List of Avengers members
The Avengers are a series of fictional superhero teams, that have starred in the Avengers and related comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Over the years, the teams have featured a rotating lineup composed of a large number of characters.
Original Organization (1963–2004)
Founders
All of these members helped form the team in The Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1963).
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Iron Man | Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark | Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1963) | Former leader and founder of original roster. Joined West Coast Branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #1 (1984). Expelled for Armor War (1987).[1] Current member of the main Avengers team.[2] |
Thor | Thor Odinson (a.k.a. Dr. Donald Blake, Sigurd Jarlson, Jake Olsen) |
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Ant-Man a.k.a. Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, The Wasp |
Dr. Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym | Became Giant-Man in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963), Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #28 (1966), and Yellowjacket in Avengers vol. 1 #59 (1969). Expelled as Yellowjacket in Avengers vol. 1 #213 (1981).[3] Joined West Coast Branch as Doctor Pym in West Coast Avengers #21 (1988). Became The Wasp in Mighty Avengers #21 (March 2009). He is one of only two members, the other being Kelsey Leigh (Captain Britain), who have Avengers status in both their civilian and superhero guises. Currently the head of the Avengers Academy and member of the Secret Avengers. | |
The Wasp | Janet van Dyne (a.k.a. Janet Pym) |
Active with West Coast team in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #32 (1988). Died in Secret Invasion #8 (2008). | |
Hulk | Dr. Bruce Banner | Resigned from the team in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963). |
1960s recruits
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Captain America a.k.a. Nomad, The Captain, Commander Rogers |
Steve Rogers | Avengers vol. 1 #4 (March 1964) | Was given retroactive "founding member" status in place of the Hulk. Active as The Captain in Avengers vol. 1 #300 (1989).[4] Current leader of the main Avengers team. |
Hawkeye a.k.a. Goliath, Ronin |
Clinton Francis Barton | Avengers vol. 1 #16 (May 1965) | First active as Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #63. Founding West Coast chair, Avengers vol. 1 #243. Joined the New Avengers as Ronin in New Avengers #27 (2007). Current member of the main Avengers team,[5] and leader of the Secret Avengers. |
Quicksilver | Pietro Django Maximoff (a.k.a. Pietro Frank) |
Joined West Coast branch in Avengers West Coast #56. Joined the Mighty Avengers in Mighty Avengers #24. Currently a teacher at the Avengers Academy. | |
Scarlet Witch | Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. Wanda Frank) |
Joined West Coast branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37. Disappeared and apparently de-powered at the end of House of M. Has since re-emerged fully powered in Avengers Children's Crusade. Rejoined team in Avengers vs X-Men #7. | |
Swordsman | Jacques Duquesne | Avengers vol. 1 #20 (September 1965) | Expelled in Avengers vol. 1 #20 (September 1965).[6] Readmitted in Avengers vol. 1 #114 (August 1973). Killed in Giant Size Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1974). Returned to life in Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1 (January 2011). |
Hercules | Heracles (alias Harry Cleese) |
Avengers vol. 1 #45 (October 1967) | |
Black Panther | T'Challa (a.k.a. Luke Charles) |
Avengers vol. 1 #52 (May 1968) | |
Vision | Victor Shade (alias) | Avengers vol. 1 #58 (November 1968) | Joined West Coast branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37. Destroyed in Avengers #500 (September 2004). Rebuilt in Avengers vol. 4 #19. Current member of the main Avengers team. |
Black Knight | Dane Whitman | Avengers vol. 1 #71 (December 1969) |
1970s recruits
