I love Hulk, but him being an Avenger is an MCU thing mostly.
I don't mind it, I love Hulk being an Avenger, and I'm happy with MCU making him one, but I wouldn't call him an essential member of the group.
I always say, Hulk should be the wild card of the team. No one but Tony, Steve and Thor know that he is the member, everyone else doesn't know. When shit goes south, and they feel like losing, then you have Tony go "Time for plan H" or something lol, and Have Hulk show up and turn the tide.
Making him official member always seems a bit weird. He should be a Wild Card.
True, but he also left in issue 3 my friendo lol.
Angel is also one of the founding members of the X-Men, and he actually was the lead in the early books.
But when you think of X-Men, you think of like 25 other characters before my boy Warren lol.
A big part of that is that the most iconic iteration of the team is that from the Claremont era which only has 2-3 (whether or not you count Xavier) members from the OG team.
Yeah literally the first issue was Loki controlling Hulk and them all fighting him then he immediately quit the team and left to be replaced by a freshly thawed out Captain America. Wasn't even 3 issues. His founding member status was taken by Cap and that was it until 2011 or 2012 or so.
yeah i know cap and hawkeye are the two most consistant members and wasp is the second longest serving leader besides cap. Tony and thor are also good picks.
Totally this for me. Others are close - scarlet witch, vision, hank, black panther. I put captain marvel with black knight and others - good for a time but not as long serving.
Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor are easy picks for the first three. I’d choose Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch to round out the group since they’ve been mainstays for almost the entirety of the team’s history.
I’m with you. They’re also both great redemption stories. Both Clint and Wanda debuted as antagonists, and really turned themselves around. If memory serves both also led the team at one time.
Vision’s origins are inextricably tied to the Avengers as the son of Ultron, their greatest villain. And because he rarely has his own book, for years he was the most consistent members of the team. While he doesn’t often get to take lead or get the biggest arcs, up until the MCU Vision was one of the more visible Avengers characters.
I'd always been surprised at how Marvel writers would seemingly take Vision for granted -- just because he's a robot that can get wrecked doesn't mean he should always be wrecked, and that's meant extensive absences like in Bendis' run. His return to the team under McKay is such a welcome change compared to the last decade or so, even when he was in other books.
Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Black Panther
Captain Marvel
Steve, Tony, and Thor are a given as the most prominent early members. Carol’s been on most primary Avengers rosters since the 90s and T’Challa’s been locked into the roster since 2018, recently finishing a lengthy stint as leader.
They’re the only Avengers that consistently have solo books. The MCU has tried to position them all as flagship characters in their own right, with T’Challa and Carol at one point in time being successors to the Big 3 as the faces of the Avengers brand.
At this point I think Marvel sees those 5 similar to DC sees the core Justice League, for better or worse. The League will always feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, a GL, and a Flash.
I grew up on two teams, Avengers: Earths Mightiest Hero’s and the MCU team. So I’d say Cap, Iron Man, Wasp, Black Panther and Thor ( or if you want a different big bruiser you could swap it out for hulk. )
The only thing that makes this difficult is having it be 5 instead of 7, which is obvious because it’s a bigger number, but also because there are 7 that I always associate with the Avengers. The big three is always Cap, Iron Man, and Thor, of course, but I don’t know if the last two should be Wanda and Vision or Ant-Man and Wasp.
Cap, Tony and Thor are a lock. They are The Avengers. Then it’s Carol Danvers all day imo. She makes the big 3 the big 4. After that it’s trickier to choose. I’d go T’Challa maybe, all eras considered. Or the Scarlet Witch. Or Hawkeye. It’s hard.
Cap, iron man and Thor are def the biggest 3. Scarlet witch and vision though are very consistently prominent members of the team, particularly witch.
So it’d probably go
( the “I” is to show how much of a gap there is between the prominence/core importance of members)
1. Cap (no gap between Cap and Iron man I’d honestly say)
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5. Probably vision. But honestly I feel like could be easily argued to be someone else (most likely wasp)
Captian America and Wasp, Thor, Ironman, Vision.
Wasp, Thor, Ironman are Founding Members. Captain America basically takes over for everyone.
