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The '''New Avengers''' are a team of superheroes appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The title has been used for four [[United States|American]] comic book [[Ongoing series|series]]. The first two were written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and depicted a version of Marvel's premiere superhero team, the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]. The third was written by [[Jonathan Hickman]] and depicted a group of characters called the [[Illuminati (comics)|Illuminati]] (formerly introduced in ''New Avengers'' vol. 1 #7, July 2005). The fourth is written by [[Al Ewing]] and depicts the former scientific terrorist group [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]], reformed as "Avengers Idea Mechanics", whose field team has appropriated the name "New Avengers" for itself.

A version of the [[New Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|New Avengers]] debuted in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) film ''[[Thunderbolts*]]'' (2025), and are set to return in ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]'' (2026).

==Publication history==
{{Further|List of New Avengers story arcs}}

===Volume 1 (2005–2010)===
''The New Avengers'' is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the long-running [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]''. The first issue, written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and [[penciller|penciled]] by [[David Finch (comics)|David Finch]], was dated January 2005 but appeared in November 2004. Finch penciled the first six issues and issues #11–13. Succeeding pencilers with multiple-issue runs include [[Steve McNiven]], [[Leinil Francis Yu]], [[Billy Tan]], and [[Stuart Immonen]]. The roster at first comprises [[Luke Cage]], [[Captain America]], [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]] and "[[Veranke|Spider-Woman]]" (Veranke). Later stretches included the mutant [[X-Men|X-Man]] [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], the unstable and godlike [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]], and the deaf ninja [[Echo (Marvel Comics)|Echo]], in the guise of [[Ronin (Marvel Comics)|Ronin]].

The team itself was not named the "New Avengers" within the series. A splinter group of Avengers that chose not to comply with federal superhuman registration, the team considers itself the authentic Avengers. A concurrent government-sanctioned team gathered in the sister series ''[[The Mighty Avengers]]''. This series launched in early 2007 and was itself supplanted by a different government-sanctioned team in the series ''[[Dark Avengers]]'', which was launched in late 2008. At this time the team welcomed [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Clint Barton]] (recently returned from the dead) as Ronin, as well as [[Doctor Strange]] and [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]].

By the end of the first volume, the ''New Avengers'' team consisted of [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Ronin]], [[Bucky Barnes|Captain America (Bucky Barnes)]], [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]], [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]] (Drew), [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], and team leader [[Luke Cage]]. Writer Brian Michael Bendis said in an interview that these characters are the authentic Avengers because Captain America said they were.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/newavengers/meet_the_new.html|title=Meet the [new] New Avengers: Epilogue|publisher=[[Newsarama]]|date=February 2, 2007|access-date=May 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054417/http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/newavengers/meet_the_new.html|archive-date=February 2, 2007}}</ref> This statement is repeated when the team, believing Captain America (Rogers) is alive, attempts to rescue him. Spider-Man claims that if they get Captain America back, they can call themselves Avengers again. Luke Cage contends that they are Avengers already.<ref>''The New Avengers'' #28 (May 2007)</ref> The series ended with ''The New Avengers'' #64 (April 2010), at the conclusion of the "[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]" storyline. A one-shot titled ''The New Avengers: Finale'' was also released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/106/1061476p1.html|title=Siege Ends the Avengers|last=George|first=Richard|publisher=[[IGN]]|date=January 15, 2010|access-date=January 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417231759/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/15/siege-ends-the-avengers|archive-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>

===Volume 2 (2010–2012)===
In March 2010, Marvel announced the series would be relaunched in June as part of the company's rebranding initiative, "[[Heroic Age (comics)|Heroic Age]]" . In the first issue of the series, the new team consisted of [[Luke Cage]], [[Victoria Hand]], [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]], [[Jessica Jones]], [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]], [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Thing (comics)|The Thing]], and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/luke-cage-is-a-new-avenger-again/|title=Luke Cage Is A New Avenger Again|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=March 1, 2010|access-date=March 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513235733/https://www.cbr.com/luke-cage-is-a-new-avenger-again/|archive-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name=vol2n1>''The New Avengers'' vol. 2, #1 (August 2010)</ref> Wolverine and Spider-Man operated on the main [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] team as well as the New Avengers,<ref name=vol2n1/> and [[Doctor Strange]] accepted an offer to join the team after their first mission while searching for the new Sorcerer Supreme after the death of [[Jericho Drumm|Doctor Voodoo]].<ref name=vol2n7/> [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] joined the team in issue #16<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/daredevil-returns-to-new-avengers/|title=Daredevil Returns To "New Avengers"|last=Phegley|first=Kiel|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=June 8, 2011|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513232929/https://www.cbr.com/daredevil-returns-to-new-avengers/|archive-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> after accepting an offer from Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.<ref>''The New Avengers'' vol. 2 #16</ref> Jessica left the team for personal reasons and was later joined by Luke Cage, thus ending that iteration of the team.

===Volume 3 (2013–2015)===
''New Avengers'' was renumbered as a new volume in January 2013, written by [[Jonathan Hickman]] and originally drawn by [[Steve Epting]]. The new volume shifted its focus to the powerful group known as the [[Illuminati (comics)|Illuminati]], which includes [[Black Bolt]], [[Captain America]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Iron Man]], [[Mister Fantastic]], and [[Namor]], who reassembled to confront the threat of incursions. [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]] and Reed Richards discovered that universal decay centered on Earth was causing universes to collide with one another, with Earth at the focal point. In issue #3, Black Panther, who had previously opposed the existence of the Illuminati, joined the group, and the [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|Beast]] was brought in to fill the spot vacated by the death of [[Professor X]]. In the same issue, Captain America leaves.<ref name="Avengers">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/19167/marvel_now_qa_avengers|title=Marvel NOW! Q&A: Avengers|last=Uzumeri|first=David|publisher=Marvel.com|date=2 August 2012|access-date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411114147/http://marvel.com/news/comics/19167/marvel_now_qa_avengers|archive-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41396|title=Hickman, Alonso & Brevoort Bring "Avengers," "New Avengers" To Marvel NOW!|last=Sunu|first=Steve|work=Comic Book Resources |date=October 5, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062939/https://www.cbr.com/hickman-alonso-brevoort-bring-avengers-new-avengers-to-marvel-now/|archive-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> In issue #12, after having helped the Illuminati to defeat [[Thanos]]'s army, Black Bolt's brother [[Maximus (comics)|Maximus]] joined the team. [[Hulk|Bruce Banner]] joined the team in [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] (vol. 5) after discovering the universal decay on his own.

