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The Avengers is a team of superheroes in the universe. Over the years it has featured a large number of characters in a variety of combinations. Characters in bold are currently active on the Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, Young Avengers, and the Dark Avengers.

Founding members

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

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Thor	Thor Odinson formerly Donald Blake/Sigurd Jarlson/Jake Olsen	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Active member of main team.
Iron Man	Anthony Edward Stark	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Active member of main team.
Wasp formerly Ant-Man Giant-Man Goliath Yellowjacket	Henry Pym	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963) (as Ant-Man)	active as Giant-Man in Avengers vol. 1 #2 (1963); active as Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #28 (1966); active as Yellowjacket in Avengers vol. 1 #63 (1969); active as Doctor Pym in West Coast Avengers #21 (1988); Current head of Avengers Academy.
Wasp	Janet van Dyne (formerly Janet Pym)	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Sacrificed in the final battle of the Skrull invasion.
The Hulk	Robert Bruce Banner	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Currently engaged in world war hulks.
Rick Jones	Richard Milhouse Jones	Avengers vol. 1 #1 (1963)	Honorary Member: currently active as A-bomb; whereabouts unknown.

1960s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Captain America formerly Nomad The Captain	Steven Rogers	Avengers vol. 1 #4 (March 1964)	Granted retroactive founder status prior to Avengers vol. 1 #92 (1971); active as the Captain in Avengers vol. 1 #300 (1989); Active Member, leader of Secret Avengers.
Ronin formerly Hawkeye and Goliath	Clinton Francis Barton	Avengers vol 1. #16 (May 1965)	Joined as Hawkeye in Avengers vol 1. #16 (May 1965), active as Goliath in Avengers vol. 1 #63 (1969); active as Ronin in New Avengers vol.1 #27 (2007); active as Hawkeye in main team Avengers.
Quicksilver	Pietro Maximoff (formerly Pietro Frank)	Avengers vol. 1 #16 (May 1965)	Active instructor at avengers academy.
Scarlet Witch	Wanda Maximoff (formerly Wanda Frank)	Avengers vol. 1 #16 (May 1965)	Current status and activities unknown.
Swordsman	Jacques Duquesne	Avengers vol. 1 #20 (September 1965)	Placed in the team as a mole by the Mandarin; rejoined as a reformed member in Avengers vol. 1 #114 (August 1973); Killed by Kang the Conquerer in Avengers vol. 1 #130 (December 1974).
Hercules	Heracles	Avengers vol. 1 #45 (October 1967).	Sacrificed by Athena.
Black Panther	T'Challa	Avengers vol. 1 #52 (May 1968)	Currently confronting Docotor Doom with allies in Wakanda.
Vision	Victor Shade (alias)	Avengers vol. 1 #58 (November 1968)	Destroyed in Avengers vol. 3 #85 (#500) (September 2004)
Black Knight	Dane Whitman	Avengers vol. 1 #71 (December 1969)	Currently working with MI: 13.

First wave of 1970s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Black Widow	Natalia Alianovna Romanova (Natasha Romanoff (alias))	First joined as a reserve member in Avengers vol. 1 #111 (May 1973)	active in secret avengers.
Mantis	Brandt	Giant-Size Avengers #4 (June 1975)	Current member of the new Guardians of the Galaxy.
Beast	Henry P. McCoy	Avengers vol. 1 #137 (1975) (as a probationary member); Gained full membership status in Avengers vol. 1 #151	active in secret avengers.
Moondragon	Heather Douglas	Avengers vol. 1 #137 (July 1975) (as a probationary member); Gained reservist membership in Avengers vol. 1 #151 (1976)	Current member of the new Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hellcat	Patsy Walker (formerly Patsy Hellstrom (married name))	Avengers vol. 1 #141 (1975) (probationary member as Patsy); Stayed a probationary member when she became Hellcat in Avengers vol. 1 #144; Finally gained reservist membership in Avengers vol. 1 #151 (September 1976).	Currently residing in New York as a registered superhuman.
Wonder Man	Simon Williams	Avengers vol. 1 #158 (1977) (as a provisional member); Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #182 (1979)	opposing avengers.