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Black Widow | Natalia Alianovna Romanova (a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff) |
Avengers vol. 1 #111 (May 1973) | Current member of the Secret Avengers. |
Mantis | Mandy Celestine (alias) | Giant-Size Avengers #4 (1975) | |
Beast | Dr. Henry Phillip "Hank" McCoy | Avengers vol. 1 #151 (September 1976) |
Originally given probationary status in Avengers vol. 1 #137 (July 1975).[4][7] Current member of the Secret Avengers. |
Moondragon | Heather Douglas (a.k.a. H.D. Steckley) |
Originally given probationary status in Avengers vol. 1 #137 (July 1975).[4][7][8][9] | |
Hellcat | Patricia "Patsy" Walker | Originally given probationary status in Avengers vol. 1 #148 (February 1976).[4][7][8][9][10] | |
Two-Gun Kid | Matthew J. "Matt" Hawk | Avengers vol. 1 #174 (August 1978) | Time traveler from the 19th century; joined as a reserve member.[4][7][10] Originally given honorary status in Avengers vol. 1 #147 (May 1976).[8][11] |
Wonder Man |
Simon Williams | Avengers vol. 1 #182 (April 1979) | Originally given probationary status in Avengers vol. 1 #158 (April 1977).[4] Founding West Coast Member. |
Ms. Marvel a.k.a. Binary, Warbird |
Carol Susan Jane Danvers | Avengers vol. 1 #183 (May 1979) | Active as Warbird in Avengers vol. 3 #4 (1998).[4] Current member of the New Avengers. |
Falcon | Samuel "Snap" Thomas Wilson | Avengers vol. 1 #184 (June 1979) |
1980s recruits
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Tigra a.k.a. The Cat |
Greer Grant Nelson | Avengers vol. 1 #211 (September 1981) | Founding West Coast member. Currently a teacher at the Avengers Academy. |
She-Hulk | Jennifer Walters | Avengers vol. 1 #221 (July 1982) | |
Captain Marvel a.k.a. Photon, Pulsar |
Monica Rambeau | Avengers vol. 1 #231 (May 1983) | Originally made a member-in-training in Avengers vol. 1 #227 (January 1983). Active as Photon in Avengers Unplugged #5 (1996).[4] |
Starfox | Eros | Avengers vol. 1 #243 (May 1984) | Originally made a member-in-training in Avengers vol. 1 #232 (June 1983).[4][12] |
Namor | Namor McKenzie | Avengers vol. 1 #262 (December 1985) | Currently a member of the X-Men. |
Doctor Druid | Dr. Anthony Ludgate Druid | Avengers vol. 1 #278 (April 1987) | Killed in Druid #4 (August 1995). |
West Coast Avengers recruits (1984–1987)
Avengers members recruited by Hawkeye as the West Coast Avengers chair.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Mockingbird | Barbara Barton (née Morse) |
West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1984) |
Founding West Coast member. Current member of the New Avengers. |
War Machine a.k.a. Iron Man II |
James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes | Founding West Coast member (as Iron Man). Rejoined as War Machine in Avengers West Coast #94 (May 1993).[4] Current member of the Secret Avengers. | |
Thing | Benjamin Jacob Grimm | West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #9 (June 1986) |
Accepted membership after assisting West Coast team, but left before official vote was taken.[4][8][9][10][13][14] Current member of the New Avengers, while maintaining concurrent membership in the Fantastic Four. |
Moon Knight | Marc Spector (a.k.a. Steven Grant, Jake Lockley) |
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #21 (June 1987) |
Gained full membership in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #33.[4][8][15] |
Firebird a.k.a. Espirita |
Bonita Juárez | West Coast Avengers Annual #2 (1987) |
Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.[4][8][9][10] |
Post-Inferno recruits (1989–1990)
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Demolition Man a.k.a. D-Man |
Dennis Dunphy | Captain America vol. 1 #349 (January 1989) |
Recruited by The Captain for East Coast team, but presumed killed before official vote was taken.[4][10][16][17][18][19][20] |
Forgotten One | Gilgamesh | Avengers vol. 1 #300 (February 1989) | Presumed killed in Avengers vol. 1 #391 (October 1995). Returned in Eternals (vol. 4) #3 (October 2008). |
Mister Fantastic | Prof. Reed Richards | ||
Invisible Woman | Susan Richards (née Storm) | ||
U.S. Agent a.k.a. Super-Patriot, Captain America |
John Frank Walker, Jack Daniels (alias) |
