Avengers(1459)

The Avengers are one of Earth's foremost major organization of costumed superhuman crimefighters, adventurers and heroes dedicated to safeguarding the world from any threat beyond the power of conventional peacekeeping forces or any which any of them can't handle alone.

the Avengers became the first superhuman team to be granted full official government sanctions by the General Assembly of the United Nations, and is operated by the international intelligence/law enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D

## Origin

### Base of Operations

Avengers HQ

The **Avengers** are a team of extraordinary individuals with special abilities and the will to do good in the world. The team's purpose is to protect the planet Earth and its people from both domestic and extraterrestrial threats. They started out as nonprofit organization privately funded by industrialist Howard Stark Jr. The group was recognized as a peacekeeping force by the United Nations Security Council, and S.H.I.E.L.D.. The team functioned with the peaceful interests of the whole world rather than a specific country or organization as stated in the Avengers Charter

## HISTORY

In 1959, Nick Fury was tracked down by a General Hill who had sought Fury out on orders from President Eisenhower to gather operatives for a mission called the Avengers Initiative. Fury and Dugan then went to gather their operatives. Their first stop was the island nation of Madripoor where they recruited the feral mutant known as Sabretooth. In Paris, the soldier of fortune known as Dominic Fortune; the Atlantean princess Namora and her boyfriend master hunter Kraven the Hunter from the Emerald Coast of Florida; and immortal monster hunter Bloodstone and Nazi hunter Silver Sable in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Avengers Initiative was created in 2000 when the SHIELD Decided it needed a Super Powered Elite group to help combat the Super Threat's around the globe especially the recent Mutant attacks that were dubbed the Y2K Attacks.

The first members were recruited in 2001

The first members were Hank Pym (Giant-Man), his wife Janet (Wasp), and Tony Stark (Iron Man). Bruce Banner was made the new science director. Shortly after the four of them began the Project The Body of Captain America was discovered, they examined it hoping to at least gain a sample of the serum; instead, Steve Rogers was revived. They also found a strange man claiming to be the Norse thunder god. Thor agreed to join the team, but only if the SHIELD would triple the funds allocated to environmental issues in the budget. Black Widow a Former Ally and of Captain America who also was now a SHIELD Agent joined the team as well.

The team later enter their first mission in battling an enraged Hulk in New York City, and successfully subdued him. The team found themselves in humanity's old war against the alien race, the Chitauri, in which they successfully save the Earth and the Solar System from a Chitauri super-bomb. After the defeat of the Chitauri, the Avengers are immediately praised as heroes to the world.

### 2010 Fall out

Captain America and Hawkeye fought a group of AIM terrorists in Chicago who stole valuable and powerful technologies. After defeating a majority of the terrorists, Cap encountered a man that looked like Red Skull, who easily beat him. The Red Skull then shockingly revealed to Steven that he was his own son before throwing him out of a helicopter. Cap was saved by Hawkeye.

Believing this Red Skull to have been telling the truth, Rogers went rogue to find out the truth for himself. After learning that the Red Skull was indeed his son by Gail Richards, Captain America decided to personally confront his son. He also discovered during this investigation, that there were secret expirements after him in trying to recreate the Serum, including expirementing on hundreds of African American's during the War. He abandoned the Avengers and attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the process. Rogers later infiltrated the Army's computer database and discovered the truth about the Red Skull. Cap was then tracked to Paris, France but knew the Avengers were after him and who had been placed on the team. Rogers placed tracers on Nick Fury's Avengers, who were coming to capture him and planned on following the tracers to his son, who the Avengers were also after. After a brief fight, Cap managed to place the tracers . Cap was subsequently subdued and captured by the Avengers as part of his plan.

Escaping the French S.H.I.E.L.D. guards, Cap stole a Quinjet, and used it to travel to Alaska, where the Avengers were fighting the Red Skull. When he arrived, Red Skull,, subdued Rogers's jet. However, Hawkeye gave cap the coordinates for the Red Skull's position and Rogers fatally impaled his son to save the Avengers. Rogers Retired from the team, disenchanted by his Governments actions to recreate the Super Soldier Serum and by SHIELD for helping to hide it from him.

