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Adaptations of the Avengers in other media
Created byStan Lee
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearanceThe Avengers #1 (September 1963)
Print publications
Novel(s)
List
  • The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967)
    The Man Who Stole Tomorrow (1979)
    The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1999)
    X-Men and th Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 1: Lost and Found (1999)
    X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 2: Search and Rescue (1999)
    X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 2: Friend or Foe? (2000)
    The Ultimates: Tomorrow Men (2006)
    The Ultimates: Against All Enemies (2007)
    New Avengers: Breakout (2013)
    Avengers: Everybody Wants To Rule The World (2015)
Films and television
Film(s)Ultimate Avengers (2006)
Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Black Panther (2006)
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)
The Avengers (2012)
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Kang Dynasty (2025)
Avengers: Secret Wars (2025)
Television
show(s)		The Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
Avengers Assemble (2013)
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014)
Marvel Future Avengers (2017)
Games
Video game(s)Captain America and the Avengers (1991)
Avengers in Galactic Storm (1995)
Marvel’s Avengers (2020)

The Avengers are a superhero team created by Marvel Comics that appear in comic books. Aside from comics, the Avengers appear in various forms of media such as in novels, television shows, movies, videogames and stage shows.

Novels

Television

Main articles: The Avengers: United They Stand, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Avengers Assemble (TV series), Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, and Marvel Future Avengers
Screen capture from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode, "Breakout" (2010).
  • Adaptations of Avengers stories appeared in The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), primarily in the "Captain America" and "The Incredible Hulk" segments. The series ran in syndication five days a week, with "Captain America" featured on Monday's episode; "The Incredible Hulk" on Tuesday; "Iron Man" on Wednesday; "Thor" on Thursday, and the "Sub-Mariner" on Friday.
  • The team also made appearances in the 1981 Spider-Man series.
  • The Fantastic Four animated series featured non-speaking cameos by The Avengers. In the season two episode "To Battle the Living Planet" the Avengers assist the Fantastic Four in rescuing earthquake victims.[10] The Avengers appear once more in "Doomsday" briefly fighting Doctor Doom.[11] Aside from these, both Thor and the Hulk make guest appearances in episodes in speaking parts.
  • In the X-Men animated series, an alternate version of The Avengers appeared in the episode "One Man's Worth". In a timeline in which Charles Xavier was murdered before founding the X-Men, Captain America is the leader of The Avengers, a task force of superhuman mutant hunters fighting a war against the Mutant Resistance led by Magneto.
  • The Avengers: United They Stand was an animated series consisting of thirteen episodes. It originally aired from October 30, 1999, to February 26, 2000, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television. This series featured a team composed of Ant-Man (leader); the Wasp; Wonder Man; Tigra; Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch. The Falcon and the Vision were added to the roster in the opening episodes. Captain America and Iron Man only make one appearance while Thor only appears in the opening titles and would have appeared in the proposed season two.
  • The Marvel Animation division and the outside studio Film Roman produced an Avengers animated TV series, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, which began broadcast in 2010.[12] The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series.[13] The series features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of Ant-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and the Wasp, with Captain America, the Black Panther, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel and the Vision later joining the ranks. Wolverine, War Machine, Thing, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Spider-Man also briefly form the 'New Avengers' with Spider-Man joining the main team as a reserve member afterwards.[14]
  • A group of heroes assembled in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures season finale, "The Makluan Invasion", appears to be a variation of the Avengers team. It consistes of Iron Man, War Machine, Rescue, Hawkeye, General Nick Fury, the Black Widow, the Hulk, and the Black Panther.
  • Marvel announced The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes would not be renewed for a third season, but cancelled for a new series Avengers Assemble. The roster consists of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, the Black Widow, and the Falcon based on the movie version. During the show's second season, the Scott Lang version of Ant-Man joined the team. The same iteration of the team guest-starred in the two-part Season 3 premiere of Ultimate Spider-Man, where Spider-Man briefly joined the Avengers. The team is also featured in the second season of Guardians of the Galaxy. In season 4 titled Avengers: Secret Wars Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Vision, and the Hope van Dyne version of the Wasp are part of the All-New, All-Different Avengers team formed by Black Panther after the old Avengers disappear.
  • A Japanese anime series, Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, began airing in Japan in 2014. Produced by Toei Animation,[15] the story revolves around a group of youths that can use special discs to summons the Avengers, who were sealed in the discs by Loki. The main cast consisted of Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, and the Wasp.[16] Over the course of the series, other Avengers such as Hawkeye, the Black Widow, the Falcon, and the Black Panther also appear in guest-starring roles.
  • A second anime series, Marvel Future Avengers, began airing in Japan in 2017. Produced by Madhouse, the series follows a group of teenagers that were experimented on by Hydra, whom the Avengers take in and train to become the "Future Avengers". The core Avengers team consists of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and Wasp; others such as Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Dr Strange and Ms. Marvel make frequent guest appearances.

