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The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes that star in The Avengers and related comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Over the years the team has featured a tremendous number of characters in a variety of combinations. Characters in bold are currently active in New Avengers or Mighty Avengers.

Contents 1 Founding members 2 1960s recruits 3 1970s recruits 4 Early 1980s Recruits 5 West Coast Avengers 5.1 Recruits 6 Later 1980s recruits 7 Early 1990s recruits 8 Post-Heroes Return recruits 9 Non-member status 9.1 Agents of Atlas 9.2 Guardians of the Galaxy 9.3 The Great Lakes Initiative 9.4 Young Avengers 10 New Avengers Membership 10.1 Founding Members 10.2 Early Recruits 10.3 Post-Civil War recruits 11 Mighty Avengers Membership 11.1 Founding Members 11.2 Recruits 12 Ultimates 12.1 Founding Members 12.2 Shadow Team 12.3 Reserves 12.4 Later Recruits 13 Marvel Adventures 13.1 Founding members 14 See also 15 Bibliography

Founding members

All of these members helped form the team in The Avengers vol 1 #1 (September, 1963).

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Thor	Thor Odinson a.k.a. Dr. Donald Blake, Sigurd Jarlson, Jake Olsen	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Disappears with rest of Asgard during Ragnarok in Thor vol. 2 #85. Returns in Thor vol. 3 #1.
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Current member of the Mighty Avengers and director of SHIELD.
Yellowjacket a.k.a. Ant-Man, Doctor Pym, Giant-Man, Goliath	Dr. Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963) (as Ant-Man)	Active as Giant-Man in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963); active as Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #28 (1966); active as Yellowjacket in Avengers vol. 1 #63 (1969); active as Doctor Pym in West Coast Avengers #21 (1988). Current administrator of The Initiative at Camp Hammond.
Wasp	Janet van Dyne (a.k.a. Janet Pym)	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Current member of the Mighty Avengers. Once married to Dr. Henry Pym.
The Hulk	Dr. Robert Bruce Banner	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Resigned in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963).

1960s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined	Notes
Captain America a.k.a. Nomad, The Captain	Steven Rogers	Avengers vol. 1 #4 (March 1964)	Granted retroactive founder status prior to Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1971); active as the Captain in Avengers vol. 1 #300 (1989). Killed by a brainwashed Sharon Carter in Captain America vol. 5 #25.
Wonder Man	Simon Williams	Avengers vol. 1 #9 (1964) (for one issue only) As shown in Avengers Classic #9 (2008)	Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #182 (1979); current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Hawkeye a.k.a. Goliath, Ronin	Clinton Francis Barton	Avengers vol 1. #16 (May 1965) (as Hawkeye)	Active as Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #63 (1969). Killed in action in Avengers #502 (November 2004). Resurrected in House of M #3. Seemingly killed again in House of M #7, but reappeared in New Avengers #26. Appears with New Avengers as Ronin in New Avengers #27, joins team via flashback in New Avengers #30.
Quicksilver	Pietro Django Maximoff (a.k.a. Pietro Frank)	Avengers vol. 1 #16 (May 1965)	Collaborated with his sister to create the House of M reality, the events of which caused Decimation. He is among the mutants currently depowered due to this event.
Scarlet Witch	Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Wanda Frank)	Avengers vol. 1 #16 (May 1965)	Collapse of her sanity was the cause of "Avengers Disassembled" in which her mutant powers wreaked havoc throughout the Marvel Universe eventually leading to the dissolution of the Avengers as well as the death of Jack of Hearts, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, and the destruction of the Vision. These events later led to a collaboration with her brother in creating the House of M reality and finally Decimation which stripped 99% of Earth’s mutated humans of their powers.
Swordsman	Jacques Duquesne	Avengers vol. 1 #20 (September 1965)	Placed in the team as a mole by the Mandarin; rejoined as a reformed member in Avengers vol. 1 #114 (August 1973); Killed in Avengers vol. 1 #130 (December 1974).
Hercules	Heracles	Avengers vol. 1 #45 (October 1967).
Black Panther	T'Challa	Avengers vol. 1 #52 (May 1968)	Married Storm of the X-Men in "Black Panther" vol. 4 #18 (July 2006). Current member of the Fantastic Four.
Vision	Victor Shade (alias)	Avengers vol. 1 #58 (November 1968)	Destroyed in Avengers #500 (September 2004). Later rebuilt by Young Avengers, but based on Iron Lad's brain patterns.
Black Knight	Dane Whitman	Avengers vol. 1 #71 (December 1969)	Reserve membership.

