Dark Avengers Poster #10 Iron Patriot Venom Hawkeye Wolverine Stuart Immonen

The Dark Avengers spring into battle: Iron Patriot, Spider-Man (Venom), Wolverine, Hawkeye (Bullseye), Ms Marvel (Moonstone) and Ares, God of War! Dark Avengers debuted as part of a story arc entitled Dark Reign , by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato chronicled the aftermath of the U.S. government's disbanding of the federally sanctioned superhero team, the Avengers. Bendis described the thinking behind the team: These are bad-a**, hardcore get-it-done types. They'll close the door and take care of business and he's dressing them up to make them something that the people want . This is in contrast to the changes Norman Osborn is shown making to the Thunderbolts, where, according to writer Andy Diggle, he turns that team into something much more covert and much more lethal: his own personal hit squad . The government assigned the Avengers team's redevelopment to Norman Osborn (the reformed supervillain now calling himself the Iron Patriot) whom the government had previ