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The Avengers is a team of
superheroes, appearing in magazines published by
Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The
Avengers #1 (Sept. 1963), and was created by
writer-editor
Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter
Jack Kirby, following the trend of super-hero teams
after the success of
DC Comics'
Justice League of America.[1]
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An animated television series,
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, premiered on
October 20, 2010, based off the early adventures of the
team, as well as the other heroes. The show has so far run
for two seasons. A
feature film version has
Nick Fury recruit Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor,
Black Widow and
Hawkeye to form the Avengers. It was released in the
spring 2012 and set the record for the
biggest opening debut in North American cinematic
history with a weekend gross of $207.4 million.[2]
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Marvel counts among
its characters such well-known properties as
Spider-Man, the
X-Men,
Iron Man, the
Hulk,
Avengers,
Fantastic Four,
Wolverine,
Thor and
Captain America; antagonists such as
Doctor Doom, the
Green Goblin,
Magneto,
Galactus,
Loki, and the
Red Skull. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate
in a single reality known as the
Marvel Universe, with locations that mirror real-life
cities such as
New York,
Los Angeles and
Chicago.[3]
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Captain America is a
fictional character, a
superhero who appears in
comic books published by
Marvel Comics. The character
first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated
March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor,
Timely Comics,[1]
and was created by
Joe Simon and
Jack Kirby. As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies
of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75
countries.[2]
For nearly all of the character's publication history,
Captain America was the
alter ego of Steve Rogers.
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