Avengers
To
Justice League of America
While the JLA have way more team members then movie Avengers I believe I can still present a very good story out of it. I am NOT a fan of DC comics New52 while I acknowledge there are some good books I do not like it with the Justice League line-up; specifically Cyborg’s inclusion as I feel it disrupts with the original 7 members of the justice League stand for and hopefully I can present that in story what they mean.
Superman= Hope
Batman= Justice
Wonder woman= peace
Flash= legacy
Green Lantern = will power
Aquaman= Responsibility
Martian Manhunter= community
These 7 are the pillars of the DC universe the example by which the others follow.
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After being exiled from the Nine Realms following his actions in Asgard, Loki wanders the periphery of outer space for over a year before coming into contact with the Other, the servant of a mysterious warlord. The Other makes a deal with Loki: in exchange for recovering the Tesseract, a powerful energy source being studied by S.H.I.E.L.D. on Earth, his master promises to give Loki command over the Chitauri, a warmongering race of cyborgs, so he may conquer humanity. Seeing this as a chance for greatness, Loki accepts.
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Atlantis is without her king. Abandoning his position and responsibility Orm the kings brother wishes to take his place but is not permitted to do so for he does not possess the water-bearer the hand of the king . He wonders from the kingdom when he hears a loud boom he goes to its source and finds Desaad waiting for him. He informs Orm he is a god, that he has replaced his old gods and gives him Neptune’s holy weapons.
Atlantean Helmet
Atlantean Key
Dead King’s Trident
Globe of Transportation
Manacles of Force
Power Glove
Seal of Clarity
Stating this will help him prove he is worthy to be king
Orm accepts
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On Earth, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury and his deputy director, Maria Hill are called to the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility in the Mojave Desert where the Tesseract is being researched by Erik Selvig. The Tesseract has recently begun emitting strange quantities of energy on its own accord, prompting the facility to be evacuated. Before any necessary precautions can be made, the Tesseract activates, opening a portal from which Loki appears. Announcing his intention to conquer Earth, Loki steals the Tesseract and uses the Scepter, given to him by The Other, to enslave the minds of Selvig and Clint Barton, aiding him in his getaway. Despite the efforts of Director Fury and Commander Hill to stop him, Loki escapes. In response to the attack, Fury reactivates the Avengers initiative.
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Green Lantern Hal Jordan arrives at Happy Harbor Maine and meets with King Faraday Checkmate’s secret sanctuary. They discuss Superman and Wonder woman and the possibly of growing extraterrestrial threats as scientist Ray Palmer and Adam Strange examines what once was Bruno Mannheim, Doomsday. just as Orm calling himself ocean master appears in the red room and steals a starfish in a glass case when GL comes to oppose him Ocean master uses it to take control of him.
GL turns on Checkmate as Ocean master goes to leave Faraday attempts reading his mind but gets psychic feed back Orm goes to finish him as an agent named Val Armorr jumps in but a force field from Orm blows him back then using the trident of Neptune summons a tidal wave but Faraday goes to oppose it and stop it with his telekinesis all of Happy Harbor. As Orm and GL look on at their works in satisfaction and leave
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Despite orders from the World Security Council to proceed with another alternative, Fury sends Agent Natasha Romanoff to locate Bruce Banner, who has been living in Kolkata, India as a doctor, and Agent Phil Coulson to recruit Tony Stark; both geniuses are recruited to help locate the Tesseract. Fury himself meets with Steve Rogers, informing him of Loki’s theft of the Tesseract, requesting his help in recovering it and subduing the invader. All three men accept the offer, though Rogers is reluctant to do anything involving the Tesseract after his experiences with it in World War II. Banner is also hesitant to assist, fearing that his alter-ego, Hulk, may cause mayhem. The group, minus Stark, gathers on the Helicarrier, where Banner starts tracking the gamma radiation emitted by the Tesseract, while S.H.I.E.L.D tries to find Loki. Loki is discovered inStuttgart, Germany, where he terrorizes a crowd of people attending a gala, providing a distraction so that the brainwashed Barton may retrieve iridium to stabilize the Tesseract. Romanoff and Rogers, the latter now in uniform as Captain America, arrive to apprehend Loki, with Rogers and Loki engaging in an even fight until the timely intervention of Stark, forcing Loki to surrender. After capturing him, they board aquinjet and start their return trip to the Helicarrier, when a lightning storm suddenly forms, and out of nowhere, Thor appears, having been transported to Earth by Odin
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With the Secret Sanctuary now gone Faraday and his crew set up shop in Coast city at Ferris air with Carol Ferris . Faraday talks with the Global Peace Organization about organizing all the local heroes. The GPO is concerned the rest of the world will see this as America forming it’s own super powered army and it will begin a super-human arms race. However Faraday sees it that with power the Ocean master possesses it’s better to be prepared then sorry later as all of Maine was almost under water.