===Volume 4 (2015–2016)===
Volume 4 of ''New Avengers'' launched in October 2015 as a part of the [[All-New, All-Different Marvel]] relaunch, written by [[Al Ewing]] with art by Gerardo Sandoval. The comic features a different team from the past three volumes: it focuses on [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]] (Advanced Idea Mechanics), a former super-villain group which has been rebranded as the Avengers Idea Mechanics, and their field team which has taken the name of the New Avengers. [[Sunspot (Marvel Comics)|Sunspot]] is the new head of A.I.M., with [[Songbird (character)|Songbird]] as the field leader;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/ewing-sandoval-aim-for-global-super-heroics-in-new-avengers/|title=Ewing & Sandoval AIM for Global Super Heroics in "New Avengers"|last=Richards|publisher=Comic Book Resources|first=Dave|date=August 26, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513233558/https://www.cbr.com/ewing-sandoval-aim-for-global-super-heroics-in-new-avengers/|archive-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> other members include [[Wiccan (character)|Wiccan]], [[Hulkling]], [[Squirrel Girl]], [[Pod (comics)|Pod]], [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)|Power Man]], [[White Tiger (Ava Ayala)|White Tiger]], and [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] as an open informant for S.H.I.E.L.D.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/02/welcome-to-a-new-new-avengers-member-shes-called-pod/|title=Welcome To A New New Avengers Member – She's Called Pod (LGBT UPDATE)|last=Johnston|first=Rich|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828051035/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/09/02/welcome-to-a-new-new-avengers-member-shes-called-pod/|archive-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> Later, there is a schism in the team: Wiccan, Hulkling and Squirrel Girl are expelled from A.I.M. and informed by Sunspot that the three of them are now what remains of the New Avengers; during the same story, [[Cannonball (Marvel Comics)|Cannonball]] was revealed to be working for A.I.M. as well. Hawkeye, who had been fired from S.H.I.E.L.D., later rejoins the trio of remaining New Avengers to form a lineup jokingly called "Wiccan's Kooky Quartet". During "[[Civil War II]]", the New Avengers assist A.I.M. on one last mission, which Hawkeye sits out for reasons of plausible deniability. After Sunspot's funeral, Advanced Idea Mechanics is declared officially dead so the team breaks up,<ref>New Avengers v4 #18 November 30, 2016</ref> but later reform as [[U.S.Avengers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/u-s-avengers-a-guide-to-marvels-new-patriotic-superhero-team/|title="U.S.Avengers": A Guide to Marvel's New Patriotic Superhero Team|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045026/https://www.cbr.com/u-s-avengers-a-guide-to-marvels-new-patriotic-superhero-team/|archive-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>

=== Volume 5 (2025–present) ===
Following the release of the movie ''[[Thunderbolts*]]'' (2025), it was announced in May 2025 that the previously solicited ''New Thunderbolts*'' ongoing series by writer [[Sam Humphries]] and artist Ton Lima was would be retitled to ''New Avengers'' (vol. 5);{{thin space}}{{efn|The asterisk refers to the reveal in the film that the [[Thunderbolts (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Thunderbolts team]] become the [[New Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|New Avengers]].}} the first issue is scheduled for release in June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=March 12, 2025 |title=‘New Thunderbolts*’ matches MCU with asterisk titled new series |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/12/new-thunderbolts-mcu-series/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=AIPT |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Justin |date=May 10, 2025 |title=Marvel Retitles New Thunderbolts Comic to New Avengers |url=https://gizmodo.com/surprise-marvel-comics-new-thunderbolts-team-is-really-its-new-avengers-2000599338 |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Mirroring the MCU, Marvel Comics' Thunderbolts* Series Becomes The New Avengers |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-comics-thunderbolts-new-avengers-preview-interview |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> The team will be led by the [[Bucky Barnes|Winter Soldier]] with [[X-23|Wolverine (Laura Kinney)]], [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]], [[Carnage (character)|Carnage]] ([[Eddie Brock]]), [[Hulk]], [[Clea Strange]], and [[Namor]] on the initial roster.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==Fictional team biography==
===Assembling the Avengers===
Following a reign of destruction by an insane [[Scarlet Witch]], [[Avengers Disassembled|the Avengers disband]]. Six months later, with the [[Fantastic Four]] and the [[X-Men]] unable to act, the [[supervillain]] [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]] shuts down power at the Raft, a "maximum-maximum security" prison for super-powered criminals, allowing for a mass breakout. "Jessica Drew ([[Spider-Woman]])",<ref>In actuality, as revealed in the 2008 company-wide "[[Secret Invasion]]" story arc, this was an [[Veranke|alien shapeshifter]] posing as Drew.</ref> an agent for the international law-enforcement agency [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], is at the Raft with attorney Matt Murdock ([[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]]) and "hero for hire" [[Luke Cage]]. They are joined by [[Captain America]], [[Iron Man]], and [[Spider-Man]]. They are also assisted by a mentally unbalanced [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]], who is imprisoned at the Raft. The riot is quelled, although 42 inmates escape. Captain America declares fate has brought this group together, just as it had the original Avengers. Most of the heroes agree to join the team. Daredevil refuses the offer and Sentry flies off.

The team's first mission is to capture the remaining super-powered criminals who escaped during the riot. The unexpected emergence of an unrelated team of youthful heroes, the [[Young Avengers]], is also a matter of concern. There is also a growing sense of unease with S.H.I.E.L.D. after the disappearance of its leader, [[Nick Fury]]. The New Avengers travel to the [[Savage Land]] to capture the reptilian mutant [[Sauron (Marvel Comics)|Sauron]], encountering resistance from the [[Savage Land Mutates]] (led by [[Brainchild (comics)|Brainchild]]) and a rogue squadron of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by [[Yelena Belova]]. During this conflict, [[Canadian]] [[mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] joins the team (while maintaining concurrent membership in the X-Men). The group also recruits the [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]], a powerful hero who erased all memory of his career from the world after he was manipulated by the mutant [[Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)|Mastermind]] and The General.

