Avengers Vol 8 15

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"The Battle for the Throne of the Damned"
	Writers Jason Aaron Pencilers David Marquez Inkers David Marquez Colourists Erick Arciniega Letterers Clayton Cowles Editors Tom Brevoort; Alanna Smith

Rider, be a good boy and show your friends what you are now. What you were always meant to be.

-- Shadow Colonel

Appearing in "The Battle for the Throne of the Damned"

Featured Characters:

Avengers

Antagonists:

Legion of the Unliving
- Shadow Colonel
- Sarge
- Rat Bomber (Real name first revealed)
- Snowsnake (Real name first revealed)
- Baroness Blood (Lily Cromwell)
- Carpathian (Real name first revealed)
- Boy-Thing (Real name first revealed) (Origin revealed)
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) (Possessed by Eli Morrow and controlled by the Legion of the Unliving)

Other Characters:

God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Juliana Reyes (Mentioned)
Spirits of Vengeance (Mentioned)
Agents of Wakanda (Mentioned)
Gabe Reyes (Mentioned)
Vlad Dracula
Howard Stark (Mentioned)
Count Chocula (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Numerous unnamed Russians
Winter Guard
- Crimson Dynamo (Dimitri Bukharin)
- Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)
- Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko)
- Ursa Major (Mikhali Ursus) (Mentioned)
- Red Widow (Mentioned)
Numerous Madripoorian Vampires (Only appearance; death)
Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) (Mentioned)
Zarathos (Invoked)
Mephistopheles (Invoked)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Earth
- Arctic Ocean
  - Arctic Circle
    - North Pole
      - Avengers Mountain
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America (Mentioned)
- Russia
  - Sol-Iletsk (First appearance)
    - Federal Penal Colony No. 9 (First appearance)
  - Moscow (Mentioned)
- Castle Dracula, Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania, Romania (Mentioned) (Destroyed in this issue)
- Madripoor
  - Lowtown (Cameo)
  - Buccaneer Bay (Cameo)
  - Hightown
- Everglades, Florida, United States of America (Mentioned)
Hell (Mentioned)

Items:

Blade's Sword
Captain Marvel's Suit
Panther Habit
Captain America's Uniform and Shield
Thor's unnamed golden hammer
Unidentified metal arm prosthesis
Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor)
Iron Man Armor Model 43 (Stealth Armor)
Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark IV
Vanguard's Shield

Vehicles:

Hell Charger

Synopsis for "The Battle for the Throne of the Damned"

Synopsis not yet written.

Solicit Synopsis

CIVIL WAR: VAMPIRE EDITION!

Dracula forges unholy alliances from his prison cell. Ghost Rider goes berserk. The Shadow Colonel and his new Legion of the Unliving raise bloody hell all over the globe. It’s a good thing the Avengers just added a startling new member to the team.