The Illuminati stay on Earth when the Avengers blast into space to head off The Builders. While Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are away Thanos and his Black Order attack.
Doctor Strange and the secret cabal of heroes become the targets of Thanos’ new alien enforcers in this first look at New Avengers #9 by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Deodato courtesy Marvel.
“[Thanos is] searching for something on Earth and is now dispatching the Black Order to locate what he’s interested in,” says Editor Tom Brevoort, “As we see in these pages, [the Illuminati] were the last people to have the Infinity stones, so that is clearly of interest to Thanos, whether or not it’s what he’s ultimately after.”
More of Thanos’ endgame will be revealed, his deadly Black Order will have one of their first opportunities to demonstrate their deadliness against some of Earth’s most potent protectors.
“They’re bad dudes,” says Brevoort. “They’ll have a little more room to show their stuff [in New Avengers #9] than they have up to this point in INFINITY. You’ll start to get more of a sense of their individual personalities, their powers and abilities, and that any of them are able to stand toe-to-toe with the members of the [Illuminati] without much difficulty.”
Just what are the powers of these new villains? We’ll find out when Infinity begins later this month!
New Avengers #9 arrives August 21st.
Keep scrolling for more images by Deodato and the ominous cover showing Thanos and his Amazing Fiends!
By Editor