The Illuminati themselves have added new members like Hank Pym, Amadeus Cho, and an impressively eye-patched Captain Britain.

Doctor Doom refuses to join this group due to his own plans involving Molecule Man, the Mad Thinker, and Valeria Richards. Namor has joined a new Cabal to complete the ruthless eliminations of other Earths that the Illuminati refuse to accomplish this group includes Maximus the Mad, Terrax (now Truly Enlightened), and Thanos and his Black Order. From the ending of the Infinite Avengers collection, the Illuminati have gone on the run after being exposed by Captain America. There's a massive amount of characters involved in Time Runs Out every issue has an ever-growing cast diagram.

Even Doctor Doom's desire to become more story than man in Loki, Agent of Asgard: I Cannot Tell a Lie gets mentioned and reinforced. Many previous plot points come back into focus: Thor regains some of his old power using the 'unworthy' Mjolnir of Thorr, while the Illuminati hide out in a setting from Hickman's Shield. The only major contradiction I've found is that Spider-Woman is still in her old costume, but that occurred because the costume switch in her own title was seemingly moved up. agent, were first revealed in Time Runs Out. Certain plot points from recent crossovers, including Steve Rogers remaining old, Tony Stark remaining inverted, and the Invisible Woman being a S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel's done an admirable job building up to and alongside Avengers and New Avengers. Due to the eight-month time jump since the Infinite Avengers trade, the first issue of Time Runs Out would technically be coming out a week or two from today. Hickman is writing this to all be read in one sitting, so there's simply a collection for every five issues while the first collection ends abruptly, the second has some good cliffhangers to serve as a midway mark. I've decided to review the first two hardcovers of Time Runs Out since the first trade is almost entirely set-up. So we've arrived at the long-awaited Avengers: Time Runs Out event, the final step before the new Secret Wars begin.

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