History ComicBook / TheIlluminati

A New ''Illuminati'' ongoing will begin as part of the ComicBook/AllNEwAllDifferentMarvel initiative, but this time will feature villains uniting to protect other villains.

The group is later reformed and are the stars of the comic book series Comicbook/NewAvengers volume 3.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: For their high and loud intentions, the Illuminati do not have a good record of successes. Their threat to the Skrulls was not just useless, it gave gave them the means to start the SecretInvasion. They collected the infinity gems but could not banish them from existence, and the Hood got most of them a short time later. They tried to talk the Beyonder to leave the universe, and he ignored them. They advised Noh-Varr to be a hero, and he laughed at them (he became a hero later, but for other reasons). And before ''Civil War'' and ''Secret Invasion'', they simply met to decide that there was nothing they could do about the crisis.

* HitAndRunTactics: They tried to do this to the Skrulls, but failed. They appeared in their planet, told them to stay away from Earth, Black Bolt destroyed their city when they refused, and they teleported back to their ship, to return home. But the skrulls destroyed their ship and capured them.

* TheDogBitesBack: As Hulk was destroying everything again, the Illuminati organized a trap for him, sending him to a distant planet. Xavier was not present, and Namor [[IWarnedYou warned them]]: that was [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk a massively bad idea]]
* ETGaveUsWiFi: Reed Richards and Iron Man are making a fortune from the technologies they get from the stolen Skrull ship. Perhaps a small break from [[ReedRichardsIsUseless their usual uselessness]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Most of the time. If it is about a past story, the Illuminati can not change its outcome. If it is a modern crisis crossover, it has to be played by all the characters involved, it can't be ruined by a swift covert attack of a secret team.

The group is later reformed and are the stars the comic book series Comicbook/NewAvengers volume 3.

* EvilCounterpart: The Cabal developed after Secret Invasion is this to the Illuminati. Led by NormanOsborn, the group consists of DoctorDoom, Loki, The Hood, Emma Frost, and Namor who try to secretly manipulate the superhero political atmosphere for their own benefits.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: For their high and loud intentions, the Illuminati do not have a good record of successes. Their threat to the Skrulls was not just useless, it gave gave them the means to start the SecretInvasion. They collected the infinity gems but could not banish them from existence, and the Hood got most of them a short time later. They tried to talk the Beyonder to leave the universe, and he ignored them. They advised Noh-Varr to be a hero, and he laughed at them (he became a hero later, but for other reasons). And before Civil War and Secret Invasions, they simply met to decide that there was nothing they could do about the crisis.
* OriginsEpisode: In the crossover with Civil War. The group appeared first in the New Avengers, without any kind of explanation for the reader.
* ProperlyParanoid: Iron Man had the corpse of a Skrull that was pretending to be Elektra, and who was completely undetectable before being killed and reverting to her real form. He thinks that this Skrull is the peak of the iceberg of [[SecretInvasion a whole alien infiltration at all levels]]. Namor and Xavier did not agree: the skrull may be just a single skrull and nothing more. And then [[spoiler:Black Bolt revealed to be a Skrull, and tried to kill them]]

** Black Panther to the others, when they created the group
** Namor to the other members (except Xavier, who was not present) when they decided to exile Hulk
** The Watcher to Reed Richards, for reuniting the Infinity Gaunlet
** The others to Namor, when the Beyonder revealed by accident that he still desires to conquer the surface world. ("Only sometimes. Not today")

* Handwave: Eternity had ruled that the Infinity Gems may not be used all at once. It was mentioned and ignored.

** Black Phanter to the others, when they created the group

Many years ago, Earth was almost destroyed during ComicBook/TheKreeSkrullWar. Several heroes met in Wakanda to talk about this: Black Phanter, Iron Man, Reed Richards, Charles Xavier, Black Bolt, Namor and Dr. Strange.[[note]]This meeting takes place in a modern retcon, not in the 1970s[[/note]] They realized that they all knew details about those alien races, and if they had compared notes they would have been able to prevent the war. With the exception of Black Phanter, they created a secret society, to discuss this and other grave threats and silently deal with them.

Many years ago, Earth was almost destroyed during ComicBook/TheKreeSkrullWar. Several heroes met in Wakanda to talk about this: Black Phanter, Iron Man, Reed Richards, Charles Xavier, Black Bolt, Namor and Dr. Strange. They realized that they all knew details about those alien races, and if they had compared notes they would have been able to prevent the war. With the exception of Black Phanter, they created a secret society, to discuss this and other grave threats and silently deal with them.

* {{Retcon}}: In-universe, the Illuminati were created after the Kree-Skrull war, of the 1970s. In the real world, they were introduced in the Comicbook/NewAvengers, and their origin detailed before Comicbook/CivilWar