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #44 (May 1989) |
Appointed to West Coast team by government. Left during UN Charter,[21] and later gained official membership.[22] |
Quasar | Wendell Elvis Vaughn | Avengers vol. 1 #305 (July 1989) | Originally given probationary status in Avengers Annual #18 (1989).[4][8][9] |
Human Torch | Jim Hammond (alias) | Avengers West Coast #50 (November 1989) |
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Sersi | Circe (a.k.a. Sylvia Sersi) |
Avengers vol. 1 #314 (February 1990) | |
Stingray | Walter Newell | Avengers vol. 1 #319 (July 1990) | Given reserve status as caretaker of Avengers Island.[4][8][10] |
UN Charter recruits (1991–1992)
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Spider-Man | Peter Benjamin Parker | Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) | Joined as a reserve member.[4][8] Current member of the New Avengers, while serving concurrently as a member of the Future Foundation. |
Sandman | William Baker (a.k.a. Flint Marko) |
Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) (Reserve Substitutes) |
Never gained full membership.[4][8] Resigned in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #4 (1999). Current member of the Sinister Six. |
Rage | Elvin Daryl Haliday | Never gained full membership.[4] Was discovered to be still in his adolescence in Avengers vol. 1 #341 (November 1991) and was demoted to trainee status. Status revoked in New Warriors vol. 1 #26.[8][10][23][24] | |
Machine Man a.k.a. X-51 |
Aaron Stack (alias) | Avengers West Coast #69 (April 1991) | Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.[25] Active in Avengers West Coast #83 (June 1992). Removed from roster in X-51 #4 (1999).[4][8] |
Living Lightning | Miguel Santos | Avengers West Coast #74 (September 1991) |
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Spider-Woman a.k.a. Arachne, Madame Web II |
Julia Carpenter | ||
Crystal | Crystal Amaquelin Maximoff | Avengers vol. 1 #343 (January 1992) | Originally given probationary status in Avengers vol. 1 #336 (August 1991).[4] |
Thunderstrike a.k.a. Thor II |
Eric Kevin Masterson | Active as Thunderstrike in Avengers vol. 1 #374.[4] Killed in Thunderstrike #24 (September 1995). | |
Darkhawk | Christopher Powell | Avengers West Coast #94 (May 1993) | Joined as a reserve member.[4][8] |
Post-Heroes Return recruits (1998–2004)
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Justice a.k.a. Marvel Boy |
Vance Astrovik | Avengers vol. 3 #4 (May 1998) | Joined as a reserve member. Promoted to full status in Avengers vol. 3 #7 (1998). Formerly a teacher at the Avengers Academy. |
Firestar | Angelica Jones | Joined as a reserve member. Promoted to full status in Avengers vol. 3 #7 (1998). Retired in Civil War: Front Line #2. Later served as a member of the Young Allies. Currently active as a heroine again. | |
Triathlon a.k.a. 3-D Man |
Delroy Garrett | Avengers vol. 3 #27 (April 2000) | Currently active as 3-D Man in the Agents of Atlas. |
Silverclaw | Maria de Guadalupe Santiago | Avengers vol. 3 #30 (July 2000) | Joined as a reserve member. Active in Avengers vol. 3 #43-55. |
Jack of Hearts | Jack Hart | Avengers vol. 3 #38 (March 2001) | Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 3 #43 (August 2001). Died in Avengers vol. 3 #76 (February 2004). Apparently revived in Marvel Zombies Supreme #2 (2011). |
Ant-Man | Scott Edward Harris Lang | Avengers vol. 3 #57 (October 2002) | Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 3 #62 (February 2003). Seemingly killed by a zombie Jack of Hearts under influence of the Scarlet Witch in Avengers #500 (September 2004). Rescued moments before his apparent death by the Young Avengers and brought several years into the future by the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #5 (June 2011). |
Captain Britain a.k.a. Lionheart |
Kelsey Leigh Shorr | Avengers vol. 3 #81 (June 2004) | Made an honorary member as Kelsey Leigh, and a full member as Captain Britain. She is one of only two members, the other being Henry Pym, who have Avengers status in both their civilian and superhero guises. |
New Avengers recruits (2005)