Elsewhere Flash is tied to a giant boomerang and about to be launched. Val contacts Flash alerting him to the situation and that they need him in Detroit Michigan tracking down an energy signal similar to Green Lanterns. Flash is launch vibrates free and knocks out Captain Boomerang and runs to Detroit.
Where architect John Stewart has just received a GL power ring. John doesn’t understand what is happening but Flash explains what happened to the last guy who wore it so he has to take precautions with him but he can help him learn.
Faraday goes to Smallville, Kansas to find Clark Kent getting a new Superman costume with underwear on the outside to help break up the colors as MA Kent explains seeing how uncomfortable it makes Clark he offers to have Checkmate make him a new suit while Superman curious on what held the tidal wave back in Happy Harbor. Val ask Faraday about the Gotham vigilante but is not interested in him.
The heroes Gather Faraday would of recruited Wonder woman but she has speaking engagement in Germany she refuses to cancel. He informs them about Ocean master who claims to be from Atlantis and the power he has. Flash geeks out upon meeting Superman as does Ray Palmer and Adam Strange curious about his abilities. Flash tells Superman he is an inspiration and ask what motivates him to be a hero to which Superman tells him same thing that drives him because it’s the right thing to do.
Diana has a speaking engagement discussing Amazon values of equality and peace and bringing it to the world of man, the advances people can make when they pull together when Orm attacks.Diana changes into her armor and fights him, who can seemingly predict her attacks when Superman and Flash come to her aid helping capture him (Flash names Orm Ocean master due to the attack on Happy Harbor). They board the Javelin jet to return to base and on their way back to S.T.A.R. Labs they are attacked by Aquaman!
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Thor takes Loki from the group’s custody and carries him to a nearby forest. Thor attempts to persuade Loki into abandoning his campaign and returning to Asgard, but Loki, blinded by his jealousy of Thor and contempt towards Odin, refuses. Stark flies in and attacks Thor, engaging him in a battle that levels part of the forest. Before any further damage can be done, Rogers intervenes and attempts to get Thor to stand down; Thor responds by lunging at Rogers with Mjølnir, only for the captain’s shield to absorb the blow. Thor finally agrees to work with the humans, and joins them in returning Loki to the Helicarrier.
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Aquaman takes Orm from the groups custody and lands in the ocean below. Aquaman has learned his brother had gone missing from his advisor Vulko and had gone in search of him and now he sees he is responsible for what happened in happy Harbor. He begs him to give up his mad dream and come home when suddenly Superman snatches Orm from Aquaman. Aquaman uses his waterbearer to drain the water out of Superman but he tells him he is juvenated by the sun and the two fight. Wonder woman intervenes wanting to let cooler heads prevail and forces Aquaman to explain as she captures him in her lasso. He tells them he is Arthur Curry and the rightful king of Atlantis but he left his brother in charge so he could live a normal life until the attack on Maine he came to reclaim his brother as he feared he be forced to take his place as king.
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On the Helicarrier, Loki is imprisoned inside a cage designed to hold Banner as the Hulk, and Fury attempts to interrogate him regarding the Tesseract’s location, but Loki remains silent. Thor reveals Loki’s plan to the Avengers: with the Tesseract, Loki hopes to open a portal that will allow the Chitauri access to Earth, thus beginning a planetary takeover. While Stark and Banner work on locating the Tesseract, Stark is intrigued by Banner’s level of control over the Hulk and shocks him to see how he would react. Rogers is clearly annoyed by Stark’s erratic behavior and disrespect towards authority, and tries to get him to follow orders more carefully, instigating a rivalry between the two. Amidst their arguments, they begin to question S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intentions, deducing that Fury was hiding something regarding their plans with the Tesseract. Stark reveals that he had begun hacking the agency’s mainframe to unlock their secrets, while Rogers leaves to investigate the restricted areas of the Helicarrier for himself. Both Stark and Rogers’ investigations stumble upon a S.H.I.E.L.D. project known only as “Phase 2”, which they realize is in fact a program meant to utilize the Tesseract’s power to make weapons of war.
