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** Carol's third pick is Black Panther, who is currently [[TheExile in exile]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 2021 solo series]] stripped him of both his crown and his Wakandan citizenship. Even after he betrayed the trust of his allies in a ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]''-esque disaster, Carol still wants T'Challa on her team because she sees his [[TheChessmaster shrewdness]] as an asset worth having and extends her invitation as an opportunity for T'Challa to [[TheAtoner atone]].
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** Carol's third pick is Black Panther, who is currently [[TheExile in exile]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 2021 solo series]] stripped him of both his crown and his Wakandan citizenship. Even after he betrayed the trust of his allies in a ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel ''[[ComicBook/JLATowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]''-esque disaster, Carol still wants T'Challa on her team because she sees his [[TheChessmaster shrewdness]] as an asset worth having and extends her invitation as an opportunity for T'Challa to [[TheAtoner atone]].
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* ShadowArchetype: Myrddin's Twilight Court is a counterpart to the Avengers by their title: the Star (Carol/Lancelot), the Icon (Sam/Parsifal), the Witch (Wanda/Mordred), the Construct (Vision/Bercilak), the God (Thor/Galehaut), the Engineer (Tony/Bedivere) and the King (T'Challa/Arthur). This is invoked in their first fight: [[spoiler: All the counterparts battle each other and the fight goes on. Then Carol gets the idea for her team members to attack someone else: Wanda fights Galehaut, Vision fights Arthur, Falcon fights Bercilak, etc. It culminates in the Twilight Court being taken by surprise, and conceding defeat.]]
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* ShadowArchetype: Myrddin's Twilight Court is a counterpart to the Avengers by their title: the Star (Carol/Lancelot), the Icon (Sam/Parsifal), the Witch (Wanda/Mordred), the Construct (Vision/Bercilak), the God (Thor/Galehaut), the Engineer (Tony/Bedivere) and the King (T'Challa/Arthur).(T'Challa/Artur). This is invoked in their first fight: [[spoiler: All the counterparts battle each other and the fight goes on. Then Carol gets the idea for her team members to attack someone else: Wanda fights Galehaut, Vision fights Arthur, Artur, Falcon fights Bercilak, etc. It culminates in the Twilight Court being taken by surprise, and conceding defeat.]]
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** Nightmare says he's going after the Avengers because he wants to regain the respect he lost after being beaten by [[ComicBook/XMen2021 Jean Gray]] and [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange2023 General Strange]].
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* UngratefulBastard: Kang forms a tenuous alliance with the Avengers against Myrrdin, mostly benefiting from the deal more than them. When Myrrdin exploits a distraction to confront and steal information from Kang's mind, he is so outraged that the Avengers "failed" him he breaks off the alliance and threatens to be their enemy again.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Issue 2, Kang gives Captain Marvel foreknowledge of the Tribulation Events. In particular, he mentions the Impossible City, the Death Moon, the Cannibal Culture, the King of Magic, and the Endless Night, while also teasing others besides them.
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* EvilVersusOblivion: Issue #10 reveals that [[spoiler:Nightmare's attack on the Avengers wasn't an alliance with Myrddin, it was a genuine attempt to warn the heroes via DreamingOfThingsToCome, but delivered in the only way Nightmare's nature allows. Someone is going to murder the universe, and only the Avengers can stop them. And without the universe and its mortals, Nightmare will have no more dreams to feed on]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Issue2, #2, Kang gives Captain Marvel foreknowledge of the Tribulation Events. In particular, he mentions the Impossible City, the Death Moon, the Cannibal Culture, the King of Magic, and the Endless Night, while also teasing others besides them.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Rather than [[spoiler:killing Kang]], Myrddin decides to remove his knowledge of [[spoiler:the Missing Moment and Tribulation Events, claiming that their rivalry is amusing but Kang needs a handicap. This also brings an end to Kang's fragile alliance with the Avengers]].
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* CardsOfPower: Mordred uses tarot cards to channel her magic.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Bedivere explains to Bercilak that there's a chain of unrequited feelings among the Twilight Court. It goes from Galahaut to Lancelot to Artur to Parsifal.
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* CrystalPrison: After the Avengers defeat the Ashen Combine, the Impossible City puts them into orange crystals, where they were originally imprisoned.
