Make me an Avengers Team

1. One member of the Trinity: THOR
2. A Long Standing Avenger: MS MARVEL
3. A Villian: THE BLOB
4. An International Hero: CAPTAIN BRITAIN
5. A Cosmic character: MEDUSA
6. A Mutant: SABRA
7. A Wildcard: LONGSHOT
   

1.One member of the Trinity(Cap, Thor, Iron Man or a variation of them)
2.A Long Standing Avenger
3.A Villian (Does not have to be currently reformed)
4.An International Hero
5.A Cosmic character
6.A Mutant
7.A Wildcard(Wildcard can literally be anyone you want)


1. Any variation of the trinity... be glad I'm not making a comedy team or Frog Thor would be here... but I'd have to with Beta Ray Bill for the variation of the trinity...

2. Hawkeye... hands down... I'm a longtime fan of Clint and I'd let myself down if I didn't choose him.

3. Doom... Dr. freaking Doom... seriously, Doom is one villain that has proven several times that he can play the hero, and he has the political skills and clout to get the team around.

4. Silver Samurai, for some reason I think he should be in this team...

5. Never read too many of the comics featuring the Cosmic Characters of the Marvel Universe... but I have read a few... I guess I'd choose one of the Starjammers, Hepzibah.

6. Penance... a too little used mutant that would make an interesting addition to the team.

7. Shadowcat... she's been an Agent of SHIELD so it would be interesting to see her be a member of the Avengers...

I was thinking the other day that I'd love to see a team that subverted the core trinity by being made up of the Punisher, Ares and War Machine.

Edited by Wolfthomas - 07-Mar-2011 at 11:57am

So this is is my 90's anti-hero Deadly Avengers, called by together by Death to stop several threats to the balance in the universe (much like what we saw with the cancerverse), but more localised to earth. The team is built around the idea of an Avengers' pantheon but as a force for death and subsquently has a lot skull imagery.

One member of the Trinity(Cap, Thor, Iron Man or a variation of them), War-machine, filling the Iron-man role in the team, also trying to keep everyone under control.
A Long Standing Avenger, Spider-woman (Jessica Drew), willing to kill but with restraint, she is the team's conscience and fills the Spiderman role. Black and white costume change.
A Villian (Does not have to be currently reformed), Taskmaster, acting as kind of the Hawkeye of the group.
An International Hero, Ares (I know it's cheating a little, but he is a Greek god), plucked from Hades pretty much doing what he does best. Filling the Thor role.
A Cosmic character,  Martyr, resurrected and given a second chance to be Death's champion, fills the Ms Marvel/Photon/Captain Marvel role
A Mutant, X-23, trying to avoid killing but being dragged back into the game, fills Wolverine role (without putting him on a third Avengers team).
A Wildcard(Wildcard can literally be anyone you want) The Punisher, creates some frictions between him, Taskmaster and Ares (who is quite proud of Frank). Fills Captain America role.

Lots of gratituous violence and disappointed looks from Steve Rogers.


Edited by Wolfthomas - 13-Mar-2011 at 8:11am

Huh. I must've missed this one.


One member of the Trinity: Capt. America
A Long Standing Avenger: She-Hulk
A Villian: Ultron
An International Hero: Black Widow
A Cosmic character: Firelord
A Mutant: Rogue
A Wildcard: Nighthawk

Trinity: Capt. America Bucky 
A Long Standing Avenger: Quicksilver 
A Villian: Baron Mordo (is that his name?)
An International Hero: Namor
A Cosmic character: Superskrull
A Mutant: Wolverine (cause he rock as an avenger)
A Wildcard: Kaine

I know this is like my third one, this has become my go to topic of brainstorming when I get bored.