===House of M and The Collective===
With [[Professor X|Xavier]] unable to repair the fractured psyche of the [[Scarlet Witch]], the New Avengers and [[Astonishing X-Men|Cyclops' team of X-Men]] consider the alternatives. Fearful that the heroes are preparing to kill his sister, former [[Avengers (comics)|Avenger]] [[Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)|Quicksilver]] convinces her to use her reality-altering powers to transform the planet and its history. Instantaneously, [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)#"House of M"|Magneto]] rules the planet under the banner of the "[[House of M]]", with mutants in the majority and non-powered humans as an oppressed minority. Reality is eventually restored, but the Scarlet Witch removes the superhuman abilities from over 99% of the mutants on Earth. These lost powers manifest as the [[Michael Pointer (comics)|Collective]], the assembled energy of the depowered mutants. This energy is controlled by the intelligence known as [[Xorn]] (who once posed as [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]]) and uses the energy-wielder Michael Pointer as a host. The Avengers manage to separate the two after the Collective/Xorn attempts to re-power Magneto.

===Civil War===
After the reckless actions of the [[New Warriors]] result in the deaths of over 600 civilians in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], Congress passes the [[Superhuman Registration Act]], which requires all superhumans to register with the federal government. Many superheroes comply with this law, but others oppose the law on the grounds that it violates civil liberties. This ideological split leads to a ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' within the New Avengers and the superhuman community at large, with [[Iron Man]] leading those who comply with the law, and [[Captain America]] leading those who oppose it. By the time that open hostilities between the two factions come to a close, [[Spider-Man]]'s closely guarded secret identity is exposed to the world, and [[Bill Foster (character)|Bill Foster]] (one of [[Hank Pym]]'s successors as Giant-Man) is killed. Shortly thereafter, Captain America is seemingly assassinated.

===Avengers Underground===
In the aftermath of the superhero civil war, the New Avengers become an unofficial group of unregistered heroes. The team moves to [[Doctor Strange]]'s [[Sanctum Sanctorum (Marvel Comics)|Sanctum Sanctorum]] in [[Greenwich Village]], recruiting the resurrected [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Clint Barton]] (now using the name and costume of Ronin). They eventually relocate to an empty apartment building owned by Danny Rand's ([[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]]) Rand Corporation, but leased in the name of Samuel Sterns (the [[Leader (character)|Leader]], an adversary of the [[Hulk]]).<ref name="mnyc">{{Cite book|last=Sanderson|first=Peter|title=The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|year=2007|location=New York City|pages=24–27|isbn=978-1-4165-3141-8}}</ref><ref>''The New Avengers'' #27 (April 2007)</ref><ref>''The New Avengers'' #38 (October 2007)</ref>

===Secret Invasion===
Following this, the New Avengers play a major role in repelling the "[[Secret Invasion]]" of Earth by the [[Skrull]]s, a shapeshifting alien race which has sought to conquer the planet for years. In one confrontation, the team rescues several heroes who had been kidnapped and replaced by Skrull impostors at various unspecified times in the past. This includes the presumed-dead [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]], wife of [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Clint Barton]] (Ronin), with whom she reunites. Additionally, it is revealed that [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]] was replaced by the Skrull queen [[Veranke]], prior to the prison break at The Raft that led to the formation of the New Avengers. Thus, Jessica Drew had never been a member of the team.

===Dark Reign===
Upon the [[Skrulls]]' defeat, [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] is dismantled and replaced by [[H.A.M.M.E.R.]], a new intelligence agency. Norman Osborn (who has been [[Spider-Man]]'s archenemy as the [[Green Goblin]]) is placed in control of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]], while assembling a team of [[Dark Avengers|Avenger imposters]] composed of supervillains. Meanwhile, the revamped New Avengers roster consists of [[Bucky Barnes|Captain America (Bucky Barnes)]], [[Luke Cage]], [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Ronin]], [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]], [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]],<ref>''The New Avengers'' #48 (Feb. 2009)</ref> Spider-Man, the real [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]] and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]]. Captain America offers these "new <!--lowercase -- adjective not part of team's formal-noun title--> Avengers" his home as a base of operations. [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]] announces he must leave the group to attend to personal business, but will remain on call. The team elects Ronin as leader (with Ms. Marvel as second-in-command), and persuades Spider-Man to once again reveal his secret identity to his fellow members.<ref>''The New Avengers'' #51 (May 2009). While Spider-Man had previously exposed his identity to the world in compliance with the [[Registration acts (comics)#2006 Superhuman Registration Act|Superhuman Registration Act]] in ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' #2 (August 2006), this revelation was erased from the collective memory of the world's population by the demon [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #545 (November 2007).</ref>

===Heroic Age===
With the [[Discrimination against superheroes#2006 Superhuman Registration Act|Registration Act]] having been revoked in the aftermath of the ''[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]'' of [[Asgard (comics)|Asgard]] led by [[Norman Osborn]] (who is incarcerated for his actions), Steve Rogers (the original [[Captain America]], returned from his alleged death) reassembles the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]. Steve convinces a reluctant [[Luke Cage]] to be part of the new lineup after [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] sells the reconstructed [[Avengers Mansion]] to Cage for a dollar, and Steve gives Cage carte blanche to maintain the New Avengers team, leading it as he sees fit. Given the freedom to recruit almost anyone he wants for the New Avengers team (except Iron Man or [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]), Cage selects [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Clint Barton]] (who has resumed the Hawkeye identity), [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]], Jewel (Cage's wife [[Jessica Jones]]), [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]], [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]], [[Spider-Man]], the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]] (who maintains concurrent membership in the Fantastic Four), and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]]. Rogers also sends him [[Victoria Hand]] on the grounds that she can provide the team with a unique insight from which Rogers feels they will benefit.<ref name=vol2n1/> Although Hawkeye leaves the team when a crisis comes up with the main Avengers team (claiming that he only joined them to spend time with his wife),<ref name=vol2n4>''The New Avengers'' vol. 2, #4 (November 2010)</ref> the team later enlists a now-weakened [[Doctor Strange]] after he assists them in tackling a dimensional crisis. [[Squirrel Girl]] and [[Wong (Marvel Comics)|Wong]] are hired as a super-powered babysitter for Cage's and Jewel's baby and mansion housekeeper respectively, although they do not serve directly on the main lineup of the New Avengers.<ref name=vol2n7>''The New Avengers'' vol. 2, #7 (February 2011)</ref>

