Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

### Friends

Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Erik Selvig, Laura Barton, Helen Cho, Bucky Barnes. Guardians of the Galaxy

### Enemies

Thanos]
Black Order

The **Avengers** is the main heroic faction in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are the titular main protagonists in the Avengers film series and supporting characters in *Captain America: Civil War*. After saving New York City during the Chitauri invasion, the adventures became known as The Heroes of New York and later became known as the Earth's Mightiest Heroes after saving it from Ultron.

After bringing everyone back to life, they became known as one of the greatest heroes of their generation.

## Members

### Former

* Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (founding member, field agent, and leader following the Blip; a part of Iron Man's team and later Captain America's during the Avengers Civil War; sacrificed herself so Hawkeye could recover the Soul Stone from Vormir)
* Bruce Banner/Hulk (founding member, field agent, left for Sakaar; rejoined it during the battle of Wakanda)
* Steve Rogers/Captain America (founding member, co-leader and field agent, left 2023; currently displaced in the 1940s to reunite with Peggy Carter)
* Tony Stark/Iron Man (founding member, field agent co-leader, and weapons / scientist expert; sacrificed himself by using the Infinity Stones to erase Thanos and his forces
* Thor Odinson (founding member and field agent, left the Earth to find out more about the Infinity Stones, rejoined the team in 2018 during the battle against Thanos; left to join the Guardians of the Galaxy)
* James Rhodes/War Machine (army liasion, field agent; officially joined during the Age of Ultron, a part of Iron Man's team during the Avengers Civil War; left the team to continue his military career apparently)
* Vision (field agent, sided on Iron Man's team during the Avengers Civil War; killed by Thanos when he ripped the Mind Stone out of his head)
* Clint Barton/Hawkeye (founding member and field agent; sided with Captain America during the Avengers Civil War; left to rejoin his family)
* Sam Wilson/Falcon(ally turned teammate; excited with Captain America during The Avengers Civil War; killed during the infinity War then resurrected by the Hulk 5 years later; rejoined his sister and nephews and later succeeded Steve Rogers and John Walker as the next Captain America)
* Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (enemy turned teammate; a part of Captain America's team during the Avengers Civil War, left to continue her life)
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man (newest addition, former trainee and field agent; a part of Iron Man's team during the Avengers Civil War, left to rejoin his aunt and friends back in Midtown High; continue as a solo superhero)
* Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Ally turned teammates and field agent; unofficially a part of the Avengers, taking Captain America's side during the Avengers Civil War, left to rejoin his daughter and girlfriend, Hope Van Dyne )
* Rocket Raccoon (ally turned teammate; field agent, left to rejoin the Guardians of the Galaxy)
* Nebula (ally turned teammate; field agent, former henchwoman of Thanos; left to rejoin the Guardians of the Galaxy)
* Okoye (ally turned teammate; left to continue on her duties as leader of the Dora Milaje)
* Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (ally turned teammate; left to continue on as the universe's protector)
* Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (enemy turned teammate; sacrificed himself to save Hawkeye and a little boy during the Battle of Sokovia)

## Trivia

* Iron Man, Thor, Hank Pym's Ant-Man, Janet van Dyne's the Wasp, and Hulk were the original founding members of the team. The Hulk quickly left the team and Captain America joined after being freed from his comatose state.
* Originally, Scott was going to side with Iron Man during the Civil War similar to how Ant-Man was allied with Iron Man in the comics. However, this likely was changed to Captain America because Hank Pym loathed the Starks
* The Hulk and Thor were the only founding members of the Avengers who did not partake in the Avengers Civil War due to not being present during the events of *Captain America 3*.
* Natasha is the only one of the six founding members of The Avengers to be female