The New Avengers were formed due to a mass break-out at the super villain prison The Raft.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Luke Cage a.k.a. Power Man |
Carl Lucas (birth name) Lucas Cage (legal name) |
New Avengers (vol.1) #1 (January 2005) |
Current leader of the New Avengers and the Thunderbolts. |
Wolverine | James "Logan" Howlett | New Avengers (vol.1) #6 (June 2005) |
Current member of the New Avengers team. Maintains simultaneous membership in the New Avengers, X-Men, and X-Force. |
Sentry | Robert Reynolds | New Avengers (vol.1) #10 (October 2005) |
Became a member of the Mighty Avengers after the Civil War and the Dark Avengers during Dark Reign. Went rogue in Siege #3 before being killed in Siege #4. |
Echo a.k.a. Ronin |
Maya Lopez | New Avengers (vol.1) #11 (November 2005) (as Ronin) |
Joined as Ronin in New Avengers #11 (2005); active as Echo in New Avengers #27 (2007), was seen again in New Avengers (Vol 2) #7 (2010). |
Post-Civil War recruits (2007–2009)
The New Avengers became a splinter group that chose not to comply with federal superhuman registration, as opposed to the government-sanctioned team presented in Mighty Avengers.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Ares | Ares (a.k.a. John Aaron) |
Mighty Avengers #1 (May 2007) |
Became member of the Dark Avengers. Killed in Siege #2. |
Amadeus Cho | Amadeus Cho | Mighty Avengers #21 (March 2009) |
Helped assemble a new Mighty Avengers team after the beginning of Dark Reign.[26] Has taken the place of Hercules as the Prince of Power. |
Jocasta | Jocasta | Jocasta was previously granted provisional status in Avengers vol. 1 #197. She left the team before she was to be offered substitute status with the team, in Avengers vol. 1 #211.[4][8][27][28] | |
Stature | Cassandra Lang | Mighty Avengers #22 (April 2009) |
Killed in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #8. |
Vision | Jonas (alias) | Killed in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #9. |
Heroic Age recruits (2010–2011)
Characters who have officially joined the Avengers after the events of Dark Reign and Siege.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Captain America | James Buchanan Barnes | Originally joined the New Avengers in New Avengers (vol.1) #48 (January 2009).[26] Apparently died in Fear Itself #3, but was recently revealed to be alive and re-assuming his identity as the Winter Soldier. | |
Spider-Woman | Jessica Mirriam Drew | Originally joined the New Avengers in New Avengers (vol.1) #48 (January 2009).[26] Current member of the main Avengers team.[29] | |
Valkyrie | Brunnhilde | Current member of the Secret Avengers.[30][31] | |
Ant-Man | Eric O'Grady | Current member of the Secret Avengers. | |
Sharon Carter a.k.a. Agent 13 |
Sharon Carter | ||
Nova | Richard Rider | Left the Secret Avengers,[32] to participate in The Thanos Imperative. Presumed killed in The Thanos Imperative #6 | |
Iron Fist | Daniel Thomas Rand-Kai | Originally joined in New Avengers vol. 1 #27 (February 2007). Current member of the New Avengers. | |
Power Woman a.k.a. Jewel |
Jessica Campbell Jones | Originally joined as Jewel in New Avengers Annual #3 (December 2009).[26] Left the team in New Avengers (vol. 2) #24. | |
Protector | Noh-Varr | Left the main team in Avengers vol. 4 #27 | |
Doctor Strange | Stephen Vincent Strange | Originally joined in New Avengers vol. 1 #27 (February 2007). Current member of the New Avengers. | |
Red Hulk | Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross | Current member of the main Avengers team. |
Fear Itself recruits (2011)
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Daredevil | Matthew "Matt" Murdock | Current member of the New Avengers. |
Shattered Heroes recruits (2011–present)
After the Fear Itself event, the lineup of the Avengers teams was shifted by Captain America during the Shattered Heroes storyline.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Storm | Ororo Iqadi T'Challa (née Munroe) | (November 2011) |
Left the team in New Avengers (vol. 2) #24. |
Quake | Daisy Johnson | Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and former member of the Secret Warriors. Current member of the main Avengers team. | |
Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | (January 2012) |
Asked by Steve Rogers to join the Avengers in Age of Heroes #1. Current member of the Secret Avengers. |
Venom | Eugene "Flash" Thompson | Current member of the Secret Avengers. |
Honorary
Heroes that have been granted honorary status during their lifetime or posthumously for acts of great courage and/or sacrifice.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Rick Jones | Richard Milhouse Jones | Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1963) | |
Captain Marvel | Mar-Vell (a.k.a. Walter Lawson) |
Avengers vol. 1 #86 (March 1971) (by affiliation only) |
Posthumously awarded honorary membership.[33] |
Whizzer | Robert L. Frank Sr. | Avengers vol. 1 #173 (July 1978) | Died in Vision and Scarlet Witch #2 (December 1982). |
Moira Brandon | Moira Brandon | Avengers West Coast vol. 2 #100 (November 1993) | Honorary founding member of the West Coast Team. Status given in flashback taking place before West Coast Avengers vol. 1. |
Shroud | Maximilian Quincy Coleridge | Avengers West Coast vol. 1 #1 (November 1993) | Honorary founding member of the West Coast Team. Status confirmed in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.[citation needed] |
Marrina | Marrina Smallwood | Avengers vol. 1 #282 (August 1987) | Wife of Namor; honorary member while he served on the team.[4][12][15] Revived during the Chaos War (January 2011). |
Yellowjacket | Rita DeMara | Avengers Annual #17 (1988) | Made honorary member after assisting an East Coast reserve team.[4][8][11][28] Killed by Iron Man (Stark) in Avengers: The Crossing (September 1995). Returned to life in Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1 (January 2011). |
Swordsman | Phillip Jarvert | Avengers vol. 1 #357 (December 1992) | Alternative universe Avenger & Gatherer |
Magdalene | Marissa Darrow | Avengers vol. 1 #363 (June 1993) | |
Deathcry a.k.a. Lifecry |
Sharra Neramani | Avengers vol. 1 #364 (July 1993) (as a probationary member) |
Never gained full membership. Given honorary status in Avengers vol. 1 #399 (June 1996).[4] Killed in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord #2 (August 2007). Restored to life in Chaos War: Dead Avengers #5 |
Masque | Guillietta Nefaria (birth name), Whitney Frost (legal name) | Avengers vol. 1 #397 (April 1996) | A clone of Madame Masque.[11] Killed in Avengers vol. 3 #34 (November 2000). |
Iron Man | Anthony Edward Stark | Avengers: Timeslide (1996) | An alternate adolescent version of the original from reality 96020. Replaced him for a time and then merged with the original Stark. |
Doctor Voodoo | Jericho Drumm | New Avengers vol. 1 #53 (July 2009) | Killed in New Avengers vol. 2 #6 (January 2011).[34] |
Flux | Dennis Sykes | One Month To Live #5 (September 2010). | Died in One Month To Live #5 (September 2010).[34] |
Prince of Orphans | John Aman | Secret Avengers #6 (October 2010) | Turned to villainy to oppose the Defenders in The Defenders vol. 3 #6 (July 2012).[34] |
Shang-Chi | Shang-Chi | Secret Avengers #10 (February 2011) | Left after believing he had adequately repaid the favor he owed Steve Rogers in Secret Avengers vol. 1 #18 (December 2011).[34] |
Skaar | Skaar | New Avengers vol. 2 #23 (March 2012) | Infiltrated Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers for Steve Rogers, left to join the Thunderbolts.[34] |
Guardians of the Galaxy (1978)
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.[4][8]
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Yondu | Yondu Udonta | Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978) |
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Martinex | Martinex T'Naga | ||
Charlie-27 | |||
Nikki | Nicholette Gold | ||
Starhawk | Stakar Ogord | ||
Aleta Ogord | Aleta Ogord | ||
Vance Astro | Vance Astrovik | A younger, alternate version of him also later joined as the superhero Justice (a.k.a. Marvel Boy, see above: Post-Heroes Return recruits, 1998). |
Young Avengers
A group of teenage heroes modeled after the Avengers, the surviving Young Avengers were awarded honorary membership following the "Children's Crusade" storyline.
