When I first read this story, I just found it odd and difficult to get through. Now... it's about the same.
[KANG READING ORDER: The Conqueror (1964-2015)]
- Avengers #128 (tie-in)
- Avengers #129
- Captain America #179 (tie-in)
- Giant-Size Avengers #2[1/2]
- Avengers #130-132
- Giant-Size Avengers #3[1/2]
- Avengers #133-135 (also see CONSUMMATION)
- Giant-Size Avengers #4[1/3] (also see CONSUMMATION)
The Avengers and Fantastic Four return to Earth after Crystal and Quicksilver's wedding on the moon (during BRIDE AND DOOM). Now that Franklin Richards has lost his mutant powers, Agatha Harkness decides to train the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) in the ways of magic and immediately moves in to Avengers Mansion. Together they immediately face Necrodamus who plans to use Agatha Harkness' soul to regain a youthful form. Harkness is defeated but Wanda shatters Necrodamus' graven box, unleashing its power and sucking him into another realm. Meanwhile, Mantis rejects the Swordsman's affections and tries to take advantage of Wanda's relationship issues by seducing the Vision. Her efforts are interrupted when a dazzling star emerges above Avengers Mansion and Kang the Conqueror arrives...
Avengers #129
Kang's Macrobots defeat the Avengers and hold them in stasis, giving him the chance to explain that the Dawn Star haralds the completeness of the Celestial Madonna, who he believes is either the Scarlet Witch, Agatha Harkness or Mantis. Kang plans to mate with the Madonna and rule the universe through their all-powerful offspring. Kang abducts the Avengers to the pyramid of Rama-Tut (with Kang revealing 'Rama-Tut' to be an earlier identity of his), leaving the Swordsman who he believes to be worthless. With Harkness' telepathic guidance, Swordsman takes a Quinjet to Egypt, breaks into the pyramid, fights his way past the vampire Amenhotep, only to be held back from rescuing his friends by Rama-Tut himself. Kang encases Iron Man, Thor and the Vision in Macrobots and plans on using them to start World War III...
Steve Rogers quit being Captain America after discovering a high-ranking US Government official was the leader of the villainous Secret Empire. His attempt to live a normal life with his girlfriend, SHIELD agent Sharon Carter, is ruined by a challenge from a masked man calling himself the Golden Archer. The Archer's final challenge draws Rogers directly into battle and the defeated 'villain' is revealed to be Hawkeye who encourages Steve to rejoin the heroic life under a new identity. Elsewhere, the Falcon fights crime without Steve Rogers and biker Scar Turpin's career as the new Captain America is very short-lived.
Giant-Size Avengers #2[1/2]
Hawkeye investigates the light above Avengers Mansion and learns the team's fate from Edwin Jarvis. Swordsman returns with Rama-Tut who regrets his pursuit of the Celestial Madonna while he was Kang and has emerged in the present day (after a period of suspended animation since a second period in Ancient Egypt) to preempt his past self's actions to alter time. Swordsman returns with Rama-Tut who transports the unlikely trio to the United Nations Building to stop the Macrobot's attack and free the Vision. They jump to Peking and stop the Macrobot that holds Iron Man. Kang - distracted by Mantis and the Scarlet Witch who argue over the Vision - sends the Thor-Macrobot to kill Hawkeye's team. The Vision enters Kang's vehicle and frees Mantis, the Scarlet WItch and Agatha Harkness. Thor is freed and Rama-Tut confronts Kang directly, causing time to rupture and reveal Mantis as the Celestial Madonna. Refuting Rama-Tut's claims, Kang shoots at Mantis who is saved when Swordsman leaps in her way, dying to save her life. Rama-Tut and Kang's continuing fight triggers Kang's time-ship and sucks them into the timestream.
Three days later, the Avengers comply with Mantis' wishes to bury the Swordsman at the abandoned temple of the Priests of Pama in Saigon, leaving the Scarlet Watch to continue her training with Agatha Harkness. While in Vietnam, the Avengers clash with the newly-formed Titanic Three (Crimson Dynamo, Radioactive Man and Titanium Man) who are running things their way. After a brief fallout between Thor and Iron Man, Thor convinces his fellow Avengers that they have no say in things, here. Though they soon run into the trio again when they inadvertently side with ex-GI jewel thief, the Slasher, whose ruse is soon discovered. The two teams part ways, leaving the Slasher to the authorities.
