I'm bored, so i thought I make a post about Marvel's Hero team "The Avengers".
Everyday I'll post a new Avenger and details about where they are now in the Marvel universe.
Today, let's start off with the team as a whole.
(All this from wikipedia)
The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics' most popular heroes. They first appeared in The Avengers #1 (September 1963)
Known for their rallying cry "Avengers Assemble!" and the nickname of "Earth’s Mightiest Heroes", the team originally featured Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk, all of whom were popular, previously established superheroes. A rotating roster has been a hallmark of the team and other heroes who have had long histories as Avengers include Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, Vision, Black Widow and the team’s leader Captain America.
Unlike the Justice League, The Avengers have rarely featured a who’s who of Marvel heroes. Although more solitary heroes — like the Hulk and Spider-Man — and heroes associated with other teams — like the Thing and Wolverine — have had brief histories with the team, most Avengers line-ups feature both headlining characters and characters primarily known as Avengers.
The series has dealt with diplomacy as the Avengers have received official recognition or at least consideration from the United States government and/or the United Nations. Although members of the team have varying degrees of humanity — human champions, ancient gods, genetic mutants, androids and scientifically enhanced humans have been parts of the team — the Avengers have had to learn to get along with each other and interact with the human world. Stories explored the meaning of what it means to be human or superhuman and the role and responsibilities of superheroes
Publication History
The Avengers debuted in their own comic book series the same month as the debut of the X-Men. The team was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers as an answer to DC Comics' Justice League. Lee and Kirby had originally created a competitor to the Justice League, the Fantastic Four, but because, at that time, Marvel did not have a roster of already popular heroes, the FF were a team of original characters. The Avengers, created two years later, were truer to the concept of the all-star superhero team.
Unlike most other superhero teams in the Marvel Universe, the Avengers team received official recognition from the government almost from the beginning and their authority was recognized internationally throughout most of their history, although the extent of that recognition has waxed and waned. As stated in the preamble that graced the top of the first page of the comic throughout the 1970s, the Avengers' purpose is to "fight the foes no single super hero could withstand." To that end, the roster of "Earth's Mightest Heroes" has featured humans, nonhumans, mechanical heroes, former villains and supernatural beings. Despite their many differences (which often erupted into infighting), they have managed to unite into a cohesive team to combat extraordinary threats.
Two companion titles were published in the 1980s. West Coast Avengers Volume 1 was a four-issue limited series, with #1 debuting September 1984; Volume 2 (later re-titled Avengers West Coast with #47) was a regular series lasting for 102 issues from October 1985 to January 1994. Solo Avengers (later Avengers Spotlight), ran for 40 issues from 1987 to 1989.
The comic has been relaunched three times in the past ten years. The first time, in 1996, was part of the Heroes Reborn reboot, the second, a year later, returned the team to its original continuity, and the third time, in 2005 with New Avengers.
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