Following the events of
Secret
Invasion, Norman Osborn has taken control of
S.H.I.E.L.D., with the
original disbanded and reformed into "H.A.M.M.E.R.", after the original
became too corrupted and destroyed by the
Skrulls.
Iron Man has been
removed as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and has become the world's most
wanted villain due to his inability to stop the Skrulls, even StarkTech
is taken over and becomes Oscorp. The
Avengers and Fifty State
Initiative has become the Thundebolts Initiative. Osborn is later seen
talking to Namor, Emma Frost,
Doctor Doom,
Loki, and Hood about an
unelaborated plan. Bendis describes the planning behind this Dark
Illuminati as "the idea was, in the original pitch, that there was a
secret group, a cabal, that got put together that was the mirror image
of the
Illuminati, with five or six characters who almost mirrored the
other group." They create the Dark Avengers, the newest pro-government
sponsored Avengers team. Osborn then steps down as Director of the
Thunderbolts team.
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