![]() ![]() ![]() Then, remarkably, villains Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch became heroes-and Avengers-and the group's founding members shockingly departed, leaving Captain America to lead the newly-minted heroes. ![]() The lineup was ever changing: The Hulk departed, Captain America joined, and Ant-Man grew up to become Giant-Man. Not everyone got along-the Hulk fought with everyone-but working together they could defeat the baddest of Marvel's bad guys, like Loki, Kang the Conqueror, the Masters of Evil, and Immortus. ![]() If the Fantastic Four were family, then the Avengers were the co-workers you didn't choose. Right away it was clear this team was different. So Lee and artist Jack Kirby assembled Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk to create the Avengers. "I was writing these characters and I thought it would fun to put them together in a team," he recalled. Still, Marvel editor in chief Stan Lee realized something was missing. Following the introduction of the Fantastic Four in 1961 came the amazing (Spider-Man), the astonishing (Ant-Man), the strange (Doctor, that is), the incredible (Hulk), the invincible (Iron Man) and the mighty (Thor). By early 1963 the foundations of the Marvel Universe had been laid. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |