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|| ''Avengers'' vol. 1 #148 (June 1976)
|| Left in ''Avengers'' vol. 1 #151 to train with Moondragon.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="AV305"/><ref name="official-handbook">All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol. 1. Published by [[Marvel Comics]]. ISBN 978-0785130284</ref><ref name="solo-avengers15">[[Talk:List of Avengers members/Archive1|Solo Avengers 15 (Feb. 1989) Marks Remarks]]</ref><ref name="solo-avengers26">[[Talk:List of Avengers members/Archive1|The Winners of the 1989 Favorite Avengers Poll! ''Solo Avengers'' #26 (December 1989)]]</ref><ref name="solo1">[[Talk:List of Avengers members/Archive1|Mark's Remarks ''Solo Avengers'' #1]]</ref> Sources questioning Hellcat's status.<ref name="index3"/><ref name="wcaa1">[http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=40849 West Coast Avengers Annual #1] (1986). Published by [[Marvel Comics]]</ref>
|| Left in ''Avengers'' vol. 1 #151 to train with Moondragon.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="AV305"/><ref name="official-handbook">All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol. 1. Published by [[Marvel Comics]]. ISBN 978-0785130284</ref> Sources questioning Hellcat's status.<ref name="index3"/><ref name="wcaa1">[http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=40849 West Coast Avengers Annual #1] (1986). Published by [[Marvel Comics]]</ref>
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||''Avengers'' vol. 1 #197 (July 1980)
||''Avengers'' vol. 1 #197 (July 1980)
||Jocasta was a guest of the Avengers. She was to be offered Substitute status with the team<ref name="solo-avengers26"/><ref name="annual17">Avengers Annual #17 (1988). Published by [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> but left before being offered membership.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="wcaa1"/><ref name="index4">Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol. 2 #4 (January 1995). Published by [[Marvel Comics]].</ref>
||Jocasta was a guest of the Avengers. She was to be offered Substitute status with the team,<ref name="annual17">Avengers Annual #17 (1988). Published by [[Marvel Comics]].</ref> but left before being offered membership.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="wcaa1"/><ref name="index4">Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol. 2 #4 (January 1995). Published by [[Marvel Comics]].</ref>
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||Benjamin Jacob Grimm
||Benjamin Jacob Grimm
||''West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2 #9 (June 1986)
||''West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2 #9 (June 1986)
||Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="AV305"/><ref name="official-handbook"/><ref name="solo-avengers26"/><ref>Avengers vol. 3 #1 After being called to a meeting, Reed Richards comments "I know all three of us have served as Avengers..." in reference to himself, the Invisible Woman, and The Thing.</ref> Nominated and accepted, fled before a vote could be taken.<ref name="solo1"/><ref name="wcaa1"/><ref>[[Tom DeFalco]]: "Avengers West Coast". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #24. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref>
||Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="AV305"/><ref name="official-handbook"/><ref>Avengers vol. 3 #1 After being called to a meeting, Reed Richards comments "I know all three of us have served as Avengers..." in reference to himself, the Invisible Woman, and The Thing.</ref> Nominated and accepted, fled before a vote could be taken.<ref name="wcaa1"/><ref>[[Tom DeFalco]]: "Avengers West Coast". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #24. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref>
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||''Captain America'' vol. 1 #349 (January 1989)
||Recruited by The Captain for a future new East Coast team in ''Captain America'' #349.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="official-handbook"/><ref>Captain America vol. 1 #349 (per caption directly follows Avengers Annual 17 (1988). Offered Avengers membership by The Captain, accepts)</ref><ref>Avengers vol.3 #1 (amongst the team when all former members and nonmembers are summoned to battle [[Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)|Morgan le Fay]]) Jarvis comments on the fact that Demolition Man was "made an Avenger by Captain America himself."</ref> Sources questioning D-man's status.<ref name="AVLog"/><ref name="solo-avengers15"/><ref name="solo-avengers26"/><ref>Peter Sanderson (w), Josef Rubinstein (i). "Demolition-Man" The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 3 (2): 24-25 (August 1989), Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>[[Tom DeFalco]]: "Avengers". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), pages #22-23. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref><ref>Daniel Wallace: "Demolition-Man". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #76. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref><ref>{{ Cite comic | writer=? | story=Avengers Membership (Table of Contents) | title=The Avengers | issue=300 | date=February 1989 | page=41–43 | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] }}</ref>
||Recruited by The Captain for a future new East Coast team in ''Captain America'' #349.<ref name="casebook99"/><ref name="official-handbook"/><ref>Captain America vol. 1 #349 (per caption directly follows Avengers Annual 17 (1988). Offered Avengers membership by The Captain, accepts)</ref><ref>Avengers vol.3 #1 (amongst the team when all former members and nonmembers are summoned to battle [[Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)|Morgan le Fay]]) Jarvis comments on the fact that Demolition Man was "made an Avenger by Captain America himself."</ref> Sources questioning D-man's status.<ref name="AVLog"/><ref>Peter Sanderson (w), Josef Rubinstein (i). "Demolition-Man" The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 3 (2): 24-25 (August 1989), Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>[[Tom DeFalco]]: "Avengers". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), pages #22-23. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref><ref>Daniel Wallace: "Demolition-Man". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #76. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6</ref><ref>{{ Cite comic | writer=? | story=Avengers Membership (Table of Contents) | title=The Avengers | issue=300 | date=February 1989 | page=41–43 | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] }}</ref>
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||Gilgamesh<br>a.k.a. [[Forgotten One (comics)|Forgotten One]]

