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Avengers Vol 3 503
Avengers (Vol. 3) #503
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1. "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part IV of IV)"
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—Doctor StrangeMy theory... Listen to me. This chaos magic -- the source of her new"reality-altering powers..." I am the master of the mystic arts -- and I am telling you... there's no suchthing as chaos magic. Please forget we are talking about your friend. And listen to me tell you the story of an orphanedmutant with a sordid, violent past... with powers she did not earn nor can she control... Powers she never fully understood. Can you understand the declicate mindset of a woman, a person, who has control over reality? It means reality controlsher. Imagination becomes the enemy. Structure disappears. Reality, eventually, as she knows it, starts to slip away. Elude her. Blur. Drama, conflict, tragedy. They becomeexcuses to change the world to fit the image that she has for it. Anything she doesn't like, she can change. No matter how slight. People. Places. Things. Everything is hers to change. But every time she does that, every time she gives in to her desires, no matter hownoble they may be... a little more of her slips away. She loses herself. Her reason. But she struggles quietly every day to keep it in check -- to keep it all together. For a person of strong mind and body, for a person of pure spirit... the task of coping with these powers would beall-consuming. But here's a woman for whom, by the nature of her upbringing and occupation... everyday is stressful, chaotic... and after a life lived with lost love, violence, and drama, what does she do? She says to herself:"I deserve happiness. I want to bring something into this world that is good. That I can love." And she gives birth to children... even though she can't. She played mommy to make herself feel like someoneshe thinks is normal. And that ends tragically as well? If I told you a story like this, you'd say to yourself, this sounds like a person who has lost control of themselves on a deep psychological level. You'd say this sounds like a disturbed person. Now, does anything I have describednot sound likeWanda Maximoff?
Appearing in "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part IV of IV)"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers(Main story and flashback)
- Wasp (Janet van Dyne)(Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)(Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson)(Main story and recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)(Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
- Fantastic Four
- Jocasta
- Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)
- Justice (Vance Astro)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams)(Main story and recap)
- Living Lightning (Miguel Santos)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Tigra (Greer Nelson)
- Darkhawk (Chris Powell)
- Warbird (Carol Danvers)(Main story and recap)
- Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
- Rage (Elvin Haliday)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
- Hercules
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
- Stingray (Walter Newell)
- Agatha Harkness(Main story and flashback)(Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
- Rick Jones
- Mantis
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Colonel Nick Fury
- Several unnamed agents
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
Antagonists:
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)(Main story and flashback)
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt)(Magical construct)
- Nazi Soldiers(Magical construct)
- Rogue (Anna Marie)(Magical construct)
- Spider-Man's clones(Magical construct)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)(Magical construct)
- Wolverine (Logan)(Magical construct)
- Ultron(Magical construct)
- Dormammu(Magical construct)
Other Characters:
- Billy Maximoff(Mentioned)(Only in flashback)
- Tommy Maximoff(Mentioned)(Only in flashback)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants(Mentioned)
- Thor(Mentioned)
- Loki(Mentioned)
- United Nations(Mentioned)
- Dr. Henry Pym(Only in recap)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)(Only in recap)
- Billy Maximoff(Magical construct)
- Tommy Maximoff(Magical construct)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams)(Magical construct)
- Vision(Magical construct)
- Agatha Harkness(Magical construct)
- Charles Xavier(Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans(Main story and flashback)
- Mutants(Main story and flashback)
- MutantAtlantean-Human Hybrids
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Robots
- Synthezoids
- Androids(Mentioned)
- Horses(Only in recap)
- Faltine
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth(Main story and flashback)
- North America(Main story and flashback)
- United States of America(Main story and flashback)
- New York(Main story and flashback)
- New York City(Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan(Main story and flashback)
- Midtown(Main story and flashback)
- Fifth Avenue(Main story and flashback)
- Avengers Mansion(Main story and flashback)(Destroyed)
- United Nations Headquarters(Mentioned)
- Fifth Avenue(Main story and flashback)
- Midtown(Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan(Main story and flashback)
- Whisper Hill
- New York City(Main story and flashback)
- New York(Main story and flashback)
- United States of America(Main story and flashback)
- North America(Main story and flashback)
- Astral Plane
Items:
- Hawkeye's Bow andTrick Arrows(Only in flashback)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Panther Habit
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Falcon's Wings
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Cloak of Levitation andEye of Agamotto
- Magneto's Helmet
- Iron Man Armor Model 25
- Quantum Bands
- Cat's Head Amulet
- Warbird's Suit
- Daredevil's Suit
- Cat Suit
- Moon Knight's Suit
- Stingray's Suit
- Wasp's Suit(Only in recap)
- Wolverine's Suit
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Avengers Disassembled, Chaos (Part IV of IV)"
A flashback shows sometime earlier, right by theAvengers Mansion pool,Wasp confesses toWanda that she had a pregnancy scare. However, she accidentally let slip that Wanda thought she could have twins. She quickly dismisses the subject and runs off. Wanda later then went to seeAgatha Harkness, to ask her as to where her children are.
