4 debuted in July 2010 and ran until January 2013. 2005) became the ' Avengers Disassembled' storyline and final issues. 2004), the one-shot Avengers Finale (Jan. To coincide with what would have been the 500th issue of the original series, Marvel changed the numbering, and The Avengers #500-503 (Sept.– Dec. 3 relaunched and ran for 84 issues from February 1998 to August 2004. The final issue, which featured a crossover with the other Heroes Reborn titles, returned the characters to the main Marvel Universe. 2 was written by Rob Liefeld and penciled by Jim Valentino, and ran for 13 issues (Nov. It took place in an alternate universe, with a revamped history unrelated to mainstream Marvel continuity. In 1996, the ' Heroes Reborn' line, in which Marvel contracted outside companies to produce four titles, included a new volume of The Avengers. īetween 19, Marvel relaunched the primary Avengers title three times. Marvel filed for a trademark for 'The Avengers' in 1967 and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970. 1996), with spinoffs including several annuals, miniseries and a giant-size quarterly sister series that ran briefly in the mid-1970s. This initial series, published bi-monthly through issue #6 (July 1964) and monthly thereafter, ran through issue #402 (Sept. Kirby did the artwork for the first eight issues only, in addition to doing the layouts for issues #14–16. Much like the Justice League, the Avengers were an assemblage of pre-existing superhero characters created by Lee and Jack Kirby. 'If the Justice League is selling,' spoke he, 'why don't we put out a comic book that features a team of superheroes?'

It was a book called The Justice League of America and it was composed of a team of superheroes. Martin mentioned that he had noticed one of the titles published by National Comics seemed to be selling better than most. Lee recounts in Origins of Marvel Comics: Impressed by that book's strong sales, Martin Goodman, the owner of Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics, asked Stan Lee to create a title featuring a similar team of superheroes for Marvel. In 1960, DC Comics launched a comic book series featuring a team of superheroes called the Justice League. The Avengers is the name of several comic book titles featuring the team the Avengers and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original The Avengers comic book series which debuted in 1963. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers featuring the five original members of the team: Ant-Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor.

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