An Acts of Vengeance Timeline:
Thor #410 - vs. Doom & Doom-clone. Loki recruits Doom. 1989-11.
Avengers Spotlight #26- Prologue. Vault Breakout. Loki recruits Wizard.
1989-12.
Damage Control v2 #1 - during / just after Avengers Spotlight 26. Villains
still roaming Vault.
Wrecker & Thunderball escape, but Bulldozer & Piledriver remain in custody.
Kingpin divests his
interest in Damage Control.
Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger #8 - Cover bannered "Prelude to
Vengeance".Cloak &
Dagger meet the Jester and the Rock. Cliffhanger ending (Jester confronts
Cloak). 1989-11.
Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger #9 - Begins immediately after #9
(Jester / Cloak
confrontation).Cloak & Dagger and the Avengers battle the Jester, Fenris,
Hydro-Man, a Hulk
robot, and the Rock. Jester initially tries to recruit them to the
conspiracy, so it is early in
the overall plot. Avengers do not mention Hydro-Base having been destroyed.
EB Power Pack # 53
(footnote). 1989-12.
Quasar 4 - 1989-12. EB Avengers 311. No clear AoV tiein.
Doctor Strange, Sorceror Supreme #11 - Doctor Strange battles the Hobgoblin.
1989-12.
Incredible Hulk (2nd series) #363 - Doctor Doom sends the Grey Gargoyle to
battle the Hulk.
1989-12.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8 - Moon Knight and the Punisher battle
U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. No clear
AoV tiein, but bannered on cover. Punisher does not mention encounters with
Doom, so they may not
have happened yet. 1989-12.
Avengers 311 - EA Quasar 4 (references). Attacks had begun (no specifics).
Mandarin & Doom
present in lair. Hydrobase sinks. Plugs continuations in Iron Man 250 & Thor
411. 1989-12.
Alpha Flight v1 #79 - vs. Nekra, Scorpion. 1989-12.
Alpha Flight v1 #80 - vs. Nekra, the Scorpion, the Owl, and the Asp.
1990-01.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9 - Moon Knight and the Punisher battle
U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. No clear
AoV tiein, but bannered on cover. Punisher does not mention encounters with
Doom, so they may not
have happened yet. 1989-12.
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #12 - vs. Enchantress and Executioner.
1989-12.
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #13 - vs. Arkon and Enchantress. 1990-01.
Iron Man (1st series) #250 - Iron Man and Doctor Doom are transported to the
year 2093 to battle
future versions of themselves. No obvious AoV tiein or mention, but bannered
on cover. 1989-12.
New Mutants (1st series) #84 - New Mutants vs. Hela. Rusty escapes jail
while trying to stop the
Vulture's escape. Mention that attacks have already begun. Cliffhanger
ending (Hela attacking
Asgard). 1989-12.
New Mutants (1st series) #85 - Continues immediately after # 84 (Hela's
attack continues).
Executioner escapes Hela's prison. Rusty and Skids clash with the Vulture,
who is on his way to
free Nitro. 1990-01.
Avengers West Coast #53 - the West Coast Avengers vs U-Foes. Not long after
Avengers 311 (WCA
can't contact East Coast team, because Hydrobase has been destroyed - but
the WCAs don't know
that yet). Pym & Wasp head east to investigate. Plug for continuation in
Avengers 312. Magneto
(already recruited - when?) discusses attacks having begun with Loki.
1989-12.
Spectacular Spider-Man # 158 - Kingpin recruited. Loki specifically calls
him the 4th (Doom,
Wizard, Magneto already present in lair). Spidey gains cosmic powers (but
doesn't yet realize
what happened). Continued in Web # 59 (last-page plug).
New Mutants (1st series) #86 - Rusty and Skids clash with the Vulture and
Nitro. Freedom Force
appears, with no mention of their attack on the Avengers, so probably before
Avengers 312.
1990-02.
Wolverine v2 # 19 - vs. Tiger Shark & Geist. Cliffhanger ending (fighting
Tiger Shark
underwater). 1989-12.
Wolverine v2 #20 - Wolverine and La Bandera battle Tiger Shark. Picks up
immediately after # 19
(starts with continuation of underwater fight). 1990-01.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10 - Moon Knight battles Coachwhip, the Ringer
II, and Killer Shrike.
Villains apprear to be freelance, not part of Loki's conspiracy. MK mentions
widespread attacks.
1990-01.