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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.

Promotional art for Avengers (vol. 3) #1. Art by George Pérez.

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
Thor Thor Odinson
(a.k.a. Dr. Donald Blake, Sigurd Jarlson, Jake Olsen) 		Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1963)
Iron Man Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark Joins West Coast Branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #1 (1984). Expelled for Armor War (1987).
Henry Pym
a.k.a. Ant-Man,
Giant-Man,
Goliath,
Yellowjacket,
The Wasp 		Dr. Henry "Hank" Jonathan Pym
Identity Active
Ant-Man Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)
Giant-Man Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963)
Goliath Avengers vol. 1 #28 (1966)
Yellowjacket Avengers vol. 1 #63 (1969)
Doctor Pym
on West Coast team 		West Coast Avengers #21 (1988)

Expelled as Yellowjacket in Avengers vol. 1 #213 (1981).[1] Current member of the Mighty Avengers as The Wasp.

The Wasp Janet van Dyne
(a.k.a. Janet Pym) 		Active with West Coast team in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #42. Died in Secret Invasion #8 (2008).
Hulk Dr. Robert Bruce Banner Resigned in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963).

1960s recruits

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Captain America
a.k.a. Nomad,
The Captain 		Steven Rogers Avengers vol. 1 #4 (March 1964) Active as The Captain in Avengers vol. 1 #300 (1989).
Killed by a brainwashed Sharon Carter in Captain America vol. 5 #25. Revealed to be alive in Captain America: Reborn
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.
Current leader of the New Avengers as Ronin.
Quicksilver Pietro Django Maximoff
(a.k.a. Pietro Frank) 		Current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff
(a.k.a. Wanda Frank) 		Joins West Coast branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37.
Hercules Heracles
(a.k.a. Harry Cleese) 		Avengers vol. 1 #45 (October 1967) Current member of the Mighty Avengers.
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) Joins West Coast branch in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #37. Destroyed in Avengers #500 (September 2004).
Black Knight Dane Whitman Avengers vol. 1 #71 (December 1969)