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* EvilCounterpart: The Ashen Combine each serve as one to the Avenger they are pitted against. Citysmith is a twisted builder and engineer fighting gadgeteer Iron Man. Idol Alabaster is a false idol fighting Thor, a real god. The Dead is a necromancer fighting the benevolent magician Scarlet Witch. Meridian Diadem is an evil gynoid fighting android superhero Vision. And Lord Ennui is a nihilistic being of pure listlessness with energy absorption powers fighting the idealistic and always active Captain Marvel who projects energy as a weapon.
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* IAmNotLeftHanded: Iron Man pretends to be trapped and disabled in a cube of concrete that Citysmith forms around him, only to reveal that he's recently integrated Ghost's phasing technology into his armor — and thus Citysmith's attacks are totally ineffective against him — by suddenly lunging from the cube.
* PhlebotinumOverload: Carol defeats Lord Ennui by going binary and feeding him so much energy that it overtaxes his absorption powers and nearly kills him. As he passes out, Ennui notes that this is the first time he's felt ''anything'' in centuries and thanks Carol for it.
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** The Vision and Sam Wilson have not been on the team since the conclusion of [[ComicBook/AvengersNoSurrender the Mark Waid era]].
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* TeethClenchedTeamWork: While this always happens to some degree with each Avengers roster, Sam and T'Challa in particular aren't having an easy time currently working together (due to them beating the crap out of each other during ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth'').
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* {{Synchronization}}: Idol Alabaster forces her victims to worship her, then [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly turns that adoration into power]]. Any attempt to harm her while she's connected to her worshippers hurts them as well.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Celebrating 60 years of Avenging.'']]
->''"We call ourselves the Avengers. It's a warning. Not for our enemies, but for ourselves. Because to avenge something, you have to lose it."''
-->-- '''Carol Danvers''', ''Avengers #1''
''Avengers'' is a 2023 comic book series from Creator/MarvelComics, a relaunch of the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers titular superhero team]], written by Creator/JedMacKay and art by C.F. Villa. It is also part of the [[MilestoneCelebration Avengers' 60th anniversary celebration]].
In the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersAssemble2022'', Captain Marvel is the new leader of the Avengers, and she's recruiting a new team: Captain America (Sam Wilson), Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, the Vision and the Scarlet Witch.
The new team will have its work cut out, as the events of [=Mackay=]'s ''[[ComicBook/KangTheConqueror Timeless]]'' (2022) #1 will pit them against the grave threats posed by classic Cosmic Marvel villain Terminus, the powerful Myrddin and his Twilight Court, and the mysterious Tribulation Events.
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!! ''Avengers'' (2023) provides examples of the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: Much like ''Marvel Legacy'' was for Jason Aaron's preceding ''Avengers'' run, the 2022 ''Timeless'' one-shot serves as the prelude to this run. It introduced Myrddin and his Twilight Court, the concept of the Missing Moment, and Kang's role in this whole shindig. Issue #2 partially functions as a recap for anyone who'd missed it back in December 2022.
%%* ApocalypseHow: The Tribulation Events are technically this based on the players involved in this 'game' and the scale and scope of the coming disasters described in the [[https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/avengers-2023-new-run-jed-mackay-c-f-villa press release]].
* AnimalEyeSpy: In the first issue, Sam's birds are able to detect an electromagnetic flux.
-->'''Iron Man''': And here I've been throwing away money on satellites.
* AvengersAssemble: The first issue cuts back and forth between the new team's first battle and Captain Marvel's recruitment drive. In turn, each Avenger plays a key role in the battle - and when they do, the story briefly jumps back to the day that Carol recruited them, establishing who they are and why they were chosen.
** Iron Man is Carol's first pick right off the bat, wanting Tony to be her [[NumberTwo second-in-command]] in a desire to finally put all the times they were on [[ComicBook/CivilWarII opposing sides]] behind them.
** Carol then recruits Thor Odinson as her second pick, specifically serve as her team's dedicated [[TheBigGuy powerhouse]].
** Carol's third pick is Black Panther, who is currently [[TheExile in exile]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 2021 solo series]] stripped him of both his crown and his Wakandan citizenship. Even after he betrayed the trust of his allies in a ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]''-esque disaster, Carol still wants T'Challa on her team because she sees his [[TheChessmaster shrewdness]] as an asset worth having and extends her invitation as an opportunity for T'Challa to [[TheAtoner atone]].
