What is the real history of the Avengers?
Appeared in 1963, the Avengers have become perhaps the world's most popular superheroes team. Literally hundreds of characters are part of an ever-changing list of characters over the years, starting with the most well-known of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and ending with such mysterious and wonderful characters as Lionheart and Wolverine.
Their influence is also felt outside the world of comics: Marvel Studios President Kevin Faig created a cinematic universe around mightiest heroes of Earth. This good idea paid off, as the film in 2012 collected more than $ 1.5 billion, and its continuation is not inferior to their original.
What makes The Avengers so successful? Despite the recurrence appearing for decades (either "New" or "Mighty Avengers"), fans always seem to gravitate to them, and perhaps for the same reason the film was such a success. Great to watch all these great superheroes unite!
Be that as it may, here are the twenty most mind-blowing facts about this iconic team of superheroes from comic books. The problem with printers, which led to their creation, the most weird and wonderful moments start time Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, or the case when Ms. Marvel married her son - these facts are shocking you ...
20. "Daredevil" The delay has created "The Avengers"
Stan Lee and his colleagues were in shock at the beginning of the 1960s, creating the character of a hero, many of which are now at the peak of popularity.
However, when, due to problems in printing any delay in the publication of "Daredevil," the first issue, Stan Lee came up to collect some existing Marvel characters in the team, which would compete with the Justice League DC.
So there were the Avengers, who filled the gap created by "Daredevil."
19. Rechargeable suit of Iron Man
Decades have passed, and a suit of Iron Man is still fiction.
In 1963, however, the technology was much simpler and Tony Stark (benefactor of the team, which conceal from her that is Iron Man) is often portrayed charging the suit from the wall outlet.
This could not but affect the power bill residence Avengers, so well that he was a millionaire.
18. Wasp came up with the name of the team
They went together to defeat Loki, but the five heroes, hastily assembled together by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it was necessary to name. And they turned out to be "The Avengers", which was first offered to the Wasp and quickly accepted by her husband, Ant-Man.
Who knows what was her second sentence! The fact that these two have played such a key role in the creation of the team, explains why so many fans were disappointed by the fact that the couple was not included in the film "The Avengers" in 2012.
17. Scarlet Witch has built a children
Vision - is an android, but the Scarlet Witch is still somehow became pregnant and gave birth to twins. However, later it turned out that they were created by a mentally unstable mutant using her magical powers.
Confusing plot rid of them, and this leads to the «Avengers Disassembled» (The collapse of the Avengers - comic book series) and «House of M». In recent issues of Wanda returned them back, and they then become young Avengers on behalf of Wiccan and Speed.
16. Once Hulk pretended clown robot
Hulk just wanted to be left alone, so lost in the first battle with the Avengers, Green Giant fled in a traveling circus. In fact, we have not explained how it happened, but somehow he was able to act as a clown robot named fur.
His attempt to hide is a good example of how quickly created a comic book issue: they just had to fill in the gap created by the delay of "Daredevil."
15. They fought the Justice League
Superheroes Marvel and DC have met several times, but certainly one of the best crossovers was Justice League / Avengers.
In this series, both teams of heroes visited the planet each other, and the audience could see the huge differences between them. And while the show stuffed battles that have always wanted to see the fans, things went uphill only when they are united.
Where else can you see Superman holding a shield of Captain America and Thor's hammer?
14. Marvel not registered the "Avengers" until 1970
Marvel took a long time to realize that they have on their hands was a hit with "The Avengers." But since they did not do and steps to a famous name the team until 1967, the process was delayed as much before 1970.
This delay has caused problems in the UK over the next decades: the series of the same name, "The Avengers" comics ahead, because of what the company had to come up with a new name for the team of superheroes. They settled on "The Avengers, overall charge!» (Avengers Assemble), phase, which was never used in the film.
13. Avengers acquainted with David Letterman
Transfer "The Tonight Show with David Letterman" was at the height of its popularity back in the mid-80s, and "The Avengers" comics were looking for a similar level of success, therefore, was coined by the crossover, in which powerful heroes of the Earth appear on the show.
That's when they were ambushed by a villain who tried to destroy them with lasers cameras. Letterman saves everyone by knocking out his giant door handle. Really.
12. Samuel L. Jackson allowed the company to Marvel to use his image in "The Avengers"
Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch used a few characters in «The Ultimates», similar to some celebrities, but no one has been detained for as long as Nick Fury. It was clear that it was based on Samuel L. Jackson, but Marvel has never received the actor permission to use his image. But when he saw that the person using it, and contacted them, they promised Jackson's role in future films. And this promise was kept: he appeared in "Iron Man."