Avengers #131
While continuing to look for clues to Mantis' missing past, the Avengers cross paths with Steve Rogers in his new guise as Nomad. He plans to rejoin the Avengers after he defeats the Serpent Squad. Mantis asks Vision to forgive her for pursuing him before she sees a vision of the Swordsman. Immortus pulls Kang and Rama-Tut from their battle in the timestream into Limbo, placing Tut in stasis and employing Kang to help him defeat the Avengers. Kang summons candidates from various points time - Frankenstein's Monster, Wonder Man, Midnight, Ghost, Baron Heinrich Zemo and the original Human Torch - to form his Legion of the Unliving and instill fear in the Avengers. Kang then betrays Immortus by trapping him in a tube, then transports the Avengers to Limbo and sends his Legion to destroy them...
The Legion of the Unliving pursue the Avengers through the maze beneath Immortus' Limbo stronghold. Mantis defeats Midnight, but the Human Torch cooks Iron Man alive and the Ghost 'mortally' wounds the android Vision. In Vietnam, the Hooded One who's been secretly aiding the Avengers runs into the green, glowing spectre of the Swordsman...
Giant-Size Avengers #3[1/2]
Mantis defeats Midnight again. The Frankenstein Monster stops Wonder Man from killing the Vision. The Human Torch discovers the Vision's body is his own while saving his life. Jarvis learns Libra has escaped prison. The Torch and the Monster turn against Kang. Hawkeye frees Rama-Tut and Immortus. Immortus turns Baron Zemo to paste. Even with one damaged arm, the Vision defeats Wonder Man. Kang teleports out when he realises he's losing. Despite planning on destroying the Avengers, Immortus restores Iron Man and the Vision out of gratitude. When Rama-Tut leaves, Immortus reveals to the Avengers that he, too, is a future version of Kang. He then offers to reveal the origins of Mantis and the Vision...
Immortus sends the Vision through time with a Synchro-Staff, allowing him to view (but not interfere with) key moments in the history of the original Human Torch. He realises the Torch's memories have been influencing his actions. Thor, Mantis, Iron Man and Hawkeye have another Synchro-Staff that takes them back to the beginning of Kree history. They learn that the peaceful Skrulls visited Hala and offered the indigenous Kree and Cotati their advanced technology if they competed in a contest. The Cotati won, so the Kree retaliated by killing them all, as well as the Skrulls. Back on Earth, the Scarlet Witch now has the power to make furniture come to life but has a darker attitude. In Vietnam, the Hooded One reveals to Swordsman' ghost that he's Libra.
Avengers #134
Thousands of years ago, the barbarian Kree took the Skrull technology after killing the alien visitors, then used it to attack the Skrulls' own world, beginning the Kree-Skrull War which still rages today. Many years later, a group of pacifist Kree called the Priests of Pama discovered the dead Cotati had grown new offspring and formed an alliance with the Priests who took the Cotati all over the known universe to continue to learn and grow and use their telepathic abilities to spread peace. One group landed in Vietnam. Not so long ago, the Mad Thinker used the original Human Torch to attack the Fantastic Four. When his body was laid to rest again, it was discovered by Ultron. Back in the present, Moondragon arrives at Avengers Mansion having picked up their earlier distress call. The Scarlet Witch refuses to help her find the Avengers in favour of her loyalty to Agatha Harkness. She defeats Moondragon and returns to her studies. Thor, Iron Man, Mantis and Hawkeye are transported to present day Vietnam to the grove where thee Swordsman was buried, now knowing that it's actually a grove made up of Cotati. They're greeted by Libra and the ghost of the Swordsman...
Moondragon arrives in Vietnam and learns from the 'Swordsman' and Libra that both she and Mantis were candidates for the Celestial Madonna, both having been trained by the Priests of Pama. Immortus arrives with a box. Back on Earth, Jarvis discovers the Scarlet Witch has been kidnapped. The Vision learns that Ultron-5 kidnapped Prof Phineas T Horton and employed him to transform the inert Human Torch android into a weapon to use against the Avengers. Horton was killed by Ultron for allowing the new-look Torch to retain his memories and rebel against his new 'master'. Ultron defeated the Torch, erased his personality, replaced his persona with Wonder Man's and sent him on his mission against the Avengers. Having learned the truth, the Synchro-Staff disappears, only for the Vision to be left floating in a void...