Guardians of the Galaxy

A group of superheroes from the 31st century, the Guardians of the Galaxy time traveled to the 20th century in vol. 1 #168 (February 1978) and served as honorary members during the Korvac saga.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Yondu	Yondu Udonta	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Martinex	Martinex T'Naga	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Charlie-27		Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Nikki	Nicholette Gold	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Starhawk	Stakar	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Aleta Ogord	Aleta Ogord	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	Honorary Membership
Vance Astro	Vance Astrovik	Avengers vol. 1 #168 (February 1978)	A younger, alternate version of him also later joined as the superhero Justice; Honorary Membership

Second wave of 1970s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Whizzer	Robert L. Frank Sr.	Avengers vol. 1 #173 (July 1978)	Died in Vision and Scarlet Witch #2 (December 1982).
Two-Gun Kid	Matthew Liebowitz (birth name) Matthew J. Hawk (legal name)	Avengers vol. 1 #142 (August 1975)	Current member of the Desert Stars.
Ms. Marvel formerly Warbird/ Binary	Carol Susan Jane Danvers	Avengers vol. 1 #183 (June 1979); Active as Binary in Uncanny X-Men vol.1 #164; Active as Warbird in Avengers vol. 3 #4 (1998)	Current co-leader of the New Avengers.
Falcon	Samuel Thomas Wilson	Avengers vol. 1 #184 (June 1979).	Currently working with Captain America (Barnes).

Early 1980s Recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Jocasta	Avengers vol 1 #197 (July 1980) (as a probationary member)	Left in Avengers vol. 1 #211 (September 1981); Gained honorary membership in Marvel Two-in-One #93 (November 1982).	currently living wit Ultron.
Tigra	Greer Grant Nelson	Avengers vol. 1 #211 (September 1981)	Current instructor at Avengers Academy.
She-Hulk	Jennifer Walters	Avengers vol. 1 #221 (July 1982)	Currently M.I.A..
Captain Marvel	Mar-Vell	Avengers vol. 1 #86 (March 1971) (by affiliation only)	Posthumously awarded Honorary membership
Pulsar formerly Captain Marvel/ Photon	Monica Rambeau	Avengers vol. 1 #227 (January 1983) (probationary member as Captain Marvel); Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #231 (1983); active as Photon in Avengers Unplugged #5 (1996); Active as Monica Rambeau in Nextwave vol. 1 #1 (2006)	Currently working with Doctor Voodoo.
Starfox	Eros	Avengers vol. 1 #232 (June 1983) (as a probationary member); Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #243 (1984)	Current whereabouts and activities unknown.

West Coast Avengers

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Mockingbird	Barbara Barton (nee Morse)	West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September, 1984)	Current member of the New Avengers.
War Machine formerly Iron Man	James R. Rhodes	West Coast Avengers vol. 1 #1 (September 1984) (as Iron Man)	Current member of Secret Avengers.
Moira Brandon	Moira Brandon	Avengers West Coast vol. 2 #100 (November 1993) (probationary membership)	Founding honorary member of the West Coast Team. The issue was a flashback taking place between volume 1 and volume 2 of the title. Deceased.
Thing	Benjamin Jacob Grimm	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #9(June 1986)	Current member of the Fantastic Four and New Avengers.
Firebird formerly Espirita	Bonita Juarez	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #4(January 1986)	Current member of the Rangers.
Moon Knight	Marc Spector	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #33 (1988)	Current member of Secret Avengers.
USAgent	John F. Walker	Avengers West Coast vol. 2 #44 (May 1989)	.
Human Torch	Jim Hammond (alias)	Avengers West Coast #50 (November 1989)	Rebuilt by the Mad Thinker and A.I.M. Currently under their control.
Living Lightning	Miguel Santos	Avengers West Coast #69 (April 1991)	Current member of the Rangers.
Arachne formerly Spider-Woman	Julia Carpenter	Avengers West Coast #74 (September 1992)	Current member of Omega Flight.
Machine Man	X-51	Avengers West Coast #83 (June 1992); Gained reserve membership; removed from roster in X-51 #4 (1999)	Currently working as a registered superhuman.
Darkhawk	Christopher Powell	Avengers West Coast #94 (May 1993)	Currently involved in the "Realm of Kings" conflict.

Later 1980s recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Namor	Namor McKenzie	Avengers vol. 1 #262 (December 1985)	Currently residing with the X-Men on the "Utopia" island.
Doctor Druid	Anthony Ludgate Druid	Avengers vol 1 #278 (April 1987)	Killed in Druid #4 (August 1995).
Marrina	Marrina Smallwood	Avengers vol. 1 #286 (1987)	Honorary membership; considered deceased as of Namor #61 (April 1995). Mercilly killed by Namor.
Ravonna a.k.a. "Nebula", Terminatrix	Ravonna Lexus Renslayer	Avengers vol. 1 #291 (May, 1988)	Posing as Nebula at the time, and better known as Terminatrix. Started placing the East Coast division under mind control as of vol. 1 #291 (May 1988). Unofficial leader as of vol. 1 #294 (August 1988). Officially joined in vol. 1 #297. Reported MIA minutes later. East Coast division consequently disbanded (November 1988).
Yellowjacket	Rita DeMara	Avengers Annual #17 (1988)	Honarary membership; Killed by Iron Man (Stark) in Avengers: The Crossing (September 1995).
Demolition Man	Dennis Dunphy	Captain America #349 (January 1989)	Currently serving time in prison
The Forgotten One		Avengers vol. 1 #300 (February 1989)	Currently active with the Eternals.
Mister Fantastic	Reed Richards	Avengers vol. 1 #300 (February 1989).	Current member of the Fantastic Four
Invisible Woman	Susan Richards (nee Storm)	Avengers vol. 1 #300 (February 1989).	Current member of the Fantastic Four
Quasar	Wendell Elvis Vaughn	Avengers Annual #18 (1989)	Currently involved in the "Realm of Kings" conflict.