Spider-Man appears to want to leave the team prior to the ''[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]'' event due to his distrust of Victoria Hand and his new responsibilities in the [[Future Foundation]],<ref name=vol2n13>''The New Avengers'' vol. 2, #13 (July 2011)</ref> but subsequent conversations with Wolverine and Luke Cage convince him to remain an active member. After ''Fear Itself'', the team lineup shifts, initially with the addition of [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] to the team and later with Jessica Jones leaving the team out of fear for her baby Danielle's safety.<ref>''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #24</ref>

===Post AvX===
[[Luke Cage]] leaves the team after the events of ''[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]'' to ensure the security of his wife and baby.<ref>''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #30</ref>

The remaining New Avengers band together with [[Doctor Strange]] when the Ghost of [[Daniel Drumm]] returns. He possesses each of the New Avengers and kills various evil sorcerers. Convinced that Daniel set his brother ([[Jericho Drumm|Brother Voodoo]]) up to fail in his new role, Doctor Strange defeats him by using dark magic (recognizing that Drumm had only killed dark magic specialists while trying to frame Strange). As a result, Doctor Strange subsequently regains his position of Sorcerer Supreme.<ref>''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #31–34</ref>

===Marvel NOW!===
Under the ''[[Marvel NOW!]]'' label, a third volume of ''New Avengers'' was launched, written by [[Jonathan Hickman]]. With Hickman in charge of the entire [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] line, ''New Avengers'' carried a parallel storyline to the main ''Avengers'' series. Rather than featuring a traditional team of Avengers, the book focused on the [[Illuminati (comics)|Illuminati]]. [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]] joins [[Black Bolt]], [[Captain America]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Iron Man]], [[Mister Fantastic]], and [[Namor]] when faced with a universal threat.<ref name="Avengers"/> [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|Beast]] joins the team as a replacement for the deceased [[Professor X]].

Black Panther discovers a second Earth hanging above [[Wakanda]] and witnesses [[Black Swan (comics)|Black Swan]] destroy the alternate Earth.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #1</ref> Black Panther captures and imprisons the Black Swan and reforms the Illuminati. Using Black Swan's information, Reed Richards discovers the threat of Incursions, a multiversal chain reaction causing universes to collide with one another, with Earth of every universe at the focal point, resulting in the destruction of both universes unless one Earth is destroyed, allowing the other to pass through. As the Illuminati consider darker and darker avenues to save the universe, Captain America's steadfast morals are put at odds with the other members of the Illuminati. Captain America is voted out of the group with a spell of forgetfulness cast by Strange.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #3</ref>

Faced with the possibility of having to destroy a world, the scientists of the Illuminati set about building a number of weapons, including a number of antimatter injection bombs similar to the one used by the Black Swan, a [[Dyson sphere]] designed to weaponize the sun,<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #4</ref> a Builder Worldkiller ship kept in [[Jupiter]]'s orbit,<ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #28</ref> and a rogue planet kept slightly out-of-phase with Earth.<ref>''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #24.NOW</ref> The Illuminati survived a number of incursions using these and other methods; at one near [[Liberty Island]], [[Galactus]] ate the alternate Earth,<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #5</ref> and they used an antimatter bomb to destroy a dead Earth over [[Latveria]].<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #6</ref>

During the "[[Infinity (comic book)|Infinity]]" event, alternate-universe Builders destroy an Earth for the Illuminati.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #11</ref> The event ended with the defeat of Thanos' forces and the capture of Thanos and his generals [[Proxima Midnight]] and [[Corvus Glaive]], all three of whom were imprisoned in amber by Thanos' son [[Thane (comics)|Thane]].<ref>''Infinity'' #6</ref> They joined the [[Black Swan (comics)|Black Swan]] and [[Terrax]] as Illuminati prisoners.

The members of the Illuminati became increasingly cut off from the outside community as a result of their actions. [[Namor]]'s kingdom was destroyed by Proxima Midnight during [[Thanos]]' invasion,<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #9</ref> and Black Panther was cast out of [[Wakanda]] for his alliance with Namor, with whom his sister [[Shuri (character)|Shuri]] was at war.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #12</ref> [[Black Bolt]] and his brother [[Maximus (comics)|Maximus]] faked the Inhuman king's death following the destruction of the [[Inhumanity (comics)|Terrigen Bomb]] to allow the [[Inhumans]] to rebuild separately from the Illuminati's machinations.<ref>''Ibid''</ref> [[Doctor Strange]], feeling increasingly cut off from his scientist-dominated colleagues, decided to empower himself to perhaps be able to solve the incursions, and so used the Blood Bible to travel to the Sinner's Market, where he sold his soul in exchange for godlike power.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #15</ref> Upon discovering multiversal decay on his own after meeting an alternate version of himself, [[Hulk|Bruce Banner]] confronts [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]], who recruits him into the Illuminati.

Faced with a number of multiversal groups also trying to survive the incursion crisis – the faceless sorcerers the Black Priests, the adaptoid robots the Mapmakers, and the mysterious Ivory Kings – the Illuminati built a device to allow them to view other Earths' pasts so they could see how incursions there were handled.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #13</ref> They learned about Mapmakers and Black Priests, but also discovered that the [[Black Swan (comics)|Black Swan]] had teamed up with alternate Illuminati groups in the past, and had even killed alternate versions of [[Iron Man]] and [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] when they were no longer useful. Just before the team could confront Black Swan about her deception, another incursion occurred, this time pitting the Illuminati against the Great Society, a team of heroes which, like the Illuminati, had thus far fought off incursions to save its world.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 3 #16.NOW</ref>

Following an eight-month [[ellipsis (narrative device)|ellipsis]] during the ''[[Time Runs Out]]'' storyline, a new group calling themselves the New Avengers emerge. This team consists of former members of the Avengers who broke away from the main team after Captain America partnered with S.H.I.E.L.D. to hunt down the Illuminati.<ref>''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #39–40</ref>

