[Music] hey energetic nation and welcome to history of i'm your host and resident superhero nerd aaron water and this is a series where we do a deep dive into various comic characters both heroes and villains and give a little bit more insight as to who they are and why they do what they do and in today's video we're going to be talking about a group of characters that's very well known within the marvel universe and probably some of the best minds within the universe itself but they do come together every so often to form a
very particular group which may be getting their live-action debut in the upcoming doctor strange and the multiverse of madness and that's the illuminati the illuminati were formed by brian michael bendis and steve mcniven and first appeared in the new avengers number 7 in 2005. the original team was comprised of iron man mr fantastic namor black bolt professor x black panther and doctor strange with each representing a significant piece of the marvel universe and they would end up meeting after the cree scroll ward that devastated earth during their first assembly iron man notes that several heroes
possessed information that could have prevented the cree scroll war but as they were not a unified front it still happened and he would form this union of heroes similar to that of the united nations in order to become a better defense for the planet from such a large-scale attack the group would bicker amongst themselves regarding various power imbalances and the lack of trust amongst various members but would ultimately agree to me in the future when large-scale threats were at their door black panther however would take some issue with this and state that in theory it's
great but in the end disaster would strike thanks to their varying personality types and one of the illuminati's first big missions happens right after the scrolls battle where they would travel to the scroll homeworld and warn them not to return to earth that is until they're captured and studied they eventually escape but not before the scrolls are able to learn their detection methods and develop a way to essentially return back to earth without being identified as sproles they would encounter the beyonder during the events of secret war 2 and be the reason why hulk would
be sent off world after destroying las vegas and kickstarting the planet hulk storyline it would later semi-reassemble during civil war for iron man to introduce them to the superhuman registration act to which they would have varying opinions and eventually dissolve but as all good teams do they would eventually reassemble very briefly and rear their heads during the infinity gauntlet storyline to help mr fantastic acquire the infinity gems to try and destroy them the watch of the watcher then appears after this failed attempt and each member of the illuminati is given an infinity gem to hide
so they can never be used again they would however become the hulk's main target when he returns from sakaar and space they are eventually overpowered by the hulk and for lack of a better phrase enslaved with obedience this to make them fight one another in a gladiator's style at madison square garden and of the original group only neymar is spared as he was the only one against sending hulk into space to begin with they would also be later called together again during secret invasion during the battle between the avengers and x-men and be ordered to
be arrested after tampering with captain america's mind to stop the world from ending the illuminati have also appeared in marvel's what if comic stories and an alternate outcome of the age of ultron story where they would appoint a new captain america after his death and end up choosing frank castle based on his military history and be given a modified super soldier serum and eventually mass produce it now despite a lot of the illuminati members being present in the mcu and other properties they haven't really been seen together anywhere they've been referenced to in the superhero
squad show and in the planet hulk marvel animated film but now in 2022 they seem to be forming in live action in doctor strange and the multiverse of madness though at this time we don't really know who the members are but we can't assume patrick stewart's professor x likely ian gruff was mr fantastic possibly a black panther black bolt neymar and even cal mordo as dr strange has brought before them but we'll just have to wait for the movie to see how it plays out now in terms of powers and abilities a lot of the
characters are already very well known so i'm going to go ahead and skip right over that normal section that we have but i'm going to be introducing a brand new segment in history of as of this episode and moving forward called recommended reading where i'm going to give you a list of different comics that you can check out if you're more interested in learning more about these characters so let's go ahead and get started for the illuminati's edition now as i mentioned before the illuminati pop up in various marvel arcs including secret wars civil war
secret invasion infinity gauntlet and others but if you really want some focused additions i recommend new avengers by brian michael bendis and steve mcniven as i mentioned earlier number seven is when they officially meet but i recommend reading the whole thing up to then and possibly beyond it if you want to get some additional context i also recommend reading new avengers illuminati also by brian michael bendis brian reed and jim chung which better focuses on the illuminati as a team and various obstacles that they face including the scrolls and use of the infinity gauntlet you
can also check out illuminati but it's more focused on a 2.0 team which is more or less comprised of heroes and villains mostly villains but the art style of that comic is really cool and still totally worth checking out so those are some of the major things you need to know about marvel's illuminati did you learn anything in this video you may not have known otherwise let me know your thoughts and opinions in the comments section down below and while you're down there be sure to leave me a comment as to any suggestions of characters
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it every single saturday or if you want to delve a little bit deeper still into the illuminati check out this video where i talk about them a little bit more in the doctor strange in the multiverse of madness trailer that just recently dropped that video was so much fun so be sure to check that out other than that thank you guys so much for watching we really do appreciate it we hope to see you in the next video
