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What characters were the "main" avengers in comic books?
Posted on 2/10/15 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 2/10/15 at 5:04 pm
Due to the movies, I've always thought Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man were sort of the main avengers. But apparently in the comics they had Spidey and some X-Men and such.
Any comic fans- can you tell me who those really focused on?
Hopefully not Captain America because he's lame AF
Any comic fans- can you tell me who those really focused on?
Hopefully not Captain America because he's lame AF
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Posted on 2/10/15 at 5:11 pm to Tigerfan56
There really are no Main avengers. There have been many incarnations over the years. Thor, IronMan and Hulk were on the orginal team.
Spidey, Wolverine, Vision, Luke Cage, etc etc have all been avengers I think. There are tons and tons of Marvel characters that have been on the team at some point.
Spidey, Wolverine, Vision, Luke Cage, etc etc have all been avengers I think. There are tons and tons of Marvel characters that have been on the team at some point.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 5:13 pm to Fun Bunch
Just went to Wiki. Here are the current "teams":
Current Rosters
Avengers
Team Leader Maria Hill
Team Members Protector (Noh-Varr), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Thor (Thor Odinson) Wolverine (James Howlett), Red Hulk (Thaddeus Ross)
"New" Avengers
Team Leader Luke Cage
Team Members Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand), Jewel (Jessica Jones-Cage), Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), The Thing (Ben Grimm), Wolverine (James Howlett), Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Victoria Hand
"Secret" Avengers
Team Leader Steve Rogers
Team Members Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady), Beast (Henry McCoy), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Nova (Richard Rider), Sharon Carter, Valkyrie (Brunnhilde), War Machine (James Rhodes)
Current Rosters
Avengers
Team Leader Maria Hill
Team Members Protector (Noh-Varr), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Thor (Thor Odinson) Wolverine (James Howlett), Red Hulk (Thaddeus Ross)
"New" Avengers
Team Leader Luke Cage
Team Members Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand), Jewel (Jessica Jones-Cage), Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), The Thing (Ben Grimm), Wolverine (James Howlett), Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Victoria Hand
"Secret" Avengers
Team Leader Steve Rogers
Team Members Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady), Beast (Henry McCoy), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Nova (Richard Rider), Sharon Carter, Valkyrie (Brunnhilde), War Machine (James Rhodes)
Posted on 2/10/15 at 5:35 pm to Tigerfan56
Original Team Members
Iron Man
Wasp
Ant-Man
Thor Hulk
Iron Man
Wasp
Ant-Man
Thor Hulk
Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:00 pm to Tigerfan56
quote:
Hopefully not Captain America because he's lame AF
Not as lame as Captain Canada
Posted on 2/10/15 at 6:41 pm to Tigerfan56
quote:
Hopefully not Captain America because he's lame AF
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:03 pm to Tigerfan56
The "big three" are considered to be Thor, Iron Man and Captain America.
Other long term and I'd call iconic Avengers in the classic books were Hawkeye, Scarlett Witch, Vision, Wasp and Yellow Jacket.
The Woverine, Spiderman stuff were a fairly recent happening.
Other long term and I'd call iconic Avengers in the classic books were Hawkeye, Scarlett Witch, Vision, Wasp and Yellow Jacket.
The Woverine, Spiderman stuff were a fairly recent happening.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:11 pm to Methuselah
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Yellow Jacket
You probably should've said Hank Pym since he was not only Yellow Jacket while with the Avengers, but also Ant Man, Giant Man, Wasp and Goliath
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:16 pm to Bamatab
quote:Hank Pym wasn't wasp. That was Janet van Dyne.
