Avengers Invitation

Avengers Invitation

The Avengers (in English, The Avengers and the invincibility of the twentieth century in ancient Latin translations made by Editorial La Prensa) are a group of superheroes consisting of characters from the US publisher Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers # 1 (September 1963), the comic strip created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Initially the Avengers were composed of Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Henry Pym (aka Ant-Man and Giant Man). Captain America joined in The Avengers # 4 (March 1964)

In 1963, the publishing house Marvel Comics, with a unique but successful team of superheroes (Fantastic 4, created in 1961), decides to compete with the Justice League (1960) published by DC Comics that included the most popular characters in the publishing, like Superman, wonder woman and Batman Universe DC5.

From the first issue, dated September 1963, under the slogan "[...] to deal with the enemies that no single hero could defeat" the group was characterized by frequent and periodic changes of alignment. In very few numbers Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Mercury, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow and many other characters they join the publisher.

The history of the Avengers is complex. In the first numbers the presence of Bruce Banner / Hulk is dysfunctional and almost anecdotal, not having returned to join the group officially from that left him in the second issue of the collection; and even joined the group after the first mission of this, Captain America is considered today one of the founding members of the same, forming together with Thor and Iron Man's iconic "Trinidad Avenger", the three main characters equipment.

One of the characteristics that differentiate the Avengers of any other group of superheroes is that they are recognized for their heroism and responsibilities, with the full support of almost all nations of the world and even at the time by the UN being funded for who often perform rescue missions and operations. Despite this, they are not a "group of the State (s)" government response, and often have been faced with political interests (like during the Lazos event of blood that linked the group with the X-Men in Genosha or the Civil War event where Captain America would lead a splinter group opposing the "Superhuman Registration Act", a clear allegory and criticism of the post-11S policy of George W. Bush and the "Patriot Act" that enacted during his administration). The truth is that it could be the group as a club of modern adventurers (and, above all, friends), having been its first headquarters majestic Stark Mansion, with its own rules and even membership card, aware of their responsibilities to the world and the need to join forces against threats that could not face alone.

Stan Lee failed to use the characters in Fantastic 4 because they were already part of a group, and served avoided Dr. Strange and Spider-Man because they are lonely people who would not work within a group (Spider-Man would not be part the Avengers until decades later, in 2005, and Doctor Strange would join the group in 2007) .