Earth-24331

The history of this reality apparently mirrors that of Earth-616, diverging from it due to the sequence of events known as "Hero Day". As part of his plans to attack humanity, the dreadful artificial intelligence Ultron, created by Hank Pym, enhanced the powers of the villain community and took control of the Hulk. As a result, Boston was obliterated and several super heroes perished in battle. The Avengers could do little to prevent the catastrophe. In the aftermath, the Avengers were heavily dishonored by the public opinion, especially because Pym and the Hulk were both founding members of the group. The lost of faith in super heroes gave rise to a new philosophy, which rejected a separation between heroic and evil vigilantism, paving way for an authoritarian society brutally policed by S.H.I.E.L.D..^[1]

Many years later, Jimmy Stark, the son of the founding Avengers Iron Man and the Wasp, became one of the main implementers of the authoritarian jurisdiction, leading a group of New Avengers to erase the idea of their predecessors and serve the interests of a controlling conglomerate. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers, the original Captain America had the Super-Soldier Serum extirpated from his body, being depowered and becoming retired. In a twisted escalation of how information was manipulated in the world, the media painted the life story of the Nazi agent Red Skull as a possible hero. Rogers attempted to come to the public to refute the allegations, but was opposed by Jimmy Stark. On his way home, Rogers was assaulted by S.H.I.E.L.D. officers, being saved and rescued by the outlawed warriors known as the Defenders. The obscure team was guided by a debilitated Luke Cage. One of Cage's Defenders, Carey, had been able to replicate the technology of the Super-Soldier Serum and re-empowered Rogers. Once again as Captain America, Rogers decided to reassemble the Avengers to combat fascism.^[1]

• Prior to being given an official reality number, this universe was referred as Earth-TRN1096 as a part of our Temporary Reality Numbers classification system.