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. As of GLA #4, this team is now the Great Lakes Champions.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Big Bertha	Ashley Crawford	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative
Dinah Soar		West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Killed in GLA #1 (April 2005).
Doorman	DeMarr Davis	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative
Flatman	Val Ventura	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative
Mr. Immortal	Craig Hollis	West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #45 (July 1989)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative
Leather Boy	Gene Lorrene	GLA #1 (April 2005)	Founding member, shown in flashback in GLA #1; left very shortly thereafter.
Squirrel Girl	Dorreen Green	GLA #2 (May 2005)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative
Monkey Joe		GLA #2 (May 2005)	Killed in GLA #3 (June 2005)
Grasshopper	Doug Taggert	GLA #2 (May 2005)	Killed in GLA #2
Tippy Toe		GLA #4 (July 2005)	Currently a member of the Great Lakes Initiative

Early 1990s Recruits

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Sersi	Circe	Avengers vol. 1 #314 (February 1990)	Currently working with the Eternals with no memory of Avengers membership.
Spider-Man	Peter Benjamin Parker	Avengers vol. 1 #316 (April 1990); Resigned prior to Peter Parker: Spider-Man #11 (1999)	Current member of the New Avengers as well as main team
Stingray	Walter Newell	Avengers vol. 1 #319 (July 1990)
Rage	Elvin Haliday	Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) (probationary membership); In Avengers vol. 1 #341 (November 1991) he was discovered to be still in his adolescence. Consequently removed from the roster.	Currently working with Vance Astrovik as a registered superhuman.
Sandman	William Baker	Avengers vol. 1 #329 (February 1991) (probationary membership); Never gained full membership; resigned in Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #4 (1999)	Current wherabouts unknown.
Crystal	Crystal Amaquelin Maximoff	Avengers vol. 1 #336 (as a probationary member); Gained full membership in Avengers vol. 1 #343	Currently waging war against Vulcan and the Shi'ar.
Thunderstrike formerly Thor	Eric Kevin Masterson	Avengers vol. 1 #343 (January 1992) (as Thor); Active as Thunderstrike in Avengers vol. 1 #374	Killed in Thunderstrike #24 (September 1995).
Swordsman	Phillip Jarvert	Avengers vol. 1 #357 (December 1992); Honorary membership	Returned to home dimesion.
Anti-Vision		Avengers vol. 1 #360 (March 1993)	Infiltrated the team as a representative of the Gatherers. He impersonated the Vision.
Magdalene		Avengers vol. 1 #363 (June 1993); Honorary membership	Returned to home dimension
Deathcry		Avengers vol. 1 #364 (July 1993); Honorary membership status gained in Avengers vol. 1 #399 (1996)	Murdered accidently by Captain Universe.
Iron Man	Anthony Edward Stark	Avengers: Timeslide (1996)	An alternate adolescent version of the original. Replaced him for a time; merged with mainstream Stark.
Masque	"Guilletta Nefaria"	Avengers vol. 1 #397 (1996)	A clone of Madame Masque. Killed in Avengers vol. 3 #32 (September 2000).

Post-Heroes Return members

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Justice	Vance Astrovik	Avengers vol. 3 #4 (May 1998); Joined as a reservist but promoted to full status in Avengers vol. 3 #7 (1998)	Currently an instructor at avengers academy
Firestar	Angelica Jones	Avengers vol. 3 #4 (May 1998); Joined as a reservist but promoted to full status in Avengers vol. 3 #7 (1998)	member of young allies.
3-D Man formerly Triathlon	Delroy Garrett Jr.	Avengers vol. 3 #27 (1999)	Currently working with the Skrull Kill Krew.
Silverclaw	Maria de Guadalupe Santiago	Avengers vol. 3 #30 (July 2000); Joined as a reserve membership; never gained full status.	Current wherabouts and activities unknown.
Jack of Hearts	Jonathan Hart	Avengers vol. 3 #43 (August 2001)	Died from zero fluid build-up.
Ant-Man	Scott Edward Harris Lang	Avengers vol. 3 #62 (February 2003)	Killed by a zombified Jack of Hearts under the influence of the Scarlet Witch.
Lionheart formerly Captain Britain	Kelsey Leigh Shorr	Avengers vol. 3 #81 (June, 2004)	Residing in England; current activities unknown.