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At S.T.A.R. Labs the heroes return and Orm and Arthur are imprisoned. Wonder woman is worried this could cause an invasion from Atlantis she speaks with Orm about his artifacts but he reveals they were gifts from unknown gods, new gods., she suggest to Arthur returns but he refuses telling her how much they hate him for being born half human wonder woman continues he has a responsibility as king to his people as half human he can bridge the gap between both worlds. Faraday still believing the Green Lantern still out there and a potential problem has Superman and Flash supervise John Stewart transformation. However John has reservations about becoming a super-hero believing himself just an architect but Faraday believes he is due for greatness as the ring choose him, as he is without fear. Flash tells John however since he was a kid he wanted to be a hero even naming himself after the comic book character the Flash and how envious he is of John being a Green Lantern means he gets to travel to space,something his fiancee iris and her father Ira can both agree on about Barry .
Faraday and Superman discuss the legal ramifications of Checkmate working inside S.T.A.R. labs when they are meant to be separate as Faraday believes Clark is interviewing him when Superman notice Val Armorr fighting the Batman as he was hacking the lab, after tricking Val and tricking him and knocking him out, Superman and Faraday arrive. Batman reveals he was able to figure out how to trace the Green Lantern energy, everyone already believes they can but Batman reveals that Faraday read everyone’s minds to find John Stewart, but something is blocking him from mentally finding Hal Jordan.
Wonder woman rejoins the group wanting to discuss Arthur’s release when she sees Batman and regards him as if he is hades lord of the underworld, Batman then tells Faraday the reason he can’t use his telepathy is because he has tinfoil in his cowl. Superman and Wonder woman are confused, Batman questions if allowing Atlantis to attack weakens the surface world’s defenses enough to allow his invasion to begin. However Faraday tells Batman he is wrong that everything he has done on Earth has been done for the betterment of mankind Flash joins the others with Val Armorr. Superman looks at Faraday with x-ray vision and claims he is human but Wonder woman senses deception and uses her lasso and Faraday reveals himself as a Martian. Everyone is shocked
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The Avengers confront Fury with their discoveries, to which he reveals that S.H.I.E.L.D. began using the Tesseract to manufacture weapons in response to theAsgardian incident in Puente Antiguo the previous year, which revealed to humanity the existence of powerful and potentially hostile alien life. A massive argument ensues, during which Barton, accompanied by various soldiers also working for Loki, attack the Hellecarrier, crippling one if its engines. The resulting explosion destroys the lab that the group is in, causing Romanoff and Banner fall into the boiler area, where they are trapped by wreckage. Despite Romanoff’s attempts at calming him down, the injured Banner transforms into the Hulk, and chases Romanoff throughout the Helicarrier. Thor comes to her rescue and brawls with Banner, only to be outclassed in strength. A S.H.I.E.L.D. jet attempts to lure Banner away from Thor, only for Banner to leap at the jet and tear it apart. The jet explodes, and Banner is sent careening away from the Helicarrier.
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He reveals his name to be J’onn J’onzz. A Martian from Mars. Teleported to Earth by doctor Saul Erdel on accident. The original King Faraday was there and helped him adjust to life on Earth. He soon became Faraday’s ace on missions but when Superman came on the scene it became clear a new weapon was needed and using grafts of his skin Starro the conqueror was created. Faraday mutdered everyone involved in the project and committed suicide to keep its existence hidden J’onn took his place. He hid the conqueror it was now a new separate entity he thought only a select few new of it
Superman uses the lasso of truth on Batman asking who his true identity is as his x-ray vision can’t see through his cowl. Batman’s response is he is Batman.
