The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series. A second season is scheduled to premier in October 2011.
The series initially features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and theWasp. The team is later joined by Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[2]
Cast & Characters[]
Avengers[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Man / Anthony "Tony" Stark | Eric Loomis | "Iron Man is Born!" | Founding member. Team leader. |
| Wasp / Janet van Dyne | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | "The Man in the Ant Hill" | Founding member. |
| Captain America / Steven "Steve" Rogers | Brian Bloom | "Meet Captain America" | Joined the team in "Living Legend". Kidnapped by The Skrulls in "A Day Unlike Any Other". |
| Thor / Thor Odinson | Rick D. Wasserman | "Thor the Mighty" | Founding member. |
| Ant-Man / Giant-Man / Henry "Hank" Pym | Wally Wingert | "The Man in the Ant Hill" | Founding member. |
| Black Panther / T'Challa | James C. Mathis III | "Welcome to Wakanda" | Joined the team in "Panther's Quest". |
| Hawkeye / Clinton "Clint" Barton | Chris Cox | "Hulk Versus the World" | Left S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Beware the Widow's Bite", joined the team in "Gamma World, Part 2". |
| The Hulk | Fred Tatasciore | "The Coming of the Hulk" | Founding member. Left the team in "Some Assembly Required", returned in "Gamma World, Part 2". |
| Spider-Man/Peter Parker | Drake Bell | "New Avengers" | Joined the team as a reserve member. |
| JARVIS | Phil LaMarr | "Iron Man is Born!" | Iron Man's trusty AI system integrated into his armor and the facilities of Stark Industries, as well as Avengers Mansion. |
Supporting characters[]
S.H.I.E.L.D.[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Fury | Alex Désert | "HYDRA Lives!" | Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Disappeared in "Hail, Hydra!". |
| Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff / Natalia Romanova | Vanessa Marshall | "Hulk Versus the World" | |
| Maria Hill | Kari Wührer | "HYDRA Lives!" | Becomes director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Hail, Hydra!". |
| Mockingbird / Barbara "Bobbi" Morse | Elizabeth Daily | "This Monster, This Hero" | |
| Clay Quartermain | Troy Baker | "The Big House" | |
| Jimmy Woo | Nolan North | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | |
| Jasper Sitwell | Tom Kane | "Come the Conqueror" | |
| Mandroids | "HYDRA Lives!" |
Other supporting characters[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Erskine | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Balder | Nolan North | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Black Knight / Dane Whitman | "Come the Conqueror" | |||
| Black Panther / T'Chaka | Hakeem Kae-Kazim | "Welcome to Wakanda" | Killed by Man-Ape in "Welcome to Wakanda". | |
| Bucky / James Buchanan Barnes | Scott Menville | "Meet Captain America" | Killed in "If This Be Doomsday!". Brought back to life in "Hail, Hydra!" | |
| Captain Marvel / Mar-Vell | Roger Craig Smith | "459" | ||
| Chester Phillips | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Doc Samson / Leonard Samson / Leonard Skivorski, Jr. | Cam Clarke | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Eitri | John DiMaggio | "The Fall of Asgard" | ||
| Falcon / Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson | ||||
| Faradei | Troy Baker | "The Fall of Asgard" | ||
| Fantastic Four | Mister Fantastic / Reed Richards | Dee Bradley Baker | "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow" | |
| Invisible Woman / Susan Storm | Erin Torpey | "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow" | ||
| Human Torch / Jonathan "Johnny" Storm | David Kaufman | "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow" | ||
| The Thing / Benjamin "Ben" Grimm | Fred Tatasciore | "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow" | ||
| H.E.R.B.I.E. | "The Kang Dynasty" | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Star-Lord / Peter Quill | Cam Clarke | ||
| Adam Warlock | Kirk Thornton | |||
| Groot | John DiMaggio | |||
| Rocket Raccoon | John DiMaggio | |||
| Quasar / Phyla-Vell | Grey DeLisle | |||
| Heimdall | J. B. Blanc | "Thor the Mighty" | ||
| Howard Stark | "Living Legend" | |||
| Howling Commandos | Jack Fury | Alex Désert | "Meet Captain America" | |
| Dino Manelli | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Dum Dum Dugan | John DiMaggio | "Meet Captain America" | ||
| Gabe Jones | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Izzy Cohen | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Pinky Pinkerton | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Rebel Ralston | "Meet Captain America" | |||
| Jane Foster | Kari Wahlgren | "Thor the Mighty" | ||
| Ms. Marvel / Carol Danvers | Jennifer Hale | "459" | ||
| N'Gassi | Kevin Michael Richardson | "Welcome to Wakanda" | ||