1970s recruits

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Black Widow Natalia Alianovna Romanova
(a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff) 		Avengers vol. 1 #111 (May 1973) Former member of the Mighty Avengers (Initiative team).
Swordsman Jacques Duquesne Avengers vol. 1 #114 (August 1973) Placed in the team as a mole by the Mandarin in Avengers vol. 1 #20 (September 1965). Killed in Giant Size Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1974).
Beast Dr. Henry Phillip McCoy Avengers vol. 1 #137 (July 1975)
(as a probationary member) 		Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #151.[2][3]
Moondragon Heather Douglas
(a.k.a. H.D. Steckley) 		Avengers vol. 1 #137 (July 1975)
(as a probationary member) 		Accepted reserve membership in Avengers vol. 1 #151, and left to train Hellcat.[2][3][4][5]
Hellcat Patricia "Patsy" Walker Avengers vol. 1 #148 (June 1976) Left in Avengers vol. 1 #151 to train with Moondragon.[2][4][5][6] Sources questioning Hellcat's status.[3][7]
Mantis Mandy Celestine (alias) Giant-Sized Avengers #4 (1975) Killed in Guardians of the Galaxy #19.
Wonder Man
 Simon Williams Avengers vol. 1 #158 (April 1977)
(as a probationary member) 		Originally infiltrated team in Avengers vol. 1 #9 (1964); gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #182.[2]
Founding West Coast Member; former member of the Mighty Avengers (Initiative team).
Two-Gun Kid Matthew Liebowitz (birth name)
Matthew J. Hawk (legal name) 		Avengers vol. 1 #174 (August 1978) Time traveler from the 19th century; joined as a reserve member.[2][3][6] Originally made honorary member in Avengers vol. 1 #142 (August 1975).[4][8] Recently returned to current time line in She-Hulk #4.
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).[2]
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
Jocasta Jocasta Avengers vol. 1 #197 (July 1980) Jocasta was a guest of the Avengers. She was to be offered Substitute status with the team,[9] but left before being offered membership.[2][4][7][10]
Tigra
a.k.a. The Cat 		Greer Grant Nelson Avengers vol. 1 #211 (September 1981) Founding West Coast member.
She-Hulk Jennifer Susan Walters Avengers vol. 1 #221 (July 1982)
Captain Marvel
a.k.a. Photon,
Pulsar 		Monica Rambeau Avengers vol. 1 #227 (January 1983)
(as a member-in-training) 		Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #231 (1983) as Captain Marvel; active as Photon in Avengers Unplugged #5 (1996).[2]
Starfox Eros Avengers vol. 1 #232 (June 1983)
(as a member-in-training) 		Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #243 (1984).[2][11]
Namor Namor McKenzie Avengers vol. 1 #262 (December 1985) Currently member of The X-Men as of Uncanny X-Men #514.
Doctor Druid Dr. Anthony Ludgate Druid Avengers vol. 1 #278 (April 1987) Killed in Druid #4 (August 1995).

West Coast Avengers recruits (1984–1994)

Avengers members recruited by Hawkeye who founded the West Coast Avengers Team (in 1984).

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Mockingbird Barbara Barton
(née Morse) 		West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1984) Founding West Coast member. Replaced by a Skrull before being killed in Avengers West Coast #100. Revealed to be alive in Secret Invasion #8. 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.
Thing Benjamin Jacob Grimm West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #9 (June 1986) Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.[2][4][5][6][12] Nominated and accepted, fled before a vote could be taken.[7][13]
Firebird Bonita Juárez West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #9 (June 1986) Given reserve status after assisting West Coast team.[2][4][5][6] Active in Avengers vol. 3 #38-55.
Moon Knight Marc Spector
(a.k.a. Steven Grant, Jake Lockley) 		West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #33 (June 1988) Resigned in Moon Knight vol. 3 #50 (1993).
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 and later gained official membership. Current member of the Mighty Avengers.
Human Torch Jim Hammond (alias) Avengers West Coast #50 (November 1989) Died in New Invaders #9 (2005).
Machine Man
a.k.a. X-51 		Aaron Stack (alias) Avengers West Coast #69 (April 1991) Gained reserve membership in Avengers West Coast #83 (June 1992); removed from roster in X-51 #4 (1999).[2][4]
Living Lightning Miguel Santos Avengers West Coast #74 (September 1991)
Spider-Woman
a.k.a. Arachne 		Julia Carpenter
Darkhawk Christopher Powell Avengers West Coast #94 (May 1993) Joined as a reserve member.[2][4]

Post-Inferno recruits (1989–1990)