** When needing to decide which Captain America to recruit for her team, Carol chooses Sam Wilson over Steve Rogers. She justifies that in a team already stacked with extraordinary individuals, Carol needs a relatively [[TheTeamNormal normal person]] like [[BadassNormal Sam]] around to provide a grounded perspective that can [[TheHeart keep them all honest]], which Steve lacks by virtue of being a FishOutOfTemporalWater LivingLegend.
** Carol recruits Vision while the latter is in the middle of having another [[IdentityBreakdown existential crisis]] over not receiving a judgement during the events of ''ComicBook/JudgmentDayMarvelComics''. Carol reaffirms that the reason why she wants him on her team isn't so he can prove himself all over again. It's because he already did when he took a stand against [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron his own creator]].
** The Scarlet Witch is Carol's final pick, needing someone who specializes in [[WeDoTheImpossible doing the impossible]]. Wanda accepts the offer before Carol even has the chance to ask, citing how the Avengers have been the one point of stability in her [[TraumaCongaLine entire chaotic life]], so if the Avengers call, [[JumpedAtTheCall she'll always answer]].
* TheBusCameBack: From an internal ''Avengers'' historical publication perspective, the 2023 relaunch marks the return of T'Challa, Wanda, Vision, and Sam Wilson to the flagship team's book/roster after absences ranging from between a year to nearly two decades.
** T'Challa hasn't been on the team since 2022 (exiting due to events in [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 John Ridley's run]]).
** The Vision and Sam Wilson have not been on the team since the conclusion of [[ComicBook/AvengersNoSurrender the Mark Waid era]].
** Kang the Conqueror also returns to the pages of ''Avengers'' for the first time since the Waid era (as he was absent from the Jason Aaron era).
** Wanda has the longest hiatus of all, having not been an official full-time member since the start of the [[ComicBook/NewAvengers Brian Bendis era]] back in 2004 (with her presence there largely book-ending the [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled beginning]] and [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen ending]] of the Bendis years -- and with Wanda later serving on the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Unity Squad]] in the interim).
** In a meta example, the logo used for this run was last seen in back in 1988 with ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1 #299
* CallBack:
** When Carol first finds T'Challa in issue #1, she refers to the end of the ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2021'' series, where his [[spoiler:sleeper agents and contingency plans were used by an rogue agent trying to take over the world. The revelations led to T'Challa being exiled from Wakanda and alienated many of his allies, including the Avengers]].
** When Carol first meets Vision in issue #1, he's wondering about the events of ''ComicBook/{{Judgment Day|MarvelComics}}''. The Progenitor, a flawed alien god, didn't seem to judge him, unlike many other heroes, and Vision wonders if that means he's not truly alive. Carol reminds him that he's ''already'' faced his own creator - the OmnicidalManiac Ultron - and told him to go to hell, so he has nothing left to prove.
* ContinuityOverlap: Like every ''Avengers'' run before it, [=Mackay=]'s run is likewise running alongside the current Marvel Universe and acknowledges and/or is affected by developments in other books:
** ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2023'': T'Challa is still on the outs with Wakanda and the Avengers over the events of the preceding John Ridley run (which ironically Carol uses as part of her catalyst to recruit him).
** ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSymbolOfTruth'': Sam Wilson has again retired his Falcon identity and is again sharing the Captain America mantle with Steve Rogers.
** ''ComicBook/InvincibleIronMan2022'': Tony is sporting Juan Frigeri's current Iron Man armor design.
** ''ComicBook/ScarletWitch2023'': Wanda is sporting Russell Dauterman's current redesign (and her current healthier mental state and outlook aligns with Steve Orlando's run).
** ''ComicBook/Thor2020'': This run launched during the final months of the Donny Cates era of ''Thor'' (or technically during Torunn Grønbekk's fill-in run). Regardless, the Odison is still sporting his Nick Klein redesign from Cates' run for the first two issues.
*** ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'': Beginning with [[https://aiptcomics.com/2023/07/21/marvel-preview-the-avengers-3/ issue #3]], Thor finally switches over to Alex Ross' redesigned costume.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A variation with T'Challa, or rather his costume. The pre-release promo artwork revealed that the Black Panther costume would be redesigned for Creator/EveEwing's then-upcoming ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2023'' series -- something the promotion for that comic hadn't revealed at the time.
* EnemyMine: Issue #2 sees Carol and Kang grudgingly working together to prepare for Myrddin, the Twilight Court, and the Tribulations.