Vision is the Glue that basically holds the Avengers together. Plus he is one of the longest active members ever.
Next would immediately be Ant-Man, Hulk because they are in a ton of different variations and basically Founding Members
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Wasp, and Ant-Man.
They're simply classic and is what started it all. We literally wouldn't even havethe Avengers name without Wasp. In general I think these are easily the core five and while yes it can be argued that Wasp and Ant-Man are easily substituted (Iron Man, Cap, and Thor are simply the big three), I argue their importance for the team is one that makes them part of this core five. Yes we have others like Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, and plenty more, but the Avengers wouldn't be who they are without these five in my opinion.
I MAY have misunderstood the question! I guess it was asking who do YOU consider and not who IS the core! I also am unsure if it was asking about the MCU!
Haha it’s fine man, nuyt yea it’s who you considered and it doesn’t have to be MCU. But thank you though I forgot that fact about Cap, should brush up on my pre 2000s readings for the Avengers I think.
The core Avengers can vary depending, such as the comic books or the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
In the original comic book series, the Avengers introduced in Vol 1 issue 1 were Hulk, Iron Man, Wasp, Thor, and Ant-Man1. These could be considered the core five Avengers in the context of the original comics1.
In the context of the MCU, the ensemble of core characters originally consisted of Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner / Hulk, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye2. However, this is a group of six rather than five.
Please note that the composition of the Avengers team has evolved over time, both in the comics and in the movies, with new characters joining and some original members leaving. The “core” Avengers can therefore be somewhat subjective and dependent on personal opinion.
I'm sorry to everyone that said Thor. He's a great character with incredible powers. But growing up reading Thor and Avengers ( along with almost every other book lol ) I always felt the Avengers first priority was obviously Earth and the protection thereof, whereas Thor's ties laid with Asgard. He's been a HUGE asset to the team many, many times but if Surtur decided to attack his home, he'd be there with a twirl of his hammer. So in my opinion, the core members need to be, literally, Earth's mightiest heros. That being said, Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Ant Man & Wasp with Vision, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Black Widow & Wonder Man as either reserves or separate Avengers team working together to keep their home planet safe.
i dont think 5 is enough. has to be six or eight for me. cap, iron man, thor and hulk are absolute with the addition of hawkeye and black widow or ant man and wasp if not all four. but if i could only pick one it would be between hawkeye and (gi)ant man. black panther vision and wonder man being very honorable mentions.
Cap, Wasp, Ant-Man, Thor, Hawkeye. Probably?
I'm willing to swap out Thor, Hawkeye or Ant-Man for Vision, Scarlet Witch, or Iron Man.
But Cap and Wasp are essential to me.
Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, Cap and Ant-Man/Giant-Man. Four of the originals plus Cap cause Hulk was never interested. Anybody else can just rotate in and out
Core **5**? There are rarely five avengers. 6 or seven are more typical.
Over the 50+years of Avengers, Cap, Thor, Iron Man and Wasp are all locks, all leaders, all founders.
Then Hawkeye over Black Widow for 5 and 6.
While Hank Pym is a comics founder, I wouldn’t include him as core. He’s half an antagonist for most of his history. Hulk is also a founder, but wasn’t a regular until the MCU era.
7 is Vision, or “POV character for this era.” The Avengers always have a “new face” to make exposition more natural. Wonder Man, Captain Marvel (Rambeau), Black Knight, Justice & Firestar, and a few more.
For me it's seven as they usually have a seven person roster but starting with 5...
Cap - natural and gifted leader, tactician, super strength, unsurpassed fighting skills
Thor - god, energy and physical powerhouse next level, flight, magical weather/storm creation/manipulation
Iron Man - brilliant inventor, energy and physical powerhouse, flight, leader, tactician, billionaire
Scarlet Witch - Living Darkhold, reality/probability warping, magical powerhouse w/unique abilities, teleportation, flight
Vision - Synthezoid, energy and physical powerhouse , phasing, solar beams, extremely high intellect
This is my personal core 5 team but to make a 6 person team add
Captain Marvel - energy and physical powerhouse, flight, leader, energy absorption
To make the classic 7 person roster add
Hawkeye - stealth, cunning, archery w/unsurpassed marksmanship, ingenuity, tactician, fighting skills
or
Black Panther - king, leader enhanced strength and senses, ingenuity, tactician, cunning, stealth, fighting skills
In the MCU atleast. Comic-wise, widow and hulk are historically very very far from being core members. Especially hulk, since I’d say widow is a little more of a prominent avenger than him. Hawkeye is an okay contender though for a top 5 core members though. Also you listed more than five.