Post Avengers Disassembled recruits (New Avengers)

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Luke Cage	Carl Lucas	New Avengers # 3 (March, 2005)	Current leader of the New Avengers and Thunderbolts
Queen Veranke	Veranke	Joined in New Avengers # 3 (March, 2005), posing as Jessica Drew	Killed in the final battle of the Skrull invasion
Wolverine	James "Logan" Howlett	New Avengers # 6 (June, 2005)	Current member of the Astonishing X-Men, X-Force, and the New Avengers and main Avengers
Sentry	Robert Reynolds	New Avengers # 10 (October, 2005)	inactive,killed by Thor
Echo (Ronin)	Maya Lopez	New Avengers # 11 (November, 2005).	Current whereabouts and activities unknown.

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.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Lad	Nathaniel Richards	Young Avengers # 1 (April, 2005).	Returned to his own timeline to embrace his destiny becoming Kang the Conquerer
Patriot	Elijah Bradley	Young Avengers # 1 (April, 2005).	Current leader of the Young Avengers
Wiccan	William "Billy" Kaplan	Young Avengers # 1 (April, 2005)as Asgardian.	Current member of the Young Avengers
Hulkling	Dorrek VIII/Theodore "Teddy" Altman	Young Avengers # 1 (April, 2005)	Current member of the Young Avengers
Stature	Cassie Lang	Young Avengers # 2 (June, 2005)	Current member of the Young Avengers
Hawkeye	Katherine "Kate" Bishop	Young Avengers # 2 (June, 2005)	Current co-leader of the Young Avengers
Vision	Alias: Jonas	Young Avengers # 10 (February, 2006)	Current member of the Young Avengers
Speed	Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd	Young Avengers # 12 (June, 2006)	Current member of the Young Avengers

Post Civil War recruits (New Avengers and Mighty Avengers)

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Fist	Daniel Thomas Rand K'ai	New Avengers #27 (February 2007)	active member of the New Avengers
Doctor Strange	Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange	New Avengers #27 (February 2007)	active in New Avengers,Currently teaching Brother Voodoo, the new Sorceror Supreme.
Ares	Ares	Migty Avengers #1 (March 2007)	Murdered by the Sentry in midst of Osborn's siege on Asgard.

Post Secret Invasion recruits (New and Mighty Avengers)

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Captain America (Bucky)	James Buchanan Barnes	New Avengers #48 (December 2008)	Current member of the Avengers
Spider-Woman	Jessica Miriam Drew	New Avengers #48 (December 2008)	Current member of the Avengers
Amadeus Cho		Mighty Avengers #21 (December 2009)	former mighty avenger

Dark Avengers

The Dark Avengers are a team composing mainly of supervillains and characters with "shady" histories that Normon 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.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Iron Patriot	Norman Osborn	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	Current leader of the Dark Avengers
Hawkeye	Lester	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	Inactive,Incarcerated
Miss Marvel	Karla Sofen	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	active in Thunderbolts
Spider-Man	Macdonald Gargan	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	Incacerated and depowered
Wolverine	Daken Akihiro	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	abandoned team durin siege
Captain Marvel	Noh-Varr	Dark Avengers #1 (January 2009)	Currently active as the Protector in New Avengers.

Heroic Age Recruits

members joined in wake of siege

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Maria Hill	Maria Hill	Avengers #1 (May 2010)	Current leader of the main Avengers
Speedball	Robbie Baldwin	Avengers Academy #1 (June 2010)	Current instructor at Avengers Academy
Ant-Man	Eric O'Grady	Secret Avengers #1 (May 2010)	Current member of secret avengers
Nova	Richard Rider	Secret Avengers #1 (May 2010)	Current member of the secret Avengers

1950s members

What If? #9 (June 1978) revealed that a prototype group of Avengers had been formed in 1958 to rescue abducted President Eisenhower from supervillain Yellow Claw. They disbanded upon completing their mission but the issue discussed what would have happened had they continued their activities. They were revealed in Avengers Forever to be a parallel world version of the Avengers. It was later revealed that a version of this team did exist in the Marvel Universe and remained together for "several months." They reformed in present day as the Agents of Atlas.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Venus		What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Currently a member of the Agents of Atlas.
Marvel Boy	Robert Grayson	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Currently a member of the Agents of Atlas.
Gorilla-Man	Kenneth Hale	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Currently a member of the Agents of Atlas.
Human Robot		What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Currently a member of the Agents of Atlas.
3-D Man	Chuck and Hal Chandler	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)
Jimmy Woo	James Woo	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Current leader of the Agents of Atlas.
Namora	Aquaria Nautica Neptunia	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Currently a member of the Agents of Atlas.
Jann of the Jungle	Jane Hastings	What If vol. 1 #9 (June 1978)	Associate member

Bibliography

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004 (Marvel Comics) (2004)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2005 (Marvel Comics) (2005)

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