Daredevil v1 # 275 - Doom sends Ultron to attack Daredevil for Kingpin.
Cliffhanger Ending
(Ultron vs. Number Nine). 1989-12.
Daredevil v1 # 276 - Daredevil battles Ultron. Follows immediately after
#275 (fight continues).
1990-01.
Amazing Spider-Man 326 - vs. Graviton (sent by Kingpin). Graviton escapes.
No mention of cosmic
powers, but must follow Spectacular # 158 because Kingpin is already in on
the plot. 1989-12.
Captain America (1st series) #365 - Cap vs. Namor (who is being controlled
by The Controller).
Loki recruits Red Skull, mentions Doom and Magneto already recruited. Loki
recruits Namor,
mentions Mandarin already recruited. Namor disabled (comatose). Kingpin also
present in lair. EA
Avengers Spotlight 26 (breakout mentioned). EA Avengers 311 (approx. six
hours after). EB FF 334 - Cap
mentions plan to go see FF, which he tries to do in their own title. Skull
recruits Controller. Loki attempts to recruit Cobra, who
refuses. 1989-12.
Quasar #5 - Quasar vs. Absorbing Man (who explodes at the end). 8 hours
after Avengers 311.
Stingray appears. Quasar hasn't seen Cap yet since the attack at start, but
talks to him this
issue. Mention that Cap has called in reservists. Takes place over at least
2 days (attack day &
next day). 1989-12.
Web Of Spider-Man # 59 - Spider-Man is beginning to deal with his cosmic
powers, although he does
not understand anything about them yet. Doom recruits Titania, who refers to
"the operation
(Doom) and the Wizard are putting together." Spider-Man and Puma defeat her.
Ending plug for
continuation in Amazing Spider-Man 327.
Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #327 - a cosmic-powered Spider-Man battles
Magneto, who loses
interest and leaves when he realizes Spidey is not a mutant. Spider-Man
discovers that the cosmic
power (which he still does not understand) lets him fly.
Fantastic Four # 334 - FF vs. Constrictor, Beetle, Shocker. No mention of
wider plot. EB Thor 411
(footnote). EA Avengers 311 (Footnote). Cap & Thor already know about
Hydrobase sinking. They
visit Baxter Building, but the FF are not there. Ends with landing in
Washington. 1989-12.
Fantastic Four # 335 - follows # 334 immediately (picks up as landing in
Washington). Versus
Ramrod, Plantman, Quill, Thunderball, etc. Apocalypse cameo (flies over
Washington). Ends in
chambers for congressional hearing. 1989-12.
Avengers West Coast #54 - the West Coast Avengers, who start out searching
for the U-Foes, battle
the Mole Man's monsters. Magneto cameo (watching Scarlet Witch, who is
comatose). Avengers infer
that there is a conspiracy. End of issue plugs continuation in Cap # 366,
Avengers Spotlight 28,
Quasar 6, Avengers 313, FF 336, Iron Man 252, and conclusion in West Coast
Avengers # 55.
1990-01.
Fantastic Four # 336 - follows # 335 immediately (continues in congressional
hearing chambers).
Versus Owl, Orka, Armadillo, Stilt-Man, etc. Doombot appears, tells FF about
plot. 1990-01.
Spectacular Spider-Man (1st series) #159 - a cosmic-powered, flying
Spider-Man fights the
Brothers Grimm (recruited by Wizard & Doom). End-of-issue plug for
continutation in Web of
Spider-Man #60, then Amazing Spider-Man #328. 1989-12.
Thor 411 - EA Avengers 311, FF 334. Base sunk (Cap & Thor discuss), attacks
had begun (no
specifics). Thor v. Juggernaut, 1st New Warriors. 1989-12.
Thor 412 - Direct continuation of 411. 1989-12.
Captain America (1st series) #366 - Cap vs. Controller. During Thor 411-412
(same time). Namor
still comatose. All Prime Movers in lair. Magneto asks Loki about Skull.
SKull tries to betray
Loki by having Controller take him over. 1990-01.
Avengers Spotlight #27 - Hawkeye vs. Boomerang, reservists vs. Awesome
Android. Simultaneous with
Thor vs. Juggernaut (Thor 411-412), Iron Man vs. Wrecker (Iron Man 251), Cap
vs. Sub-Mariner (Cap
365), WCAs vs U-Foes (WCA # 53).