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Demolition Man a.k.a. D-Man Dennis Dunphy Captain America vol. 1 #349 (January 1989) Recruited by The Captain for a future new East Coast team in Captain America #349.[2][6][14][15] Sources questioning D-man's status.[4][16][17][18][19]
Gilgamesh
a.k.a. Forgotten One 		Avengers vol. 1 #300 (February 1989) Presumed killed in Avengers vol. 1 #391 (October 1995). Returned in Eternals.
Mister Fantastic Prof. Reed Richards
Invisible Woman Susan Richards
(née Storm)
Quasar Wendell Elvis Vaughn Avengers Annual #18 (1989) Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #305.[2][5]
Sersi Sersi
(a.k.a. Sylvia Sersi) 		Avengers vol. 1 #314 (February 1990)
Stingray Walter Newell Avengers vol. 1 #319 (July 1990) Given "honorary reserve" status as caretaker of Avengers Island.[2][4][6] Active in Avengers vol. 3 #43-55.

UN Charter recruits (1991–1992)

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Spider-Man Peter Benjamin Parker Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) Joined as a reserve member.[2][4] Current member of the New Avengers.
Sandman William Baker
(a.k.a. Flint Marko) 		Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) (Reserve Substitutes) Never gained full membership.[2][4] Resigned in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #4 (1999)
Rage Elvin Daryl Haliday Never gained full membership.[2] Was discovered to be still in his adolescence in Avengers vol. 1 #341 (November 1991) and was demoted to trainee status due to being underage. Status revoked in New Warriors vol. 1 #26.[4][6][20][21]
Crystal Crystal Amaquelin Maximoff Avengers vol. 1 #336 (August 1991)
(as a probationary member) 		Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #343.[2]
Thor II
a.k.a. Thunderstrike 		Eric Kevin Masterson Avengers vol. 1 #343 (January 1992) (as Thor) Active as Thunderstrike in Avengers vol. 1 #374.[2]
Killed in Thunderstrike #24 (September 1995).

Post-Heroes Return recruits (1998–2004)

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
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).
Firestar Angelica Jones Joined as a reserve member. Promoted to full status in Avengers vol. 3 #7 (1998). Retired in Civil War: Front Line #4.
Triathlon
a.k.a. 3-D Man 		Delroy Garrett Avengers vol. 3 #27 (April 2000)
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).
Ant-Man Scott Edward Harris Lang Avengers vol. 3 #57 (October 2002) Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 3 #62 (February 2003). Killed by a zombified Jack of Hearts under influence of the Scarlet Witch in Avengers #500 (September 2004).
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. With the exception of Henry Pym, she is the only member to have Avengers status in both civilian and superhero guises. Left in Avengers Finale for England. Reappeared in New Excalibur.

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
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 as revealed in The Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe vol. 1 #1.
Whizzer Robert L. Frank Sr. Avengers vol. 1 #173 (July 1978) Died in Vision and Scarlet Witch #2 (December 1982).
Marrina Marrina Smallwood Avengers vol. 1 #286 (1987) wife of Namor; honorary member while he served on the team.[2][4]
Yellowjacket Rita DeMara Avengers Annual #17 (1988) Assisted an East Coast reserve team, made honorary member.[4][8][9] Killed by Iron Man (Stark) in Avengers: The Crossing (September 1995); posthumous grant of status.
Swordsman Phillip Jarvert Avengers vol. 1 #357 (December 1992) Alternative universe Avenger & Gatherer
Magdalene Marissa Darrow (presumed) Avengers vol. 1 #363 (June 1993)
Deathcry unrevealed Avengers vol. 1 #364 (July 1993) Honorary membership status gained in Avengers vol. 1 #399 (1996). Killed in Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord #2 (August 2007).
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 volume 1.
Masque Guillietta Nefaria (birth name), Whitney Frost (legal name) Avengers vol. 1 #397 (1996) A clone of Madame Masque.[8] Killed in Avengers vol. 3 #32 (September 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.

Guardians of the Galaxy (1978)

Main article: Guardians of the Galaxy (Original)

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.[2][4]

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Yondu Yondu Udonta Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)
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).

The Great Lakes Avengers (1989)

Further information: Great Lakes Avengers and List of Great Lakes Avengers members

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.

Infiltrators

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
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, that later defeated him.