===All-New, All-Different Marvel===
As part of the ''[[All-New, All-Different Marvel]]'' event, [[Sunspot (Marvel Comics)|Sunspot]]'s branch of the Avengers become the latest incarnation of the New Avengers. Their first opponent ended up being the terrorist organization W.H.I.S.P.E.R. (short for World Headquarters for International Scientific/Philosophical Experimentation and Research) that was founded by Mister Fantastic's Earth-1610 counterpart [[Maker (character)|Maker]] and consisting of the former members of A.I.M. that were chased off by Sunspot.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 2 #1</ref> The New Avengers fought W.H.I.S.P.E.R. to destroy their Life-Minus experiment which involved capturing the souls of the dead in special crystals as part of a plan to create a new lifeform. The crystals were later destroyed by [[Songbird (character)|Songbird]]'s sonic scream.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 4 #2</ref>

The Life-Minus experiment also conjured up Moridun, a dark entity from the Fifth Cosmos (the Marvel Universe having recently been reborn in its eighth iteration in the events of Secret Wars). The New Avengers encountered Moridun when he took over the body of M'Ryn the Magus — leader of the Knights of the Infinite, a magical order of Kree-Skrull hybrids who revealed Hulkling to be their prophesied future king. When Moridun attacked them and attempted to devour their souls, repeating the phrase "Life is horror", the New Avengers apparently defeated him — but Moridun planted a seed of his consciousness inside Billy Kaplan's mind and began to slowly infect him. Billy changed his codename from Wiccan to Demiurge, and began to act increasingly amoral. They were alerted to Moridun's survival when the Avengers of the year 20XX came back to the present day through A.I.M.'s new time machine, warning that Moridun would destroy Demiurge's soul completely and use his near-godlike power to almost completely destroy the world. Finding Billy already infected, the future Avengers tried to kill him; instead, with Hulkling's help, Billy was able to recognise Moridun's presence in his own mind and successfully defeat him on the mental plane, expelling Moridun from his body and mind. The Maker engineered the prison break of Angela Del Toro, the former White Tiger, and presented her with the Tiger Amulet from the Ultimate Universe. She fought with Ava Ayala in Rome, causing the Tiger Gods from the two amulets to merge into one, leaving Del Toro with the powers of the White Tiger and Ava powerless.

In the "[[Avengers: Standoff!]]" event, A.I.M. received a distress call from [[Rick Jones (character)|Rick Jones]] when he is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Hawkeye decided to break with S.H.I.E.L.D. for good and supported a rescue mission. Hulkling, Wiccan and Squirrel Girl, the only three dissenters, were expelled from A.I.M. and teleported to the desert – Sunspot also conferred the name of "New Avengers" on them. The remaining A.I.M. field team successfully rescued Rick from the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (comic book)|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'s battlecarrier. In response, the U.S. military launched an attack on Avengers Island with the [[American Kaiju]] (a Marine corporal transmogrified into a giant lizard monster) – as A.I.M. evacuated the island, they battled the monster with the mentally-controlled giant robot Avenger Five. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. also launched a counterattack as led by John Garrett, forcing Songbird to reveal that she had been a deep-cover S.H.I.E.L.D. mole. The American Kaiju was defeated by forcing it back into human form. Rick got cold feet about throwing in with A.I.M. and fled, and as a result S.H.I.E.L.D. successfully detained Hawkeye. The remainder of A.I.M. successfully evacuated to Avenger Two, a secondary base in the [[Savage Land]] run by Cannonball.

Hawkeye was fired from S.H.I.E.L.D. for his betrayal. He, Wiccan, Hulkling, and Squirrel Girl decided to reform the New Avengers with Wiccan as the new team leader after fighting the Plunderer together. Meanwhile, Songbird openly became a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, but was in fact still loyal to Sunspot.<ref>''New Avengers'' Vol. 4 #10</ref>

==Team roster==
{{Main|List of New Avengers members}}

==Collected editions==
''The New Avengers'' has been collected in a series of editions that had both hardcover and [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] releases.

===New Avengers Vol. 1 (2005)===
====Trade paperbacks====
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title!!Material collected!!Publication date!!ISBN
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout''
|''The New Avengers'' #1–6
|January 18, 2006
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-1479-3}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 2: The Sentry''
|''The New Avengers'' #7–10; ''New Avengers: Most Wanted Files''
|July 26, 2006
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-1672-9}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 3: Secrets and Lies''
|''The New Avengers'' #11–15 and material from ''Giant-Size Spider-Woman'' #1
|September 6, 2006
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-1706-7}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 4: The Collective''
|''The New Avengers'' #16–20
|April 4, 2007
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-1987-6}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 5: Civil War''
|''The New Avengers'' #21–25
|September 5, 2007
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-2446-2}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 6: Revolution''
|''The New Avengers'' #26–31
|November 21, 2007
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-2468-3}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 7: The Trust''
|''The New Avengers'' #32–37, ''Annual'' #2
|July 16, 2008
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-2503-5}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 8: Secret Invasion (Book 1)''
|''The New Avengers'' #38–42
|February 25, 2009
|{{ISBNT|978-0785129479}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 9: Secret Invasion (Book 2)''
|''The New Avengers'' #43–47
|May 6, 2009
|{{ISBNT|978-0785129486}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol.10: Power''
|''The New Avengers'' #48–50; and material from''Secret Invasion: Dark Reign''
|August 5, 2009
|{{ISBNT|978-0785135593}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 11: Search for the Sorcerer Supreme''
|''The New Avengers'' #51–54
|September 25, 2009
|{{ISBNT|978-0785136897}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 12: Powerloss''
|''The New Avengers'' #55–60
|March 24, 2010
|{{ISBNT|0-7851-4575-3}}
|-
|''New Avengers'' ''Vol.'' ''13: Siege''
|''The New Avengers'' #61–64, ''Annual'' #3; ''The New Avengers Finale''
|July 28, 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0785145783}}
|-
|''New Avengers: The Reunion''
|''New Avengers Reunion'' #1–4, and material from ''Dark Reign: New Nation''
|March 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0785138556}}
|-
|''New Avengers: Luke Cage''
|''New Avengers: Luke Cage'' #1–3 and ''Daredevil: Cage Match'' #1, ''Hero for Hire'' #1
|October 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0785144175}}
|-
|''New Avengers/Transformers''
|''Transformers/New Avengers'' #1–4
|February 2008
|{{ISBNT|978-0785127901}}
|}