* TheEveryman: Carol recruits Sam Wilson because of this reason. Being a social worker, he has the most grounded perspective of the Avengers and can relate to the common man much more than they.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Issue 2, Kang gives Captain Marvel foreknowledge of the Tribulation Events. In particular, he mentions the Impossible City, the Death Moon, the Cannibal Culture, the King of Magic, and the Endless Night, while also teasing others besides them.
* GoodNewsBadNews: In the first issue, T'Challa asks if Carol wants the good news or the bad news. [[spoiler:Then he tells her that the Black Panther never has good news]].
-->'''Black Panther''': [[spoiler:Either Terminus isn't as intelligent as he believes himself to be...or he is desperate. His attack has damaged the reactor's containment flask. The black hole will be released upon the world.]]
** [[spoiler:Carol does a more straightforward version of this trope later on. The bad news is that Iron Man and Vision are able to keep Terminus busy for only so long; the good news is Thor's awake.]]
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Myrddin and his Twilight Court, based off of the setup from ''Timeless'' (and with the pre-release marketing focusing upon Terminus as the immediate threat). The closing panel of ''Timeless'' also plays this up, implying Myrrdin also has his sights on [[spoiler: Doctor Doom, Utlron, Baron Mordo, and Mister Sinister.]]
* TheHeart: Both Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are using the Captain America moniker. However, Carol recruits Sam for her Avengers roster because Sam, being a social worker has a more grounded perspective than the LivingLegend that is Steve Rogers.
* ImmediateSequel: A variation at the end of the first issue when [[spoiler: a wounded Kang shanghais Carol into Null-Time. Due to its temporal nature, Kang's appearance is essentially picking up directly where the cliffhanger ending of ''Timeless'' left off at the end of 2022]].
* TheLeader: At the very start of the series, Carol Danvers is elected as the leader of the new Avengers.
%%* LegionOfDoom: Myrddin's Twilight Court, as was previously established in ''Timeless'' (2022) #1. They're a team of Arthurian-inspired villains (much like Myrddin himself).
%%* MadArtist: The Citysmith is described as an "insane artist" in the press release introducing the Ashen Combine.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In issue #2, Carol ''thinks'' this is what Kang's trying to do when he tells her about Myrddin and the Twilight Court. She initially thinks they may actually be another team of heroes and Kang's trying to use the Avengers as his UnwittingPawn to deal with his enemies up the timestream.
* OneSteveLimit: [[PlayedForLaughs Carol, Sam and Steve jokingly refer to one another as "Cap"]] in the flashback were Carol comes to recruit Sam.
* PretenderDiss: In the ''Timeless'' prologue, Kang is ''not'' impressed by 'Myrrdin' (having met the actual Merlin during one of his earlier conquests).
%%* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Myrddin is the name of a legendary Welsh figure who was the prototypical version of Myth/{{Merlin}}. The Twilight Court's members are also all named after figures from Myth/ArthurianLegend.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: In the first issue, [[spoiler:after Terminus damages the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. black-hole reactor, Carol flies it into space so that the Scarlet Witch can contain the blast without the project's magnetic fields interfering with her magic. However, that means Carol's also at ground zero when it explodes]]...
%%* ShadowArchetype: After the setup from ''Timeless'', the press release's reveal of the new roster essentially confirms each of the Avengers has a symbolic, if not literal, counterpart in the Twilight Court:
%%** The Star (Carol/Lancelot)
%%** The Icon (Sam/Parsifal)
%%** The Witch (Wanda/Mordred)
%%** The Construct (Vision/Bercilak)
%%** The God (Thor/Galehaut)
%%** The Engineer (Tony/Bedivere)
%%** The King (T'Challa/Artur)
* SoftReboot: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in regards to the post-Jason Aaron roster. Every incoming ''Avengers'' creative team always resets their predecessor's roster and rebuilds the team in their own image to tell their own stories. [=MacKay=] has removed a majority of the ''Avengers Assemble''-era lineup (Namor, Nighthawk, Jane Foster, Steve Rogers, Blade, and Echo). However, he has ''also'' kept a good bit of Aaron's previous roster (Carol, Tony, Thor, and T'Challa) intact (in addition to keeping ''a'' Captain America on the team in the form of Sam).