New Avengers

Main article: List of New Avengers members

Mighty Avengers

Main article: List of Mighty Avengers members

Dark Avengers

Main article: Dark Avengers

Official group of Avengers set up by Norman Osborn to replace the original Mighty Avengers team.

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Iron Patriot Norman Osborn Dark Avengers #1 (March 2009) Current leader; formerly the Green Goblin.
"Spider-Man"
a.k.a. Venom 		Mac Gargan Current member.
"Ms. Marvel"
a.k.a. Moonstone 		Karla Sofen Current member.
"Hawkeye"
a.k.a. Bullseye 		Lester Current member.
"Wolverine" Daken Current member; James "Logan" Howlett's son.
Captain Marvel
a.k.a. Marvel Boy 		Noh-Varr Fled team in Dark Avengers #5
Ares Ares (a.k.a. John Aaron) Current member.
Sentry Robert Reynolds Current member.

Avengers Resistance

Main article: Counter Force (Marvel Comics)

A group of Avengers formed by Tigra with the specific purpose of exposing the criminal deeds of Norman Osborn.

Character Real Name Joined in Notes
Tigra Greer Grant Avengers: The Initiative #25 (June 2009) Current leader; founder.
Gauntlet Joseph Green Current member.
Justice Vance Astrovik Current member.
Night Thrasher Donyell Taylor Current member.
Ultra Girl Suzanna Sherman Current member.
Rage Elvin Haliday Current member.
Scarlet Spider "Michael Van" Patrick Current member.
Slapstick Steve Harmon Current member.
Debrii Deborah Fields Quit the team in Avengers: The Initiative #28.

See also

Alternative Universes

References

  1. ^ Jim Shooter (w), Bob Hall (p), Dan Green (i). "Court-Martial" Avengers, vol. 1, no. 212—213 (October—November 1981). Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Marc Steven Sumerak (w), Eric Eng Wong (p), John G. Roshell (i). "An A-Z Compedium of Earth's Mighiest Heroes" Avengers Casebook 1999, vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb 2000). Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ a b c d Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol.2 #3 (December 1994). Published by Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p The Avengers Log vol. 1 #1 (February 1994). Published by Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ a b c d e Avengers vol. 1 #305 (July 1989). Published by Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Vol. 1. Published by Marvel Comics. ISBN 978-0785130284
  7. ^ a b c West Coast Avengers Annual #1 (1986). Published by Marvel Comics
  8. ^ a b c The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game Guide To The Hulk & The Avengers. ISBN 0-7851-1158-1
  9. ^ a b Avengers Annual #17 (1988). Published by Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol. 2 #4 (January 1995). Published by Marvel Comics.
  11. ^ Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol.2 #5 (February 1995). Published by Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ Avengers vol. 3 #1 After being called to a meeting, Reed Richards comments "I know all three of us have served as Avengers..." in reference to himself, the Invisible Woman, and The Thing.
  13. ^ Tom DeFalco: "Avengers West Coast". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #24. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6
  14. ^ Captain America vol. 1 #349 (per caption directly follows Avengers Annual 17 (1988). Offered Avengers membership by The Captain, accepts)
  15. ^ Avengers vol.3 #1 (amongst the team when all former members and nonmembers are summoned to battle Morgan le Fay) Jarvis comments on the fact that Demolition Man was "made an Avenger by Captain America himself."
  16. ^ Peter Sanderson (w), Josef Rubinstein (i). "Demolition-Man" The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 3 (2): 24-25 (August 1989), Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ Tom DeFalco: "Avengers". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), pages #22-23. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6
  18. ^ Daniel Wallace: "Demolition-Man". Marvel Comics Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe (2008), page #76. Published by DK Publishing. ISBN 978-07566-2358-6
  19. ^ ? (w). "Avengers Membership (Table of Contents)" The Avengers, no. 300, p. 41–43 (February 1989). New York, NY: Marvel Comics.
  20. ^ Official Marvel Index to the Avengers vol.2 #6 (March 1995). Published by Marvel Comics.
  21. ^ New Warriors vol. 1 #26 (August 1992), published by Marvel Comics. Rage had formal status with the team before he was made ineligible, but after he aided the New Warriors in stealing an Avengers Quinjet, his status with the team was revoked.

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