AVENGERS
Earth's Mightiest Heroes joined forces to take on threats that were too big for any one hero to tackle. With a roster that has included Captain America, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, Wasp and dozens more over the years, the Avengers have come to be regarded as Earth's No. 1 team
BLACK PANTHER
Real Name T'Challa
Height 6'
Weight 200 lbs.
Powers T'Challa's senses and physical attributes have been enhanced to superhuman levels by the heart-shaped herb.
Abilities T'Challa is a brilliant tactician, strategist, scientist, tracker and a master of all forms of unarmed combat whose unique hybrid fighting style incorporates acrobatics and aspects of animal mimicry. T'Challa being a royal descendent of a warrior race more
Group Affiliations Formerly Fantastic Four, Secret Avengers, Avengers, Pendragons, Queen's Vengeance, former Fantastic Force financier
First Appearance Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #52 (1966)
BLACK WIDOW
Natasha Romanova, known by many aliases, is an expert spy, athlete, and assassin. Trained at a young age by the KGB's infamous Red Room Academy, the Black Widow was formerly an enemy to the Avengers. She later became their ally after breaking out of the U.S.S.R.'s grasp, and also serves as a top S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Vowing to serve his country any way he could, young Steve Rogers took the super soldier serum to become America's one-man army. Fighting for the red, white and blue for over 60 years, Captain America is the living, breathing symbol of freedom and liberty.
Real Name Steven "Steve" Rogers
Height 6'2"
Weight 220 lbs
Powers Captain America represented the pinnacle of human physical perfection. He experienced a time when he was augmented to superhuman levels, but generally performed just below superhuman levels for most of his career. Captain America more
Abilities Captain America had mastered the martial arts of American-style boxing and judo, and had combined these disciplines with his own unique hand-to-hand style of combat. He had also shown skill and knowledge of a number of other martial arts. more
Group Affiliations Secret Avengers; formerly the Avengers, Invaders, Captain's Unnamed Superhero Team, Redeemers; formerly partner of Winter Soldier, Bucky, Jones, Rick, Rick Jones, Falcon (Sam Wilson), Falcon, Demolition Man and Nomad (Jack Monroe)
First Appearance (Captain America) Captain America Comics #1 (1941); (Nomad) Captain America #180 (1974); (Captain) Captain America #337 (1988)
Origin Captain America Comics #1 (1941); Tales of Suspense #63 (1965); Captain America #109 (1969); Captain America #255 (1981); Adventures of Captain America #1-2 (1991)
Captain Marvel
Real Name Carol Danvers
Height 5'11"
Weight 165 lbs.
Powers Ms. Marvel's current powers include flight, enhanced strength, durability and the ability to shoot concussive energy bursts from her hands.
Abilities Ms. Marvel is a skilled pilot & hand to hand combatant
Group Affiliations Avengers; formerly Queen's Vengeance, Starjammers
First Appearance Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (1967)
Origin Marvel Super Heroes #18, Ms. Marvel #1(2006)
FALCON
With a mental connection to all birds and a suit that gives him wings to fly, The Falcon has been both the partner to Captain America and an Avenger himself. Whether as a super hero or in his secret identity of social worker Sam Wilson, The Falcon dedicates his life to standing up for others.
Real Name Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson
Height 6'2"
Weight 240 lbs.
Powers Originally possessed the ability to telepathically communicate with his pet falcon Redwing, but that ability has grown into the ability to telepathically communicate with any birds within an unknown radius. Through this telepathic link he is also able to receive mental images of what the birds see.
Abilities Excellent trainer of birds, and has been highly trained in gymnastics and hand-to-hand combat by Captain America (Steve Rogers), Captain America
Group Affiliations Avengers; formerly Initiative, “Secret Avengers”, Heroes for Hire, Night People, Queen's Vengeance and was a "Defenders, Defender for a Day"
First Appearance Captain America #117 (1969)
Origin Captain America #117 (1969), Captain America #186 (1975)
HANK PYM
Real Name Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym
Height varies, normally 6'
Weight varies, normally 185 lbs.
Powers Originally by imbibing special capsules of Pym particles, Pym was able to shrink to half-inch size and adventure as the Ant-Man and, later, to grow to 30-foot size and adventure as Giant-Man and Goliath. He soon switched from using capsules to a Pym particle-filled gas, but eventually his body had absorbed enough particles to shrink and grow at will. At one point, Pym found himself able to use the Pym particle field about his body to shrink and grow objects in contact with him, and he carried various high and low tech equipment in his jumpsuit. Currently, he can only shrink and grow objects that have been specially-treated with Pym particles beforehand. When fully grown as Giant-Man or Goliath, he also exhibits superhuman strength.
