Avengers

1. The Avengers team first appeared in The Avengers #1 in September of 1963; created by Stan Lee (writer) and Jack Kirby (artist)
2. In issue #1 the team consisted of Ant-Man (Giant-Man), the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and the Wasp; Captain America was discovered in ice and resurrected in issue #4
3. Two hallmarks of the team is its rotating roster and the battle cry “Avengers Assemble!”
4. The Avengers team appeared in film in “The Avengers” with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
5. Some of the villains the Avengers have faced most are Loki, Baron Zemo, Kang the Conqueror, Wonder Man, and Count Nefaria
6. The Avengers are headquartered at Avengers Mansion in New York City and serviced by the butler Edwin Jarvis
7. One of the most interesting teams the Avengers have faces is the Squadron Supreme, a stand in for DC’s Justice League
8. The team was pitted against each other in the Civil War even where Iron Man and Captain America took separate sides on the government’s new Superhuman Registration Act
9. Both Spider-Man and Daredevil initially declined to join the Avengers saying they wanted to keep their crime-fighting close to home
10. The team was given its name, the Avengers, by the Wasp