Film

Animated

Main articles: Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Live-action

Main article: Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Further information: The Avengers (2012 film), Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame
The Avengers as seen in the 2012 Marvel Studios film, The Avengers. (L to R: Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, and Mark Ruffalo as Hulk).

The Avengers are a common narrative plot thread in the Marvel Studios films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning as early as Iron Man wherein the "Avengers Initiative" was introduced. It was revealed at the end of Captain Marvel, Nick Fury named it after seeing Carol Danvers' callsign on her jet.

Video and computer games

The Avengers are featured in the arcade and console game Captain America and the Avengers (1991); Avengers in Galactic Storm (1995); Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006), its sequel Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009), and Avengers: Battle for Earth (2012). The Marvel vs. Capcom games feature various Avengers members as playable characters. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order also features the Avengers as main characters.

The team is also featured heavily in the social network game Marvel: Avengers Alliance (2012) and the mobile app game Avengers Initiative (2012).

The 2013 video game Lego Marvel Super Heroes features the Avengers as one of the main protagonists alongside the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the game's main story. The Avengers lineup in the game was closely based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the team with its members being Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, other Avengers members included Ant-Man, the Black Panther, the Falcon, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, the She-Hulk, War Machine, the Winter Soldier, and the Wasp. A spin-off game titled Lego Marvel's Avengers was released in 2015 and stars the Avengers with levels based on various MCU films.

A first person Avengers action game was planned by THQ Studio Australia to coincide with the release of the first live-action movie in 2012. The game would have featured Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor as the main characters, with Black Widow, Hawkeye, War Machine, and Ms. Marvel appearing as unlockable characters. The story, loosely based on Secret Invasion rather than the movie, was penned by veteran comic writer Brian Michael Bendis. Though a fair amount of progress was made on the game, it was ultimately canceled after THQ Studio Australia was closed down.[36][37] In late January 2017, Marvel announced a joint partnership with Square Enix for a multi-game project, starting with a game based on the Avengers, with more information to be revealed in 2018.

The Avengers, while not making an appearance are referenced in Marvel's Spider-Man, particularly Captain America and Iron Man in Otto Octavius' bio. In addition their headquarters Avengers Tower appears as a landmark.

On January 26, 2017, Marvel announced that Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics will be working on an untitled Avengers project. On June 1, 2019, through Avengers' Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts, Marvel announced that the game would be titled Marvel's Avengers and the game will have a worldwide reveal at Square Enix's panel at E3 2019. The game will feature single player, and online multiplayer, with an evergrowing roster. All extra regions and characters will be free downloadable content.

Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Hulk and Captain America of the Avengers appear in Marvel's Midnight Suns as part of the titular team. Black Widow and Thor are mentioned. During the course of the game, it's mentioned that the rest of the Avengers are spread thin across the world, dealing with the Hydra forces acting as distractions.

Theme parks

Live performance

The Avengers appear as the main characters in the live-action stage show Marvel Universe: LIVE!. The line-up in the show features Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, the Black Widow, the Falcon, and Captain Marvel, with Wolverine and Spider-Man assisting them in the crisis.[41][42]

See also

References

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