The Avengers (Comic Book): Difference between revisions

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

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: More than a few lineups over the years, but ''especially'' Avengers Academy, teachers and students both.

* [[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]].

* [[Five-Man Band]]: The original lineup:

* [[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.

* [[Name's the Same]]: Jessica. [[Alias (Comic Book)|Jones]] or [[Spider-Woman (Comic Book)|Drew?]]

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

'''Hank Pym:''' [[The Night Gwen Stacy Died (Comic Book)|Still throwing them off bridges?]] }}

** In-universe example, ''everyone'' is suspicious of Spider-Woman, because [[Paranoia Fuel|they think she is still the Skrull Queen - even after Norman Osborn vehemently ''shot her in the face to death'']].

*** [[Memetic Mutation|The queen was a skrull!!!]]

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Hank Pym is an expert in many scientific disciplines. In fact, the depth of his scientific knowledge has earned him the title of "Scientist Supreme" from Eternity, [[Anthropomorphic Personification|the living embodiment]] of the universe's [[Life Energy]].

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Thor.

** Also Richards himself spent a brief time with the team.

** 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...

** 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.

* [[Science Hero]]: Iron Man and Hank Pym are both prone to using their scientific/technological acumen against a threat when brute force proves insufficient.

* [[Sidekick]]: Rick Jones, honorary member and sidekick of The Hulk, Captain America, and Captain Marvel.

* [[Surfer Dude]]: Mettle before his recruitment into the Initiative/Avengers Academy, also making him one of the few ethnically Hawaiian superheroes.

* [[Superhero]]

* [[Tangled Family Tree]]: Ultron. No, seriously. You've got his "father" Hank Pym, Pym's wife Janet, his bride Jocasta based on Janet's brain patterns, his bride Alkhema based on Mockingbird's brain patterns, his "son" Vision, Vision's wife the [[Scarlet Witch]] (and her brother [[Quicksilver]]), Vision's brother-by-way-of-once-being-the-same-guy the original Human Torch, Vision's brother-by-way-of-copied-brain-patterns Wonder Man, Wonder Man's brother the Grim Reaper, and finally Mockingbird and her husband Hawkeye. Ultron actually calls this entire group his family.

** And let's not forget that Vision was later brought back but with the mental imprint of Iron Lad aka Kang the Conqueror and is currently dating Ant Man's daughter.