APE-VENGERS
Earth-8101
Membership: Ape-X (Roy Reyna), Black Panther (T'Challa), Black Widorangutan (Natasha Romanova), Boomerangutan (Fred Myers), Captain America (Steven Rogers), Hawkape (Clinton Barton), Huhr (Bruce Bananner), Gro-Rilla (Hank Pym), Iron Mandrill (Tony Stark), Juggermonk (Cain Marko), Monkey-C, Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff), Sandmonk (William Baker), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Scorpion (Mac Gargan), Spider-Monkey (Peter Parker), Thorangutan (Thorangutan Odinson), Vision, Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), "Wonder Ape"/Simon Williams);
formerly Captain America (Baron Blood/John Falsworth), Speedball (Robert Baldwin)
Purpose: To defend the Earth
Aliases: None
Affiliations: Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Fantastic Four (Darwin, Invisible Simian/Sue Storm, Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards, Simian Torch/Johnny Storm, Thing/Ben Grimm), Fiona Fitzhugh of Earth-616, Forbush Mandrill (Irving Forbush), Gibbon (Marty Blank of Earth-616), Jarvis, Silverback Surfer (Norrin Radd), X-Simians (Angel/Warren Worthington III, Beast/Henry McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Icemonk/Robert Drake, Marvel Girl/Jean Grey)
Enemies: Baron Blood (John Falsworth), Deadpool of Earth-616, Doctor Ooktopus (Otto Ooktavius), Invaders (Bucky/James Barnes, Red Raven, Sub-Mariner/Namor McKenzie, Toro/Thomas Raymond), Kong the Conqueror, L-ook-i Laufeyson, Mad Thinker and his Apedroid, Mole Monk, Ooktron, Wolverine of Earth-616;
formerly Outcasts (Beast/Henry McCoy, Colobbus/Piotr Rasputin, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Dr. Druid/Anthony Druid, Elektra/Elektra Natchios, Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze, Huhr/Bruce Bananner, Icemonk/Robert Drake, Iron Paw (Daniel Rand), MACH IV/Abner Jenkins, Moonstone/Karla Sofen, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Power Monk/Luke Cage, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock, Punisher/Frank Castle, Speedball/Robert Baldwin, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/James Howlett)
Base of Operations: Ape-Vengers Tower, Monkhatten
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Family I#1 (October, 2008)
History:
(Marvel Apes I#3 (fb)) - During World War II, Captain America was replaced by Baron Blood and he turned Bucky and the Invaders into vampires.
(Marvel Apes I#1/3) - "Captain
America" helped form the Ape-Vengers to help defend simian kind.
(Amazing Spider-Man Family I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Spider-Monkey, Ape-X
and Speedball all joined the Ape-Vengers at some point.
(Marvel Apes I#1/1
(fb) - BTS) - The team recruited villains, if they chose to reform, or savagely killed those who refused
to join them.
(Marvel Apes I#2 (fb) - BTS) - The Ape-Vengers also attempted to rehabilitate the X-Simians.
(Marvel Apes I#3 (fb) - BTS) - The X-Simians and other non-Ape-Vengers (Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Hulk, etc.) formed a resistance group known as the Outcasts to try and stop Baron Blood/"Captain America" and his Ape-Vengers.
(Marvel Apes I#1/1
(fb) - BTS) - The Ape-Vengers and Ape-X stopped Kong the Conqueror for
the second time (though it was also the first time due to a time
paradox).
(Marvel Apes I#3 (fb) - BTS) - The Ape-Vengers and Ape-X stopped several different villains including Mole Monk, Ooktron and the Mad Thinker's Apedroid.
(Marvel Apes I#2 (fb)
-
BTS) - While working with the Ape-Vengers, Mister Fantastic
discovered that "Captain America" was a vampire and set up a wooden
stake in his lab.
(Amazing Spider-Man Family I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Spider-Monkey of the Ape-Vengers confronted Doctor Ooktopus, who was attempting to obtain the Serpent Crown, but Spider-Monkey became trapped underneath a pile of rubble. His fellow Ape-Vengers Ape-X and Speedball began to track Spider-Monkey's whereabouts via his Ape-Vengers tracer and set out to back him up against Doc Ook. They found Doc Ook and obtained the Crown but the Doc escaped. Ape-X went to rescue Spider-Monkey from the rubble while Speedball followed the Doc.
