Download Avengers Logo — The Avengers (in English , The Avengers ) are a group of superheroes consisting of characters from the publisher U.S. Marvel Comics . The team made its debut in The Avengers # (September 1963), one created by the comic Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The Avengers began as a response to a series of Justice League of the company DC Comics , originally based on the same premise of bringing together the main characters of the publisher. Originally composed for the Avengers Hulk , Thor , Iron Man , Wasp , Henry Pym (aka Ant-Man/Giant-Man). The Captain America joined in The Avengers # 4 .
The publisher Marvel Comics , with a single superhero team The Fantastic 4 (1961), decided to compete with the Justice League (1960) Publisher DC Comics including the characters most popular editorial, like Superman and Batman of the Universe DC . 3 Two years after the debut of Fantastic 4 Marvel publishes The Avengers, under the theme “(…) to face the enemies that no hero could defeat itself.” Originally the group consisted of Hulk , Thor , Iron Man , Henry Pym (aka Ant Man, Giant Man) and The Wasp , being little later joined Captain America , Hawkeye , Scarlet Witch , Quicksilver , Black Panther , The Vision , Black Widow and many other characters from the publisher. More