In the present,Dr. Strange introduces himself to the gatheredAvengers and explains that uncontrolled magics are responsible for what has recently happened. He asks if there is any of the Avengers who could cause this level of chaos.Captain America reluctantly confesses that it may be the Scarlet Witch. However, many refuse to believe that she would betray them.Nick Fury asserts that Wanda Maximoff was a terrorist and former member of theBrotherhood of Mutants; Spider-Man also adds that she marriedVision, a robot, causing everyone to awkwardly stare at him.Falcon admits that Wanda had numerous amounts of tragedy in her life, including trying to create twin boys who were later erased out of existence by Harkness. Strange, shocked that no one came to him when this happened, elaborates on how Wanda was born with powers over magics is unnatural, as it wasn't through spirituality. Cap even adds that she had trouble controlling her hex powers.Ms. Marvel frantically asks Strange to try and reverse bothHawkeye andAnt-Man's deaths but the answer is that it is impossible. Apparently, because of Wanda's devotion to friends and family, she declined Strange's offer to be his student. Ms. Marvel then adds that recently, Wanda obtained the power of chaos magic, which could bend the probabilities of reality. However, everyone cannot grasp that Wanda would kill the Vision, her own husband.Iron Man then arrives on the scene and explains that Wanda was with him at theU.N. and couldn't have been responsible. Strange then theorizes that she was unconsciously using her powers and has been driven mad by the loss of her children. Now, Wanda has finally decided to extract her revenge against her teammates who stood idly by while her children were whisked out of existence.
The Avengers and Dr. Strange confront the Scarlet Witch in Harkness' home, where she had recreated her children, Vision, aWonder Man duplicate and Harkness herself. Captain America attempts to reason with Wanda, only for her to conjure up theRed Skull and a platoon of soldiers, who force him out of the house. Wanda then goes outside to see the assembled Avengers. Ms. Marvel demands to her if she knows what she did: killed her own husband and Hawkeye and Ant-Man. Wanda responds by causing mass chaos amongst her friends, with theHulk appearing out of nowhere,Tigra spontaneously attackingStingray and multipleSpider-Men. Dr. Strange forces her to stop, using theEye of Agamotto to render her unconscious.Magneto then shows up and claims his daughter while not a single Avenger voices a protest. Afterwards, the shattered Avengers leave.
Solicit Synopsis
"AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED" PART 4 (OF 4)
The shocking double-sized conclusion to the comic event of the year! The Avengers come face to face with the enemy that destroyed them and nothing will ever be the same again. A story so big, a regular-sized comic could not contain it! The last page cameo will have the comic world talking for years!Notes
- Dr. Strange says that the "chaos magic" thatScarlet Witch had been using doesn't exist and that she's merely warping reality. This is later proven to be a misconception by Strange, and that chaos magic was inherited by Wanda as a child touched by a chaos god.
See Also
Links and References
- The Grand Comics Database: Avengers Vol 1[1]