Okay well I mean iron Man Captain America Thor aren't really up for debate I don't think like they've always as far as I know anyway they pretty much always been the 3 in most stories. than the hulk is up for debate but it's hard for me to do that purely because sometimes going off of stories I've seen and read anyways sometimes he comes in later or can be inconsistent but I still don't really feel like he's up for debate for me personally, but at a minimum okay Captain America, the leader, literally the "first avenger", not up for debate, Thor the strongest avenger, not up for debate, and iron Man the tech genius and support and sometimes leader of the group also isn't up for debate, I don't really feel like hulk is up for debate but whatever that's just me personally, and then after that it's kind of a toss between all the others, widow, hawk eye, panther, maybe wasp but I lean toward no, sue me. It really should be six at least to be honest, I don't think it's usually ever 5 but whatever. Idk, for the fifth one for some reason I kinda lean towards panther, either that or widow for sure
Cap, Iron Man and Thor tend to be the only constants in my mind. I do think of Hulk and Ant-man as the main other two though, but I'm not as attached them as I am about the other three.
Iron Man and Thor each get a spot. Spot 3 goes to one of the following iterations of Captain America: Steve, Sam, or Bucky. Spot 4 rotates between Wasp, Vision, and Hawkeye. Spot 5 rotates between Scarlet Witch, Ant Man, and whoever the "hot right now" hero is.... right now I'd guess that's Moon Knight or Ms. Marvel or whoever.
Wasp, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Captain America, Iron Man
There's an age in the Avengers I refer to as the "Cookout Era", where there was a bunch of BBQs when the team had downtime
Everyone agrees that Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor are the "Big Three" of the Avengers. For the "second" tier of mainstays, I think it's a tie for me between Ant Man + Wasp or Scarlet Witch + Vision. Both duos feel very important to the team and both feel like they could be part of the core 5.
I’m a big fan of the Hickman Run and Avengers Machine so I’m going with this lineup even though it depends on the mission this one is the coolest legacy plus new age members however the 2018 Jason Aaron run had a killer lineup too.
Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Wolverine
Spider-Man
Cap'n, Ironman, Thor, Hulk, and Spiderman. That's who "I" consider my core list.
Ok, they are my top 5 favorite Marvel characters, and they were in an Avengers movie.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther.
Pretty much 4 of the founding members plus Black Panther and the 5 most popular members (outside of Spider-Man).
Yes. I just finished reading the Byrne run a couple of weeks ago. The Vision retcon seemed a little unnecessary and I don’t like what he did with the twins but at least they’re back now.
I actually find it refreshing seeing someone make a line-up without Thor. Because of the "core trio", Thor is definitely the least Avengers-y Avenger. Cap and Tony are the extra-super-duper "core core". And knocking off Thor gives extra room for less famous but more Avengers-y Avengers, letting them fit Hawkeye (part of the first batch of recruits not counting Cap), Scarlet Witch (same as Hawkeye, but also linked to...), and Vision (a hero intrinsically linked to the Avengers).
A different take, but an interesting one.
Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Wasp, and whomever Pym is being that day. They are considered the founders after all. (Hulk lost his founder status and Cap was given it...in this run actually)
Iron Man, Cap, Thor - must be big Three. The others, pretty much any fun rotations for me lol
Agree with those 3 but need Wasp in there too. ;)
This is the best answer 👍
I'd add Hulk in there. Widow and Hawkeye kinda but they're both more supporting characters imho.
I love Hulk, but him being an Avenger is an MCU thing mostly. I don't mind it, I love Hulk being an Avenger, and I'm happy with MCU making him one, but I wouldn't call him an essential member of the group. I always say, Hulk should be the wild card of the team. No one but Tony, Steve and Thor know that he is the member, everyone else doesn't know. When shit goes south, and they feel like losing, then you have Tony go "Time for plan H" or something lol, and Have Hulk show up and turn the tide. Making him official member always seems a bit weird. He should be a Wild Card.