Iron Man v1 # 251 - vs. Wrecker & Chemistro. EA Avengers Spotlight 26,
Damage Control 1
(footnotes). Wrecker mentions rest of Crew still locked up. Ends on
cliffhanger (IM vs Chemistro)
1989-12.
Iron Man v1 #252 - follows 251 immediately (picks up on cliffhanger). IM vs
Chemistro. IM aware
of widespread atacks, but not of conspiracy. Ending plug for continuation in
Avengers 313 and
West Coast Avengers 55. 1990-01.
Power Pack #53 - the pre-teen heroes battle Typhoid Mary, who also discovers
Doom's weakness.
1990-01.
Punisher v2 #28 - vs. Doom. Doom & Kingpin wager over whether Doom can kill
Punisher. EA Spc. Spm
158 (Kingpin recruited already), EB Punisher War Journal 12 (which refers to
the bet in the past
tense). Ends with Punisher in Doom's castle. 1989-12.
Uncanny X-Men 256 - Mandarin appears. No obvious AoV tiein. Cover bannered.
1989-12.
Uncanny X-Men 257 - Wolverine vs. Mandarin (mind-controlling Psylocke). No
obvious AoV tie-in.
Bannered. 1990-01.
Uncanny X-Men #258 - Wolverine and Jubilee defeat the Mandarin and the Lady
Mandarin (Psylocke).
No obvious AoV tiein. 1990-02.
Avengers (1st series) #312 - the Avengers battle the male members of Freedom
Force - Blob,
Avalanche, and Pyro. Simultaneous or after Iron Man 251-252, Thor 411-412
(seen on TV). (First?)
full meeting of Loki's Prime Movers. Magneto and Red Skull express mutual
hatred. 1989-12.
Punisher (2nd series) #29 - vs. Doom. Begins still in Doom's castle, but no
clear timeframe given
for how long Punisher had been there (probably not long - minutes / hours
after #28). EB Punisher
War Journal 12, which starts back in NYC. Simultaneous with Avengers vs.
Freedom Force (Avengers
312 - note continuity discrepancy in which Avengers are present). 1990-01.
Web of Spider-Man #60- a cosmic-powered Spider-Man defeats Goliath, who is
berated by Kingpin,
Doom and Magneto. Ending plug for continuation in Amazing Spider-Man #328,
then Spectacular
Spider-Man # 160. 1990-01.
Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #328 - Spider-Man fights Hulk (hired by
Sebastian Shaw). 1990-01.
Quasar #6 - Quasar battles Klaw, Living Laser, the Red Ghost, and Venom.
Klaw escapes. 1990-01.
Quasar #7 - Quasar and a cosmic-powered Spider-Man battle Terminus I. Not
bannered as an AoV
issue, and no obvious tiein. Spider-man mentions recently having fought
Goliath (Web of
Spider-Man #60) and the Hulk (Amazing Spider-Man # 328). 1990-02.
Spectacular Spider-Man (1st series) #160 - a cosmic-powered Spider-Man
fights Rhino, Shocker,
Hydro-Man. Doom salvages TESS-One and sends it to attack Spider-Man. Kingpin
and Loki suggest to
Doom that he is fixating on Spider-Man to the detriment of their overall
scheme. Ending plug for
continuation in Web of Spider-Man # 61 and then Amazing Spider-Man # 329.
X-Factor v1 #49 - Apocalypse notes "strange aliance" of the Prime Movers
(all noted, attacks had
begun - Hobgoblin, Madcap and Juggernaut seen in monitors). Loki attempts to
recruit Apocalypse,
but fails. Ends with arena battle. 1989-12.
X-Factor (1st series) #50 - Follows #49 immediately (starts with
continuation of arena battle).
Loki seeks to recruit Apocalypse, but the eternal mutant refuses. Loki
admits his identity to
Apocalypse, who is already aware of Loki's manipulation of the other
villains. 1990-01.
Web of Spider-Man #61 - all Prime Movers assembled and discussing
Spider-Man. They send Dragon
Man to attack him. 1990-02.
Damage Control v2 #2 - Punisher attacks Damage Control headquarters,
intending to hurt The
Kingpin. EA Thor 411-412 (mention of Juggernaut's rampage), Punisher 28-29
(Punisher refers to
his encounter with Doom).
Punisher War Journal #12 - Punisher vs. Bushwacker. After Spec. Spm. 158,
because Kingpin has
already been recruited. After Punisher 28, because Kingpin and Doom refer to
their bet. Ends on
cliffhanger (Bushwacker vs. Punisher). 1989-12.