Giant-Size Avengers #4[1/3]
The Cotati-animated body of the Swordsman reveals to Mantis that she's the perfect human and they should mate to create the Celestial Messiah. Hawkeye, Iron Man and Thor discover the Titanic Three having been battered into submission by Kang. The three Avengers defeat three future Kang decoys while the 'true' Kang absconds with Mantis, only to discover it to be a disguised Space Phantom. The Vision realises he's at the Earth's core where the Scarlet Witch is being controlled by Dormammu and Umar. When they send her to kill him, the Vision breaks the spell by telling the Scarlet Witch he loves her. The Witch messes with the lava pool that gives Dormammu his power, almost costing him his control over Gaea. He allows the Scarlet Witch, Vision and Agatha Harkness to leave the Dark Dimension and return to Avengers Mansion where the Vision proposes to the Scarlet Witch and she accepts. Agatha Harkness announces the Scarlet Witch's teachings under her are complete. Immortus transports the Vision and Scarlet WItch to Vietnam where a double wedding is held. Immortus officiates the marriage of the Vision and Scarlet Witch and Mantis (having learned her full origin) and the Cotati-animated body of the Swordsman. Mantis and 'Swordsman' take on energy forms and head into space, while the Vision and Scarlet WItch announce their intentions for a honeymoon.
Captain America #180 (1974)
Steve Rogers adopts a new costumed identity as Nomad.
Captain America #181 (1975)
Steve Rogers supports Roscoe Simons in becoming the new Captain America.
Captain Marvel #37 (1975)
Captain Marvel is too busy tracking down the Lunatic Legion to assist the Avengers in their investigation into Mantis' past.
Captain America #182 (1975)
Nomad arrives in Seattle and takes down Viper and Cobra, the leaders of the Serpent Squad.
Captain America #183 (1975)
Roscoe Simons is tortured and crucified by the Red Skull when he discovers he's dealing with a 'fake' Captain America; Steve Rogers becomes Captain America again.
Captain America #189-191 (1975)
Captain America (Steve Rogers) and the Falcon put their differences aside and fight side-by-side again, joining forces against Nightshade.
Frankenstein Monster #12 (1974)
Frankenstein's Monster is plucked from and returned to the past, between pages during HE COMES ALIVE... TODAY!
Doctor Strange #8-9 (1975)
Dormammu uses Gaea's power to break through the surface of the Earth, but is defeated by Doctor Strange and Clea; Clea frees Gaea during CONSUMMATION.
Avengers #137 (1975)
Agatha Harkness is revealed to have moved out of Avengers Mansion; the Avengers go on a recruitment drive due to the reduced line-up caused by the departure of the Vision, Scarlet Witch and Mantis and the death of Swordsman; Yellowjacket and the Wasp return to the Avengers; Moondragon and Beast are also given probationary status.
Iron Man #74 (1975)
Iron Man parts ways with the Avengers after their time travel adventures; the Titanic Three are placed under house arrest in Saigon, ending their alliance.
Frankenstein Monster #12 (1974)
Frankenstein's Monster awakens in the present day after falling into accidental suspended animation during HE COMES ALIVE... TODAY!
Avengers Forever #4-6 (1999)
Kang's next aot begins in the Old West during THE DESTINY WAR
Avengers #141-143 (1975-1976)
Steve Rogers finally returns to the Avengers, having regained his Captain America identity, in time for a rematch with Kang; now that they believe him to be an ally, the Avengers turn to Immortus for help in rescuing Hawkeye from the past.
Avengers #151-152 (1976)
Moondragon becomes a full member of the Avengers; Wonder Man is resurrected by the Black Talon, only to be freed from his control by the Avengers and joining them as an ally during NIGHTMARE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Justice League of America #142 (1977, DC Comics)
Using the name Willow, Mantis is revealed to have escaped to an alternate universe in order to avoid Kang and give birth to the Celestial Messiah.
Avengers #158 (1977)
The Vision battles the resurrected Wonder Man, believing him to be making a play for the Scarlet Witch due to their shared brain-patterns.
Avengers #160 (1977)
The resurrected Wonder Man discovers his brother has become the revenge-obsessed Grim Reaper.
Captain America #233 (1979)
This period of Captain America's relationship with Sharon Carter ends when she appears to die while being mind-controlled by the Grand Director.
Thor #282 (1979)
Though Immortus appears to help Thor against Tempus, but is later revealed to have removed Mjolnir's time-travel abilities to stop the Avengers from travelling through time of their own free will.
