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Dark Avengers #1

Marvel · Series began 2009 · March 2009

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Dates

Cover date: March 2009
On sale: January 21, 2009
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers (9)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct Edition

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 75960606630800111
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2nd printing

2nd Printing Variant - Mike Deodato Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960606630800171
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Variant Edition - Blank Cover

Barcode 75960606630800131
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Variant Edition - New York Comic Con Exclusive - Mike Deodato Cover
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3rd printing

3rd Printing Variant - Mike Deodato Sketch Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960606630800181
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Variant Edition - Marko Djurdjević Cover

Barcode 75960606630800121
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Variant Edition - Adi Granov Cover

Barcode 75960606630800141
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Variant Edition - Midtown Comics New York Comic Con Exclusive - Adi Granov Cover

Barcode 75960606630800151
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07480803247105
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Story arc: Dark Reign

This is part 22 of 200. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Mike Deodato, Leinil Francis Yu, Stefano Caselliinks: Mike Deodato, Mark Morales, Stefano Casellicolors: Rain Beredo, Laura Martin, Daniele Rudoniscript: Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickmanletters: Virtual Calligraphy, Cory Petit

Stories

Untitled · 32 pages
Osborn dismantles SHIELD and the old Avengers as he begins to take over the national security of the U.S. He does away with Tony Stark's tech and replaces it with his own as he puts together the HAMMER organization He also recruits a new "official" Avengers team and reveals it to the world as he surprises everyone by donning a red, white and blue version of the Iron Man armor and becomes the Iron Patriot.

Publisher’s description

Norman Osborn is now in control of the most powerful “super hero” team in the world. Does the former Green-Goblin have the capacity to do good with the Avengers fighting for him or is the man rotten to the core?

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManThorThor OdinsonClint BartonWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchNamorHawkeyeSub-MarinerCarol DanversVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomEmma FrostNorman OsbornPietro MaximoffQuicksilverLokiMs. MarvelWhite QueenMac GarganKarla SofenLesterAkihiroBullseyeMaria HillAresRobert Reynolds

Reprinted in

Dark Avengers (2009), Dark Avengers (2009), Dark Reign: Accept Change (2009), Siege Prelude (2010), Avengers: I Am an Avenger (2010), Dark Avengers (2011), Dark Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection (2017), Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)