History ComicBook / AvengersAssemble2022

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: The Prehistoric Starbrand is killed by Doom Supreme in the ''Alpha'' prologue. The Prehistoric Ghost Rider follows in ''Avengers'' #63.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: ''Avengers'' #55: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's purge of the Avengers of his world. Loki achieved his goal of a world without any Avengers...which then left his Earth ''without'' its mightiest heroes to battle the usual existential threats the team normally handles.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The backstory of the Loki who became Avenger Prime, as revealed in ''Avengers'' #65. His attempt to rid his Earth of Avengers instead set off a chain of events that ultimately destroyed all life in his universe. Thanks to the punishment of the God Quarry, he now serves as Avenger Prime to atone for his role and to ensure such a catastrophe never happens again.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's backstory. Loki sought to create a world without Avengers. He got it...and in a world ''without'' Avengers, Earth and Asgard immediately fell to the usual existential threats.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: ''Avengers'' #65 [[https://www.cbr.com/loki-origin-marvel-powerful-hero-avenger-prime-thor-death/ has]] [[spoiler: the Loki who became Avenger Prime lamenting that this is one of the constants among all his variants across the Multiverse.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: ''Avengers'' #65 reveals this was [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's fateful, tragic mistake during his purge to rid his Earth of its Avengers. This Loki was so focused on eliminating his potential enemies that he didn't stop to consider one of the key discoveries he'd made while on his multiversal sojourn: That ''a'' Loki was the most frequent catalyst for the assembling of Avengers, but he also wasn't the ''only'' one. There were other familiar and powerful threats (Galactus, Celestials, Thanos, et. al.) who'd served as that same catalyst, who all had designs on their Earths, and most importantly who were all opposed and stopped by their Avengers. So, with no Avengers left after Loki's purge, his Earth ''immediately'' gets overrun by said threats all at once.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: The punishment the God Quarry imposed on the Loki who became Avengers Prime. He proclaimed 'No More Avengers' and so his penance was to ''become'' an Avenger and form the Multiverse's Mightiest Heroes.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: A variation in ''Avengers'' #65. [[spoiler: During his travels, Loki/Avenger Prime learned that Lokis were responsible for bringing the Avengers together and always lost to them. Loki sought to prevent this by purging the potential Avengers from his Earth. He succeeded...only for Earth to be overrun and destroyed by the existential threats the team normally handles. In winning, Loki ''still'' ultimately lost -- an irony which the God of Lies is bitterly aware of and acknowledges.]]
* ThePurge: ''Avengers'' #65 reveals [[spoiler: Avenger Prime Loki did this to the Avengers of his Earth upon returning home from his multiversal sojourn. While the Avengers hadn't yet formed (and ultimately may not have), Loki wasn't taking ''any'' chances. Using the knowledge he'd gleaned from visiting parallel universes, Loki took out the potential threats (ex. chaining Mjolnir with unbreakable chains, locating Steve Rogers' body in the ice, locking Tony Stark in Asgard's dungeons and keeping him perpetually drunk, burning Wakanda to the ground, etc.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: Avengers'' #55: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's purge of the Avengers of his world. Loki achieved his goal of a world without any Avengers...which then left his Earth ''without'' its mightiest heroes to battle the usual existential threats the team normally handles.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The backstory of the Loki who became Avenger Prime, as revealed in ''Avengers'' #65. His attempt to rid his Earth of Avengers instead set off a chain of events that destroyed all life in his universe. Thanks to the punishment of the God Quarry, he serves as Avenger Prime to ensure such a catastrophe never happens again.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's backstory. Loki sought to create a world without Avengers. He got it...and in a world without Avengers, Earth and Asgard fell to the usual existential threats.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's purge to rid his Earth of the Avengers taint in ''Avengers'' #65. This Loki was so focused on eliminating his potential enemies that he didn't stop to consider one of the discoveries he'd made while on his multiversal sojourn: That ''a'' Loki was the most frequent catalyst for the assembling of the Avengers, but he wasn't the ''only'' one. There were other familiar and powerful threats (Galactus, Celestials, Thanos, et. al.) who'd served as that same catalyst and who all had designs on their Earths. So, with no Avengers left after Loki's purge, his Earth quickly became easy pickings for all of them at once.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: As detailed under Didn't Think This Through, [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's purge of the Avengers of his world. Loki achieved his goal of a world without Avengers...which then left his Earth ''without'' its mightiest heroes to battle the usual existential threats the team normally handles.]]

* ThePurge: ''Avengers'' #65 reveals [[spoiler: Avenger Prime Loki did this to the Avengers of his Earth upon returning home from his multiversal sojourn. While the Avengers hadn't yet formed (and ultimately may not have), Loki wasn't taking any chances. Using the knowledge he'd gleaned from visiting other universes, Loki took out the potential threats (ex. chaining Mjolnir, locating Steve Rogers' body in the ice, locking Tony Star in Asgard's dungeons and keeping him perpetually drunk, burning Wakanda to the ground, etc.]]

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: ''Avengers'' focuses on the team and their prehistoric counterparts' attempts to stop Doom Supreme and the Multiversal Masters of Evil from claiming Earth-616's Genesis Point. ''Avengers Forever'' focuses on Robbie Reyes and his team's attempts to protect Avenger Prime's Watchtower at the end of Infinity from Mephisto and the Council of Red.

* BeCArefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's backstory. Loki sought to create a world without Avengers. He got it...and in a world without Avengers, Earth and Asgard fell to the usual existential threats.]]

* BeCArefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime's backstory. Loki sought to create a world without Avengers. It worked

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Avenger Prime Loki's cardinal mistake during his purge to rid his Earth of the Avengers taint in ''Avengers'' #65. Loki was so quick to eliminate his potential enemies that he didn't stop to consider one of the discoveries he'd made on his multiversal sojourn: A Loki was the most frequent catalyst for the Avengers' formation, but he wasn't the ''only'' one. There were other, familiar threats (Galactus, Celestials, Thanos, et. al.) who served as that same catalyst and who had designs on their Earths. With no Avengers left after Loki's purge, Earth was easy pickings for all of them at once.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: The punishment the God Quarry imposed on the Loki who became Avengers Prime. He proclaimed 'No More Avengers' and his penance was to ''become'' an Avenger and form the Multiverse's Mightiest Heroes.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The backstory of the Loki who became Avenger Prime, as revealed in ''Avengers'' #65. His attempt to rid his Earth of Avengers instead set off a chain of events that destroyed all life in his universe. Thanks to the punishment of the God Quaary, he serves as Avenger Prime to ensure such a catastrophe never happens again.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: ''Avengers'' #64 [[https://www.cbr.com/loki-origin-marvel-powerful-hero-avenger-prime-thor-death/ has]] [[spoiler: the Loki who became Avenger Prime lamenting that this is one of the constants among his variants across the Multiverse.]]

* VictoryIsBoring: ''Avengers'' #64 [[https://www.cbr.com/loki-origin-marvel-powerful-hero-avenger-prime-thor-death/ reveals]] [[spoiler: the Loki that became Avenger Prime felt the same way in his backstory (following the unexpected death of his Thor and Odin's abdication.)]]

** TwoLinesNoWaiting: ''Avengers'' is focusing on the team and their Prehistoric counterparts' attempts to stop Doom Supreme and the Multiversal Masters of Evil from claiming Earth-616's Genesis Point. ''Avengers Forever'' is focusing on Robbie Reyes and his team's attempts to protect Avenger Prime's Watchtower at the end of Infinity from Mephisto and the Council in Red.

* GrandFinale: For Aaron's run and the Fresh Start-era ''Avengers''.
** On a Meta level, Aaron's [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAq8-EuWgn/ stated]] ''Assemble'' is also his swansong for work-for-hire comics for the immediate future (barring, of course, the still-ongoing ''ComicBook/Punisher2022'').

* LegionOfDoom: Two -- Mephisto's Council of Red and Doom Supreme's Multiversal Masters of Evil.
** ''Avengers'' #64 subsequently reveals there's a third villainous faction on the field. [[spoiler: Doom Supreme has recruited his variants from across the Multiverse. In other words, he's forged a ''literal'' Legion of Doom.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: ''Avengers'' #64 [[https://www.cbr.com/loki-origin-marvel-powerful-hero-avenger-prime-thor-death/ has]] [[spoiler: the Loki who became Avenger Prime lamenting that this is one of the constants among hids variants across the Multiverse.]]

* TheReveal: ''Avengers Forever'' #13 finally reveals the long-teased identity of Avenger Prime. [[spoiler:It's Loki.]]

* CallBack: The big reveal of ''Avengers Forever'' #13 calls back to Aaron's very first ''Avengers'' arc ''The Final Host''. [[spoiler: 616-Loki argued ''he'' was the greatest Avenger of them all by virtue of being the one to first bring the team together (and then again and again over the years). Avenger Prime, revealed now to be another Loki, echoes that same sentiment: You can't have the Avengers without Loki bringing them all together.]]

* {{CallBack}}: The big reveal of ''Avengers Forever'' #13 calls back to Aaron's very first ''Avengers'' arc ''The Final Host''. [[spoiler: 616-Loki argued ''he'' was the greatest Avenger of them all by virtue of being the one to first bring the team together (and then again and again over the years). Avenger Prime, revealed now to be another Loki, echoes that same sentiment: You can't have the Avengers without Loki bringing them all together.]]

* {{CallBack}}: The big reveal of ''Avengers Forever'' #13 calls back to ''The Final Host''. [[spoiler: 616-Loki argued he was the greatest Avenger of them all by virtue of being the one to first bring the team together. Avenger Prime, revealed to be another Loki, echoes that same sentiment: You can't have the Avengers without Loki.]]

* RetGone: [[spoiler: Doom Supreme's goal for Earth-616's Genesis Point. Claiming it will allow him to erase this world's Avengers from history (as he has done on countless worlds across the Multiverse).]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: In classic Marvel tradition, the very first meeting of the 616 Avengers and the Prehistoric Avengers. Also doubles as a CallBack to when Tony encountered them after being fling into the distant past earlier in Aaron's run.

* FromBadToWorse: The ending of ''Avengers'' #64 . [[spoiler: All three Avengers teams are already stretched thin trying to hold their respective lines against the Multiversal Masters of Evil and the Council of Red. And then it turns out they've got a new, ''worse'' problem: Unbeknownst to his allies, Doom Supreme has been secretly assembling his own ''literal'' Legion of Doom(s) from across the Multiverse.]]

** ''Avengers'' #64 subsequently reveals there's a third villainous faction on the field. [[spoiler: Doom Supreme recruited his counterparts from across the Multiverse and thus founded a ''literal'' Legion of Doom.]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: In classic Marvel tradition, the very first meeting of the 616 Avengers and the Prehistoric Avengers.Also doubles as a CallBack to when Tony encountered them after being fling into the distant past earlier in Aaron's run.