### 2011 Disaster

On the anniversary of their foundation, the Avengers planned a celebration to commemorate the event. These included opening their West Coast Headquarters in San Francisco and revealing their own helicarrier, the **Iliad**, along with its Terrigen reactor. Among these were plans to pick a fan's story of them and a VIP section, only accessible for those who gathered enough comics. Among the Avengers present were Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow and Bruce Banner, The New Captain America and the Retired Steve Rogers,

However, during the midst of celebrations, Taskmaster and his mercenaries attacked the Golden Gate Bridge, leading the team, aside from Rogers, to be drawn away to combat the threat. The Avengers worked together to reduce casualties and defeat the group, taking on a variety of stolen SHIELD equipment, such as Pulsar Tanks and a Sonic Bomb. Masters was eventually defeated by Widow, though the team quickly realized it had been a diversion.

On the **Iliad**, Rogers discovered that master's had sent mercenaries to attack the helicarrier, leading to a fight between them and its security protocols to be activated. Whilst in mid-flight, the Terrigen reactor began to react with something in the bay, causing massive damage to the **Iliad**, earthquakes through the area and Terrigen mists to form. In a last-ditch effort to stop the reaction, Cap destroyed the reactor, leading the **Iliad** to crash and his apparent death. The other Avengers watched in horror from the Golden Gate Bridge, unable to return in time or do anything to stop it.

As the Terrigen Mists flooded San Francisco, the surviving Avengers attempted to mitigate the damage and rescue as many civilians as possible. Despite this, they were unable to stop much of the disaster, including the mist flooding San Francisco and turning many individuals into Inhumans. The Terrigen Crystals from the ship dissolved in the ocean, releasing Terrigen Mist which was absorbed into the ecosystem, also Fish near the dissolution were turned into Nature Max Supplements Fish Oil pills that were sold in stores and then distributed to the general public. Descendants of Inhumans who took the pills underwent Terrigenesis and emerged from cocoons with new extraordinary powers;

#### The Fallout

In the weeks after the disaster, the Avengers became the main scapegoats for the disaster, with government officials, journalists and the public blaming them for the event. These were further increased when AIM scientists George Tarleton and Monica Rappaccini, both of whom had worked on the Terrigen Reactor for them, submitted reports claiming that Stark had ignored warning reports about the reactors. This led to the US senate deciding to investigate the team further and determine whether the Avengers should continue to function or to disband the team. At some point before these proceedings, Thor, blaming himself for not saving Rogers, decided to leave the team and protecting Earth.

As the investigations took place, the remaining Avengers were brought up to give testimony. Both Stark and Romanoff tried to defend the team and tried to argue that they would never endanger civilians. However, Banner, due to insecurities about the Hulk and manipulations by Monica, testified that they did pose a threat and were responsible. This ultimately led the Avengers to officially disband, with each going their separate ways.

Banner had gone MIA. Stark had retreated to his family's Golden Acres estate, with very little contact with the outside world. Hank and Janet having Separated after the Fallout due to Hank's instability, Romanoff continued to work for SHIELD just not as an Avenger, going back to her Spy days.

Thor rumors that Thor went off world and back to Asgard could not be proven

### New Crew

When the Original Team disbanded, Fury and SHIELD were tasked by the UN Council to recruit a new team of Avengers, which many were already on SHIELD File list as potential recruits.

This new team worked well together for the next 4 years until a chance encounter with Hermes turned into Disaster placing most of the team out of commission except for Speedy the team had to be place on IR and a backup team was brought in which consisted of

Steel, Blue Beetle, Doctor Druid, Jupiter, Ranger and Finally Topez including Speedy this team was almost entirely wiped out in their next conflict with Hermes. Once Director Fury was recovered and the Hermes Threat was neutralized by a small group of heroes the Avengers team was reassembled

The Current team is a Mixture of the most recent members and the Backup team.

### S.H.I.E.L.D Disavow

1 Month after the 15h Anniversary of the Y2K attacks Director Fury announced that SHIELD would no longer be using the name Avengers for their Powered group and announced that the New team for SHIELD would be called The Ultimates. This decision was made after decision with Tony Stark and Gregory Stark and Tony demand that he wanted the Avenger's name.

## Current Members

Current Members

Backup Team

## Former Members

\*=KIA

\*\*=MIA