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The Avengers are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 (cover-dated September 1963). Labeled "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", the original Avengers consisted of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor and ...
The Avengers are various teams of superheroes that have headlined in The Avengers and related comic books series published by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the Avengers are featured as a rotating line up of a large number of characters.
Character Codename (s)Real NameIssue Joined InAvengers Team AffiliationSteven "Steve" Grant RogersAvengers #4 (March 1964) [2]Avengers, New Avengers, [9] Secret ...Clinton "Clint" Francis BartonAvengers #16 (May 1965) [2]Avengers, West Coast Avengers, [6] Secret ...Pietro MaximoffAvengers #16 (May 1965) [2]Avengers, West Coast Avengers, [6] Mighty ...Wanda MaximoffAvengers #16 (May 1965) [2]Avengers, West Coast Avengers, [6] ...- Overview
- Founding members (1963)
- Initial recruits (1964-1969)
- Further recruits (1973-1977)
- Korvac Saga recruits (1978-1979)
- West Coast Avengers
- The Great Lakes Avengers
- Pre-Heroes Reborn recruits (1990-1997)
The Avengers are a team of super heroes in the Marvel Universe. Despite starting in its own corner of Earth-616, it expanded over time and has, since its creation, featured a large number of characters in a variety of combinations, with a vast majority of heroes in the Marvel Universe being an Avenger at some point in their history.
This list also includes the numerous spin-off Avengers teams that were at some point officially considered part of the group. These teams are, in alphabetical order:
•A-Force
•Avengers Artificial Intelligence Squad
•Avengers Academy
•Avengers Idea Mechanics
All of these members helped form the team in The Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1963), responding to an attack by Loki.
These members all joined the team after its founding and the initial departure of the Hulk.
These members joined the team prior to the Korvac Saga, but came after most of the original members.
These members joined the team either during the Korvac Saga or immediately after it. This includes the Guardians of the Galaxy from Earth-691, who were granted honorary status during the saga.
During the mid-80s, the first Avengers spin-off team, the West Coast Avengers, was founded by Vision. This section includes initial members of the team and some later members.
A group of second-string heroes who independently formed their own branch of Avengers in West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #46 (July 1989). While not officially Avengers when they first started, they later gained this status when Hawkeye and Mockingbird joined the team, later reaffirmed upon their inclusion in the Fifty States Initiative.
These members joined the team during the 1990s prior to the events of Heroes Reborn.
Avengers Annual Facsimile Edition (2024) #10. Claremont.
Count Nefaria, Klaw, Grim Reaper, the Hood, and countless others have crossed paths with the Avengers. Even Doctor Doom, arguably the world’s deadliest villain, has known defeat at the Avengers’ hands. Friends and Family. No one has been more resolute in their support of the Avengers than Edwin Jarvis.
Black Knight. When the Avengers were kidnapped by Grandmaster for his game against Kang, Black Knight sough to rescue them and afterward accepted permanent membership in The Avengers (1963)...
Hank Pym is a scientific genius, a founding member of the Avengers, the creator of Pym Particles and of Ultron, and a modern-day superhero who suffers from a Bipolar disorder.
