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When a deranged Celestial called Zgreb the Sorrower attempted to tear the Earth apart, the Avengers were successfully able to subdue it. While Odin wanted to nail the fallen Celestial to the Moon as warning to the others that would come, the team buried the cosmic giant under the plains of what would become the modern-day country of South Africa instead.

Over the years, the Avengers also fought against numerous time travellers seeking to reshape history to their benefit, initially coming into conflict with a time-displaced Tony Stark. While Mephisto attempted to seduce and torment Tony into selling his soul, the Avengers stood by and watched, obligated not to intervene with their enemy's scheme.

At some point, Mephisto approached a young Thanos and convinced him to travel to Earth to challenge the Avengers in order to prove his might. The Phoenix Force has been pitting these heroes and villains against one another, giving them small amounts of its power in order to determine the most worthy.

As previously mentioned, Captain America and Doctor Doom fought in the first round. However, Doom eventually forfeited and Captain America emerged victorious , leading to the Phoenix taking Rogers back to the White Hot Room, an otherworldly plane maintained by the Phoenix itself, where it's been keeping the other chosen contenders.

Now, King T'Challa is up next in the Phoenix's tournament. As indicated by the preview images for Avengers 41 from writer Jason Aaron and artist Javier Garron, the Black Panther will be meditating beforehand, but the battle will soon arrive to interrupt. It's also revealed that he'll be facing Man-Thing, who has become fiery and even stronger thanks to the Phoenix. After stints in both customer service and academia, he's turned his attention to writing about comic books--his lifelong passion.

He is a graduate of Radford University, with a degree in English. When not reading comics, he enjoys spending time with his fiance and their dog. By Shaun Corley Published Apr 04, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Both are sure of their own convictions, and each may now see themselves as the best option to claim the power of the Phoenix to keep it out of more dangerous hands.

Both are also among the Avenger's greatest hand-to-hand fighters, with neither of them faltering in battle even when up against impossible odds. Whoever wins their battle will likely move into the final round of combat, and they could become a favorite to win the power of the Phoenix.

Of the six remaining fighters, Black Panther and Captain America are likely the two most preferable: Red Widow and Namor have both threatened the world repeatedly, and are major enemies of the current Avengers.

Them gaining a massive power boost bodes well for no one. Shanna the She-Devil and She-Hulk are both heroes, but both have also gone through serious conflicts lately -- with the events of Empyre briefly corrupting both women and even briefly killing Jennifer Walters.

That innate lingering darkness could be amplified by the Phoenix if they receive the full force.