Dark Avengers (2012) #187

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Characters

Daredevil

Daredevil

Abandoned by his mother, Matt Murdock was raised by his father, boxer "Battling Jack" Murdock, in Hell's Kitchen. Realizing that rules were needed to prevent people from behaving badly, young Matt decided to study law; however, when he saved a man from an oncoming truck, it spilled a radioactive cargo that rendered Matt blind while enhancing his remaining senses. Under the harsh tutelage of blind martial arts master Stick, Matt mastered his heightened senses and became a formidable fighter.

Iron Man

Iron Man

Wounded, captured and forced to build a weapon by his enemies, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark instead created an advanced suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. Now with a new outlook on life, Tony uses his money and intelligence to make the world a safer, better place as Iron Man.

Shang-Chi

Shang-Chi

Shang-Chi is the son of an internationally-renowned and powerful criminal mastermind whose childhood was a lonely one, full of constant training in rigorous mental and martial arts, with only limited contact with his parents.

Skaar

Skaar

The Hulk fathered a son while on the planet Sakaar, but thought him killed while still in his mother's womb; he was wrong.

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Bitten by a radioactive spider, high school student Peter Parker gained the speed, strength and powers of a spider. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter hoped to start a career using his new abilities. Taught that with great power comes great responsibility, Spidey has vowed to use his powers to help people.

Thing

Thing

The radiation that mutated Reed Richards, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm into superhuman beings had also mutated Ben Grimm, transforming him into a grotesque, rock-hided strongman dubbed the Thing.

U.S. Agent

U.S. Agent

With the end of the Vietnam War, John Walker thought his dreams of becoming a war hero had also ended, until he learned of the Power Broker, who could give anyone superhuman powers, which Walker used to first become Super-Patriot and later, U.S. Agent.

Wasp

Wasp

When Janet Van Dyne's father died, she convinced her father's associate Hank Pym to give her a supply of "Pym particles"; Pym also subjected her to a procedure which granted her the ability to, upon shrinking, grow wings and fire blasts of energy, which she called her "wasp's stings."