Marvel Team-Up #130 (1983)
Necrodamus escapes the mystical void and tries to take the Vision's form as a host body as revenge for the Scarlet Witch's actions; Necrodamus is forced out of the Vision's body by Spider-Man.
Scorpio Rose #2 (1983, Eclipse Comics)
Using the name Lorelei, Mantis is revealed to have jumped to another universe, having already given birth to a son.
West Coast Avengers #1-4 (1984)
Hawkeye does end up becoming Avengers Chairman, but of his very own team of Avengers on America's west coast during WEST COAST AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 (1985)
Agatha Harkness is killed by Salem's Seven, but the Scarlet Witch uses some of her life energy to set her own pregnancy in motion.
Avengers #367-369 (1986)
Kang clashes with Immortus again, only for Immortus to take the healed Ravonna for himself.
Vision and the Scarlet WItch #12 (1986)
The Scarlet Witch gives birth to twin sons, Thomas & William Maximoff.
Avengers Annual #16 (1987)
The Grandmaster summons his own Legion of the Unliving (consisting of Baron Blood, Black Knight, Bucky, Captain Marvel, Death Adder, Dracula, Drax the Destroyer, Executioner, Green Goblin, Hyperion, Korvac, Nighthawk, Red Guardian, Swordsman and Terrax, though these were likely just facsimiles as many of these characters were later revealed to be alive) to use against the Avengers during FREEDOM.
West Coast Avengers #37-39 (1988)
Mantis is reunited with the Vision, Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye when she asks for the Avengers' help against the Cotati-Swordsman who kills her; this Mantis is revealed to be a fragment of the true Mantis whose memories are restored when the fragment dies during WEST COAST AVENGERS DISASSEMBLE!
Fantastic Four #325 (1989)
First appearance of the human/Cotati Celestial Messiah); Mantis decides to keep her son from both Kang and the Cotati and raise him as a fully-rounded emotional being.
West Coast Avengers #42-45 (1989)
The Vision is kidnapped by the group Vigilance who - due the the Vision's previous attempt to take over the world's computer systems - dismantle and mindwipe him, effectively ending his marriage to the Scarlet Witch; Wonder Man refuses to let the Scarlet Witch use his brain patterns to restore the Vision due to his feelings for her during VISION QUEST.
Avengers West Coast #50 (1989)
The original Human Torch is reactivated in the present day, immediately joining the Avengers.
Avengers West Coast #51-52 (1989)
Agatha Harkness returns to life (without any real explanation) and reveals to the Scarlet Witch that her children were actually just fragments of Mephisto's soul; the children are claimed by Master Pandemonium before being reclaimed by Mephisto.
Silver Surfer #29-30 (1989)
Using their advanced technology, the Kree resurrect Midnight as Midnight Sun and send him to attack the Silver Surfer during KREE-SKRULL WAR II.
Captain America #362 (1989)
Baron Helmut Zemo tries and fails to resurrect his father, Baron Heinrich Zemo, using the Bloodstone.
Avengers West Coast #61-62 (1990)
Immortus summons his very own Legion of the Unliving (consisting of duplicates of Black Knight, Grim Reaper, Iron Man of 2020, Left-Winger, Oort, Right-Winger, Swordsman and Toro) when he tries to claim the Scarlet Witch's additional powers for himself, finally revealing himself to be an enemy of the Avengers; the Time-Keepers arrive and grant Immortus his wish, though he's ultimately defeated by the Avengers.
Marvel Comics Presents #46-49 (1990)
Despite the Silver Surfer releasing his soul from Limbo years earlier, the Ghost (or 'Flying Dutchman's Ghost') is revealed to be back under Mephisto's control when he clashes with the Devil-Slayer on the demon's behalf.
Avengers #352-353 (1992)
The Grim Reaper includes a facsimile of Amenhotep and others when he creates his own Legion of the Unliving (otherwise consisting of facsimiles of Baron Zemo, Black Knight, Count Nefaria, Inferno, Nebulon, Star Stalker and the real Necrodamus and Red Guardian).
Captain America #419 (1993)
Slasher returns, years later, having renamed himself Razorblade during VIPERS IN OUR MIDST.
Avengers #395 (1996)
The Avengers battle and defeat Mantis when she appears to ally herself with Kang in a bizarre plot against the team (though 'Kang', 'Mantis' and the 'Swordsman' are later revealed to be Space Phantoms sent by Immortus) during THE CROSSING.
