The Avengers

## History

### Team Aliases

Earth's Mightiest Heroes, New Avengers (Formerly), Ultimate Avengers (Formerly), Mighty Avengers

### Base of Operations

Avengers Mansion / Avengers Tower / Avengers Mountain

## Membership

### Team Leader(s)

Captain America
Iron Man (Formerly)
U.S. Agent (Formerly)

### Current Members

*Founders:*
Thor, Wasp, Giant Man, Captain America

### The First Avengers: 2010 - 2012

The Avengers was founded around August 2010, after five heroes, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Wasp, and the Hulk, had to work together to defeat Loki's invasion of Earth. In the aftermath of the invasion, Director Nick Fury attempted to recruit The Avengers to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. as an emergency response team. Iron Man refuses before Tony Stark announces The Avengers to the world, lead by his bodyguard Iron Man, and will be stationed out of the new Avengers Mansion.

Shortly after the founding, Stark Industries would discover Captain America in the Arctic after searching for 60 years. Captain America would join the Avengers and become the leader, shortly after. For the next two years, The Avengers would grow in membership adding Black Panther, Hawkeye, War Machine, Wonder Man, Black Widow, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Mockingbird, Captain Marvel, and Falcon.

In June 2011, the Avengers would fight off the first invasion attempt by the Kree. Needing help, Tony Stark and Hank Pym create a hostile setting on Ultron, an android that Hank Pym built years before. After defeating the Kree, Ultron goes rouge trying to kill the Avengers. Hank Pym quits as Ant-Man and The Avengers, believing himself to just be a burden.

In May 2012, Kang the Conqueror would attempt his first invasion resulting in The Avengers splitting into two teams to fight the spread out forces. During the fight, Scott Lang would make his first appearance as the second Ant-Man. After the fight, S.H.I.E.L.D. would fund a new team called The West Coast Avengers for crisis' past the Rocky's.

Following Kang's invasion, Iron Man forms The Illuminati, consisting of Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Black Panther, and Professor X. The four would often meet in secret to discuss the ever changing world. Later additions would be Doctor Strange, Namor the Submariner, Black Bolt, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Captain Marvel, and Beast.

### East Coast: 2012 - 2015

With the foundation of the West Coast Avengers, The Avengers focused on more otherworldly issues. Shortly afterwards, the Masters of Evil would began causing chaos across New York, The Avengers battled The Masters of Evil on a few occasions.

In January 2014, Captain America would begin his search for the Winter Soldier, who he suspects to be his old friend, James Barnes.

### The New Avengers: 2015 - 2016

With the loss of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Wonder Man, the Avengers underwent major changes: the West Coast Avengers and the East Coast Avengers regroup as The New Avengers and are moved into Avengers Tower, a former Stark Industries building. During this year, James Barnes would join the Avengers as

### Civil War: 2016

It's been six years since the Avengers formed to stop Loki. To celebrate, the Avengers are being celebrated when they're attacked by the Masters of Evil causing mass destruction as the helicarrier crashes into the river. Following the events of "A-Day", the United States Government creates the Superhuman Registration Act. Following the passing of the SHRA, Tony Stark would be the first to sign the Act, revealing himself as Iron Man. Steve Rogers would go against the SHRA, even leaving the title of Captain America. Shortly after Steve's resignation from the title, John Walker would be appointed the second Captain America and leader of The Avengers. The Avengers would be rebranded as The Ultimate Avengers and all members would be registered heroes. On the other hand, Steve Rogers would lead a resistance group against the SHRA. Many heroes would join the two sides as the Registration Act is passed into law.

The Illuminati would meet and discuss the SHRA and decide on what team they would side on. Many of the members would back out of the Act saying there was no reason to fight. During the meeting, the US Government would enter the meeting place as Tony had sold them out. This would be the final meeting of the original Illuminati.

After months of fighting and destruction, the Civil War comes to an end with the attack on Avengers Tower and the resulting death of Bill Foster, the hero Goliath. The Secret Avengers, Captain America's group would disband and many heroes would sign the accords. A few heroes would continue the fight and others would be arrested.

### The Ultimate Avengers: 2016 - 2018

Following the end of the Civil War, the Ultimate Avengers would spend the first couple of months enforcing the SHRA for many rouge heroes. During this time, The Ultimate Avengers would attempt to recruit Spider-Man to the registration, which would result in a fight between the two ending with Spider-Man escaping. Following the fight with Spider-Man, with their reputation dwindling, the Ultimate Avengers are given their first mission, to aide King Vladmir as Doctor Doom attempts to overthrow him.

