Young Avengers/Characters

Elijah "Eli" Bradley/Patriot II
""The black Captain America is no myth. He's my grandfather. And I wanted to be just like him. I wanted to carry on his legacy.""


 * Bald Black Leader Guy
 * Captain Patriotic
 * Domino Mask: He starts wearing a red one after ditching the mask.
 * The Hero
 * Legacy Character
 * Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Kate.
 * Super Soldier

Billy Kaplan/Asgardian/Wiccan
""Okay, this completely violates Growing Man continuity.""

""Uh... I might have to ask my mom.""
 * Ascended Fanboy
 * Jewish and Nerdy
 * Mommas Boy: Or pretty attached to his (adoptive) family, at least, as seen when Steve Rogers announces he is one of the heroes necessary to maintain the safety of the world at the start of Heroic Age. His response:
 * Mommas Boy: Or pretty attached to his (adoptive) family, at least, as seen when Steve Rogers announces he is one of the heroes necessary to maintain the safety of the world at the start of Heroic Age. His response:


 * Towards Scarlet Witch as well, as demonstrated by all he goes through in Children's Crusade.
 * Pop Cultured Badass
 * Reality Warper: At his most dangerous.
 * Secret Legacy
 * Shock and Awe
 * The Smart Guy
 * Straight Gay: Eh, he was at first, but he seems to be getting more and more flamboyant every time he shows up.
 * Comparing his first appearances with his latest he's about as manly as Spiderman
 * Squishy Wizard: The most powerful guy on the team -- provided he can get out the words for his spells.
 * Tangled Family Tree: He's one of the sons of Scarlet Witch, reborn into a new biological family. This means he can count Tommy, aka 'Speed' as his twin brother, and Magneto and Quicksilver as his grandfather and uncle, respectively. And don't start on all the people he could conceivably call 'father'...
 * Unfortunate Names: He changed his codename to 'Wiccan' when it was pointed out to him what the media would do with a gay superhero named 'Asgardian.'
 * Unfortunate Names: He changed his codename to 'Wiccan' when it was pointed out to him what the media would do with a gay superhero named 'Asgardian.'

Kate Bishop/"Hawkingbird"/Hawkeye II
""Not bad for a girl with no powers, huh?""


 * Action Girl
 * The Archer
 * Badass Normal
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Cool Shades
 * Crimefighting With Cash
 * Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life
 * Jumped At the Call: She wasn't a part of the Vision's Failsafe Program, nor does she have any actual connection to Avengers history. She saw the team in action and wanted in.
 * The Lancer
 * Legacy Character: Clint tested her during his 'Ronin' phase, and doesn't seem to mind sharing the name now that he's back to being Hawkeye himself.
 * Rape As Backstory: Strongly implied by her origin story in Young Avengers Annual #1, then never brought up again.

Teddy Altman/Hulkling/

 * Ascended Fanboy
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * The Big Guy
 * Gentle Giant: In YA #1, the newspaper's caption for him was "Teen-Hulk was very polite" and showed him comforting small children.
 * Hulking Out: Pointedly averted. Well, unless his boyfriend's in danger.
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Straight Gay
 * Super Strength
 * Tell Me About My Father
 * Tomato in The Mirror: He assumed he was a mutant, only to find out that he's actually a.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * Winged Humanoid
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * Winged Humanoid
 * Winged Humanoid

Cassie Lang/Stature

 * Affirmative Action Legacy
 * Action Girl
 * The Chick
 * Disappeared Dad: Her father, Scott Lang.
 * Domino Mask
 * Hair of Gold
 * Psychoactive Powers: She grows when she gets angry and shrinks when she feels guilty.
 * Sizeshifter
 * Sizeshifter

Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd/Speed

 * Big Brother Instinct: To Wiccan especially, even though they are twins and neither actually knows which one is older, and also to Molly Hayes.
 * Different As Night and Day
 * Exactly What It Says On the Tin: His codename.
 * Secret Legacy
 * Sixth Ranger
 * Super Speed
 * Tangled Family Tree: See above under Wiccan's entry.
 * Token Evil Teammate: Or as Billy describes him, the "team sociopath".