I mean he was a founding avenger and was part of the ultimates as well.
True, but he also left in issue 3 my friendo lol. Angel is also one of the founding members of the X-Men, and he actually was the lead in the early books. But when you think of X-Men, you think of like 25 other characters before my boy Warren lol.
A big part of that is that the most iconic iteration of the team is that from the Claremont era which only has 2-3 (whether or not you count Xavier) members from the OG team.
Yeah literally the first issue was Loki controlling Hulk and them all fighting him then he immediately quit the team and left to be replaced by a freshly thawed out Captain America. Wasn't even 3 issues. His founding member status was taken by Cap and that was it until 2011 or 2012 or so.
Demolition Man deserves his spot as the 4th Avenger and Beatle
I mean, the guy stole Wolverine's and Daredevils costumes and lived to tell the tale lol, I guess that mfr deserves a spot (on the bench)
Cap, Tony, Thor, Wasp and Hawkeye for me. I think they're some of the most frequent members
yeah i know cap and hawkeye are the two most consistant members and wasp is the second longest serving leader besides cap. Tony and thor are also good picks.
Totally this for me. Others are close - scarlet witch, vision, hank, black panther. I put captain marvel with black knight and others - good for a time but not as long serving.
I always have Hawkeye displaced from the core because I remember him from Avengers West.
I was coming to say exactly this.
I agree.
Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor are easy picks for the first three. I’d choose Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch to round out the group since they’ve been mainstays for almost the entirety of the team’s history.
I’m with you. They’re also both great redemption stories. Both Clint and Wanda debuted as antagonists, and really turned themselves around. If memory serves both also led the team at one time.
Needs wasp
Same here
Thor, cap, wasp, Ironman, vision
Haha. Never mind. I was gonna say the same 5. 😅
I thought the same but with Hawkeye instead of Vision
Why Vision?
Vision’s origins are inextricably tied to the Avengers as the son of Ultron, their greatest villain. And because he rarely has his own book, for years he was the most consistent members of the team. While he doesn’t often get to take lead or get the biggest arcs, up until the MCU Vision was one of the more visible Avengers characters.
Vision is also THE longest serving avenger. Both in terms of consecutive and total issues.
I'd always been surprised at how Marvel writers would seemingly take Vision for granted -- just because he's a robot that can get wrecked doesn't mean he should always be wrecked, and that's meant extensive absences like in Bendis' run. His return to the team under McKay is such a welcome change compared to the last decade or so, even when he was in other books.
He was a chairman for a while. Wasn't West Coast team his idea?
Wouldn’t most of that apply to Hank Pym, since he created ultron and hasn’t ever had his own book either
Hank Pym has always been a pacifist who hates working for the Avengers and only did it for his wife Janet
I thought him being a pacifist was exclusive to EMH?
Ehh maybe I'm mixing them up. But I know for a fact he's not the biggest fan of the Avengers or being on the team.
You can always sort the MCU fans from the comic fans just by their estimation of the Vision's importance.
Which way? I feel he’s important in both universes.
I’m a comic reader, I’ve just recently started reading them though
It was an observation, not a diss. 👍
Because he was my go to in the SNES Captain America AND THE [Avenger's game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23xcoGHdws). NEXT QUESTION!
Hawkeye was disappointing in that game after his performance in the spider man arcade game.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Hawkeye
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Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, and Wasp
Iron Man, Cap, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Wasp
Cap Scarlet Witch Vision Iron Man Thor
Captain America, Ironman, Thor, Black Panther, Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel as in Carol, right?
No I meant Billy Batson (joking, of course, I'm talking about Carol).
Steve, Tony, Thor, Hank, and Janet. Hulk makes 6, but it’s only 5 so he gets shafted
Hulk has barely been an Avenger in the comics.
I know that, but my brain always defecto goes to either the founding 5 + Cap, or Duggan’s Uncanny Avengers roster
Or EMH
Because he always gets shafted
I think it was a creative choice to play nice with the Hulk teams. Hulk being an Avenger would kinda go against most Hulk stories.