====Complete Collections====
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=98%
|-
! class="unsortable" |#
! class="unsortable" |Subtitle
! Years covered
! class="unsortable" |Issues collected
! class="unsortable" |Pages
! Released
! class="unsortable" |ISBN
|-
|1
|'''''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 1'''''
|{{nowrap|2004–2005}}
|''Avengers'' (vol. 1) #500–503, ''Avengers'' (vol. 1) #500 ''Director's Cut''; ''Avengers Finale''; ''New Avengers'' #1–10, ''New Avengers'' #1 ''Director's Cut''; ''New Avengers Most Wanted Files''
|style="text-align: center;" |504
|{{dts|17 Jan 2017}}
|{{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-1302903626}}}}
|-
|2
|'''''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 2'''''
|{{nowrap|2005–2007}}
|''New Avengers'' #11–25, ''New Avengers Guest Starring the Fantastic Four'', ''Giant-Size Spider-Woman'' #1, ''New Avengers Annual'' #1, ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' (vol. 1) #1, ''Civil War: The Confession''
|style="text-align: center;" |496
|{{dts|15 Feb 2017}}
|{{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-1302903633}}}}
|-
|3
|'''''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 3'''''
|{{nowrap|2007–2008}}
|''Civil War: The Initiative'', ''New Avengers'' #26–37, ''New Avengers Annual'' #2, ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' (vol. 2) #1–5
|style="text-align: center;" |464
|{{dts|1 Mar 2017}}
|{{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-1302903640}}}}
|-
|4
|'''''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 4'''''
|{{nowrap|2008–2009}}
|''New Avengers #''38–54, ''Secret Invasion: Dark Reign''
|style="text-align: center;" |480
|{{dts|3 May 2017}}
|{{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-1302908652}}}}
|-
|5
|'''''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 5'''''
|{{nowrap|2009–2010}}
|''Avengers: FCBD 2009 Special'', ''New Avengers'' #55–64, ''Dark Reign: The List- Avengers'', ''New Avengers Annual'' #3, ''New Avengers Finale''; material from Amazing Spider-Man #601, ''Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way'' #1
|style="text-align: center;" |408
|{{dts|7 Jun 2017}}
|{{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-1302908669}}}}
|}

====Modern Era Epic Collections====
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=98%
|-
! class="unsortable" |#
! class="unsortable" |Subtitle
! Years covered
! class="unsortable" |Issues collected
! class="unsortable" |Pages
! Released
! class="unsortable" |ISBN
|-
|1
|'''''Assembled'''''
|{{nowrap|2004–2005}}
|''Avengers'' (1963) #500–503, ''Avengers Finale'', ''New Avengers'' (2004) #1–10, ''New Avengers'' #1 ''Director's Cut'', ''New Avengers Most Wanted Files''
|style="text-align: center;" |504
|{{dts|29 Aug 2023}}
|{{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-1302952617}}}}
|-
|2
|'''''Civil War'''''
|2005–2007 
|''New Avengers'' (2004) #11–25, ''Annual'' (2006) #1; ''New Avengers Guest Starring the Fantastic Four''; ''Giant-Size Spider-Woman'' #1; ''New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot''; ''Civil War: The Confession''
|style="text-align: center;" |496
|{{dts|17 Dec 2024}}
|{{ISBNT|978-1302955816}}
|-
|3
|'''''The Initiative'''''
|2007–2008
|''Civil War: The Initiative'' (2007); ''New Avengers'' (2004) 26–37, ''Annual'' (2006) #2; ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' (2007) #1–5
|style="text-align: center;" |464
|{{dts|13 May 2025}}
|{{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-1302963842}}}}
|}

====Oversized hardcovers====
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=99%
|-
! class="unsortable" width=20px |#
! Title
! Years covered
! class="unsortable" |Material collected
! Pages
! Released
! class="unsortable" |ISBN
|-
|rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2|'''''New Avengers Vol. 1'''''
|rowspan=2|2004–2005
|rowspan=2|''New Avengers'' #1–10; ''New Avengers: Most Wanted Files''; ''New Avengers, Guest Starring The Fantastic Four''
|rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;" |352
|rowspan=2|{{dts|21 Nov 2007}}
|David Finch cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785124641}}}}
|-
|Bookshop variant cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785129554}}}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2
|rowspan=2|'''''New Avengers Vol. 2'''''
|rowspan=2|2005–2006
|rowspan=2|''New Avengers'' #11–20; ''New Avengers Annual'' (2005); ''Giant-Size Spider-Woman''
|rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|296
|rowspan=2|{{dts|2 Apr 2008}}
|Steve McNiven cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785130857}}}}
|-
|David Finch DM cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785131359}}}}
|-
|rowspan=2|3
|rowspan=2|'''''New Avengers Vol. 3'''''
|rowspan=2|2006–2007
|rowspan=2|''New Avengers'' #21–31; ''New Avengers: Illuminati''; ''Civil War: The Confession''; ''Civil War: The Initiative''
|rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|360
|rowspan=2|{{dts|28 Jan 2009}}
|Bookshop cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785137634}}}}
|-
|Leinil Francis Yu DM cover: Unknown ISBN
|-
|4
|'''''New Avengers Vol. 4'''''
|2007–2008
|''New Avengers'' #32–37; ''New Avengers Annual'' #2; ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' #1–5
|style="text-align: center;"|320
|{{dts|28 Apr 2010}}
|Jim Cheung cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785142621}}}}
|-
|5
|'''''New Avengers Vol. 5'''''
|2008
|''New Avengers'' #38–47
|style="text-align: center;"|256
|{{dts|9 Jun 2010}}
|Aleksi Briclot cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785145790}}}}
|-
|6
|'''''New Avengers Vol. 6'''''
|2009
|''New Avengers'' #48–54; ''Secret Invasion: Dark Reign''; ''FCBD 2009: Avengers''
|style="text-align: center;"|256
|{{dts|1 Jun 2011}}
|Billy Tan cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785156482}}}}
|-
|7
|'''''New Avengers Vol. 7'''''
|2009–2010
|''New Avengers'' #55–64; ''New Avengers Annual'' #3; ''Dark Reign: The List – Avengers''; ''New Avengers Finale''
|style="text-align: center;"|368
|{{dts|7 Sep 2011}}
|Bryan Hitch cover: {{nowrap|{{isbnt|978-0785156765}}}}
|}

