed in #14 that the green monster was actually ''Cullen.'']]

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* ChekhovsGun: In issue #5, while Kid Briton is being berated by Captain Britain, there's a fight outside the window with the Braddock Academy staff and [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]] and a huge green monster. It's treated as a FunnyBackgroundEvent, but later [[spoiler: it's revealed in #14 that the green monster was actually ''Cullen.'']]

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* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: Mettle, was killed gruesomely right in front of Hazmat, which starts off her depression and HeroicBSOD for the majority of the comic.]]



* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: Mettle, was killed gruesomely right in front of Hazmat, which starts off her depression and HeroicBSOD for the majority of the comic.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Cullen and Anachronism, who seem very different with the BigGuyLittleGuy dynamic, but both are possessed by evil beings.]]
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* HateSink: Apex. She isn't the main villain at all, in fact she's a ''victim'' of Arcade but she's more than willing to play the game and kill in order to save her own hide. But some fans [[DracoInLeatherPants don't think of her that way]].

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* HateSink: Apex. She isn't the main villain at all, in fact she's a ''victim'' of Arcade but she's more than willing to play the game and kill in order to save her own hide. But some fans [[DracoInLeatherPants don't think of her that way]].
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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein]], ComicBook/NicoMinoru, ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone's little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

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''Avengers Arena'' is a spin-off from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (and direct follow-up to ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'') by writer Dennis Hopeless and primary artist Kev Walker as part of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''Comicbook/MarvelNOW'' iniative. ''Avengers Arena'' stars sixteen of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's teenage superheroes as they're put onto an isolated island and forced to fight and kill each other for [[Comicbook/XMen diabolical mastermind Arcade's]] amusement (yes like a certain infamous [[Film/BattleRoyale film based on a novel]]). The characters participating are [[Comicbook/AvengersAcademy Reptil, Hazmat, Mettle, Juston Seyfret and his Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Chase Stein]], ComicBook/NicoMinoru, Stein, Nico Minoru]], ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}, [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Cammi]], and Red Raven. The characters created for the book include Rebecca Ryker[=/=]Deathlocket (a younger DistaffCounterpart of Deathlok), and students of [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain's]] Braddock Academy: Apex (AlphaBitch smartypants), Nara (bloodlustful Atlantean), Kid Briton (young alternate-reality Captain Britain), Cullen Bloodstone (Ulysses Bloodstone's son and ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone's little brother), and Anachronism (nerd stuck in ancient warrior's body).

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