* SuperCop: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. When Captain Marvel is officially voted in to be the new leader of the Avengers and Tony snidely asks her if she's ready to police the world again, Carol responds with a BluntNo since she's all too familiar with how that ideology essentially [[WeAreStrugglingTogether shattered and divided]] the [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 superhero]] [[ComicBook/CivilWarII community]] in the past--a mistake that she is not looking to repeat yet again with her Avengers roster.
-->'''Captain Marvel:''' The Avengers aren't cops. Or, at least, we ''shouldn't'' be. That doesn't work, that just gets us into [[CivilWar Civil Wars]]. The Avengers are firefighters. We're the ones who fly into the blaze, whatever that is. Because we're the ones who can, so we're the ones who have to. [[WeHelpTheHelpless We save lives]]. ''That's it.'' That's our whole mission statement.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Celebrating 60 years of Avenging.'']]
->''"We call ourselves the Avengers. It's a warning. Not for our enemies, but for ourselves. Because to avenge something, you have to lose it."''
-->-- '''Carol Danvers''', ''Avengers #1''
''Avengers'' is a 2023 comic book series from Creator/MarvelComics, a relaunch of the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers titular superhero team]], written by Creator/JedMacKay and art by C.F. Villa. It is also part of the [[MilestoneCelebration Avengers' 60th anniversary celebration]].
In the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersAssemble2022'', Captain Marvel is the new leader of the Avengers, and she's recruiting a new team: Captain America (Sam Wilson), Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, the Vision and the Scarlet Witch.
The new team will have its work cut out, as the events of [=Mackay=]'s ''[[ComicBook/KangTheConqueror Timeless]]'' (2022) #1 will pit them against the grave threats posed by classic Cosmic Marvel villain Terminus, the powerful Myrddin and his Twilight Court, and the mysterious Tribulation Events.
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!! ''Avengers'' (2023) provides examples of the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: Much like ''Marvel Legacy'' was for Jason Aaron's preceding ''Avengers'' run, the 2022 ''Timeless'' one-shot serves as the prelude to this run. It introduced Myrddin and his Twilight Court, the concept of the Missing Moment, and Kang's role in this whole shindig. Issue #2 partially functions as a recap for anyone who'd missed it back in December 2022.
%%* ApocalypseHow: The Tribulation Events are technically this based on the players involved in this 'game' and the scale and scope of the coming disasters described in the [[https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/avengers-2023-new-run-jed-mackay-c-f-villa press release]].
* AnimalEyeSpy: In the first issue, Sam's birds are able to detect an electromagnetic flux.
-->'''Iron Man''': And here I've been throwing away money on satellites.
* AvengersAssemble: The first issue cuts back and forth between the new team's first battle and Captain Marvel's recruitment drive. In turn, each Avenger plays a key role in the battle - and when they do, the story briefly jumps back to the day that Carol recruited them, establishing who they are and why they were chosen.
** Iron Man is Carol's first pick right off the bat, wanting Tony to be her [[NumberTwo second-in-command]] in a desire to finally put all the times they were on [[ComicBook/CivilWarII opposing sides]] behind them.
** Carol then recruits Thor Odinson as her second pick, specifically serve as her team's dedicated [[TheBigGuy powerhouse]].
** Carol's third pick is Black Panther, who is currently [[TheExile in exile]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 2021 solo series]] stripped him of both his crown and his Wakandan citizenship. Even after he betrayed the trust of his allies in a ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]''-esque disaster, Carol still wants T'Challa on her team because she sees his [[TheChessmaster shrewdness]] as an asset worth having and extends her invitation as an opportunity for T'Challa to [[TheAtoner atone]].
** When needing to decide which Captain America to recruit for her team, Carol chooses Sam Wilson over Steve Rogers. She justifies that in a team already stacked with extraordinary individuals, Carol needs a relatively [[TheTeamNormal normal person]] like [[BadassNormal Sam]] around to provide a grounded perspective that can [[TheHeart keep them all honest]], which Steve lacks by virtue of being a FishOutOfTemporalWater LivingLegend.
** Carol recruits Vision while the latter is in the middle of having another [[IdentityBreakdown existential crisis]] over not receiving a judgement during the events of ''ComicBook/JudgmentDayMarvelComics''. Carol reaffirms that the reason why she wants him on her team isn't so he can prove himself all over again. It's because he already did when he took a stand against [[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron his own creator]].