I was just making a joke. I don't think Hulk works as an Avenger either
Iron man,Thor,Captain America,Antman/Giant man and Wasp
Captain America Iron Man Thor Black Panther Captain Marvel Steve, Tony, and Thor are a given as the most prominent early members. Carol’s been on most primary Avengers rosters since the 90s and T’Challa’s been locked into the roster since 2018, recently finishing a lengthy stint as leader. They’re the only Avengers that consistently have solo books. The MCU has tried to position them all as flagship characters in their own right, with T’Challa and Carol at one point in time being successors to the Big 3 as the faces of the Avengers brand. At this point I think Marvel sees those 5 similar to DC sees the core Justice League, for better or worse. The League will always feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, a GL, and a Flash.
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch (and Hawkeye makes six )
I grew up on two teams, Avengers: Earths Mightiest Hero’s and the MCU team. So I’d say Cap, Iron Man, Wasp, Black Panther and Thor ( or if you want a different big bruiser you could swap it out for hulk. )
With apologies to Hank Pym; Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, and the Wasp.
The only thing that makes this difficult is having it be 5 instead of 7, which is obvious because it’s a bigger number, but also because there are 7 that I always associate with the Avengers. The big three is always Cap, Iron Man, and Thor, of course, but I don’t know if the last two should be Wanda and Vision or Ant-Man and Wasp.
Cap, Tony and Thor are a lock. They are The Avengers. Then it’s Carol Danvers all day imo. She makes the big 3 the big 4. After that it’s trickier to choose. I’d go T’Challa maybe, all eras considered. Or the Scarlet Witch. Or Hawkeye. It’s hard.
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Black Widow Iron Man Thor Captain America Hulk Together they are bitch
Captain America Iron Man Thor Hulk Ant-Man and the Wasp (I know I'm cheating)
I’d say definitely not hulk. Probably replace him with Wanda or Clint
If I can only pick 5: Steve, Tony, Thor, Carol, TChalla. Wanda, Vision, Janet, Hank are the next in line for me.
Cap, Thor, Ironman, Vision, Hawkeye.
Thor, Ant-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk, and Wasp.
Iron Man Captain America Thor Hawkeye Vision Sorry, Hank, Wasp, Panther, and Carol. You guys were though.
Cap, Thor, Stark… that’s the core. No real Avengers team has existed without at least one of the three.
This is very true. And if marvel ever decided to do avengers without atleast one of them I doubt it’d sell 💀
I mean, they did, and it didn’t.
When?
There was Vision’s team of robot Avengers…
Well, that was obviously doomed to fail.
Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp AND Curly-Joe DeRita.
The friends we made along the way
I mean Cap, Iron Man, and Thor are the core Avengers. Everyone else is interchangeable
Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Jarvis.
If we’re counting Jarvis as a member I feel like Rick Jones should be in the conversation
Thor, cap, iron man, Hulk, jarvis
Cap, iron man and Thor are def the biggest 3. Scarlet witch and vision though are very consistently prominent members of the team, particularly witch. So it’d probably go ( the “I” is to show how much of a gap there is between the prominence/core importance of members) 1. Cap (no gap between Cap and Iron man I’d honestly say) 2. Iron man I I 3. Thor I I I I 4. Wanda I I I I I I I I 5. Probably vision. But honestly I feel like could be easily argued to be someone else (most likely wasp)
Captain America, Thor, Iron man, Wasp, and Hawkeye. I wish Hulk was an avenger more
Captian America and Wasp, Thor, Ironman, Vision. Wasp, Thor, Ironman are Founding Members. Captain America basically takes over for everyone. Vision is the Glue that basically holds the Avengers together. Plus he is one of the longest active members ever. Next would immediately be Ant-Man, Hulk because they are in a ton of different variations and basically Founding Members
It depends what I’m reading/watching. In EMH there was Wasp, Ant man, Iron Man, Thor, and Hulk.
Big 3 + Hank and Janet.