In wake of the current cosmic crisises, Steve Rogers with the backing of the UN decides to offer aid to planets that request it, to promote galactic unity (and to show that earthlings should be taken seriously). A small team is formed, no costumes, but wearing casual uniforms like what foreign aid workers wear (like what Ellis did in Atonishing) or space suits on less hospitable planets. The team would probably vary it's roster, as it's missions are infrequent. But the first line up is:

A Long Standing Avenger, Hank Pym, leads the team, being the brains of the outfit, utilizing his dimensional door ways to transport the team. The compassionate scientist building dams and irrigation system for aliens.
One member of the Trinity(Cap, Thor, Iron Man or a variation of them), Rescue, Pepper Potts is a just a given with her suit. Salvage and rescue, hostile enironments.
A Villian (Does not have to be currently reformed), Asorbing Man, on parole with Hank Pym's support. Using his powers to adapt to new and unique environments
An International Hero, Echo, the idea of a deaf ninja in space seems such a fish out of water that I love it, a tender moment when she communicates with a non-verbal race through drawing.
A Cosmic character, Cynosure, from the Luminals, providing an intergalactic liason and connection to Knowhere. I like the idea of her being a famous space hero (or at least legacy to one) that none of the humans have heard of.
A Mutant, Magneto, I was tossing up between him and Beast, but I don't want to double up on Hanks and I love the idea of Erik, sans costume helping, build alien shelters with his powers. Does he have a hidden agenda or does he genuinely want to help them?
A Wildcard, Blue Marvel, too powerful for earth but might work quite well in the cosmic setting, the heaviest lifter on the team. Smart enough to provide a foil for Hank and I could see him and Magneto getting along. Also the big gun to deter enemies.

Edited by Wolfthomas - 20-Mar-2011 at 2:17am

One member of the Trinity: Captain America (Steve Rogers)
A Long Standing Avenger: Hawkeye
A Villain: Ghost
An International Hero: Black Panther (Shuri - T'Chala's Sister)
A Cosmic character: Nova
A Mutant: Nightcrawler
A Wildcard: Songbird

I was thinking of a team that could slot into the current continuity without too much stealing of characters or sharing between. We have a team lead by Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Luke Cage and Hank Pym's junior squad. I got to thinking that Carol Danvers deserved to lead an Avengers team, she did lead the Mighty Avengers but with a lot of interfering from Tony. So I give you the Mighty Avengers.

The plot that sets up this team is that there's a meta-human attack on the UN assembly (topical) while Ms Marvel is pulling a security detail and these are some of the characters who respond to disaster, saving the day before the rest of the Avengers arrive, prompting Carol to suggest to Steve that she reconstitutes the "Mighty Avengers".

A Long Standing Avenger – Ms Marvel, she’s the leader of the team and an experienced powerhouse.

One member of the Trinity – Thunderstrike, the new one. He’s outside the UN assembly protesting just because a cute girl invited him. When trouble goes down he joins the fight. The hotheaded youngster of the group, trying to live up to his father’s legacy

An International Hero – Arabian Knight (III), there’s not much about this character, but I love his costume (or lack there of) and power set (flight from a suit made out of an unravelled magic carpet, a magic sword and a sash that can extend and grap or whip enemies). He’s there to protect the Saudi Arabian delegates and their embassy after his government decides that New York is getting too dangerous. He joins the Avengers unwillingly as his government wants the positive publicity (as well as an inside man). He’d be interesting to read as he might be initially disrespectful of Carol because of her costume and his background, but he’d warm up to the team and come to be a valued member and could be used to subvert stereotypes of foreign Muslims.

A Cosmic character – Mantis, a former avenger, she’s returned to Earth after all the conflicts in the cosmic arena and is at the UN assembly to give a brief summary of what’s going on in space. She joins the team as a useful Psychic and martial artist.

A Wildcard(Wildcard can literally be anyone you want) – Machine Man, where Carol goes Aaron goes, he’s pulling security with Carol when the attack happens. Comedy relief and tech guy.

Those are the core five of the team. The last two are working as private security for the Swiss delegation when the attack goes down. They stay for the first arc or two but disappear depending on their business obligations. They’re kept on a retainer and promises of “get of jail” privileges. Maybe with the newfound publicity it's hard for them to find merc jobs and they choose an Avenger check.

A Villian (Does not have to be currently reformed) - Taskmaster, he's undeniably cool and maybe sticks around as Mantis trys to recover his memories for him.

A Mutant – Domino, I'd love to see her try to be a mainstream superhero with a new costume and stun weaponry.

Edit: Also I've been thinking about this but I'd have them hang in a wing of the Infinity Mansion (if it still exists), it's makes sense as the second Mighty Avengers used it and allows interactions between Jocasta and Machine Man, Finesse and Taskmaster and Thunderstrike to hang out with the trainee Avengers. Could totally see Surge spying on Domino.

Edited by Wolfthomas - 23-Sep-2011 at 11:43am