Punisher War Journal #13 - Immediately follows #12 (Punisher vs. Bushwacker
continues). 1989-12.
Damage Control (2nd series) #3 - the Damage Control team clean-up the mess
left by the Acts. EA
Amazing Spider-Man # 326 (footnote). Avengers Mansion accidentally dropped
into the sea. 1990-01.
Silver Surfer (3rd series) #33 - "Acts of Idiocy". Silver Surfer meets the
Impossible Man. No
actual AoV tiein, but a parody banner is on the cover. 1990-01.
Avengers Spotlight #28 - Hawkeye & Mockingbird vs. Angar & Sreaming Mimi.
Loki attempts (& fails)
to recruit the Mad Thinker. Thinker escapes from prison. Wonder Man & Wasp
vs. Gargantua.
1990-01.
Captain America (1st series) #367 - Magneto faces off with the Red Skull,
leaves him locked in a
fallout shelter. Namor wakes up. Cap vs. Controller. Cap finds destroyed
Skull robots. 1990-02.
Avengers v1 #313 - the Avengers battle the Mandarin and the Wizard. Magneto
kidnaps the
still-comatose Scarlet Witch, takes her into orbit in a house. Wizard
captured, Doom in lair
revealed as Doombot. Plugs continuation in West Coast Avengers #55. 1990-01.
Avengers West Coast #55 - the two Avengers teams discover the mastermind
behind the Acts is Loki,
who is subsequently defeated by Thor. EA Cloak & Dagger #9 (footnote).
Magneto still in orbiting
house with Scarlet Witch. After Avengers # 313 (Wizard already captured, but
escapes in this
issue). Doom and Magneto only Prime Movers not in lair. Remaining Prime
Movers talking about
Doombot. Loki reveals himself, Kingpin escapes. Loki imprisoned, Mandarin,
Red Skull and Wizard
seem to escape. Scarlet With turns evil (cliffhanger ending, unrelated to
AoV). 1990-02.
Avengers Annual #19 - Epilogue. Cap, Thor & Vision recap entire storyline.
Takes place "a few
hours" after Avengers West Coast # 55. Skull and Wizard revealed to have
been captured off-panel
in AWC # 55, but Skull was a robot. 1990 (no month indicated).
Damage Control (2nd series) #4 - the Damage Control team clean-up the mess
left by the Acts.
Mentions that the Acts are over. 1990-02.
Avengers Spotlight #29 - Bannered as Epilogue. Dr. Malus kidnaps Madcap,
Hawkeye rescues him.
Iron Man battles Klaw and the Wizard in The Vault. EA Avengers 313
(footnote). Plot has been
foiled, Loki has been revealed. Many villains returned to Vault custody.
Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #329 - Acts of Vengeance Aftermath. After
Avengers Annual # 19,
because Prime Movers have been disbanded. Spider-Man, who realizes in this
issue that he is a
host for Captain Universe, uses his cosmic powers to stop Loki's
Tri-Sentinel. 1990-02.
Cloak & Dagger #10 - C&D battle "X-Force" (not the Cable et. al. team that
later had their own
book). Not bannered as AoV. Past-tense mention of "recent Acts of
Vengeance", and Freedom Force
members having gone rogue (Avengers 312). 1990-02.
Web of Spider-Man #64 - Acts of Vengeance! epilogue in which Spider-Man,
after losing the Captain
Universe powers, fights those villains he defeated during the Acts.
Cliffhanger ending (Graviton
sends Spider-Man flying into the sky). 1990-05.
Web of Spider-Man #65 - Acts of Vengeance! epilogue in which Spider-Man,
after losing the Captain
Universe powers, fights those villains he defeated during the Acts.
Immediately follows #64
(Spider-Man still flying upward). 1990-06.
Incredible Hulk #369 - Mystique chastises Blob, Avalanche and Pyro for
fighting with the Avengers
during the Acts. 1990-05.
Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #351 - Acts of Vengeance aftermath. the
Tri-Sentinel returns but
is destroyed by Spider-Man and Nova I.
Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #352 - Acts of Vengeance aftermath. the
Tri-Sentinel returns but
is destroyed by Spider-Man and Nova I.
Note: The following are not actually part of the Acts of Vengeance
storyline in any way:
What If..? (2nd series) #31 - "What If Spider-Man Had Kept His Cosmic
Powers?" Alternate timeline
story. 1991-11.
What The..?! #6 - "Smacks of Vengeance!" parody. 1990-01.