Val Armorr meets with Arthur trying to convince him he must unite the seven or earth will burn. Orm reveals it is time. Batman’s program is loaded up into S.T.A.R. Labs system and they learn Green Lantern is right on top of them. Superman races up to confront Green Lantern, and GL Grabs Superman and he is thrown miles away. In total disbelief the heroes look on confused Batman tells Wonder woman to go after him GL, Flash to get John Stewart to back her up as he and J’onn go after Ocean Master.
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Rogers and Stark try to repair the damaged engine, but their efforts are hindered by Loki’s underlings. Romanoff confronts Barton, and after an intense fight, she is able to break Loki’s control by delivering a concussive blow to Barton’s head. Thor attempts to prevent Loki from escaping, but is tricked by an illusion of Loki and trapped in his former prison cell. Agent Coulson attempts to save Thor, but Loki stabs him through the chest with his scepter, and then jettisons Thor from the Helicarrier. Thor breaks free from the cell at the last second, landing in a field. Rogers and Stark are eventually able to overcome their aggressors and get the Helicarrier airborne again, but the victory is bittersweet as Loki escapes and Coulson dies from his injury.
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Using her Bracelets Wonder woman deflects GL’S attacks. Flash tells John the time for hesitation is over and he slips on the ring and goes off to confront Hal Jordan. Orm teleports out of his prison and and Val Armorr attempts to oppose him his martial art skills he defeats Orm easily until his summon trident suddenly appears and impels Val in the back as Arthur watches, he informs Arthur that he shall be a martyr as he use this situation to convince the council to go to war he closes the blast doors that hold Arthur’s cell dehydrating him to death. John seems unable to compete with Hal but distracts him enough that Wonder woman can use her lasso to confine Hal who reveals that there is something controlling his mind they find the starfish and when they extract it Hal passes out. Batman and J’onn are to late as Orn vanished and taken Arthur’s body Val’s last words to Faraday telling him he must unite the seven .
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Fury attempts to use Coulson’s death to motivate the Avengers into cooperating as a team, but Rogers and Stark get into another argument. Amidst their argument, the two realize that Loki plans to open the portal above Stark Tower, at the center of New York City, in an attempt to satisfy his own ego. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton take a quinjet to New York City, following Stark in his suit. Stark arrives first, failing to stop Dr. Selvig from using the Tesseract, in conjunction with a device he built, to open the portal. Stark confronts Loki, the two engaging in a brief battle of wits, with Stark failing to intimidate Loki with threats regarding the Avengers. Loki unsuccessfully tries to possess Stark, as hisArc Reactor physically blocks the scepter’s power, and instead throws him through a window. Fortunately, Stark manages to activate his Mark VII armor, which attaches itself to Stark before he can hit the ground. Stark then attempts to incapacitate Loki, but Selvig’s device activates, opening a portal above New York from which the Chitauri fleet emerges, beginning Loki’s invasion
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J’onn examine Hal and find that he is unconscious from the sudden shock of the starfish removal. Flash examine the starfish and sees that it IS adaptable, that it must of evolved at some point. John looks over Val Armorr’s body as Wonder woman cleans it. John speaks of his time in the military and the deaths he’s seen and been responsible for, Diana talks with him about growing up an amazon she raised to not flinch at death, that it is cycle of life no matter how it comes it is always coming, Val believed together they are the world’s best chance they should honor that. Batman reviews the video tapes of Orm as he killed his brother Superman returns shocked to see Batman still around claiming he will be no use to them and they have all they help they will need until Batman has deduced that Ocean master has the ability to see the future it why he waited for GL to attack, why during Superman’s tussle with Arthur he waited he needed to be captured and why he attacked Wonder woman first, also how he knew of Starro’s existence.
In Atlantis Orm present the dead body of Arthur or Orin the king. The council now believes it is time to finally go to war with the surface world and will follow Orm their new kings lead.
. Vulko ask where Orm get such trickery to which he respond is from the gods. As the Atlantis soldiers prepare for battle GL releases the starro spores claiming it will help them fight at their true capacity. Flash and his soon-to-be father in law study the Starro testing different methods of harming it and finally settle on lime like a regular starfish
Diana talks with J’onn about Orm claims of receiving Neptune’s weapons coming from a god she doesn’t know and worries who could disarm a god. Batman and Superman come to the realization that Ferris air is where Checkmate’s arsenal is created and that will be where Orm will attack first. Batman wants the others to protect high priorty military bases as he and Wonder woman take on orm. In Atlantis Arthur awakens to find Vulko at his side, certain that it would not be that easy to kill the king of Atlantis that the waterbearer would protect him. Arthur now angry with Orm knows what he must do.
