User blog comment:SynDynastie/The Avengers Movie/@comment-4652104-20121122201327

The FF are out of our dimension, the X-men on the other side of the globe (they are not in fact based in NYC and have a much broader scope of operations). The street-level heroes (Spidey, Daredevil, Luke Cage, etc.) are fighting the Chitauri in different parts of the city (off screen).

All the lesser characters are not anybody yet