Abilities Pym is a brilliant scientist in both the feilds of robotics/cybernetics and biochemistry. During his carreer, he created robot Ultron, explored and repaired the Vision often, and created much of the Avengers' equipment. Another robot, Rover, was a jet with rudimentary artificial intelligence and sophisticated offensive capabilities. His greatest scientific achievement, however, was the discovery of "Pym particles" that enable mass to be shunted or gained from an alternate dimension.
Group Affiliations Avengers
First Appearance Tales to Astonish #27 (1962)
HAWKEYE
Real Name Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton
Height 6'3"
Weight 230 lbs.
Powers None. As Goliath, Barton used gases designed by Hank Pym to grow to great heights, with appropriate increases in strength and toughness. (He could also use them to shrink to minuscule size.)
Abilities Ronin is a world-class archer and marksman. His above average reflexes and hand-eye-coordination make him the most proficient archer ever known. He is also trained to throw knifes, darts, balls, bolas and boomerangs. He is natural athlete. He is also formidable unarmed combatant, thanks largely for longtime combat training with Captain America. He also has extensive training as an acrobat and aerialist. He is highly capable and charismatic team leader and a shrewd combat strategist, albeit sometimes reckless. Barton is also talented weapon designer, particularly well-versed in variations on basic traditional weaponry such as arrows, blades and hand-thrown projectiles. He has designed and crafted crescent darts, boomerangs, throwing irons, bolas, axes, custom arrows and bows. he is experienced motorcycle rider, Barton was one of the of the most proficient and daring pilots of the Avengers' supersonic Quinjets and other aircraft. He was once 80% deaf due to an injury, but his hearing was restored during his rebirth on Franklin Richards' Counter-Earth.
Group Affiliations less Avengers; formerly founding member of Avengers West Coast and first chairman, Thunderbolts, S.H.I.E.L.D. (unofficial), Chain Gang 421-011, Shadows, Great Lakes Avengers, Cross Technological Enterprises, Defenders, Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders, Tibolt Circus (a.k.a. Circus of Crime), Queen's Vengeance; also briefly served as an agent for Silver Sable; former partner of Mockingbird, Two-Gun Kid, Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Black Widow, Trickshot, Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne), Swordsman
First Appearance (as Hawkeye) Tales of Suspense #57 (1964); (as Goliath) Avengers #63 (1969); (as Ronin) New Avengers #27 (2007)
Origin Avengers #19 (1965)
HULK
Caught in a gamma bomb explosion while trying to save the life of a teenager, Dr. Bruce Banner was transformed into the incredibly powerful creature called the Hulk. An all too often misunderstood hero, the angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger the Hulk gets.
Real Name Robert Bruce Banner
Height 5' 9½" (Banner); 6'6" (gray Hulk); 7' – 8' (green/savageHulk); 7'6" (green/Professor Hulk)
Weight 128 lbs. (Banner); 900 lbs. (gray Hulk); 1,040 – 1,400 lbs.(green/savage Hulk); 1,150 lbs. (green/Professor Hulk)
Powers The Hulk possesses an incredible level of superhuman physical ability. His capacity for physical strength is potentially limitless due to the fact that the Hulk's strength increases proportionally with his level of great emotional stress, anger in particular. The Hulk uses his superhumanly strong leg muscles to leap great distances. The Hulk has been known to cover hundreds of miles in a single bound and once leaped almost into orbit around the Earth. The Hulk can also use his superhumanly leg muscles to run at super speeds, although his legs have limitless strength he does not have limitless speed and once he reaches a certain speed his legs become too strong and destroy the ground giving him no friction to run on, therefore he jumps to travel. The Hulk can slam his hands together creating a shock wave, this shock wave can deafen people, send objects flying and extinguish fires. His thunderclap has been compared to hurricanes and sonic booms. The Hulk has shown a high resistance to physical damage nearly regardless of the cause, and has also shown resistance to extreme temperatures, mind control, nuclear explosions, poisons, and all diseases. In addition to the regeneration of limbs, vital organs, and damaged or destroyed areas of tissue at an amazing rate. The Hulk also has superhuman endurance.The Hulk's body also has a gland that makes an "oxygenated per fluorocarbon emulsion", which creates pressure in the Hulk's lungs and effectively lets him breathe underwater and move quickly between varying depths without concerns about decompression or nitrogen narcosis.