Orm comes to Ferris air and finds Batman waiting he assures the mortal he is out of league but Batman tells him he will face justice when Orm attacks
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Rogers, Romanoff, Barton, and Thor soon arrive and assist Stark against the Chitauri. Not expecting such a resistance, the Chitauri are initially overwhelmed, but their sheer numbers soon become an issue. Banner arrives on a motorbike, and uses a special technique he mastered to willingly transform into the Hulk, giving the Avengers an edge against the Chitauri. The team fights through hordes of Chitauri, and during the battle, Loki is attacked by Banner and beaten into submission. Romanoff makes her way to Selvig’s device, where Selvig, freed of Loki’s control, reveals that Loki’s scepter can be used to close the portal. Meanwhile, the World Security Council attempts to end the invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Manhattan. Iron Man intercepts the missile and takes it through the portal toward the Chitauri fleet before running out of power and plummeting back to Earth
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Superman freezes a tidal waves at his priority bases
Green Lantern cuts the tidal wave making it rain
Flash steals the speed of his tidal wave disapating it as Martian Manhunter uses a telekinesis wall. However from the tidal wave the forces of Atlantis arise and attacked. Wonder woman and Batman fight Ocean master to no avail when he it’s them with his power shackles sending them flying Ocean Master goes in for the kill just as Aquaman returns with some friends,
the kraken pulls back several soldiers back into the ocean. Octopus leap from the ocean grabbing the soldiers blinding them. Dolphins also attack and carry innocent people to safety. Superman and Green Lantern handle air support as sea devil planes fly over head. Flash helps with evacuating civilians with Martian Manhunter who he recently just named). Orm is able to predict Arthur’s as well when in a Flash of light his armor vanishes leaving him naked as Flash adds lame to the master starro ending it’s control of the spores. Superman reveals he saw no implants or irregularities that would enable his precognitive abilities so Wonder woman tells him he must be wearing it as Batman punches him but it doesn’t knock him out due to his advanced psychology so Green Lantern with a bigger fist punches him unconscious. Aquaman together with Martian Manhunter to connect to the soldiers of Atlantis the attack on the surface world is over and return home so declares their king.
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The world, changed forever, is taken over by the idea of a superhero team. The Avengers become the center of media attention, admired by the public as heroes, but are also met with some concern and fear, with some finding their appearance during the battle to be too coincidental. All joining in Central Park, the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. watch as Thor escorts Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard. Afterward, the Avengers diverge, though Fury notes that at such a time that a new world-threatening menace emerges, the team will reassemble
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Clark Kent writes the story about the Justice League having over heard Batman’s declaration to Ocean Master. Iris West covers the people’s reaction to the heroes joining together some are fearful others are excited. King Faraday meets with GPO and the other head of Checkmate the black king Amanda Waller assuring them he has the rogue heroes under control however they still intend to move ahead with project Omac. Aquaman with Wonder woman by his side announces Arlantis desire to join the United Nations as GL Hal Jordan along with John Stewart turn Orm over the Checkmate and escort starro to Oa. Batman in the Batcave has Robin asking a bunch of questions about the justice League but he is preoccupied as he reviews Ocean Masters videos while in holding and realized their was a mastermind guiding his attack.
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Meanwhile, the Other meets with his master and informs him of Loki’s failure. He shares his concerns over the strength of Earth’s heroes, commenting that attempting to challenge them again would be “to courtDeath.” At this, the master, Thanos, smiles sadistically.
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Desaad alerts his master to the secend defeat by the Earthlings but assures him that the public still fears them, that mistrust still grows. And with sinister look Darkseid smiles.
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Before they had disassembled, the Avengers gathered at a shawarma restaurant and ate in silence.
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In metropolis the Justice League meet in a local bar Ace O’Clubs owned by Bibbo Bibbowski eating pie, drinking coffee, and eating breakfast in silence as Superman tells them how good everything is.as Bibbo serves the team.