Assyrian Avengers
PURPOSE: To Defend the Assyrian Empire, Enforce Assyrian Law and Protection of The Sphinx.
AFFILIATIONS: Assyrian Government, Assyrian Heroes, The Sphinx II
ENEMIES: Non-Assyrian Heroes and Unbelievers
FORMER MEMBERS: Captain Assyria, Crusader, Horus, Septre and Sirroco
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Assyrian America
FIRST APPEARENCE: New Warriors#11-13, Avengers Forever#11-12
HISTORY :
When Moses defied the Pharaoh, in this Earth the Pharaoh's sorcerer defeated him,
and Moses was killed. The Sorcerer grew in importance, and eventually received the
Ka Stone from a young woman who found it in the desert. Having acquired eternal life
and great power, the sorcerer became the Sphinx. He married and eternalized the young
woman.
Together, they advised hundreds of pharaohs, guided the discovery of new continents,
watched the Declaration of Independence and the creation of the United States of
Assyria, the civil war that ended the Caucasian slavery; overall, they helped guide
civilization. Then, in the early 20th century, World War I made Europe a bloody
battlefield, and the USA had to interfere. The Sphinx and wife moved to the USA,
but the period between wars was equally unstable. Another Great War came, this time
between the Anglo-Saxons, Egyptians and Assyrians allied against the Asian-Pacific
Union. The Asians dropped A-bombs over New Memphis, and destroyed Aknatonikutt and
New Hebridas; Maqaman Island survived because of its force field.
Exhausted, the Sphinx gave his wife's cat immortality, and gave her the Ka Stone,
allowing himself to die at last.
(New Warriors I#11)- Cannonball, Firestar and Marvel Man (this Earth's Vance Astrovik), part of a
group of mutant rebels, were intercepted by this Earth's Avengers while they tried to bring secret
information regarding the force field around Maqaman Island, the Sphinx's lair. In the ensuing fight,
Commander Logan distracted the Avengers long enough for the three to be saved, but was killed by Horus
in the process. The three returned safely to their HQ in New Hebridas. Returning to his family home,
the Avenger Nova found Sayge, who revealed him the Earth's true history.
(New Warriors I#12)- A group of the Mutant Liberation Front (Juggernaut, Cannonball, Marvel Man,
Firestar, Beast and Sebastian Shaw) invaded Maqaman Island, having deactivated its force field using
information provided by Sgt. Fury and Reed Richards. Meanwhile, fully informed of his Earth's inherent
falsehood, Richard Rider left his home to help the Avengers battle the invading mutants. More and more
his mind began to turn to the truth (Earth-616), and he switched sides. He knocked out the Avengers,
and as the whole MLF invaded the island, a towering Sphinx appeared, ready to destroy the MLF and Earth
altogether. Meanwhile, the Richard and the Taylors, humans trying to betray the Sphinx, were killed at
the Taylor home. Only young Dwayne survived, ready for revenge.
(New Warriors I#13)- As the battle between the Sphinx and the MLF raged on, Dwayne Taylor
infiltrated the Sphinx home at the Chrysler Building where, now as Night Thrasher, Dwayne saw his
world plunging into chaos. Dwayne saw the Sphinx's cat, the last memory of his love of her, and decided
to slay it. The Sphinx was distracted when she sensed it, and fled the scene. The MLF started to battle
the assembled Avengers, and the members of Earth-616 New Warriors, aided by Sayge (sans Namorita, who
was helping an invasion of the Persian Gulf with his cousin, and Speedball, who was just a powerless
kid in Springdale, Aknatonikutt), went to the Chrysler building, where they helped Night Thrasher.
Richard Rider captured the cat, and threatened to kill it if the Sphinx, whom Sayge revealed the Truth
to, didn't alter the world back to its real state. Wanting to save her last token of her lost love, the
Sphinx reverted her alteration of the Earth, returning all to normal.
(New Warriors I#12)- A group of the Mutant Liberation Front (Juggernaut, Cannonball, Marvel Man,
Firestar, Beast and Sebastian Shaw) invaded Maqaman Island, having deactivated its force field using
information provided by Sgt. Fury and Reed Richards. Meanwhile, fully informed of his Earth's inherent
falsehood, Richard Rider left his home to help the Avengers battle the invading mutants. More and more
his mind began to turn to the truth (Earth-616), and he switched sides. He knocked out the Avengers,
and as the whole MLF invaded the island, a towering Sphinx appeared, ready to destroy the MLF and Earth
altogether. Meanwhile, the Richard and the Taylors, humans trying to betray the Sphinx, were killed at
the Taylor home. Only young Dwayne survived, ready for revenge.
(Avengers Forever#11)- In order to defeat the Avengers, the Time-Keepers used the Forever Crystal
to summon Avengers from divergent realities that had turned dark and destructive. Manipulated by the
Time-Keepers and given the order to kill, the Avengers of Earth-9105 were among these minions. Rick
Jones summoned a host of alternate avengers to fight them who were from timelines that had not turned
destructive.
(Avengers Forever#12)- The Avengers of Earth-9105 were seen battling various other alternate
Avengers. However, when Captain America shattered the Forever Crystal they all returned to their native
timelines.
ASSYRIAN AVENGERS:
The Earth-9105 Avengers were the Assyrian government's primary task force, and loyal to Sphinx to
the very end. They resided at Avengers Mansion, and had a butler called Jamaal
(his eye-patch might be a reference to Jarvis wounds at the hands of Mr. Hyde in
Earth-616). The Avengers were Sceptre (Monica Rambeau, Earth-616's Photon),
Iron Man (Tony Stark), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Captain Assyria (name unrevealed),
the Heliopolan God Horus (who served as that team's Thor), and Nova (Richard Rider).
All Avengers, save for Nova, were black; Horus and Storm were husband and wife;
Sceptre and Iron Man were also involved. These Avengers were ruthless and violent;
Horus did not hesitate to kill Logan. Nova, as described above, eventually betrayed
the team and fought for the MLF. Later, in order to defeat the Avengers, the Time-
Keepers used the Forever Crystal to summon the Avengers from their divergent reality
to battle the Avengers summoned by Rick Jones. They were returned to their own time
when Captain America destroyed the Forever Crystal.
MUTANT LIBERATION FRONT:
The Mutant Liberation Front was an underground organization that grouped not only
mutants, but all sorts of people, super powered or not, who fought against the
Sphinx's rule. Magneto and Sebastian Shaw were leaders, and among the main operatives
seen are Cannonball, Cyclops, Beast, Juggernaut, Polaris, Marvel Man (Vance Astrovik),
Commander Logan and Firestar. Also part of the MLF, in no particular order: Hulk,
Vision, Colossus, Angel, Blob, Nightcrawler, White Queen, Sabretooth, Havok,
Abomination, Gargoyle, Rogue, Sandman, Toad, Vector, the Human Torch, Banshee and
X-Ray. Atlantis and the Asian-Pacific Union were allied with the MLF; the Taylors and
the Richards were collaborated with them, and were murdered in the process. Sgt.
Fury was an unseen collaborator.
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