When Millar and Jackson met on the set of "Kingsmena" he quickly thanked the writer for his help in the transaction for the role of SHIELD boss nine paintings forward.
11. Black Panther broke the jaw of the Red Skull
The work of Jeff Jones in "The Avengers" can be easily underestimated, as one of his best stories arch was "red zone» (Red Zone).
It Red Skull released virus in the United States, which could destroy all ethnic minorities. So up the king of Wakanda Black Panther I was not very happy.
Taking off his gloves, T'Challa severely beat the Red Skull's bare hands. When he started to finish beating him, I hit in the jaw villain so that it broke.
10. Hulk so angry that he turned back into the Hulk
Early editions of "The Avengers" came out with varying degrees of success, to put it mildly, but nevertheless one fight against Hulk Stan Lee portrayed one of the most bizarre ways among possible.
The angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger it becomes. But to finish his battle with powerful heroes of the Earth in a timely manner, Stan did so: Green Giant is so angry that he turned back to Bruce Banner.
Most did not.
9. Ms. Marvel was married to his son
Ms. Marvel (now better known as Captain Marvel) will appear on the big screen in 2018, but the storyline is clearly not to be adapted for the big screen. The meaningless and controversial issue "Avengers # 200," Ms. Marvel was raped by a villain known as Marcus Immortus.
Beside this, she gave birth to Mark Immortus and instantly fell in love with him. Ultimately, it was explained that it was the mind control, and did not mention it.
8. Captain America was not part of the original team
Captain America is the leader of the Avengers in the comics and on the big screen, he also this role. Nevertheless, he did not actually join the ranks of the powerful heroes of Earth to the fourth issue of the comic book, as long as scientists have not found him a prisoner in a block of ice.
It is in fact one of the brightest stories Stan Lee: he found a way to take superhero World War II era, and reload it into the universe of Marvel plausible and very exciting.
7. Strange mercury and Scarlet Witch
In «Ultimates» Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch subtly hinted that the relationship between mercury and the Scarlet Witch more than kinship.
When Joseph Loeb took up the story, all the hints were dropped, the writer made it clear that they are both lovers and being deeply in love with each other. As you know, this story line is not reflected in "The Avengers: Age of Ultron".
6. The second part of the villains was
The issue №16 team will undergo the first wave of major changes of the many. Only Captain America was when Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and Wasp were gone, and his team was very different from the former.
His "Quartet with kooky" consisted of Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, the characters, who previously portrayed as villains. It was a bold step, but it attracted the attention and arouse interest because of the name.
5. The Black Widow of «Ultimates» that still bitch
One of the most enjoyable parts of «Ultimates» was the relationship between Tony Stark and Black Widow. They became engaged, and even Iron Man gave SHIELD agent own armor to celebrate it.
Here only she would later traitor, kill Jarvis and take part in the murder of a family of Hawkeye. And this is just some of the crimes of the Black Widow. Archer revenge by plunging an arrow into her skull.
4. Hawkeye became Captain America
After the Civil War event, Steve Rogers was shot and killed. Because of this Marvel universe remained without Captain America and Tony Stark decided to give Hawkeye costume and shield.
He decided to try, but a clash with anti-registration Young Avengers led to the fact that he rejected the offer and joined the Avengers to the outlaw.
It was nice to see that Clint Steve respects, especially when you consider that between them have always been hostile relations.
3. She-Hulk tore in half the Vision
«Avengers Disassembled» gave the Avengers so what fans knew them until the end, when the distraught Scarlet Witch used her powers to kill Hawkeye, Ant-Man and the Vision (all three are currently alive).
But when it comes to the one who got the worst death, it is the former husband of Wanda: it literally broke in half coming out of the control of She-Hulk. You could even see it crumbling innards (remarkably similar to human).
2. Black Widow older than you think
The history of Marvel can sometimes seem a little confusing because of the durable character, which is obtained through the super-soldier serum. Black Widow is one of them. Despite her youthful appearance, the beautiful Natasha in fact far beyond 70.
It explains how she has lived in Soviet Russia, but Marvel Studios is still wise to shy away from that fact in the cinematic Marvel universe.
1. Not everyone wanted to be the Avengers
Avengers, perhaps, are the team of superheroes in the Marvel universe №1 (although fans of the X-Men can be offended by this statement), but not everyone is willing to join their ranks.
Daredevil and Spider-Man, for example, are often rejected suggestions the team, and the latter even fought with them on several occasions. Even one of the founders, the Hulk, refused to rejoin the Avengers, and did not agree to this for more than 50 years.