====Omnibus====
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="99%"
|-
! class="unsortable" width="20px" |#
! Title
! Years covered
! class="unsortable" |Material collected
! Pages
! Released
! class="unsortable" |ISBN
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background-color: light grey;" |
| rowspan="4" |'''''[[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]]'''''
| rowspan="4" |{{nowrap|2004–2007}}
| rowspan="4" |''Avengers'' (1963) #500–503, ''Avengers Finale'', ''New Avengers'' (2005) #1–31, ''Annual'' #1, ''New Avengers and the Fantastic Four'' #1, ''Giant-Size Spider-Woman'' #1, ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' (2006) #1, ''Civil War: The Confession'' #1, ''Civil War: The Initiative'' #1, ''New Avengers: Most Wanted Files'' #1
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |1,208
| rowspan="2" |{{Dts|29 Sep 2012}}
|David Finch cover: {{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-0785164890}}}}
|-
|Joe Quesada DM cover: {{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-0785165750}}}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|7 Jan 2025}}
|David Finch cover: {{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-1302959142}}}}
|-
|Joe Quesada DM cover: {{nowrap|{{ISBNT|978-1302959159}}}}
|-
|}

===New Avengers Vol. 2 (2010)===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title!!Material collected!!Publication date!!ISBN
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 1''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #1–6
|January 26, 2011
|{{ISBNT|978-0785148722}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 2''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2)#7–13
|August 31, 2011
|{{ISBNT|978-0785148746}}
|-
|''Avengers: Fear Itself''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #14–16 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 4) #13–17
|January 25, 2012
|{{ISBNT|978-0785163480}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 3''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #16.1, 17–23
|May 16, 2012
|{{ISBNT|978-0785151791}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 4 :AvX''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #24–30
|November 28, 2012
|{{ISBNT|978-0785161561}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 5: End Times''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #31–34
|March 5, 2013
|{{ISBNT|978-0785161585}}
|-
|''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 6''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #1–16
|July 2017
|{{ISBNT|978-1302908676}}
|-
|''New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 7''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 2) #16.1, 17–34
|September 2017
|{{ISBNT|978-1302908683}}
|}

===New Avengers Vol. 3 (2013)===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title!!Material collected!!Publication date!!ISBN
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 1: Everything Dies''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #1–6
|July 16, 2013
|{{ISBNT|978-0785168362}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 2: Infinity''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #7–12
|January 14, 2014 
|{{ISBNT|978-0785168379}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 3: Other Worlds''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #13–17
|July 1, 2014
|{{ISBNT|978-0785154846}}
|-
|''New Avengers Vol. 4: Perfect World''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #18–23
|November 18, 2014
|{{ISBNT|978-0785154853}}
|-
|''Avengers: Time Runs Out Vol. 1''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #24–25 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #35–37
|January 14, 2015
|style="white-space:nowrap"|{{ISBNT|978-0785193418}}
|-
|''Avengers: Time Runs Out Vol. 2''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #26–28 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #38–39
|March 10, 2015
|style="white-space:nowrap"|{{ISBNT|978-0785193722}}
|-
|''Avengers: Time Runs Out Vol. 3''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #29–30 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #40–42 
|May 26, 2015
|style="white-space:nowrap"|{{ISBNT|978-0785192220}}
|-
|''Avengers: Time Runs Out Vol. 4''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #31–33 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #43–44 
|June 30, 2015
|style="white-space:nowrap"|{{ISBNT|978-0785192244}}
|-
|''Avengers: Time Runs Out Collection''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #24–33 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #35–44 
|July 2016
|{{ISBNT|978-0785198093}}
|-
|''New Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #1–12
|April 2015
|{{ISBNT|978-0785193968}}
|-
|''New Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #13–23
|November 2015
|{{ISBNT|978-0785197096}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 1''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #1–6 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #1–5, ''Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld'' #1–6
|September 2020
|{{ISBNT|978-1302925093}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 2''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #7 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #6–17 and material from ''Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu'' #1
|December 2020
|{{ISBNT|978-1302925307}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 3''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #8–12 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #18–23, ''Infinity'' #1–6,
|February 2021
|{{ISBNT|978-1302926472}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 4''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #13–23 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #24–34
|April 2021
|{{ISBNT|978-1302926489}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 5''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #24–33 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #35–44
|July 2022
|{{ISBNT|978-1302933517}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 3) #1–12 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #1–23, ''Free Comic Book Day 2013 (Infinity)'' #1, ''Infinity'' #1–6, ''Infinity: Against the Tide Infinite Comic'' #1–2, ''Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld'' #1–6, and material from ''Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu'' #1
|July 2017
|{{ISBNT|978-1302907082}}
|-
|''Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 2''
|''New Avengers'' (vol.3) #13–33 and ''Avengers'' (vol. 5) #24–44
|July 2018
|{{ISBNT|978-1302911812}}
|}

===New Avengers Vol. 4 (2015)===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Title!!Material collected!!Publication date!!ISBN
|-
|''New Avengers: A.I.M. Vol. 1: Everything Is New''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 4) #1–6 and material from ''Avengers'' (vol. 6) #0
|May 10, 2016
|{{ISBNT|978-0785196488}}
|-
|''New Avengers: A.I.M. Vol. 2: Standoff''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 4) #7–11
|August 16, 2016
|{{ISBNT|978-0785196495}}
|-
|''New Avengers: A.I.M. Vol. 3: Civil War II''
|''New Avengers'' (vol. 4) #12–18
|December 28, 2016
|{{ISBNT|978-1302902353}}
|}