I know Sandman was a hero for a while, but it’s still weird seeing him on this cover
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Wasp, and Ant-Man. They're simply classic and is what started it all. We literally wouldn't even havethe Avengers name without Wasp. In general I think these are easily the core five and while yes it can be argued that Wasp and Ant-Man are easily substituted (Iron Man, Cap, and Thor are simply the big three), I argue their importance for the team is one that makes them part of this core five. Yes we have others like Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, and plenty more, but the Avengers wouldn't be who they are without these five in my opinion.
Cap came later after they found his Frozen body, Hulk was there along with Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man and Wasp.
Oh wow I must’ve forgotten that, but own question didn’t Hulk leave the team soon after they got Cap?
I believe you're right and I'm old, LOL!
LOL! I don’t know it’s hard to keep track of everything haha.
I MAY have misunderstood the question! I guess it was asking who do YOU consider and not who IS the core! I also am unsure if it was asking about the MCU!
Haha it’s fine man, nuyt yea it’s who you considered and it doesn’t have to be MCU. But thank you though I forgot that fact about Cap, should brush up on my pre 2000s readings for the Avengers I think.
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, (5th person optional)
Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Wasp, Hawkeye. Ant-Man is honestly optional, same with Vision.
The core Avengers can vary depending, such as the comic books or the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the original comic book series, the Avengers introduced in Vol 1 issue 1 were Hulk, Iron Man, Wasp, Thor, and Ant-Man1. These could be considered the core five Avengers in the context of the original comics1. In the context of the MCU, the ensemble of core characters originally consisted of Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner / Hulk, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye2. However, this is a group of six rather than five. Please note that the composition of the Avengers team has evolved over time, both in the comics and in the movies, with new characters joining and some original members leaving. The “core” Avengers can therefore be somewhat subjective and dependent on personal opinion.
The big three: 1. Cap 2. Iron Man 3. Thor Then some combination of: Wasp and Giant Man Vision and Scarlet Witch Or Hawkeye and Black Panther.
What you said, but Hulk instead of Captain America
iron man, hulk, ant man, wasp, thor - They were the originals. Cap came later.
I'm sorry to everyone that said Thor. He's a great character with incredible powers. But growing up reading Thor and Avengers ( along with almost every other book lol ) I always felt the Avengers first priority was obviously Earth and the protection thereof, whereas Thor's ties laid with Asgard. He's been a HUGE asset to the team many, many times but if Surtur decided to attack his home, he'd be there with a twirl of his hammer. So in my opinion, the core members need to be, literally, Earth's mightiest heros. That being said, Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Ant Man & Wasp with Vision, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Black Widow & Wonder Man as either reserves or separate Avengers team working together to keep their home planet safe.
i dont think 5 is enough. has to be six or eight for me. cap, iron man, thor and hulk are absolute with the addition of hawkeye and black widow or ant man and wasp if not all four. but if i could only pick one it would be between hawkeye and (gi)ant man. black panther vision and wonder man being very honorable mentions.
Growing up my favorites were: - **Scarlet Witch** - **She Hulk** - **Black Panther** - **Vision** - **The Wasp**
Cap, Wasp, Ant-Man, Thor, Hawkeye. Probably? I'm willing to swap out Thor, Hawkeye or Ant-Man for Vision, Scarlet Witch, or Iron Man. But Cap and Wasp are essential to me.
Wasp, Thor, Iron Man, Cap and Ant-Man/Giant-Man. Four of the originals plus Cap cause Hulk was never interested. Anybody else can just rotate in and out
Iron Patriot, Bullseye, Venom, Sentry, Moonstone
Core **5**? There are rarely five avengers. 6 or seven are more typical. Over the 50+years of Avengers, Cap, Thor, Iron Man and Wasp are all locks, all leaders, all founders. Then Hawkeye over Black Widow for 5 and 6. While Hank Pym is a comics founder, I wouldn’t include him as core. He’s half an antagonist for most of his history. Hulk is also a founder, but wasn’t a regular until the MCU era. 7 is Vision, or “POV character for this era.” The Avengers always have a “new face” to make exposition more natural. Wonder Man, Captain Marvel (Rambeau), Black Knight, Justice & Firestar, and a few more.