** The Scarlet Witch is Carol's final pick, needing someone who specializes in [[WeDoTheImpossible doing the impossible]]. Wanda accepts the offer before Carol even has the chance to ask, citing how the Avengers have been the one point of stability in her [[TraumaCongaLine entire chaotic life]], so if the Avengers call, [[JumpedAtTheCall she'll always answer]].
* TheBusCameBack: From an internal ''Avengers'' historical publication perspective, the 2023 relaunch marks the return of T'Challa, Wanda, Vision, and Sam Wilson to the flagship team's book/roster after absences ranging from between a year to nearly two decades.
** T'Challa hasn't been on the team since 2022 (exiting due to events in [[ComicBook/BlackPanther2021 John Ridley's run]]).
** The Vision and Sam Wilson have not been on the team since the conclusion of [[ComicBook/AvengersNoSurrender the Mark Waid era]].
** Kang the Conqueror also returns to the pages of ''Avengers'' for the first time since the Waid era (as he was absent from the Jason Aaron era).
** Wanda has the longest hiatus of all, having not been an official full-time member since the start of the [[ComicBook/NewAvengers Brian Bendis era]] back in 2004 (with her presence there largely book-ending the [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled beginning]] and [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen ending]] of the Bendis years -- and with Wanda later serving on the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Unity Squad]] in the interim).
** In a meta example, the logo used for this run was last seen in back in 1988 with ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1 #299
* CallBack:
** When Carol first finds T'Challa in issue #1, she refers to the end of the ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2021'' series, where his [[spoiler:sleeper agents and contingency plans were used by an rogue agent trying to take over the world. The revelations led to T'Challa being exiled from Wakanda and alienated many of his allies, including the Avengers]].
** When Carol first meets Vision in issue #1, he's wondering about the events of ''ComicBook/{{Judgment Day|MarvelComics}}''. The Progenitor, a flawed alien god, didn't seem to judge him, unlike many other heroes, and Vision wonders if that means he's not truly alive. Carol reminds him that he's ''already'' faced his own creator - the OmnicidalManiac Ultron - and told him to go to hell, so he has nothing left to prove.
* ContinuityOverlap: Like every ''Avengers'' run before it, [=Mackay=]'s run is likewise running alongside the current Marvel Universe and acknowledges and/or is affected by developments in other books:
** ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2023'': T'Challa is still on the outs with Wakanda and the Avengers over the events of the preceding John Ridley run (which ironically Carol uses as part of her catalyst to recruit him).
** ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSymbolOfTruth'': Sam Wilson has again retired his Falcon identity and is again sharing the Captain America mantle with Steve Rogers.
** ''ComicBook/InvincibleIronMan2022'': Tony is sporting Juan Frigeri's current Iron Man armor design.
** ''ComicBook/ScarletWitch2023'': Wanda is sporting Russell Dauterman's current redesign (and her current healthier mental state and outlook aligns with Steve Orlando's run).
** ''ComicBook/Thor2020'': This run launched during the final months of the Donny Cates era of ''Thor'' (or technically during Torunn Grønbekk's fill-in run). Regardless, the Odison is still sporting his Nick Klein redesign from Cates' run for the first two issues.
*** ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'': Beginning with [[https://aiptcomics.com/2023/07/21/marvel-preview-the-avengers-3/ issue #3]], Thor finally switches over to Alex Ross' redesigned costume.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A variation with T'Challa, or rather his costume. The pre-release promo artwork revealed that the Black Panther costume would be redesigned for Creator/EveEwing's then-upcoming ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2023'' series -- something the promotion for that comic hadn't revealed at the time.
* EnemyMine: Issue #2 sees Carol and Kang grudgingly working together to prepare for Myrddin, the Twilight Court, and the Tribulations.
* TheEveryman: Carol recruits Sam Wilson because of this reason. Being a social worker, he has the most grounded perspective of the Avengers and can relate to the common man much more than they.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Issue 2, Kang gives Captain Marvel foreknowledge of the Tribulation Events. In particular, he mentions the Impossible City, the Death Moon, the Cannibal Culture, the King of Magic, and the Endless Night, while also teasing others besides them.
* GoodNewsBadNews: In the first issue, T'Challa asks if Carol wants the good news or the bad news. [[spoiler:Then he tells her that the Black Panther never has good news]].
-->'''Black Panther''': [[spoiler:Either Terminus isn't as intelligent as he believes himself to be...or he is desperate. His attack has damaged the reactor's containment flask. The black hole will be released upon the world.]]