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Hawkeye | Kate Bishop | Avengers: The Children's Crusade #9 (May 2012) |
Awarded honorary membership by Captain America.[34] |
Hulkling | Dorrek VIII | ||
Speed | Thomas Shepherd | ||
Wiccan | William Kaplan |
Infiltrators
Character | Real name | Joined in | Notes |
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Ravonna a.k.a. "Nebula", Terminatrix |
Ravonna Lexus Renslayer | Avengers vol. 1 #291 (May 1988) |
Posing as Nebula at the time, and better known as Terminatrix. Started placing the East Coast division under mind control as of vol. 1 #291 (May 1988). Unofficial leader as of vol. 1 #294 (August 1988). "Officially" joined in vol. 1 #297. Reported MIA minutes later. East Coast division consequently disbanded (November 1988). |
AntiVision | Avengers vol. 1 #360 (March 1993) |
Infiltrated the team as a representative of the Gatherers. He impersonated the Vision, and was seemingly destroyed by Proctor, before being defeated by Vision. | |
Spider-Woman | Veranke (posing as Jessica Drew) |
New Avengers (vol.1) #1 (January 2005) |
Joined the Mighty Avengers (Initiative team) in Mighty Avengers #7 (November 2007). Revealed in New Avengers #42 (August 2008) to have been a Skrull. Killed by Norman Osborn in Secret Invasion #8 (January 2009). |
Scarlet Witch | Loki (posing as Scarlet Witch) |
Mighty Avengers (vol.1) #21 (March 2009) |
Joined and assembled the Mighty Avengers in Mighty Avengers #21 (March 2009). Revealed in Mighty Avengers #29 (November 2009). |
Other teams
Fury's Black Ops Initiative (1959)
As revealed in New Avengers #10 (March 2011).
Character | Real name | Joined in |
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Nick Fury | Nicholas Joseph Fury | New Avengers vol. 2 #10 (March 2011) |
Dum Dum Dugan | Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan | |
Sabretooth | Victor Creed | |
Dominic Fortune | Duvid Jerome T. Fortunov | |
Namora | Aquaria Nautica Neptunia | |
Kraven the Hunter | Sergei Kravinoff | |
Ulysses Bloodstone | Unrevealed | |
Silver Sable | Ernst Sablinova | |
Blonde Phantom | Louise Grant Mason | Avengers 1959 #1 (October 2011) |
Great Lakes Avengers (1989)
A group of heroes independently formed their own branch of Avengers, as Great Lakes Avengers, in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #46 (July 1989), with no official status. Later known as the Lightning Rods (after the Thunderbolts during Heroes Reborn), they eventually switched their name back. In the GLA Misassembled miniseries, the team was contacted by the Maria Stark Foundation and forced to change their name. They chose the Great Lakes X-Men. In The Thing #8, they changed their name again to the Great Lakes Champions. Since the Civil War, the team has been known as the Great Lakes Initiative.
Avengers Resistance (2009)
Justice and other former members of the New Warriors eventually left The Initiative to form Counter Force, with the purpose of ensuring that The Initiative stayed true to their goal of training new and undeveloped superhumans. After Camp Hammond was shut down, Tigra and Gauntlet joined the New Warriors who had left the Initiative, and formed the Avengers Resistance, with the specific purpose of exposing the criminal deeds of Norman Osborn.
Bibliography
See also
- A-Next (List of A-Next members)
- Avengers: The Initiative
- Dark Avengers
- Force Works
- Great Lakes Avengers (List of Great Lakes Avengers members)
- Marvel Adventures: The Avengers
- The Mighty Avengers (List of Mighty Avengers members)
- The New Avengers (List of New Avengers members)
- Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
- The Ultimates (List of Ultimates members)
- Secret Avengers
- West Coast Avengers (List of West Coast Avengers members)
- Young Avengers
- Avengers Academy
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