Know Your Avengers: When Every Marvel Hero First Joined The Team
By Nick Tylwalk
Avengers Who Joined in the 21st Century
2001
- Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart) – Avengers (vol. 3) #43
2002
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) – Avengers (vol. 3) #62
2004
- Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh) – Avengers (vol. 3) #81 – also served as Lionheart
2005
- Luke Cage – New Avengers (vol. 1) #3
- Wolverine (Logan/James Howlett) – New Avengers (vol. 1) #7
- Sentry (Bob Reynolds) – New Avengers (vol. 1) #10
- Ronin (Maya Lopez) – New Avengers (vol. 1) #11
2007
- Ares – Mighty Avengers #1
2009
- Amadeus Cho – Mighty Avengers #21
- Stature (Cassie Lang) – Mighty Avengers #21
- Vision (Jonas) – Mighty Avengers #21
2010
- Captain America (James Barnes) – Avengers (vol. 4) #1
- Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) – Avengers (vol. 4) #1
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) – Avengers (vol. 4) #1
- Ant-Man (Eric O’Grady) – Secret Avengers #1
- Nova (Richard Rider) – Secret Avengers #1
- Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) – Secret Avengers #1
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) – New Avengers (vol. 2) #1
- Protector (Noh-Varr) – Avengers (vol. 4) #6
2011
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) – New Avengers (vol. 2) #7
- Jessica Jones – New Avengers (vol. 2) #8
- Red Hulk (Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross) – Avengers (vol. 4) #12
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) – New Avengers (vol. 2) #16
2012
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) – Avengers (vol. 4) #19
- Quake (Daisy Johnson) – Avengers (vol. 4) #19
- Venom (Eugene “Flash” Thompson) – Secret Avengers #23
- Havok (Alex Summers) – Uncanny Avengers #1
2013
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Captain Universe (Tamara Devoux) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Hyperion (Marcus Milton) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Manifold (Eden Fesi) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Shang-Chi – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Smasher (Isabel Kane) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa) – Avengers (vol. 5) #1
- Rogue (Anna Marie) – Uncanny Avengers #4
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) – Uncanny Avengers #5
- Doombot – Avengers A.I. #1
- Victor Mancha – Avengers A.I. #1
- Abyss – Avengers (vol. 5) #17
- Ex Nihilo – Avengers (vol. 5) #17
- Nightmask (Adam) – Avengers (vol. 5) #17
- Starbrand (Kevin Connor) – Avengers (vol. 5) #17
- Alexis the Protector – Avengers A.I. #3
2014
- Blade (Eric Brooks) – Mighty Avengers (vol. 2) #3 – also served as Spider Hero and Ronin
- Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear) – Mighty Avengers (vol. 2) #3
- Power Man (Victor Alvarez) – Mighty Avengers (vol. 2) #3
- White Tiger (Ava Ayala) – Mighty Avengers (vol. 2) #3
- Kaluu – Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #1
2015
- Nova (Sam Alexander) – Nova #25
- Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) – Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #9
Note: Deadpool (Wade Wilson) implied during Avengers & X-Men: AXIS that Tony Stark made him an Avenger. However, given that Stark was under extreme duress at the time and Deadpool isn’t the most reliable witness, our official stance is that he was never officially part of the team — as much fun as that would have been.
Where are the Dark Avengers?
Sorry, but the Dark Avengers were bad guys pretending to be heroes, kind of like the original concept for the Thunderbolts. They’re not official Avengers, no matter what Norman Osborne might tell you.
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