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Warning : moderate spoiler for X - Force # 5!WhenAvengersfans remember ofCaptain America , they see the perfect embodiment of a hoagy in every sense of the word -but that much can not be say for his variant , Captain Assyria . Captain Assyria is from an alternating universe that was corrupted by a god - tier villain , and now , he ’s officially return to Marvel lore . Not only that , but Captain Assyria come with his full Avengers roll , consummate with costume and codenames .
In a preview forX - Force#5 by Geoffrey Thorne and Marcus To , the squad of militant mutants are facing off against the last the great unwashed they thought they ’d have to fight : the Avengers . While it ’s true the X - Men and the Avengers have n’t always gotten along , the current state of the Marvel Universe has cement them as allies . When Orchis attacked mutantkind , the Avengers were there to help . Captain America launch the Uncanny Avengers , Spider - Man let Nightcrawler use his superhero personal identity , and Iron Man risked his company and his life to help the tenner - workforce .
However , as this preview shows , the Avengers are no friends of the X - Menanymore . At least , this version of the Avengers . These ‘ Italian sandwich ’ cover over into Earth-616 from Earth-9105 , aka the world that was corrupted by the Sphinx . Leading this Avengers team is Captain Assyria , and the rest of the Avengers are : Fenris , Horus , Iron Man , and Storm - and this evil version of the Avengers might take down X - Force ( and even all mutantkind ) once and for all .
Who is Captain Assyria? Evil Captain America’s Origin & History, Explained
First Appearance:New Warriors#11 by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley
Captain Assyria ( whose actual name was never let on ) fill the role of Captain America in Earth-9105 , and - just like in this cristal - Force prevue - led a version of the Avengers that had only one objective lens : protect the tyrannical rule of the Sphinx . The Sphinx is a god - like entity that have an ancient pharaoh , and through him , convert the course of world story . Everything that happened was all a part of the Sphinx ’s grand plan , who ruled the integral world from the phantasm .
Captain Assyria has all the same power as Earth-616 Captain America , and even has a portion out account with Wolverine , crusade by his side during WWII .
When the Sphinx was passed to a new host , she decide to emerge from the shadow and decree with a much heavier manus . It was at this point the Avengers were forge , with Captain Assyria ( named after the new name of the United States in this timeline ) as the team ’s leader . Rather than stand up for justice and heroism , Captain Assyria only followed the will of the Sphinx , as he believe that work blindly for his autocratic ruler was the equivalent weight of being a sub . And , above all others , the one affair Captain Assyria hated most of all were mutant .
Captain Assyria & His Avengers’ Hatred of Mutants Spells Trouble for X-Force
In Earth-9105 , the one group that jeopardize the Sphinx ’s tycoon most was mutantkind , make them public enemy number one for Captain Assyria and his Avengers . And now , that hate will fuel Captain Assyria ’s driving to destroy the decade - Force of Earth-616 . In fact , with the far-flung anti - mutant sentiment that is currently rampant in the Marvel Universe take after the Fall of X , Captain Assyria ’s Avengers may experience right at home in Earth-616 , and will perhaps stick around to accomplish what Orchis failed to do : destroy mutantkind .
Almost every single Marvel Comics superhero has joined the Avengers at one point or another , opening the doorway for the one bomber who ruin the team .
While Captain Assyria ’s return to Marvel Comics may seem shocking , give that he and his Avengers were ostensibly erased from existence when the New Warriors defeated the Sphinx , it was later sustain inAvengers : Forever#11 that he and his Avengers still exist in the multiverse . And now , Captain Assyriaand hisAvengershave cross over into Earth-616 , ready to put down the mutants while they ’re at their most vulnerable - and they may very well come through .
X - Force # 5by Marvel Comics is uncommitted November 6 , 2024 .