### The Mighty Avengers: 2018 - 2021

Following the repeal of the Superhuman Registration Act, the Avengers underwent major changes: Steve Rogers took on the title of Captain America again, the Ultimate Avengers were disbanded, and the Avengers reformed as The Mighty Avengers. The Avengers would expand their roster, adding heroes from the X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Defenders, and the Guardians of the Galaxy. In addition, the team made particular efforts to recruit Spider-Man.

In 2019, Norman Osborn would run begin his run for president after just a year after rejoining public life. Spider-Man would join the Avengers in an attempt to stop his candidacy. However, Spider-Man failed to stop him as Norman is elected as the 46th President in January 20th, 2020. Shortly after being elected, Norman Osborn would appoint Thunderbolt Ross as the Secretary of Defense. During one mission, The Avengers would come across The Thunderbolts. After many fights, the Avengers would discover that the Thunderbolts are a team of "reformed" supervillains.

In 2020, a new hero arrived to help The Avengers. After the fight he would introduce himself as the Scarlet Centurion. After a few weeks after joining The Avengers, Iron Man would discover that the Scarlet Centurion was a young Nathaniel Richards, the man who would become Kang the Conqueror. Captain America and Iron Man would disagree over what to do with Nathan, Captain America believing they can prevent the future and Iron Man believes that they should just send him back to the future. Shortly after, Nathan would learn of his future and fights off The Avengers as they try to talk to him. During the fight, Nathan's time device would short circuit causing him to disappear.

### Secret Invasion: 2021

During a public speech, President Norman Osborn was assassinated, reverting to Krimonn, a skrull general. Tony would begin researching the skrulls and kept hitting dead-ends. One night, Iron Man, while in a drunken state, would be visited by Doctor Doom who would share his research with him. The following day, Tony would reform the Illuminati to discuss the research and evidence. Captain Marvel, Giant Man, and Vision would join The Illuminati. They would debate the trustability of Doctor Doom and how big the Skrull threat is. Tony and Reed Richards would debate on how Reed never shared information on the skrulls. The fight between the two would escalate and the fight would end with Carol Danvers being revealed as a skrull since 2018.

One day, an old quinjet would land in Central Park as The Avengers step out. The roster would be the same as original team. They claim to be the original Avengers, with The Mighty Avengers being skrull replacements.

## Roster

### Leaders

* Iron Man (Summer of 2010 - Fall of 2010)
* Captain America (Fall of 2010 - Summer of 2016)
* Wasp
* Captain America II (Summer of 2016 - Fall of 2018)

### Founders

* Thor Odinson
* Iron Man (Tony Stark)
* Ant-Man (Hank Pym) (resigned June, 2011, rejoined as Giant-Man in June, 2016)
* Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
* Hulk (Bruce Banner)
* Captain America (Steve Rogers) (inducted in September, 2010, resigned in June, 2016, rejoined in May, 2018)

### Between 2010 and 2012

* Black Panther (T'Challa) (inducted in October, 2010)
* Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (inducted in November, 2010, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, rejoined in April, 2015)
* War Machine (James Rhodes) (inducted in November, 2010, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, rejoined in April, 2015)
* Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (inducted in December, 2010, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, died in April, 2015)
* Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (inducted in January, 2011)
* Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (inducted in April, 2011, resigned in January, 2013)
* Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (inducted in April, 2011, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, retired in April, 2015)
* Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) (inducted in May, 2011, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, rejoined in June, 2015)
* Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (inducted in June, 2011, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, rejoined in April, 2015)
* Falcon (Sam Wilson) (inducted in July, 2011, resigned in June 2016)
* Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (inducted in May, 2012, resigned May, 2012 to join the West Coast Avengers, rejoined in April, 2015, resigned in June, 2016, rejoined in May, 2018)

### Between 2015 and 2016

* Tigra (Greer Grant) (inducted in April, 2015)
* Vision (Victor Shade) (inducted in April, 2015)
* Firebird (Bonita Juarez) (inducted in April, 2015)
* Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (inducted in April, 2015)
* She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (inducted in April, 2015)

### Between 2016 and 2018

* Captain America (John Walker) (inducted in June 2016, resigned May, 2018)