Avengers #10-11 (1998)
The Grim Reaper summons a new Legion of the Unliving to send against the Avengers (consisting of Swordsman, Wonder Man, Captain Marvel, Doctor Druid, Hellcat, the Skrull Mockingbird and Thunderstrike).
Avengers Forever #1-12 (1998-1999)
Rama-Tut next appears having returned to his Kang identity and begins a war with his other future self, Immortus, that separates their timelines; it's revealed that Immortus created a duplicate Human Torch body that Ultron then used to create the Vision, allowing both to continue to exist during THE DESTINY WAR.
Avengers #38-40 (2001)
Kang is revealed to have a son, Marcus Kang, who adopts his old Scarlet Centurion identity (though it's later implied he may be a clone of Kang himself).
Avengers: Celestial Quest #1-8 (2001-2002)
The name of the Celestial Messiah is revealed to be Sequoia ('Quoi' for short); Quio is pursued by the Thanosi (clones of Thanos) and defended by the Avengers and the Cotati-Swordsman; Vision finally (somehow) has sex with Mantis.
Avengers #45-54 (2001-2002)
Kang successfully conquers Earth (though his victory is short-lived thank to the Avengers) during THE KANG DYNASTY.
Avengers #503 (2004)
Agatha Harkness is murdered by the insane Scarlet Witch, definitively ending her tuition during AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED.
New Thunderbolts #3 (2005)
A new Swordsman emerges (and is later revealed to be Andreas Strucker of Fenris).
Young Avengers #1-6 (2005)
Another of the "five lives" Kang/Immortus has known may include Iron Lad, the persona young Nathaniel Richards used when he tried to prevent himself from becoming Kang.
4 #15-18 (2005)
Kang is revealed to have a son called Ramades and attempts to conquer the 21st century, only to be defeated by the Fantastic Four.
Daredevil #86 (2006)
The incarcerated Boss Morgan is killed by Bullseye.
Annihilation: Conquest #1-4 (2007)
Mantis eventually abandons her role as Celestial Madonna in favour of helping Star-Lord save the universe (and eventually join the Guardians of the Galaxy) during ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST.
Avengers/Invaders #12 (2009)
Bucky wishes Toro (Thomas Raymond) back to life using the Cosmic Cube when the Invaders briefly travel forwards in time, allowing Toro to be reborn in the present day.
The Torch #1-8 (2009-2010)
The original Human Torch is reunited with Toro.
Chaos War #2 (2010)
The Swordsman is among those resurrected by the Chaos King during CHAOS WAR.
Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1-3 (2011)
Swordsman allies himself with other resurrected Avengers against the Grim Reaper before returning to the grave during CHAOS WAR.
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #6 (2011)
Wiccan and Speed of the Young Avengers are revealed to be the reincarnated sons of the Vision and Scarlet Witch during THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.
Vampires: The Marvel Undead #1 (2011)
Amenhotep's history and the confirmation of his death is revealed.
Uncanny Avengers #8 (2013)
Kang adopts the Apocalypse Twins (Uriel and Eimin) who were the offspring of Archangel and Ichisumi during MARVEL NOW!
FF #8 (2013)
Another of the "five lives" Kang/Immortus has known may include Kid Immortus, another attempt by young Nathaniel Richards to alter his destiny during MARVEL NOW!
Avengers World #8 (2014)
Swordsman is revealed to have had a daughter, Adelynn Duquensne, who has become the Swordswoman, a member of Euroforce.
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-6 (2016)
Another of the "five lives" Kang/Immortus have known may include Mister Gryphon, created when a glitch in the timestream caused Kang to separate into different versions of himself during ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL.
Scarlet Witch #12-14 (2017)
Agatha Harkness is inadvertently resurrected again my the Scarlet Witch's mother, Natalya Maximoff.
Avengers #12-17 (2019)
The Shadow Colonel (aka Xarus, son of Dracula) forms his own Legion of the Unliving, mostly made up of new vampiric characters.
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers vol.13
Include Avengers #128.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Box Set Slipcase
Avengers: The Celestial Madonna
Avengers: The Complete Celestial Madonna Saga
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers vol.14
Include Avengers #129-135 and Giant-Size Avengers #2-4.
Captain America and the Falcon: Nomad
Legacy of Captain America
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America vol.9
Include Captain America #179.
Avengers: Legion of the Unliving
Includes Avengers #131-132 and Giant-Size Avengers #3.
Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch
Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude
Include Giant-Size Avengers #4.
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