Abilities Dr. Bruce Banner is a genius in nuclear physics, possessing a mind so brilliant that it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test. When Banner is the Hulk, Banner's consciousness is buried within the Hulk's, and can influence the Hulk's behavior only to a very limited extent.
Group Affiliations Formerly Avengers, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Pantheon, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Warbound
First Appearance Incredible Hulk #1 (1962)
Origin Incredible Hulk #1 (1962)
IRON MAN
Wounded, captured and forced to build a weapon by his enemies, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark instead created an advanced suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. Now with a new outlook on life, Tony uses his money and intelligence to make the world a safer, better place as Iron Man.
Real Name Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark
Height 6'1"; (in armor) 6'6"
Weight 225 lbs.; (in armor) 425 lbs.
Powers None; Tony's body had been enhanced by the modified techno-organic virus, Extremis, but it is currently inaccessible and inoperable.
Abilities Tony has a genius level intellect that allows him to invent a wide range of sophisticated devices, specializing in advanced weapons and armor. He possesses a keen business mind.
Group Affiliations The Avengers, Initiative, Hellfire Club (outer circle), S.H.I.E.L.D., Illuminati, Thunderbolts, Force Works, Queen's Vengeance, Alcoholics Anonymous
First Appearance Tales of Suspense #39 (1963)
Origin Tales of Suspense #39 (1963)
QUICKSILVER
Real Name Pietro Django Maximoff
Height 6'
Weight 175 lbs.
Powers Quicksilver possessed superhuman speed, and could travel on foot at speeds exceeding the speed of sound for hundreds of miles before tiring; he could "fly" for short distances by flapping his arms or "vibrating" his legs; he could also use his speed to create cyclones, dodge machine gun and laser fire, and run up walls and across water. When the High Evolutionary's Isotope E upgraded his powers, he did not know the true limits of his speed.Following the loss of his mutant nature, Quicksilver exposed himself to the Terrigen Mists, resulting in him now possessing the power to vibrate his atoms so quickly he travels forward in time. His molecular speed that he generates displaces him out of the mainstream time/space so that he is able to propel himself into the future. He can leap from thirty seconds to up to twelve days, and remain for several minutes to several hours before being recalled to his present time once his body tires, or he can return at will before his time is up. As he returns from his trip, he returns the exact moment he left so as to appear that he has been gone for half a nano-second. He is able to bring inorganic objects from the future back to his correct time, although it has yet been shown what would happen if he attempted to bring organic objects with him. These new powers are having an affect on his physical health. Each time he meets up with his future self (if indeed the person he meets is his future self), the future self looks more and more haggard. After the incident on Genosha, Pietro continued to inhale the Mists of Terrigen and has apparently obtained the power, with the shards of the Mists in his hands, to restore other mutants’ powers.
Abilities Quicksilver was trained by Captain America in hand-to-hand combat.
Group Affiliations Avengers; formerly X-Factor, Inhumans militia, Queen's Vengeance, Brotherhood Of Mutants, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Knights of Wundagore (leader), Acolytes, Zodiac
First Appearance X-Men #4
THOR
As the Norse God of thunder and lightning, Thor wields one of the greatest weapons ever made, the enchanted hammer Mjolnir. While others have described Thor as an over-muscled, oafish imbecile, he's quite smart and compassionate. He's self-assured, and he would never, ever stop fighting for a worthwhile cause. less
Real Name Thor Odinson
Height 6'6"; (Blake) 5’9"
Weight 640 lbs; (Blake) 150 lbs.
Powers As the son of Odin and Gaea, Thor's strength, endurance and resistance to injury are greater than the vast majority of his superhuman race. He is extremely long-lived (though not completely immune to aging), immune to conventional more
Abilities Thor is trained in the arts of war, being a superbly skilled warrior, highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship and hammer throwing.
Group Affiliations Gods of Asgard, Avengers; formerly Queen’s Vengeance, Godpack, Thor Corps
First Appearance Venus #12 (1951); (modern) Journey into Mystery #83 (1962)
Origin Journey into Mystery #83 (1962), Thor #159 (1968), Thor Annual #11 (1983)
VISION
The metal monstrosity called Ultron created the synthetic humanoid known as the Vision from the remains of the original android Human Torch of the 1940s to serve as a vehicle of vengeance against the Avengers.
Thank you for reading