The Avengers (Marvel)

The Avengers are a superhero team created by Stan Lee for Marvel Comics in 1963.
The Avengers team has had various adaptations:
* Marvel's The Avengers (2012 - present) - a Movieverse set in the MCU
* The Avengers: United They Stand (1999 - 2000) - animated series
* The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010 - 2012) - animated series
* Avengers Assemble (2013 – present) - animated series
* Ultimate Avengers Movieverse/Next Avengers (2006, 2008) - three animated films based off the Ultimate Universe.
The team also made appearances in The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), Spider-Man (1981 animated series), Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, X-Men: The Animated Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, and Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
Marvel 616 is the main continuity of the Marvel Comics and there are several additional universes and canonical AUs - for example Ultimate Universe and Marvel Adventures: Avengers, that focus on the The Avengers team.
==Marvel 616==
:See Earth-616 for more universe information.
Starting Team (Classic Avengers): Iron Man (Tony Stark), The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Giant Man/Ant Man (Hank Pym), Thor (Don Blake/Thor), the Hulk (Bruce Banner). Joined in Issue #4 by Captain America (Steve Rogers), later the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Hawkeye would join him when the original Avengers took a break, this version is usually known as the Cap's Kooky Quartet. 
Secondary Team (New Avengers): Iron Man (Tony Stark), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolverine (Logan Howlett), Power Man (Luke Cage). Later joined by the Sentry (Bob Reynolds).
See Young Avengers for their canon and fandom information.
===Fandom===
Most fanworks that aren't all about the Tony/Steve use some version of the team from The New Avengers (formed 2005), often including Wolverine and Spider-Man.
====Characters & Pairings====
By far the most popular characters are Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, though Peter Parker and Clint Barton have substantial followings as well. The most popular pairings reflect these biases -- Steve/Tony dominates, and most of the other pairings involve at least one of these four characters.
 
*Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
*Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan (Young Avengers)
*Peter Parker/Wade Wilson
*Clint Barton/Kate Bishop
====Tropes & Fanon====
*Fix-it - especially for the Civil War- comics
*Identity Porn - Iron Man's identity was originally a secret and everyone thought he was Tony Stark's bodyguard
===Fanworks===
====Fics====
*Classicverse series by Elspethdixon and Seanchai (link). Mostly gen, but with Steve/Tony and Hank/Jan components. AU conceived as a modern retelling of the Avengers. 
*All That Remains‎ by kijikun (link) - Steve/Tony kidfic set post-Civil War in a universe where Secret Invasion never happened. (2008/2009) 
*Buy You A Mockingbird by jadedoll (link) - Steve/Tony kidfic in which Tony promises to take care of his child from an alternative canon universe. Written for Cap/Iron Man Big Bang. (Mixed with Earth-3490 verse, 2011) 
*Gotta Fly Now by Write_like_an_American (link) - Peter/Wade. (2013)
*A Meeting of Minds by CrimsonQuills (link) - Steve/Tony telepathic bond. (2008) 
*Secrets of a Successful Marriage by valtyr (link) - Tony Stark is secretly the supervillain known as Iron Man and doesn't know that his husband Steve is Captain America.
*Teenage Wasteland by Khirsah (link) - Billy/Teddy, get-together fic written for Yuletide 2009.
*When the Lights Go On Again by Elspethdixon & Seanchai (link) - novel length story with a strong plot and use of canon. (2008-2009)
*Slipping off the Page into Your Hands [[Sineala - Steve/Tony early-canon Marvel 616 identity porn soulmate AU
*What I Used To Be by thepinupchemist - Bucky/Steve A/B/O dynamics
====Vids====
*If I only could by TheMadMoro. Civil War vid. (2011)
==Marvel Adventures: Avengers==
See Earth-20051 for universe details.
===Fandom===
There is a also a small fandom surrounding Marvel Adventures: The Avengers.
====Characters & Pairings====
*Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - the vast majority of fics
*Hank Pym/Janet Van Dyne
====Tropes & Fanon====
===Fanworks===
====Fics====
*Engaging the Enemy by tsukinofaerii (link). Marvel Adventures: Avengers, Steve/Tony crack AU fic in which Tony is a supervillain and keeps kidnapping Steve.
*Some Assembly Required by valtyr (link). Steve/Tony; an attempt to reconcile the canons of Marvel Adventures: Iron Man and Marvel Adventures: Avengers, in which Tony gets turned into a woman by Doctor Doom.
==Ultimate Marvel==
:See Earth-1610 for universe details.
In the Marvel Ultimate Universe, The Avengers team is titled The Ultimates. The comic series were written by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. The team was formed by Nick Fury.
===Fandom===
====Characters & Pairings====
*Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
*Peter Parker/Johnny Storm
====Tropes & Fanon====
===Fanworks===
Fanfiction
*Catch a Falling Star by tsukinofaerii (link) - Steve/Tony Space AU, written for the Cap/Iron Man Big Bang
*The Emperor's Fury by valtyr (link) - Steve/Tony; Historical AU, written for Sci-Fi Big Bang 2011.
*Never Too Late For Love by Sineala - Steve/Tony soulmates AU
==Archives & Communities==
: For pairing and character-centric archives see the respective pairing and character pages.
*Avengers fanfiction on Fanfiction.net
*The Avengers (Marvel) on Archive of Our Own
**Marvel 616 tag
**Marvel Adventures: Avengers tag
**Marvel Ultimates tag
===LiveJournal Communities===
:See :Category:The Avengers Communities for more or see the respective pairing and character pages.
*Mighty Avengers - a general fan comm.
*avengerkink - Kink Meme on Livejournal.
*avengersgen - A gen Avengers commentfic comm.
*All the Avengers, All the Slash - slash comm.
*Avengers Blend - Discussion and fanworks for comics and movies.
*Avengers Remix - Fic exchange started in 2013.
*MCU Femslash - Femslash specific fanwork comm.
==Websites==
:For pairing and character-centric sites and communities see the respective pairing and character pages.
*AvengersAssemble! - Fansite with message boards, fanfiction, and canon information. Now closed.
==Further Reading/Meta==
* , by Kriken and gyzym at Slashcast, June 1, 2012
==Resources==
* Workshop: "Writing the Avengers" by Crimsonquills in Superhero Muses
* Avengers at Marvel Database
* Mighty Avengers.net, a canon resource site in the style of Uncanny X-Men.net
==References==
Category:The Avengers (Marvel)