Vk’tr J’Onzz, a techno-organic alien, had been living on Earth in a human disguise for some time after the destruction of his home on the planet Mars. Sensing a psychic disturbance, Vk’tr traveled to the town of Happy Harbor, Rhode Island to encounter the human population infected with green, starfish-like creatures. The monsters controlling the civilians attacked Vk’tr, who tried to use his own telepathic powers to break the parasites’ control over the humans; using his powers on such a large population put strain on his mind, so Vk’tr was forced to retreat.
After regaining his composure, Vk’tr figured he could release the creatures’ control by destroying the parasite queen, which is the center of the monsters’ hive mind. Knowing that he couldn’t do it alone, he decided to recruit other superhuman beings to aid him in this battle. Meanwhile, the heroes Iron Knight, Thunder Maiden, and Blitzkrieg had teamed up to fight the Green Giant, a super powered fugitive with amazing strength and energy-manipulation powers. Vk’tr J’Onzz, in the heroic form of the Martian Vision, intervened in this battle, and used his telepathy to reveal that the Emerald Rage is really Cerki (Loki + Circe), an evil sorceress and Thunder Maiden's stepsister. Cerki revealed that she had summoned the demon Starro-Gorath (Shuma-Gorath + Starro) to infect the world with its parasitic clones, and that she kidnapped Emerald Rage in his mortal form to keep his power in check. She also disguised herself as the beast to keep the other heroes capable of beating Starro-Gorath busy, but she hadn’t anticipated another hero, let alone one capable of seeing through her charade. “It matters not, now, for Starro-Gorath has already taken control of Earth’s other champions, courtesy of dimensional rifts I opened for him, leading his spores to the furthest corners of the world”, said the witch before teleporting away.
Iron Knight, Thunder Maiden, Seeker, and Blitzkrieg unanimously decided to team up to defeat this threat and break the demon’s control over the Earth’s population.
In the underground chamber that contained Starro-Gorath and the warp gates it used to spread its pox, Cerki tried in vain to place the Emerald Rage under the demon’s control, her magics straining to keep the monster contained. The witch was too late to realize that Iron Knight placed a tracking device on her before she vanished from the battlefield. Iron Knight and Seeker attacked the underground cave, keeping Cerki and the mind-controlled superhumans busy while Thunder Woman sealed the dimensional rifts with her magic flail and Blitzkrieg searched the catacombs at high speed for Bruce Jordan, the captive mortal form of Emerald Rage. Unfortunately, Blitzkrieg was captured before he could free the Emerald Rage, and the other heroes were bested, too. About to be executed by Cerki, a mysterious shield flew from nowhere and knocked out the sorceress before returning to its owner!
The other heroes looked up to see the legendary World War II hero Super-Soldier and Typhoon, his Atlantean teammate from the All-Star Invaders. Super-Soldier used his laser vision to free the heroes, and Blitzkrieg returned to his objective. Emerald Rage managed to critically injure Starro-Gorath, breaking its control over the minds of the others and forcing the creature to retreat back into its ethereal dimension of darkness. With no more heroes under her control, Cerki had no choice to surrender, and she was sent back to Themsgard to await trial.
Deciding that they need to stick together to face more threats like that, threats too great for one hero alone to defeat, the heroes decided to become a new team of superheroes called “The League of Avengers”.
The LA’s original headquarters was the Fortress of Justice, Super-Soldier’s new base in Northern Alaska, then the Mansion of Justice (Avengers Mansion + Hall of Justice), a piece of Iron Knight’s property in the city of New Metropolis, NY (New York City + Metropolis). They would later recruit new heroes into their ranks, including Wingspan (Hank Pym + Hawkman), Birds eye (Hawkeye + Green Arrow), and Scarlet Magician (Scarlet Witch + Zatanna).
After regaining his composure, Vk’tr figured he could release the creatures’ control by destroying the parasite queen, which is the center of the monsters’ hive mind. Knowing that he couldn’t do it alone, he decided to recruit other superhuman beings to aid him in this battle. Meanwhile, the heroes Iron Knight, Thunder Maiden, and Blitzkrieg had teamed up to fight the Green Giant, a super powered fugitive with amazing strength and energy-manipulation powers. Vk’tr J’Onzz, in the heroic form of the Martian Vision, intervened in this battle, and used his telepathy to reveal that the Emerald Rage is really Cerki (Loki + Circe), an evil sorceress and Thunder Maiden's stepsister. Cerki revealed that she had summoned the demon Starro-Gorath (Shuma-Gorath + Starro) to infect the world with its parasitic clones, and that she kidnapped Emerald Rage in his mortal form to keep his power in check. She also disguised herself as the beast to keep the other heroes capable of beating Starro-Gorath busy, but she hadn’t anticipated another hero, let alone one capable of seeing through her charade. “It matters not, now, for Starro-Gorath has already taken control of Earth’s other champions, courtesy of dimensional rifts I opened for him, leading his spores to the furthest corners of the world”, said the witch before teleporting away.
Iron Knight, Thunder Maiden, Seeker, and Blitzkrieg unanimously decided to team up to defeat this threat and break the demon’s control over the Earth’s population.
In the underground chamber that contained Starro-Gorath and the warp gates it used to spread its pox, Cerki tried in vain to place the Emerald Rage under the demon’s control, her magics straining to keep the monster contained. The witch was too late to realize that Iron Knight placed a tracking device on her before she vanished from the battlefield. Iron Knight and Seeker attacked the underground cave, keeping Cerki and the mind-controlled superhumans busy while Thunder Woman sealed the dimensional rifts with her magic flail and Blitzkrieg searched the catacombs at high speed for Bruce Jordan, the captive mortal form of Emerald Rage. Unfortunately, Blitzkrieg was captured before he could free the Emerald Rage, and the other heroes were bested, too. About to be executed by Cerki, a mysterious shield flew from nowhere and knocked out the sorceress before returning to its owner!
The other heroes looked up to see the legendary World War II hero Super-Soldier and Typhoon, his Atlantean teammate from the All-Star Invaders. Super-Soldier used his laser vision to free the heroes, and Blitzkrieg returned to his objective. Emerald Rage managed to critically injure Starro-Gorath, breaking its control over the minds of the others and forcing the creature to retreat back into its ethereal dimension of darkness. With no more heroes under her control, Cerki had no choice to surrender, and she was sent back to Themsgard to await trial.
Deciding that they need to stick together to face more threats like that, threats too great for one hero alone to defeat, the heroes decided to become a new team of superheroes called “The League of Avengers”.
The LA’s original headquarters was the Fortress of Justice, Super-Soldier’s new base in Northern Alaska, then the Mansion of Justice (Avengers Mansion + Hall of Justice), a piece of Iron Knight’s property in the city of New Metropolis, NY (New York City + Metropolis). They would later recruit new heroes into their ranks, including Wingspan (Hank Pym + Hawkman), Birds eye (Hawkeye + Green Arrow), and Scarlet Magician (Scarlet Witch + Zatanna).