** [[spoiler:Carol does a more straightforward version of this trope later on. The bad news is that Iron Man and Vision are able to keep Terminus busy for only so long; the good news is Thor's awake.]]
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Myrddin and his Twilight Court, based off of the setup from ''Timeless'' (and with the pre-release marketing focusing upon Terminus as the immediate threat). The closing panel of ''Timeless'' also plays this up, implying Myrrdin also has his sights on [[spoiler: Doctor Doom, Utlron, Baron Mordo, and Mister Sinister.]]
* TheHeart: Both Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson are using the Captain America moniker. However, Carol recruits Sam for her Avengers roster because Sam, being a social worker has a more grounded perspective than the LivingLegend that is Steve Rogers.
* ImmediateSequel: A variation at the end of the first issue when [[spoiler: a wounded Kang shanghais Carol into Null-Time. Due to its temporal nature, Kang's appearance is essentially picking up directly where the cliffhanger ending of ''Timeless'' left off at the end of 2022]].
* TheLeader: At the very start of the series, Carol Danvers is elected as the leader of the new Avengers.
%%* LegionOfDoom: Myrddin's Twilight Court, as was previously established in ''Timeless'' (2022) #1. They're a team of Arthurian-inspired villains (much like Myrddin himself).
%%* MadArtist: The Citysmith is described as an "insane artist" in the press release introducing the Ashen Combine.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In issue #2, Carol ''thinks'' this is what Kang's trying to do when he tells her about Myrddin and the Twilight Court. She initially thinks they may actually be another team of heroes and Kang's trying to use the Avengers as his UnwittingPawn to deal with his enemies up the timestream.
* OneSteveLimit: [[PlayedForLaughs Carol, Sam and Steve jokingly refer to one another as "Cap"]] in the flashback were Carol comes to recruit Sam.
* PretenderDiss: In the ''Timeless'' prologue, Kang is ''not'' impressed by 'Myrrdin' (having met the actual Merlin during one of his earlier conquests).
%%* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Myrddin is the name of a legendary Welsh figure who was the prototypical version of Myth/{{Merlin}}. The Twilight Court's members are also all named after figures from Myth/ArthurianLegend.
* RelocatingTheExplosion: In the first issue, [[spoiler:after Terminus damages the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. black-hole reactor, Carol flies it into space so that the Scarlet Witch can contain the blast without the project's magnetic fields interfering with her magic. However, that means Carol's also at ground zero when it explodes]]...
%%* ShadowArchetype: After the setup from ''Timeless'', the press release's reveal of the new roster essentially confirms each of the Avengers has a symbolic, if not literal, counterpart in the Twilight Court:
%%** The Star (Carol/Lancelot)
%%** The Icon (Sam/Parsifal)
%%** The Witch (Wanda/Mordred)
%%** The Construct (Vision/Bercilak)
%%** The God (Thor/Galehaut)
%%** The Engineer (Tony/Bedivere)
%%** The King (T'Challa/Artur)
* SoftReboot: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in regards to the post-Jason Aaron roster. Every incoming ''Avengers'' creative team always resets their predecessor's roster and rebuilds the team in their own image to tell their own stories. [=MacKay=] has removed a majority of the ''Avengers Assemble''-era lineup (Namor, Nighthawk, Jane Foster, Steve Rogers, Blade, and Echo). However, he has ''also'' kept a good bit of Aaron's previous roster (Carol, Tony, Thor, and T'Challa) intact (in addition to keeping ''a'' Captain America on the team in the form of Sam).
* SuperCop: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. When Captain Marvel is officially voted in to be the new leader of the Avengers and Tony snidely asks her if she's ready to police the world again, Carol responds with a BluntNo since she's all too familiar with how that ideology essentially [[WeAreStrugglingTogether shattered and divided]] the [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 superhero]] [[ComicBook/CivilWarII community]] in the past--a mistake that she is not looking to repeat yet again with her Avengers roster.
-->'''Captain Marvel:''' The Avengers aren't cops. Or, at least, we ''shouldn't'' be. That doesn't work, that just gets us into [[CivilWar Civil Wars]]. The Avengers are firefighters. We're the ones who fly into the blaze, whatever that is. Because we're the ones who can, so we're the ones who have to. [[WeHelpTheHelpless We save lives]]. ''That's it.'' That's our whole mission statement.
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