(Amazing Spider-Man Family I#1) - Ape-X found
Spider-Monkey, freed him and
showed Spider-Monkey the Serpent Crown. The pair
then left to go find Ooktavius.
(Marvel Apes I#1/1) - The trio eventually confronted Ooktavius in Central Park. Their fight was interrupted by Earth-616's Gibbon (Marty Blank), who had recently arrived on Earth-8101 via Fiona Fitzhugh's dimensional portal. Gibbon disguised Speedball underneath Fitzhugh's hoodie and Martin drew the Doc's attention, who attacked with one his tentacles but Speedball jumped in front to deflect it, knocking out Doc Ook. As thanks for his help, Spider-Monkey invited Blank and Fiona to accompany him to Ape-Vengers Tower, where the final fate of Ooktavius would be decided. When Spider-Monkey, Speedball and Ape-X learned of Fiona's true humanoid appearance, they sent her to see Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four.
Marty, Ape-X, Speedball and Spider-Monkey then traveled to Ape-Vengers Tower, where they introduced Marty to several members including Gro-Rilla, Iron Mandrill and "Captain America." "Captain America" asked if Marty was ready to run with the big apes and took him to one of the sub-basements, where Doc Ook was to stand trial for his crimes against the Ape-Vengers. Giving their judgment, the Ape-Vengers ripped off his tentacles and savagely beat him nearly to death for not being willing to reform.
(Marvel Apes I#2) - "Captain America" had the rest of
the Ape-Vengers leave so he and the Invaders could secretly feast on Doc
Ook.
Fiona returned with Speedball, who confirmed Reed believed Marty and
Fiona were from a parallel
dimension and was building a portal device to return them to
Earth-616.
While out at lunch the next day, Marty,
Speedball and
Ape-X saw Wolverine leaving a restaurant and attempted to
capture him, as it there was standing order to capture known members of
the Outcasts. Wolverine was caught by Marty, who secretly allowed him to
escape.
(Marvel Apes I#2 - BTS) - Reed soon
finished the interdimensional portal to send Marty and Fiona home, but
"Captain America" wanted time to examine the portal himself, so he sent
the Ape-Vengers to Wookanda on the pretext of dealing with trouble there
and arranged for the Frightful
Four to draw the Fantastic Four away from their HQ.
(Marvel Apes I#2) - "Captain America" then showed up at the portal as Fiona and Gibbon were testing it, revealing his intention to invade Earth-616. However Reed returned, having previously learned that Cap was secretly a vampire and alerted to what was happening by the building's security cameras. The pair fought but "Cap" was able to slay Reed. He then held a press conference with the rest of the Ape-Vengers that declared Marty and Fiona the killers.
(Marvel Apes I#3) - In Ape-Vengers Tower, "Cap" met with Ape-X, wishing to gain information about Marty, his universe and where Marty might be hiding and promoting Ape-X to the inner circle of the Ape-Vengers. He told Ape-X that Marty was a scout from the alternate dimension (Earth-616) who wanted to invade their world and that the Ape-Vengers should plan to launch a pre-emptive strike. Ape-X was happy to oblige his hero.
Meanwhile, the Outcasts had set about recovering the real Captain America, whom the fake had left frozen in ice. They were confronted by the Invaders and Fiona and Marty were captured. The real Cap then led the Outcasts in a mission to both rescue Fiona and Marty and stop the impostor Cap's invasion of Earth-616.
(Marvel Apes I#4) - The Ape-Vengers were preparing to
invade Earth-616 through the portal when the Outcasts attacked. Battle
broke out between the two
groups until the real Captain America revealed himself, prompting Baron
Blood to unleash his Invaders. The Ape-Vengers and the
Outcasts teamed up to confront the vampires. During the battle, Fiona
and Gibbon were able
to return home and brought Speedball with them to stop him from
bleeding out due to injuries he had suffered. Ape-X held off Baron Blood
and sacrificed himself to
destroy the portal, destroying the top floors of the Baxter Building in
the process.
(Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution#1
(fb) - BTS) - Reed seemingly recovered or somehow
came back to life and helped the Ape-Vengers rebuild their dimensional
portal.
(Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution#1) - The Ape-Vengers attempted to retrieve their wayward member Speedball in order to punish him for perceived betrayal by working with the humans. However, Spider-Monkey, who remembered the outcome resulting from this mission's success (events that were diverged into Earth-95019), subtly disabled the portal by removing the flux capacitor with his tail.
(The Spectacular Spider-Men I#6/2 (fb)) - The Ape-Vengers fought the joined forces of Doctor Ooktopus, L-ook-i and Mole Monk causing chaos in the streets of Monkhattan. During the fight Captain America expressed they needed the Invisible Simian's help to stop the villains. The Ape-Vengers were unaware they were being watched by Atleza Langunn, guardian of the Infinity Abyss who oversaw her subset of the multiverse.
(The Spectacular Spider-Men I#6/2 - BTS) - When Atleza's multiversal subset began to decay, she concluded the cause lay in Earth-616's Deadpool and Wolverine not being best friends, unlike their counterparts in all other realities. Seeking to "correct" this flaw, she dispatched the pair on a quest to fulfill their destined bond. Lacking understanding, Deadpool and Wolverine instead embarked on a murderous rampage across the multiverse, killing every being they encountered in hopes of eliminating the source of the decay.
(Avengers IX#17/2) - Several of the Ape-Vengers fell victim to Deadpool and Wolverine's bloody campaign, slain in battle while fellow other Ape-Venges including "Wonder Ape," Quicksilver, Vision, and the Scarlet Witch looked on, likely meeting the same fate soon after.
(X-Men VII#2/2 - BTS) - When Earth-616's Deadpool and Wolverine proved incapable of restoring the multiverse, Atleza Langunn recruited superior variants of the pair, merging into a singular being able to halt the decay. In doing so, the multiverse was restored, resurrecting the Ape-Vengers and all those slain during the rampage.
Comments: Created by Karl Kesel and Ramon Bachs.
The Marvel Apes limited series (2008) was conceived as a playful companion to the earlier Marvel Zombies phenomenon. Following the unexpected commercial success of Zombies, Marvel looked to replicate the formula by reimagining its superheroes in another offbeat, high-concept alternate reality. Writer Karl Kesel, inspired by Silver Age whimsy and the classic "What If?" tradition, pitched a world where Marvel's heroes and villains were evolved primates rather than humans. The project was greenlit as a four-issue miniseries, launching with a tongue-in-cheek promotional campaign that leaned into its absurdity while still delivering a surprisingly dark, satirical storyline. The series spawned several tie-ins and one-shots, positioning the Ape-Verse as both a parody of and homage to Marvel's multiverse storytelling.
Earth-8101 is the main Marvel Apes reality, but there are three others as well:
- Earth-81218, possible future of Earth-8101 set in the year 2099.
- Earth-90543, monkey Speedball was send back to his world and branded a traitor by the Ape-Vengers. This was a bad dream of the Gibbon.
- Earth-95019, diverged from Earth-8101 when zombies invaded their world. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #5 indicates that the timelines designated Earth-95019 and Earth-21050 were seemingly erased when Earth-616's Gorilla Girl went back to the moment the portal was opened and destroyed it.
Profile by Copeinator123, updated by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Ape-Vengers have no known connections to
Boomerangutan was a reformed criminal who worked with the Ape-Vengers.
Scorpion was a reformed criminal who worked with the Ape-Vengers.
--Marvel Apes I#1/1 - BTS
Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man Family I#1/1(October, 2008) - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Apes I#1 (November, 2008) - 1st story - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Stephen Wacker (editor); 2nd story - Tom Peyer (writer), Barry Kitson (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Apes I#2 (November, 2008) - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Apes I#3 (December, 2008) - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Apes I#4 (December, 2008) - Karl Kesel (writer), Ramon Bachs (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Marvel Zombies: Evil Evolution#1 - (January, 2010) - Karl Kesel (writer), Joe Suitor (art), Tom Brennan (editor)
The Spectacular Spider-Men I#6/2 (October, 2024) - Greg Weisman (writer), Humberto Ramos (pencils), Victor Olazaba, Humberto Ramos (inks), Nick Lowe, Kaeden McGahey (editors)
Avengers IX#17/2 (October, 2024) - Ryan North (writer), Javier Garron (pencils, inks), Martin Biro, Annalise Bissa (editors)
First Posted: 09/04/2021
Last updated: 12/21/2025
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