==Other versions==
===Marvel 2099===
On the unified [[Marvel 2099]] reality of Earth-2099, the 2099 version of the New Avengers were formed by [[Moon Knight#Marvel 2099|Moon Knight (Tabitha)]] and consist of Aero (Zhe Li), [[Black Panther (character)#Marvel 2099|Black Panther (T'Shamba)]], [[Alternative versions of Captain America#Marvel 2099|Captain America (Roberta Mendez)]], an [[Captain Britain#Marvel 2099|unidentified 2099 version of Captain Britain]], [[Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)#Marvel 2099|Captain Marvel (Rowena Stern)]], Gladiator (a Strontian named Kubark), [[Hulk 2099]], an [[She-Hulk#Marvel 2099|unidentified 2099 version of She-Hulk]], [[Spider-Man 2099]], [[Spider-Woman#Marvel 2099|Spider-Woman (Sivern Dru)]], and Wave (MacKenzie Salgado) after most of her teammates in the [[Avengers (comics)#Marvel 2099|Avengers]] were killed by the [[Masters of Evil#Marvel 2099|Masters of Evil]]. The New Avengers defeated the Masters of Evil and remanded them to a prison on the planet Wakanda.<ref>''Spider-Man 2099: Exodus'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Ultimate Marvel===
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The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of the New Avengers called the '''New Ultimates'''. It was formed by [[Iron Man (Ultimate Marvel character)|Iron Man]] and [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)#Ultimate Marvel|Hawkeye]] to fight the [[Defenders (comics)#Ultimate Marvel|Defenders]] who are being used by [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]] to obtain Mjolnir.<ref>''Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates'' #1</ref>

==In other media==
===Television===
*The New Avengers appear in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/15/the-avengers-earths-mightiest-heroes-new-avengers-review|title=The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes – "New Avengers" Review|last=Schedeen|first=Jesse|publisher=[[IGN]]|date=October 14, 2012|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611122248/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/15/the-avengers-earths-mightiest-heroes-new-avengers-review|archive-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref> This version of the group is part of a fail-safe program developed by [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] to ensure the world would still have heroes in the event that the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] are killed. In the New Avengers' self-titled episode, [[Kang the Conqueror]] traps the original Avengers in a temporal void, but Stark's computer systems bring [[Luke Cage]], [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]], [[Spider-Man]], the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], [[War Machine]], and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] together to defeat Kang and save the original Avengers. In the series finale "Avengers Assemble!", the New Avengers reunite to help the original Avengers repel an attack from [[Galactus]] and his Heralds.
*The New Avengers, renamed the '''All-New, All-Different Avengers''', appear in ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers: Secret Wars]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/marvels-avengers-secret-wars-coming-to-disney-xd-this-summer-exclusive/|title=MARVEL'S AVENGERS: SECRET WARS Coming to Disney XD This Summer (Exclusive)|last=Diaz|first=Eric|publisher=[[Nerdist]]|date=May 25, 2017|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513230904/https://nerdist.com/article/marvels-avengers-secret-wars-coming-to-disney-xd-this-summer-exclusive/|archive-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> led by the [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]] and consisting of [[Carol Danvers|Captain Marvel]], [[Kamala Khan|Ms. Marvel]], the [[Vision (Marvel Comics)|Vision]], [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]], and the [[Hope Pym|Wasp]].

===Film===
* The New Avengers appear in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) film ''[[Thunderbolts*]]'' (2025), consisting of [[Yelena Belova (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Yelena Belova]], [[John Walker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|U.S. Agent]], [[Ava Starr|Ghost]], [[Alexei Shostakov (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Red Guardian]], [[Bucky Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Bucky Barnes]], and [[Robert Reynolds (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Bob Reynolds / Sentry]]. This version of the group is a government-sanctioned team formed by [[Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Valentina Allegra de Fontaine]], and was formerly known as the [[Thunderbolts (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Thunderbolts]].<ref name="ThunderboltsNewAvengers">{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=May 2, 2025 |title=Thunderbolts* director says post-credits scene was shot for Avengers: Doomsday |url=https://ew.com/thunderbolts-post-credits-scene-avengers-doomsday-explained-11725457 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502162037/https://ew.com/thunderbolts-post-credits-scene-avengers-doomsday-explained-11725457 |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
* The New Avengers will appear in the upcoming MCU film ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]'' (2026).<ref name="ThunderboltsNewAvengers" />

===Video games===
*The New Avengers appear in ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'', consisting of [[Luke Cage]], [[Captain America]], [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]], and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifewire.com/marvel-ultimate-alliance-cheats-xbox-360-3411592|title='Marvel: Ultimate Alliance' Cheat Code List (Xbox 360)|last=Rybka|first=Jason|publisher=[[Lifewire]]|date=November 25, 2018|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123155624/https://www.lifewire.com/marvel-ultimate-alliance-cheats-xbox-360-3411592|archive-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>
*The New Avengers appear in ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2]]'', consisting of Luke Cage, [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]], Iron Man, [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]], Spider-Man, and Wolverine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/faqs/2009/marvel-ultimate-alliance-2-team-bonuses-1025757|title=Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 – Team Bonuses|publisher=[[IGN]]|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010050012/http://www.ign.com/faqs/2009/marvel-ultimate-alliance-2-team-bonuses-1025757|archive-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

===Miscellaneous===
The ''Breakout'' storyline seen in ''The New Avengers'' issues #1 to #6 was adapted into a prose novel written by comic writer [[Alisa Kwitney]] in January 2013 as part of the Marvel Prose Novel series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/12/new-avengers-breakout/|title=New Avengers: Breakout: A Kiss or Kill Dilemma|last=Lawson|first=Corrina|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=December 31, 2012|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222154758/https://www.wired.com/2012/12/new-avengers-breakout/|archive-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> It is significantly altered to feature [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] and [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]] as the main characters due to their appearance and relationship in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012), replacing [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]] and [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] in the story. Barton is depicted as a [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agent like his [[Clint Barton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|film counterpart]] whilst Natasha is depicted as a rogue agent whose ties are unclear. As the events of "[[One More Day (comics)|One More Day]]" had transpired, Spider-Man's reasons for his initial involvement is also altered. [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Jessica Drew]] and [[Luke Cage]] are retained as significant characters and are introduced to a new audience as a result.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gcdb series|id=12464|title=The New Avengers}}
* {{Comicbookdb|type=title|id=16|title=''The New Avengers''}}
* [http://www.marveldatabase.com/New_Avengers ''The New Avengers''] at Marveldatabase.com

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