Avatars of the Mandarin
The Avatars are a supervillain team that feature in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Avatars were a team of supervillains that were gathered together by the Mandarin.
This team of minions were dispatched to attack Hong Kong where they were defeated by Force Works leading to them retreating from the battlefield. Despite this being the case, War Machine and Iron Man were both captured by the Mandarin where the Avatars witnessed the heroes being tortured by their master. They later failed to stop the Century's attack leading to the Mandarin entering the battle himself to slay War Machine along with the Century. (Force Works v1 #6) Warfist and Ancestor thrashed the helpless Iron Man until the Mandarin called them off. Force Works interrogated their captive Lich who later managed to escape. (War Machine v1 #9) The Avatars watched as the Mandarin continued to torture Iron Man, and created an enchanted mask to transform a peasant into the newest Avatar, Turmoil. The Mandarin then sent them away, to unmask Iron Man alone. (Iron Man v1 #311) Ancestor, Warfist and Old Woman were standing behind the Mandarin as the Scarlet Witch attacked. Stark is mistakenly depicted in full Iron Man armor and War Machine is shown there as well. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #172) U.S. Agent and Spider-Woman battled the Mandarin’s armies, defeating Old Woman, Sickle, Warfist and Ancestor, who Agent slammed through a wall, apparently killing him. Scarlet Witch caused the Mandarin’s rings to all misfire at once, with the blast killing Warfist. The Mandarin led the Avatars in his attack on Hong Kong. (Force Works v1 #7) The Avatars were sent out to find the survivors of the Mandarin’s attack, and prepare them for his coming. And to break stuff. They then stood around in front of the Mandarin as he gave his speech. (War Machine v1 #10) The Mandarin sent the Avatars back to Hong Kong to capture Iron Man, who allowed himself to be taken, and infected the Mandarin with a techno-organic virus that rapidly aged him, and turned Deluge to dust with a touch, leaving only his mask. As the Mandarin reached out to the Heart of Darkness, it flew away, and the Mandarin and his Avatars disappeared. (Iron Man v1 #312)
Misty Knight and her team of Heroes for Hire battled the Avatars where they defeated them in New York City. (Heroes for Hire v2 #1)
Overview
In appearance, the Avatars were a team of minions that served the Avatars. They were also known as the Hands of the Mandarin. (Iron Man v1 #309)
Members
- Mandarin : male founder and leader of the Avatars. (Force Works v1 #6)
- Ancestor :
- Butterfly :
- Foundry :
- Lich :
- Old Woman :
- Q'Wake :
- Sickle :
- Turmoil :
- Warfist :
- Deluge :
Notes
- The Avatars were created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Dave Taylor where they made their first appearance in Force Works v1 #6 (December, 1994).
Appearances
- Force Works v1: (1994)
- Iron Man v1:
- War Machine v1:
- Heroes for Hire v2:
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