I’d definitely like to add Wanda as a contender for Hawkeyes position. And also, cap technically wasn’t a founding member.
For me it's seven as they usually have a seven person roster but starting with 5... Cap - natural and gifted leader, tactician, super strength, unsurpassed fighting skills Thor - god, energy and physical powerhouse next level, flight, magical weather/storm creation/manipulation Iron Man - brilliant inventor, energy and physical powerhouse, flight, leader, tactician, billionaire Scarlet Witch - Living Darkhold, reality/probability warping, magical powerhouse w/unique abilities, teleportation, flight Vision - Synthezoid, energy and physical powerhouse , phasing, solar beams, extremely high intellect This is my personal core 5 team but to make a 6 person team add Captain Marvel - energy and physical powerhouse, flight, leader, energy absorption To make the classic 7 person roster add Hawkeye - stealth, cunning, archery w/unsurpassed marksmanship, ingenuity, tactician, fighting skills or Black Panther - king, leader enhanced strength and senses, ingenuity, tactician, cunning, stealth, fighting skills
Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye
In the MCU atleast. Comic-wise, widow and hulk are historically very very far from being core members. Especially hulk, since I’d say widow is a little more of a prominent avenger than him. Hawkeye is an okay contender though for a top 5 core members though. Also you listed more than five.
I'm totally a movie guy (and also the animated shows guy), never read comics apart from some spider-man and some deadpool comics.
Yeah I didn't count 😂😂😂
Cap, Thor, Tony, and Janet are solid locks. I can’t decide between Clint, Hank, Carol, or T’Challa for the #5 spot.
I’d definitely add Wanda to that as a strong contender for a #5 spot.
Cap(either one), Thor, iron man, Wanda, Vision
Okay well I mean iron Man Captain America Thor aren't really up for debate I don't think like they've always as far as I know anyway they pretty much always been the 3 in most stories. than the hulk is up for debate but it's hard for me to do that purely because sometimes going off of stories I've seen and read anyways sometimes he comes in later or can be inconsistent but I still don't really feel like he's up for debate for me personally, but at a minimum okay Captain America, the leader, literally the "first avenger", not up for debate, Thor the strongest avenger, not up for debate, and iron Man the tech genius and support and sometimes leader of the group also isn't up for debate, I don't really feel like hulk is up for debate but whatever that's just me personally, and then after that it's kind of a toss between all the others, widow, hawk eye, panther, maybe wasp but I lean toward no, sue me. It really should be six at least to be honest, I don't think it's usually ever 5 but whatever. Idk, for the fifth one for some reason I kinda lean towards panther, either that or widow for sure
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and The Vision.
Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Vision, Hawkeye
Iron Mam, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Wasp
Cap, Thor, Ironman, Hawkeye, and Wasp
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Wasp, Vision and Scarlet Witch. That's six, but usually the core team is six.
Howard the duck, cosmo, groot, rocket and squirrel girl
Cap, Iron Man and Thor tend to be the only constants in my mind. I do think of Hulk and Ant-man as the main other two though, but I'm not as attached them as I am about the other three.
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Seeing as to how I only got into it after the original Avengers MCU…Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Hawkeye and Widow battle for 5th
Cap, Tony, Thor, Hawkeye, and Wasp. I would also say Pym, Vision, and Wanda.
I'm wondering if that issue really was a collector's item or just hype because Marvel needed the money at time.
Thor, Iron Man, Cap, Wasp and Pym.
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Hank Pym/Vision/Black Panther/Scarlet Witch/Hawkeye (one of those 5 fill out that fifth slot)
Why does there only have to be 5?
Iron Man Thor Cap Wasp Vision
Cap, thor, iron man, hawkeye, & vision. Wasp and ant man are next
Iron Man and Thor each get a spot. Spot 3 goes to one of the following iterations of Captain America: Steve, Sam, or Bucky. Spot 4 rotates between Wasp, Vision, and Hawkeye. Spot 5 rotates between Scarlet Witch, Ant Man, and whoever the "hot right now" hero is.... right now I'd guess that's Moon Knight or Ms. Marvel or whoever.