1970s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Black Widow	Natalia Alianovna Romanova (a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff)	Avengers vol. 1 #111 (May 1973)	First joined as a reserve member; current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Mantis	Brandt	Giant-Sized Avengers #4 (1975)	Granted full membership after her wedding to the Cotati.
Beast	Dr. Henry Phillip McCoy	Avengers vol. 1 #137 (1975) (as a probationary member)	Gained full membership status in Avengers vol. 1 #151.

• Ms. Marvela.k.a. Warbird

• Falcon Samuel "Snap" Thomas Wilson Avengers vol. 1 #184 (June 1979)

Early 1980s Recruits

• Tigra a.k.a. the Cat
• She-Hulk
• Pulsar originally known as the new Captain Marvel
• Starfox

West Coast Avengers

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Hawkeye a.k.a. Goliath, Ronin	Clinton Francis Barton	Avengers vol 1. #243	founding West Coast chair
Tigra a.k.a. the Cat	Greer Grant Nelson	West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1	founding West Coast Branch member; Ex-Waco member
Wonder Man	Simon Williams	West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1	founding West Coast Member; current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #1	Replace James Ronald "Rhodey" Rhodes as Ironman on team
Doctor Pym a.k.a. Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket	Dr. Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #21 (1988)
Scarlet Witch	Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Wanda Frank)	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37
Vision	Victor Shade (alias)	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37
Wasp	Janet van Dyne (a.k.a. Janet Pym)	Avengers West Coast vol. 2 #	Current member of the Mighty Avengers. Once married to Dr. Henry Pym.

Recruits

Avengers members recruited and joined the West Coast Team.

• Mockingbird
• War Machine
  a.k.a. Iron Man
• Moon Knight
• US Agent
  a.k.a. Super-Patriot
• Human Torch
• Living Lightning
• Arachne
  a.k.a. Spider-Woman
• Machine Man
  a.k.a. X-51
• Darkhawk

Later 1980s recruits

• Namor
• Doctor Druid
• The Forgotten One
• Mister Fantastic
• Invisible Woman
• Quasar

Early 1990s recruits

• Sersi
• Spider-Man
• Sandman
• Crystal
• Thor
  a.k.a. Thunderstrike

Post-Heroes Return recruits

• Justice AKA Marvel Boy
• Firestar
• Triathlon
• Silverclaw
• Jack of Hearts
• Ant-Man
• Captain Britain

Non-member status

All of these heroes were granted honorary, provisional or other status with the Avengers and are not true Avengers members.

• Edwin Jarvis

Never an official member, but has remained with the team throughout its incarnations; Captain America has even stated that, as far as he is concerned, Jarvis is a true Avenger.

• Rick Jones

• Captain Marvel

Posthumously awarded honorary membership as revealed in The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe vol. 1 #1. Transported from past to current timeline in Civil War: The Return (2007).

• Hellcat
• Whizzer

• Two-Gun Kid - Time traveler from the 19th century; returned to his time and was killed in Blaze of Glory #4 (March 2000), which took place in 1885. Recently returned to life and current timeline in She-Hulk #4.

• Jocasta
• Moira Brandon
• Thing
• Firebird
  a.k.a. Espirita
• Marrina
• Ravonna
  a.k.a. "Nebula", Terminatrix
• Demolition Man a.k.a. D-Man
• Yellowjacket
• Stingray

• Rage

Was discovered to be still in his adolescence in Avengers vol. 1 #341 (November 1991) and was consequently removed from the roster. Currently a recruit in the Initiative Program.

• Swordsman
• AntiVision
• Magdalene

• Deathcry

Honorary membership status gained in Avengers vol. 1 #399 (1996). Killed in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord #2 (August 2007).

• Iron Man - Tony Stark

Avengers: Timeslide (1996) An alternate adolescent version of the original. Replaced him for a time and then merged with the original Stark.

