List of Avengers members

**The Avengers** are a team of superheroes in the Marvel Universe. Despite starting in its own corner of the Universe, it expanded over time and has, since its creation, featured a large number of characters in a variety of combinations. Characters in **bold** are currently active on the **main team** .

## Founding members

All of these members helped form the team in *The Avengers* vol. 1 #1 (September 1963).

## Guardians of the Galaxy

A group of superheroes from the 31st century, the Guardians of the Galaxy time traveled to the 20th century in *Avengers*  #168 (February 1978) and served as honorary members during the Korvac saga.

## Early 1980s Recruits

 Tigra formerly Cat
 **She-Hulk** | Jennifer Walters
 Spectrumformerly Captain Marvel/ Photon/ Pulsar
 Starfox | Eros

## The Great Lakes Avengers

A group of second-string heroes who independently formed their own branch of Avengers in *West Coast Avengers*  Vol 2 #46 (July 1989). Later known as the Lightning Rods, then switched their name back. Briefly known as the Great Lakes Champions and Great Lakes X-Men, the team have since returned to being the Great Lakes Avengers.

## Post *Avengers Disassembled* recruits (New Avengers)

 Spider-Woman (Queen Veranke) | Veranke
 Wolverine formerly Weapon X, Death
 Sentry | Robert Reynolds
 Echo formerly Ronin

## Young Avengers

The Young Avengers are a group of powered teenagers who were assembled by the Vision's secret failsafe program. Many of the recruits are connected to the Avengers' history in different and unique ways, while others were heavily inspired by the Avengers' heroics and nobility. The group is officially accepted by the Avengers and have recieved limited heroic and search and rescue training.

## Post *Civil War* recruits (New Avengers and Mighty Avengers)

 Dr. Strange | Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange
 Ares | Ares

## Post *Secret Invasion* recruits (New and Mighty Avengers)

 Spider-Woman | Jessica Miriam Drew
 Jessica Jones formerly Jewel, Knightress, Power Woman
 Brawn formerly Mastermind Excello, Hulk

## Shattered Heroes Recruits

 Storm | Ororo Munroe
 Daredevil | Matt Murdock

## Marvel NOW! (2012) Recruits

### Young Avengers Recruits

 Loki | Loki Laufeyson
 Prodigy | David Alleyne

### S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Secret Avengers

S.H.I.E.L.D. put together a black ops Avengers team of their own.

 Agent Coulson | Phillip Coulson
 Taskmaster | Tony Masters

### Avengers A.I. Recruits

Formed to combat new Artificial Intelligence threats after the death of Ultron

 Agent Monica Chang | Monica Chang
 Doombot |  | *Avengers A.I.*  #1 | Former member of Avengers A.I.
 Protector (Alexis) | Alexis

### Mighty Avengers Recruits

Formed to combat Thanos and his Black Order during the invasion of New York.

 Blue Marvel | Adam Brashear
 Power Man | Victor Alvarez
 White Tiger | Ava Ayala
 Kaluu | Kaluu

## Avengers NOW! Recruits

 Validator | Michaud (first name unknown)
 Doctor Voodoo | Jericho Drumm

## Marvel NOW! (2016) Recruits

 Dr. Toni Ho formerly Iron Patriot
 Robert Maverick formerly Red Hulk

## Non-member Avengers

The following members were never officially listed as members of the Avengers, but still worked with teams bearing the Avengers name. These mostly consist of various villain groups who were fighting on the side of good for varying reasons.

### Astonishing Avengers

The Astonishing Avengers were an Avengers team created by Steve Rogers soon after the World War Hate consisting entirely of inverted villains in order to combat the inverted X-Men and the Axis of Evil Avengers. This team is now defunct.

### Dark Avengers

The Dark Avengers are a team composing mainly of supervillains and characters with "shady" histories that Norman Osborn put together to act as American protectors after being appointed to replace Iron Man rising to power. None of them are seen as real Avengers by the Avenger factions (except Noh-Varr, who later became a real Avenger). The team is now defunct.

 Scorpion formerly Venom/Spider-Man
 Daken formerly Wolverine
 American Son | Harry Osborn

### New Dark Avengers

After escaping prison, Osborn assembled a new team of Dark Avengers.

### Hydra's Avengers

After removing many superheroes as threats and driving the remainder underground, Hydra created a new team of Avengers to defend the United States from severe threats.

 Chthon | Chthon
 Superior Octopus | Otto Octavius

## References

1. ↑ Referred to as a member prior to death, and part of the general, enlarged Avengers membership seen in *Avengers*  #181