After 74 villains break out of prison, Marvel's most powerful superheroes team up to capture all of them, and also to defend the Earth from widespread threats.After 74 villains break out of prison, Marvel's most powerful superheroes team up to capture all of them, and also to defend the Earth from widespread threats.After 74 villains break out of prison, Marvel's most powerful superheroes team up to capture all of them, and also to defend the Earth from widespread threats.
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- 8 nominations
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- TriviaWhen development started on the show in 2008, there was concern about launching the show with Captain America as the leader of the team. A great deal of research showed that Cap met a lot of negativity outside of the United States. So, to give people a chance to know the character, it was decided to have Iron Man, whose popularity skyrocketed at the time of development due to the Iron Man (2008) film, lead the team. Most importantly, show creators wanted to mirror the original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby run and form the Avengers using the original five members, having Cap join later.
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[Season One Theme Song]
Bad City: Our world's about to break/Tormented and attacked/Lost from when we wake/With no way to go back/I'm standing on my own/But now I'm not alone/Avengers, assemble!/Always, we will fight as one/Until the battle's won/With evil on the run/We never come undone/Assemble, we are strong/Forever fight as one/Assemble, we are strong/Forever fight as one.
- SoundtracksFight As One
Performed by Bad City
Written and Produced by Guy Erez & David Ari Leon (as David Ari Leon)
Each episode introduces new characters and builds up the Marvel world. The show brings together heroes Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant Man, and Wasp (and later Captain America) to form the superteam The Avengers. This is a great way to bring these superheroes to life for a new generation (Marvel produced several separate animated series in the 1990s, some more successful than others) and it also builds up to the all-star superhero blockbuster Avengers movie set for release in 2012. THE AVENGERS will unite the stars of the separate Marvel films against a common threat, and this show allows viewers to see the different heroes in action together and sets up their relationship with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. (It also introduces Maria Hill, a character not yet established in the movieverse.) The show should raise excitement for the upcoming movie, especially among viewers who were unaware that the live action team-up was in the works.
I'm not an avid comics reader myself, but it seems like the cartoon is styled after the mainstream Marvel comic universe, with a few added touches from the movies (which were inspired, in part, by the alternative "Ultimate" comic universe). The Avengers lineup is like the original in the comics, and the character designs are faithful to the classic comics. (Nick Fury looks more like the original comics version, but is a black man like in the movies/Ultimate comics.) So I think the show strikes a good balance of bringing the comic book universe to life and keeping things compatible with the movies.
Needless to say "THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES" is action- packed. It should be a good time for superhero fans, particularly young ones hungry for all things Marvel. (Rival DC Comics had a comparable show, highlighting the various characters in its expansive stable: "JUSTICE LEAGUE".) It's a solid superhero cartoon, and faithful to the comics. It's not stylized beyond recognition or twisted from its inspiration. Marvel stays true to itself. And you get all of the heroes and villains populating the same world. (Except the X-Men and Spider-Man, maybe, but the Fantastic Four do make an appearance.) It is nice to see the comic book characters brought to life, in all their glory. This is shaping up to be a definitive Marvel Comics animated series. I'm just not sure I'm sold on the voice cast.
- jimjo1216
- Aug 16, 2011
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- Incredible Hulk: Gamma Corps
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