• Masque

Agents of Atlas

What If? vol 1, #9 (June 1978) revealed that a prototype group of Avengers had been formed in 1958 to rescue abducted President Eisenhower from supervillain Yellow Claw. They disbanded upon completing their mission but the issue discussed what would have happened had they continued their activities. They were revealed in Avengers Forever to be a parallel world version of the Avengers. It was later revealed that a version of this team, minus 3-D Man and Jann, did exist in the mainstream Marvel Universe and remained together for several months. They reformed in the present day in the Agents of Atlas series.

Guardians of the Galaxy

A group of superheroes from the 31st century, the Guardians of the Galaxy time traveled to the 20th century in vol. 1 #168 (February 1978) and served as honorary members during the Korvac saga.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Venus		What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
Marvel Boy	Robert Grayson	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
Gorilla-Man	Kenneth Hale	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
Human Robot	M-11	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
3-D Man	Chuck and Hal Chandler	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
Jimmy Woo	James Woo	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Government liaison; formerly of the FBI; currently an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Namora	Aquaria Nautica Neptunia	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Associate member.
Jann of the Jungle	Jane Hastings	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Associate member.

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The Great Lakes Initiative

A group of second-string heroes who independently formed their own branch of Avengers, as Great Lake Avengers, in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #46 (July 1989). Later known as the Lightning Rods, then switched their name back. In the GLA Misassembled mini-series by writer Dan Slott, the team were contacted by the Maria Stark Foundation and forced to change their name. They chose the Great Lakes X-Men. In The Thing #8, also by Dan Slott, they changed their name again to the Great Lakes Champions. Despite being led for a time by Hawkeye, the group had no formal connection to the Avengers.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Yondu	Yondu Udonta	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Charlie-27		Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Nikki	Nicholette Gold	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Starhawk	Stakar	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Aleta Ogord	Aleta Ogord	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary membership.
Vance Astro	Vance Astrovik	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	A younger, alternate version of him also later joined as the superhero Justice (AKA Marvel Boy). Honorary membership.

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Young Avengers

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Big Bertha	Ashley Crawford	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)
Dinah Soar		West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Killed in GLA #1 (April 2005)
Doorman	DeMarr Davis	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Killed and resurrected by Oblivion as the second Deathurge in GLA #4
Flatman	Val Ventura	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)
Mr. Immortal	Craig Hollis	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)
Leather Boy	Gene Lorrene	GLA #1 (April 2005)	Founding member, shown in flashback in GLA #1; left very shortly thereafter
Squirrel Girl	Dorreen Green	GLA #2 (May 2005)
Monkey Joe		GLA #2 (May 2005)	Killed in GLA #3 (June 2005)
Grasshopper	Doug Taggert	GLA #2 (May 2005)	Killed in GLA #2.
Grasshopper II	Neil Shelton	GLX-mas Special #1 (December 2005)	Killed in GLX-mas Special #1.
Grasshopper III	unknown	Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular #1 (September 2007)	Killed in Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular #1.
Tippy-Toe		GLA #4 (July 2005)
Deadpool	Wade Winston Wilson	Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular #1 (September 2007)	Reserve member. Kicked out by end of the issue.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Lad	Nathaniel Richards	Young Avengers #1	Founder; left team to become Kang
Hulkling	Teddy Altman	Young Avengers #1	Founder
Patriot	Elijah "Eli" Bradley	Young Avengers #1	Founder
Wiccan(formerly Asgardian)	Billy Kaplan	Young Avengers #1	Founder
Stature	Cassandra Lang
Hawkeye	Kate Bishop
Speed	Thomas Shepherd	Young Avengers #12
Vision

New Avengers Membership

Founding Members

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	New Avengers vol. 1 #3 (March 2005)	founder of original Avengers Organization; Current member of the Mighty Avengers and director of SHIELD.
Captain America a.k.a. Nomad, The Captain	Steven Rogers	New Avengers vol. 1 #3 (March, 2005)	mainstay/core member of original Avengers organization; Killed by a brainwashed Sharon Carter in Captain America vol. 5 #25.
Luke Cage	Carl Lucas (birth name) Luke Cage (legal name)	New Avengers vol. 1 #3 (March, 2005)	Married Jessica Jones (formerly Jewel and Knightress) in New Avengers Annual #1 (2006); current leader of the New Avengers.
Spider-Woman	Jessica Drew	New Avengers #3 (March, 2005)	Joined the Mighty Avengers team.
Spider-Man	Peter Benjamin Parker	New Avengers #3 (March, 2005)	Current member of New Avengers.

Early Recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Wolverine	James "Logan" Howlett	New Avengers #6 (June, 2005)	Maintains simultaneous membership in the New Avengers and the X-Men.
Sentry	Robert Reynolds	New Avengers #10 (October, 2005)	Current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Echo a.k.a. Ronin	Maya Lopez	New Avengers #11 (November, 2005) (as Ronin)	Active as Ronin in New Avengers #11 (2005); active as Echo in New Avengers #27 (2007).

Post-Civil War recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Doctor Strange	Stephen Strange	New Avengers #27 (February 2007)	Left the team after his near defeat by the Hood in New Avengers Annual #2
Iron Fist	Daniel Rand	New Avengers #27 (February 2007)	Current member
Ronin a.k.a. Hawkeye & Goliath	Clinton Francis Barton	New Avengers vol 1. #27	Appears with New Avengers as Ronin in New Avengers #27, joins team via flashback in New Avengers #30.

Mighty Avengers Membership

Founding Members

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1	Current member of the Mighty Avengers and director of SHIELD.
Ms. Marvel	Carol Susan Jane Danvers	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1	Current leader of the Mighty Avengers
Wonder Man	Simon Williams	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1
Wasp	Janet van Dyne (a.k.a. Janet Pym)	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1
Black Widow	Natalia Alianovna Romanova (a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff)	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1
Sentry	Robert Reynolds	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1
Ares	Ares	Might Avengers vol. 1 #1

Recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Spider-Woman	Jessica Drew	Might Avengers Vol. 1 #7 (March, 2005)

Ultimates

The Ultimates are the alternative Marvel universe, Ultimate Marvel equalivant to the Avengers.

Founding Members

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Thor	Thor Odinson a.k.a. Thorlief Golmen	The Ultimates vol.1 No.6	After the Liberator's assault, rejoined the team.
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	The Ultimates vol.1 No.2
Giant-Man	Dr. Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym	The Ultimates vol.1 No.2	expelled
Wasp	Janet Pym	The Ultimates vol.1 No.2	Once married to Dr. Henry Pym. Currently leads the team.
Captain America	Steven Rogers	The Ultimates vol.1 No.3	Original leader, relinquished leadership to the Wasp.

Shadow Team

Shadow team was transfer to Ultimates and left SHIELD employment with the main team.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Hawkeye	Clinton Francis Barton	The Ultimates vol.1 #4
The Black Widow	Natasha Romanova	The Ultimates vol.1 #7	Betrayed the team; deceased
Quicksilver	Pitero Lensherr	The Ultimates vol.1 #7
Scarlet Witch	Wanda Lensherr	The Ultimates vol.1 #7	Was recently killed by an unknown assailant.

Reserves

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
unknown	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	armored member with bluish gray armor
Rocketmen (3)	unknown unknown Dexter	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1
Giant-Men (5)	unknown	The Ultimates" Vol.1 Annual 1	In issue #9 of Ultimates 2, all the giant-men were seemingly killed by the Liberators' foot soldiers. Seven more were awaiting approval for active duty; status unknown
Reserve Captain America	Lieberman	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	replacement Captain America. deceased Annual 1
Thunderbolt	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	working on powers
Intangi-Girl	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	working on powers
unknown	Owen	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	working on powers
unknown	Rusk	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	working on powers
unknown	O'Donahue	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1	working on powers
Four Seasons sub group
Summer	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1
Winter	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1
Fall	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1
Spring	unknown	The Ultimates Vol.1 Annual 1

Later Recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Black Panther	The Ultimates" Vol.3 No. 1
Valkryie	The Ultimates" Vol.3 No. 1

Marvel Adventures

An alternative universe team of Avengers in the Marvel Adventures line of comics.

Founding members

All of these members helped form the team in Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Captain America	Steven Rogers	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
The Hulk	Dr. Robert Bruce Banner	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
Iron Man	Anthony Stark	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
Spider-Man	Peter Benjamin Parker	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
Storm	Ororo Munroe	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
Giant Girl	Janet van Dyne	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)
Wolverine	James "Logan" Howlett	Marvel Adventures: Avengers vol 1 #1 (July 2006)

See also

• Force Works
• The Ultimates
• West Coast Avengers/Avengers West Coast

Bibliography

• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004 (Marvel Comics) (2004)
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2005 (Marvel Comics) (2005)