The Avengers debuted as a comic book series in 1963. The original lineup of this comic book superhero team consisted of Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk.
However, one of the hallmarks of the Avengers as a group is the fact that its membership changes. Very quickly, the Hulk left the Avengers, and was replaced by Captain America.
The Avengers were created as an answer to competing DC ComicÂ’s superhero team, the Justice League of America. Originally, the lineup of the Avengers was made up of the current most popular heroes in Marvel comics, other than Spider-Man. It was felt that this character would not be inclined to work with other heroes, and to have him do so would be out of character.
The Avengers have been relaunched on several different occasions as part of special promotions. First, in 1996, the main title was recreated to be part of a multi-studio crossover project called Heroes Reborn. The next year, it returned to its original Avengers Comic Book continuity with another version of the origin comic. In 2005, the Avengers were relaunched yet again with the New Avengers.
The original issue of the Avengers features the Norse god Loki, who attempts to start a battle between Thor and the Hulk.
However, the diverted radio call meant to start this fight is also answered by the other soon-to-be members of the Avengers.
After the heroes defeat the trickster, Ant-man suggests that they form a team, since they have worked so well together. By issue two, Ant-man has changed to Giant-man, and the Hulk leaves, to be replaced by Captain America, who becomes the field leader of the group.
Eventually, the majority of the group were replaced by three former villains. These characters were Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. Some members of the original group were re-added to the Avengers after this occurred. The Avengers series ran in more or less this format, adding and removing members variously, until the 1990s.
In the 1990s, Marvel Comics began adopting a number of new and unusual strategies to sell more books. The company adopted an aggressive business model tied into increased publication.
A short boom was followed by a slump across the comics industry. Over the course of this period, moral quandaries regarding the groupÂ’s rule against killing villains are introduced, as the Avengers’ enemies grow more murderous.
This is in keeping with the general darkening of tone across the comics industry during the 1990s. These darker toned storylines culminated in one which split the team. Since then, there have been a number of different “rebirths” of the Avengers in different, unconnected universes.
The most recent team of Avengers, the Mighty Avengers, is a new group formed by Iron Man. This series deals with the events of a Marvel Universe Civil War between super powers.
Over the period of the existence of the Avengers, there have also been a number of alternate Avengers lines that do not connect with the main storyline.
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