Who Are The Avengers?

Now, your probably thinking "Duh. Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, And Hawkeye." And while that is correct, I believe it goes deeper. How i interpret it, The Avengers are not one solid group of people recruited by Nick Fury. Sure, the 6 heroes recruited by Fury are the Original 6 Avengers, but i believe that The Avengers are not just a team of heroes recruited by Nick Fury. The Avengers are known as "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", so in my book, your an Avenger if you are a hero, protect those who cannot protect themselves, or make the ultimate sacrifice. Death (Or in Loki's case, being bonded to a tree for the rest of eternity). If one of those 3 rules applies, your an Avenger. So, with that, here is my list of "The Avengers"

Iron Man, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Hulk, Thor (Thor Odinson), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Nick Fury, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vision, Captain Marvel, The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Wasp, Hank Pym, Spider-Man, Captain America (Sam Wilson), Black Panther (T'Challa), War Machine, Black Widow (Yelena Belova), Red Guardian, Black Panther (Shuri), Okoye, M'Baku, The Punisher, Doctor Strange, Wong, Loki (after he became good), Shang-Chi, U.S Agent, America Chavez, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Moon Knight, She-Hulk (unfortunately), Ms. Marvel, Mighty Thor (Jane Foster), Ironheart, Ghost, Sentry/Bob.

I included The Thunderbolts as Avengers, because technically they are The New Avengers, so I figured they counted. There are also some characters who might count, but i didn't include them. Here is a list of the characters who i don't consider Avengers, but I wouldn't be shocked if you said they were

Rescue (Pepper Potts), Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax The Destroyer, Rocket, Groot, Nebula, Mantis, Cosmo the Space Dog, Adam Warlock, Kraglin, Phyla, Namor, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Ajak, Sersi, Ikaris, Kingo, Sprite, Phastos, Makkari, Druig, Gilgamesh, Thena, Echo, Deadpool, Wolverine, Agatha, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, The Thing.

Most of the characters that i dont consider Avengers are not considered because they are a part of another team already (Guardians of The Galaxy, Defenders, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Eternals) with the only exception being Namor, because while he is technically an Antagonist, he seems more like a troubled character who just wanted to protect his people. But, that is who I believe The Avengers are. Do you agree with my list and reasoning? What would you change about my list?

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ConsistentSpecial1832025-10-08 19:14

Man did a phd on Avengers 🫡

Itchy_Ad39442025-10-08 19:14

Yes. Yes I did

Romnonaldao2025-10-08 19:15

It depends on what you are talking about; The idea of the Avengers or the actual team called the Avengers

If you're going with Nick Fury's *idea* of the Avengers, then every single hero at the final battle of Endgame is an Avenger

If you're talking about the team that is called the Avengers, the members are nameable and they are:

Classic Avengers (pre-Endgame)

Iron Man

Captain America

Thor

Hulk

Black Widow (Natasha)

Hawkeye (Clint)

Warmachine

Falcon (Now Captain America)

Vision

Scarlet Witch

Spider-Man

New Avengers:

Black Widow (Yelena)

Sentry

Red Guardian

US Agent

Ghost

Winter Soldier

Sam's Avengers (West Coast Avengers?):

This team is not stated yet, but there are some logical members

Definitely:

Captain America (Sam)

Falcon

Reasonably:

Shang Chi

Hulk

Ant-Man

Possibly:

Warmachine

Itchy_Ad39442025-10-08 19:22

Yeah. In my definition, The Avengers are both a team and a concept. In the team "The Avengers", your list is correct. But, as stated in the post, the concept of "The Avengers" is those who "avenge" if you will. The heroes who are willing to protect the innocent, and even die for those who cannot protect themselves are "Avengers"

Romnonaldao2025-10-08 19:24

Then every single person and alien that fought at the Avengers Compound Battle is an Avenger

Itchy_Ad39442025-10-08 19:27

Yes. That would also be correct. My list above only skims the surface of who could be an Avenger, but really anyone who sacrifices themselves for others is an Avenger. Kind of like Odin's enchantment on Mjonier. "This hammer, Whosoever be worthy of it, shall possess the power of Thor". If you apply to what Odin considers "Worthy" than you can lift Mjonier. Same with this. If you apply to the rules listed above, your an Avenger

PleaseRecharge2025-10-09 14:53

If we're including Sam's potential New Avengers, don't forget the Young Avengers. Marvel Zombies spoilers incoming >!Marvel Zombies' first episode sees Kate Bishop leading Ms Marvel and Riri Williams throughout the wasteland!< and in Daredevil we learn Kamala and highly possibly Kate have gone West to talk to Cassie Lang.

Notoriously_So2025-10-10 14:16

I can't believe Hulk has been relegated from OG Avengers to West Coast Avengers in the MCU. I hope that's not true.

ConsistentSpecial1832025-10-08 19:15

But when u hear avengers u always only remember the OG 6 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Itchy_Ad39442025-10-08 19:19

Exactly 🔥🔥🔥

marvelcomics222025-10-09 13:46

The Avengers are the team of heroes called the Avengers? So the following don't really count because they were never on the team (to our knowledge and unless some of them end up on Captain America's Avengers):

* Nick Fury
* Captain Marvel
* The Winter Soldier (New Avenger, doesn't count)
* Wasp
* Hank Pym
* Black Panther (T'Challa)
* Yelena Belova (New Avenger, doesn't count)
* Red Guardian (New Avenger, doesn't count),
* Black Panther (Shuri)
* M'Baku
* The Punisher (Really?)
* Doctor Strange
* Wong
* Loki
* Shang-Chi
* U.S Agent (New Avenger, doesn't count)
* America Chavez
* Hawkeye
* Moon Knight
* She-Hulk (Not an Avenger and what do you mean 'unfortunately'?)
* Ms. Marvel
* Mighty Thor (Jane Foster)
* Ironheart
* Ghost (New Avenger, doesn't count)
* Sentry/Bob. (Like half a New Avenger, doesn't count)