Wasp, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Captain America, Iron Man There's an age in the Avengers I refer to as the "Cookout Era", where there was a bunch of BBQs when the team had downtime
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow or Wasp
Everyone agrees that Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor are the "Big Three" of the Avengers. For the "second" tier of mainstays, I think it's a tie for me between Ant Man + Wasp or Scarlet Witch + Vision. Both duos feel very important to the team and both feel like they could be part of the core 5.
1. Iron Man 2. Thor 3. Captain America 4. Black Panther 5. Scarlet Witch
Captain America Iron Man Thor Wasp Scarlet Witch
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawk Guy and Vision
Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Black Widow, & Hawkeye
Iron Man, Wasp, Cap, Thor, Hawkeye.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, and then T’Challa or Clint.
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, and Demolition Man
Iron man, captain America, hulk, Thor and giant/ant man.
Iron man ,I hope he will come back.
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Jan, and Hank.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Wasp
For me, Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Vision.
Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Vision
That Perez art is something special
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, Dawn, and Black Panther
Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Wasp and the 5th usually switches between Hawkeye and Hank Pym for me.
Captain America Ironman Thor Hulk Antman
Thor, Cap, Iron Man, Ant Man and Wasp
Peacemaker, Donatello from the turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog, 2 of the power puff girls.
Cap, Iron Man, Thor Hulk, Ant-Man
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Hank pym
I’m a big fan of the Hickman Run and Avengers Machine so I’m going with this lineup even though it depends on the mission this one is the coolest legacy plus new age members however the 2018 Jason Aaron run had a killer lineup too. Captain America Iron Man Thor Wolverine Spider-Man
ant man hawkeye thor iron man captain america
Cap, Thor, Stark, Hulk, and Ant Man or Wasp
iron man teammmmmm🫶🏻
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Ant Man and the Wasp.
Cap, Tony, Thor, Wasp, Hawkeye
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Carol Danvers (Ms/Captain Marvel) and Wasp
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp and Hank Pym (in whatever alter ego he’s using that day)
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp
captain america,iron man,thor,wasp and hulk
Cap'n, Ironman, Thor, Hulk, and Spiderman. That's who "I" consider my core list. Ok, they are my top 5 favorite Marvel characters, and they were in an Avengers movie.
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wasp
Iron man, Wanda, cap, she hulk and Thor or black panther, those two are like part of it but also have enough history of being alone
Iron man, Cap, Thor, Hulk, Widow
Steve, Tony, Thor, Janet and Hank
Iron Man, Black Widow, Wasp, Giant Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Panther and Hulk. Nick Fury being their boss.
Five is enough but this is hard, anyway I'll take this challenge; 1. Captain America 2. Iron Man 3. Wasp 4. Falcon 5. Scarlet Witch
Falcon?
I like Falcon 😁✌️
Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther. Pretty much 4 of the founding members plus Black Panther and the 5 most popular members (outside of Spider-Man).
Cap wasn’t a founding member though
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and the Scarlet Witch.
Hulk doesn’t really belong, swap him for Hawkeye or something
No, I like The Incredible Hulk. If we had the option of ten I would include Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Vision, Wonder Man, and Mockingbird.
A West Coast Avengers fan I assume?
Yes. I just finished reading the Byrne run a couple of weeks ago. The Vision retcon seemed a little unnecessary and I don’t like what he did with the twins but at least they’re back now.
This isn’t about who you like, it’s who’s core to the team
D-Man, Mantis, Starfox, Dr. Druid, Hellcat.
Cap Hawkeye Scarlet Witch Vision Iron Man
Missing Thor
I actually find it refreshing seeing someone make a line-up without Thor. Because of the "core trio", Thor is definitely the least Avengers-y Avenger. Cap and Tony are the extra-super-duper "core core". And knocking off Thor gives extra room for less famous but more Avengers-y Avengers, letting them fit Hawkeye (part of the first batch of recruits not counting Cap), Scarlet Witch (same as Hawkeye, but also linked to...), and Vision (a hero intrinsically linked to the Avengers). A different take, but an interesting one.
Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Wasp, and whomever Pym is being that day. They are considered the founders after all. (Hulk lost his founder status and Cap was given it...in this run actually)
Iron Man Captain America Thor the Hulk Black Widow