Writers of the first series included Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, David Michelinie and Roger Stern.
1996), with spinoffs including several annuals, miniseries and a giant-size quarterly sister series that ran briefly in the mid-1970s. This initial series, published bi-monthly through issue #6 (July 1964) and monthly thereafter ran through issue #402 (Sept. All of the characters were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Much like the Justice League, the Avengers were an assemblage of superheroes who each had an existing series of his own. The team debuted in The Avengers #1 (September 1963). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers The five founding members were: Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, The Wasp, and The Hulk. The debut of the original Avengers: The Avengers #1 (Sept. Beginning in 2008, they were adapted to theatrical movies in a series of movies from Marvel Studios known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, culminating with The Avengers in 2012, with more appearances of the team in subsequent movies from Marvel Studios.
The Avengers have appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books, including several different animated television series and direct-to-video films. The cast usually features a few highly popular characters who have their own solo books, such as Iron Man, alongside a number of lesser-known characters who benefit from exposure, such as Quicksilver. An Iron Man fan might buy an Avengers book because Iron Man appears in them, and perhaps in turn take an interest in Thor, who appears in the same book as Iron Man's friend and comrade.
The Avengers were created to create a new line of books to sell and to cross-promote Marvel Comics characters. This in contrast to certain other superhero teams such as the X-Men, whose characters were created specifically to be part of their team, with the team being central to their identity. Diegetically, these superheroes usually operate independently but occasionally assemble as a team to tackle especially formidable villains. The Avengers are an all-star ensemble cast of established superhero characters from the Marvel Comics portfolio. The original Captain America was discovered trapped in ice in issue #4, and joined the group after they revived him. Labeled "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", the Avengers originally consisted of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor and the Wasp. 1963), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1 (cover-dated Sept. The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. 3 #38 (March 2001).Īrt by Alan Davis depicting (left-to-right): Hulk, Iron Man, Wasp, Thor, Vision, Captain America, Wonder Man, Hank Pym (as Goliath), Scarlet Witch, Carol Danvers (as Warbird), Quicksilver, and Delroy Garrett (as Triathlon).
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