The Avengers (Comic Book): Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Ultimates]]'': The [[Ultimate Universe]] counterpart, darker and edgier alternate universe version, of the Avengers. This version draws many comparison to [[The Authority]], with taking a "widescreen" action approach along with attempts to take a look at how such actions would come across in a closer to real world setting. After a line wide relaunch it split into two different teams: Ultimate Avengers and [[The Ultimates]], but another relaunch has since reunited under the Ultimates banner again.

A big-budget [[The Avengers (Film)|Avengers film]] was released April 26, 2012, using a mixture of the [[Marvel Universe|616]] Avengers and their [[The Ultimates|Ultimate universe counterparts.]] With [[Joss Whedon (Creator)|Joss Whedon]] as writer/director, the roster consists of: [[Iron Man (Comic Book)|Iron Man]] ([[Robert Downey Jr]]), [[Captain America]] ([[Chris Evans]]), [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] (Chris Hemsworth), [[Black Widow (Comic Book)|Black Widow]] ([[Scarlett Johansson]]), [[Nick Fury]] ([[Samuel L Jackson]]) and his assistant Maria Hill ([[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|Cobie Smulders]]), [[Hawkeye]] (Jeremy Renner), and [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]] (Mark Ruffalo). The main antagonist was Loki ([[Tom Hiddleston]]), previously introduced in the 2011 ''Thor'' movie.

Not to be confused with the British [[Spy Couple]] series ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]''.

** Count Nefaria copied the powers of Power Man, the Living Laser, and Whirlwind; the combination turned him into an evil [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Superman (Franchise)|Superman]].

** Wolverine got this, getting the powers of the whole new Avengers and the two Supreme Sorcerers ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|And Hellfire]]) to fight [[Eldritch Abomination|Agamotto]]

** They have also fought dozens of villains with animal-based themes: Scorpion, Rhino, Porcupine, Armadillo, Dr. Octopus, Cobra, the Serpent Society, the Unicorn, the Gryphon, etc.

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: [[The Ultimates]] is a version of the team that is tilted heavily towards a [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynical viewpoint]].

** Alternatively, pretty much every other [[Brian Bendis]]-written Avengers story, due to his refusal to acknowledge any other story another writer does. Even Bendis can't be bothered to keep his continuity straight, having the Mighty Avengers team running around in the pages of New Avengers even though their first arc makes it impossible for them to be running around in the pages of the New Avengers.

* [[Cool Plane]]: The Quinjet.

* [[Deadly Training Area]]

* [[Defector From Commie Land]]: The Black Widow

* [[Disability Immunity]]: Hawkeye used a sonic arrow to make himself almost completely deaf but immune to sonic mind control.

* [[Distress Ball]]: Scarlet Witch and Wasp used to be held prisoner a lot in the 1960s. Most recently, Hawkeye being captured by Norman Osborn was a major plot point during Dark Reign.

* [[Distress Call]]: How the group first formed.

* [[Earth Shattering Poster]]

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In ''Avengers: The Initiative,'' Hardball defects to the terrorist group Hydra; also, [[The Sentry]] deciding to join up with [[Norman Osborn]]'s [[Dark Avengers]].

** [[The Hero]]: Iron Man

** [[The Lancer]]: Thor

* [[Flying Brick]]: Thor, Iron Man, Wonder Man, Ms. Marvel, [[Sub-Mariner|Namor]], The Sentry.

* [[Fog Feet]]: Veil from ''[[Avengers Academy]]''.

* [[The Good Captain]]: Captain America, Captain Marvel, Captain Britain.

* [[Gravity Master]]: Graviton, one of the Avengers most formidable foes, has the ability to create and manipulate fields of gravitational force.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] -> [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Cap and Iron Man, the transition following ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''. Tony even voices his concern about working with Steve when the Avengers reform, following the Siege of Asgard, but he relents when he learns that it won't be Steve who will coordinate the team, but his ''Civil War''-time [[The Lancer|Lancer]] Maria Hill.

** Hawkeye and Hank Pym, [[Fan Discontinuity|ignoring Chuck Austen's attempts to derail the duo]].

* [[I Have Many Names]]: Hank Pym, aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, Wasp, and now Giant-Man again.

* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Komodo.

** The Human Torch is the ''only'' member of the Fantastic Four never to have been a member of the Avengers (his namesake was a member on the West Coast team). Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman even served together.

** Longtime solo player Daredevil has recently joined the New Avengers. Out of the well-known heroes who don't fit the previous categories (remembering that [[Deadpool]] is more closely associated to the X-Men, being an X-Force member and all), only [[The Punisher (Comic Book)|The Punisher]] remains unaffiliated, but considering it's [[Knight Templar|the Punisher]] we're talking about...

* [[Master Swordsman]]: The Swordsman

* [[The Mole]]: Evil, shapeshifting Skrulls impersonated scads of heroes during the ''Secret Invasion'' storyline - and even before!

** And Norman Osborn as the Director of S.H.I.-- er, H.A.M.M.E.R.

* [[Monster Modesty]]: [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Thing]], [[Alpha Flight|Marina]], [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]], and [[X-Men|Beast]] were all members at one point or another.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: [[Never Live It Down/Comic Books|Pym hit his wife]]... only once, while [[Freak Out|Freaking Out]] and doing far worse, but that's what everybody remembers.

{{quote| '''Norman Osborn:''' Still smacking around women?<br />

** Henry Pym has: discovered Pym Particles, sub-atomic particles which can cause anything to shrink or grow (with an attendant increase in mass); created devices which allows communication with insects; and invented a device which converts thoughts into radio waves for transmission. Any of these scientific achievements would change the world. Pym uses them to pursue his passion of being a costumed adventurer. Talk about useless...

* [[Ret Gone]]: The 1950s team of Avengers, shown to have been wiped out when Immortus destroyed their timeline in ''Avengers Forever''. They were later "resurrected" in 616 canon as the [[Agents of Atlas (Comic Book)|Agents of Atlas]].

** Jim Hammond, aka [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|the Golden Age]] Human Torch, was a member of the [[West Coast Team]] for a short time.

* [[Robotic Spouse]]: The Vision, who happens to be a "[[Ridiculously Human Robots|synthezoid]]", married the Scarlet Witch.

** And despite being a female superhero with so many costumes, the vast majority are ''not'' [[Stripperiffic]].

** How many are actually ''different'' costumes, and how many are just drawing/coloring continuity errors is questionable, but still, ''[http://img686.imageshack.us/g/waspscostumes8125652802.png/ Damn.]''

* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow. {{spoiler|After receiving crippling injuries, she was made into the new Super-Adaptoid.}}

* [[West Coast Team]]: West Coast Avengers; co-[[Trope Namer]] with the ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''' "Titans West".

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Scarlet Witch and Iron Man. The former from having merged with an alien power source which was taking orders from [[Doctor Doom]] and the later, when he was appointed by the US Government to oversee forced registration of the super-hero community, which led Tony to do crazy morally unethical and downright illegal crap.

** Sentry, full stop.