2. Iron Man
IRON MAN (REAL NAME ANTHONY EDWARD STARK) IS A
GENIUS, BILLIONAIRE, PLAYBOY AND PHILANTHROPIST. HE
NOT ONLY INVENTED THE IRON MAN ARMOR, BUT WEARS
THE ARMORED SUIT HIMSELF. HE IS THE LEADER AND ONE OF
THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE AVENGERS. HE IS CEO OF
STARK INDUSTRIES, WHICH ONCE SOLD HIGHLY
SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES TO THE
GOVERNMENT DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH S.H.I.E.L.D.
AND S.W.O.R.D. WHO USED THEM TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND
ORDER, BUT HAS PULLED HIS COMPANY AWAY FROM
WEAPONS BUSINESS AND REDEDICATED IT TO CREATE A
BETTER FUTURE OF EARTH.
3. Captain America
CAPTAIN AMERICA (REAL NAME STEVEN "STEVE" ROGERS) IS
AN AMERICAN WAR HERO FROM WORLD WAR II. HE WAS
FROZEN IN ICE FOR DECADES - LONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE
UNTIL THE 21ST CENTURY. HE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY THE
AVENGERS WHEN THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THE HULK IN
THE ARTIC.
4. Thor
THOR IS AN ASGARDIAN GOD OF THUNDER AND A
POWERFUL WARRIOR IN ASGARD. HIS RIVAL IS HIS
ADOPTIVE BROTHER LOKI. HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE
HEROES WHO FOUNDED THE AVENGERS AFTER
GRAVITON'S DEFEAT.
5. Natasha/Black Widow
NATASHA ROMANOFF WAS BORN IN RUSSIA AND WENT ON
TO BECOME A WORLD-CLASS SPY. SHE REPORTEDLY BEGAN
TRAINING TOWARDS THE LIFE OF AN ASSASSIN WHEN SHE
WAS JUST A CHILD, AND HER RUTHLESS EFFECTIVENESS IN
LATER YEARS EARNED HER THE ALIAS, "BLACK WIDOW". AT
SOME POINT HER LIFE UNDERWENT A DRAMATIC CHANGE
WHEN SHE WAS TARGETED FOR ASSASSINATION HERSELF,
AND THE AGENT SENT TO KILL HER WAS A SIMILARLY
TALENTED COMBATANT, CLINT BARTON. INSTEAD OF KILLING
HER, BARTON SPARED HER LIFE BECAUSE HE HAD A CERTAIN
RESPECT FOR HER AND THE PAIR DEVELOPED A LASTING
PARTNERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP THAT SOON LIVED ON.
FOLLOWING THE BARTON INCIDENT, THE BLACK WIDOW
WAS DRAWN INTO A NEW LIFE AS AN AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
6. Barton
CLINT BARTON WAS ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE WHEN HIS
PARENTS DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND WAS SENT TO A
CHILDREN'S HOME WITH HIS BROTHER BERNARD. HE AND HIS
BROTHER RAN AWAY TO JOIN THE CARSON CARNIVAL OF
TRAVELING WONDERS, AND THE PAIR WORKED AS ROUSTABOUTS.
WHILE A MEMBER OF THE CIRCUS, HAWKEYE WAS TRAINED BY THE
ORIGINAL SWORDSMAN (JACQUES DUQUESNE) AND TRICKSHOT.
CLINT'S LIFE, HOWEVER, WOULD FOREVER BE CHANGED AFTER HE
STUMBLED ONTO THE SWORDSMAN COUNTING THE MONEY HE HAD
JUST ROBBED FROM THE CARNIVAL. THE SWORDSMAN OFFERED
CLINT TO BECOME HIS PARTNER IN CRIME, BUT CLINT REJECTED HIS
MENTOR, SPARKING A FIGHT THAT ENDED WHEN THE SWORDSMAN
LEFT HIM FOR DEAD AFTER HE FELL FROM THE HIGH WIRE. BARNEY,
TOO, ABANDONED HIM, IN DISBELIEF THAT CLINT PASSED UP SUCH
AN OPPORTUNITY. TRICKSHOT STEPPED UP HIS ROLE AS CLINT'S
MENTOR, LATER ASKING HIM TO JOIN HIM IN RAIDING A CRIMINAL
NAMED MARKO
7. Hulk
ROBERT BRUCE BANNER WAS A NORMAL HUMAN SCIENTIST
UNTIL HE WAS EXPOSED TO GAMMA RADIATION WHICH
TURNED HIM INTO A BIG GREEN MONSTER CALLED THE HULK.
HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE FOUNDING HEROES OF
THE AVENGERS AND SERVES AS THE MAIN POWERHOUSE OF
THE TEAM.