You probably should've said Hank Pym since he was not only Yellow Jacket while with the Avengers, but also Ant Man, Giant Man, Wasp and Goliath
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:17 pm to Tigerfan56
You are correct. And thank you for posting this. Their line up has always changed, but Wolverine and Spider were added over 30 years after the Avengers creation in order to boost sales. Some think that Wolverine was an intricate part of the Avengers. Uhh no. X-Men yea. Spider-Man, uh no. He's traditional role in the comics is that he's a loner.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:35 pm to Darkknight
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You are correct. And thank you for posting this. Their line up has always changed, but Wolverine and Spider were added over 30 years after the Avengers creation in order to boost sales. Some think that Wolverine was an intricate part of the Avengers. Uhh no. X-Men yea. Spider-Man, uh no. He's traditional role in the comics is that he's a loner.
Wolverine's stint with the Avengers has been solid though. At least as good as his vs. Cyclops stuff. or his pseudo Prof. X role.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 9:55 pm to Freauxzen
His stint was solid because again, they bring him and Spider into the comic book due to slump in sales. Wolverines being a "solid" or "key" player in the Avengers is what drives me away. It's like the execs sits in the board room and say "so, which if our titles are doing the poorest in sales? OK, just throw Wolverine or Spider-Man in the title for a year or two. Oh don't worry about the fans. We'll throw Punisher in the Avengers. Then when the fans get sick of it, We'll just reboot the entire series afterwards, and put it back to Cap, Ironman, Thor and another oldtimer". In other words, the Avengers were historically about a group of characters that didn't pull a lot of weight in sales and were not a part of an existing group, that are thrown together to create a team comic book that fans loved.
I say this because the Avengers have always been one of my favorite comic books. I blame the industry letting writers do what they want with little oversight.
But that's just me and my experiance in collecting the books.....
I say this because the Avengers have always been one of my favorite comic books. I blame the industry letting writers do what they want with little oversight.
But that's just me and my experiance in collecting the books.....
Posted on 2/10/15 at 10:00 pm to Scruffy
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Hank Pym wasn't wasp. That was Janet van Dyne.
Actually he took up the Wasp mantel briefly when he thought she died.
Posted on 2/10/15 at 10:05 pm to Bamatab
No one mentioned Simon Williams? He was one of my favorite Avengers. He, Scarlet and Vision had a truly disturbing love triangle.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 1:59 am to Scruffy
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quote:
You probably should've said Hank Pym since he was not only Yellow Jacket while with the Avengers, but also Ant Man, Giant Man, Wasp and Goliath
Hank Pym wasn't wasp. That was Janet van Dyne.
Bamatab is right. I should have said Hank Pym since he's had so many different personas while with the Avengers.
And he was indeed the Wasp for a brief time. (And I think she was Giant Woman for a time - read comics long enough and pretty much everything will happen).
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:46 am to Darkknight
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I blame the industry letting writers do what they want with little oversight.
If this were the case, the industry would be far better off imo(See Image Comics).
It's the editors that are under the EIC's direction that are running off great writers and screwing up books. This is something that DC has been suffering from too much over the last 7 years.
I will give Marvel credit. Some writers have been allowed to take some major properties in bold directions. Are they editorially mandated to take Spider-Man and Wolverine along for the ride? Yeah and I don't like it sometimes either but I've seen more than a few writers work their way around that pretty well.
Which is why the upcoming reboot of the Marvel Universe has given me a case of sads.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 3:48 am
Posted on 2/11/15 at 6:15 am to Methuselah
And that is why I'm kind of shocked that the movie universe is starting off with Scott Lang being the current Ant-Man and Hank Pym being an old man. They are missing out on so many storylines doing this. Not to mention basically cutting one of the more important Marvel character out of their movie universe from the get go.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 7:51 am to Methuselah
quote:Yea, I was wrong.
And he was indeed the Wasp for a brief time. (And I think she was Giant Woman for a time - read comics long enough and pretty much everything will happen).
Damn heroes need to pick a name and stick with it. Schizophrenia is not a good enough excuse to change names.
Is Wasp (Janet) dead currently?
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 7:52 am
Posted on 2/11/15 at 8:32 am to Scruffy
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Is Wasp (Janet) dead currently?
No. She was kidnapped by Havok and her current whereabouts are unknown.
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