| Odin | Clancy Brown | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Virgina "Pepper" Potts | Dawn Olivieri | "Iron Man is Born!" | ||
| Sif | Nika Futterman | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross | Keith Ferguson | "The Coming of the Hulk" | ||
| Valkyrie / Brunnhilde | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | "The Fall of Asgard" | ||
| Vision / Victor Shade | Peter Jessop | |||
| War Machine / James "Rhodey" Rhodes | Bumper Robinson | "Iron Man is Born!" | ||
| Warriors Three | Fandral | Chris Cox | "The Siege of Asgard" | |
| Hogun | John DiMaggio | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Volstagg | Fred Tatasciore | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Wolverine / James "Logan" Howlett | Steven Blum | "Meet Captain America" | ||
Villains[]
HYDRA[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Skull / Johann Schmidt | Steven Blum | "Meet Captain America" | Original leader of HYDRA. |
| Baron Strucker / Wolfgang von Strucker | Jim Ward | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | Leader of HYDRA |
| Grim Reaper / Eric Williams | Lance Henriksen | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | |
| Arnim Zola | Grant Moninger | "The Big House" | |
| Doughboy | Grant Moninger | "Living Legend" | |
| Madame Hydra / Viper / Ophelia Sarkissian | Vanessa Marshall | "Gamma World, Part 1" | Revealed to be a Skrull in "Widow's Sting". |
| Dreadnoughts | "HYDRA Lives!" |
Masters of Evil[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baron Zemo / Heinrich Zemo | Robin Atkin Downes | "Breakout, Part 1" | Left HYDRA and joined the Masters of Evil in "Living Legend". |
| Enchantress / Amora | Kari Wahlgren | "The Isle of Silence" | Founding member. |
| Executioner / Skurge | Peter Lurie | "The Isle of Silence" | Founding member. |
| Abomination / Emil Blonsky | Robin Atkin Downes | "This Monster, This Hero" | Joined the team in "Gamma World, Part 2". |
| Chemistro / Curtis Carr | Nolan North | "Breakout, Part 1" | Joined team in "This Hostage Earth". |
| Crimson Dynamo / Ivan Vanko | Chris Cox | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | Joined the team in "Gamma World, Part 2". |
| Grey Gargoyle / Paul Pierre Duval | Troy Baker | "The Big House" | Joined team in "This Hostage Earth". Killed offscreen by the Executioner in "This Hostage Earth". |
| Living Laser / Arthur Parks | Nolan North | "Breakout, Part 1" | Joined team in "This Hostage Earth". |
| Wonder Man / Simon Williams | Phil LaMarr | "Everything is Wonderful" | Joined the team in "Everything is Wonderful". |
Other villains[]
| Character | Voice | First appearance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorbing Man / Carl "Crusher" Creel | Rick D. Wasserman | "The Coming of the Hulk" | ||
| Advanced Idea Mechanics | MODOC / George Tarleton | Wally Wingert | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | |
| Scientist Supreme | Nolan North | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Bi-Beast | Wally Wingert Wade Williams |
"This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Blizzard / Donnie Gill | Troy Baker | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Constrictor / Frank Payne | Cam Clarke | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Doctor Doom / Victor von Doom | "The Private War of Doctor Doom" | |||
| Fenris Wolf | Fred Tatasciore | "A Day Unlike Any Other" | ||
| Graviton / Franklin Hall | Fred Tatasciore | "The Big House" | ||
| Griffin / Johnny Horton | Fred Tatasciore | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Hela | Nika Futterman | "The Fall of Asgard" | ||
| Hoarfen | Fred Tatasciore | "A Day Unlike Any Other" | ||
| Kang / Nathaniel Richards | Jonathan Adams | "Meet Captain America" | ||
| Karnilla | Kari Wahlgren | "This Hostage Earth" | Turned to stone by Grey Gargoyle in "This Hostage Earth" | |
| Klaw / Ulysses Klaw | Mark Hamill | "The Man in the Ant Hill" | ||
| Kree | Yon-Rogg | Fred Tatasciore | "459" | |
| Sentry-459 | "459" | |||
| Leader / Samuel Sterns | Jeffrey Combs | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Loki / Loki Laufeyson | Graham McTavish | "The Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Lucia von Bardas | Kirsten Potter | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Mad Thinker | Danny Mann | "The Big House" | ||
| Madman / Philip Sterns | John DiMaggio | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Malekith | Quinton Flynn | "The Casket of Ancient Winters" | Presumably dies in "The Casket of Ancient Winters" | |
| Man-Ape / M'Baku | Kevin Michael Richardson | "Welcome to Wakanda" | ||
| Mandrill / Jerome Beechman | Fred Tatasciore | "The Big House" | ||
| Purple Man / Zebediah Killgrave | "Breakout, Part 1" | |||
| Radioactive Man / Chen Lu | James Sie | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Ravonna | Cindy Robinson | "Lo, There Shall Come a Conqueror" | ||
| Red Ghost / Ivan Kragoff | "Breakout, Part 1" | |||
| Serpent Society | King Cobra / Klaus Voorhees | James C. Mathis III | "Breakout, Part 1" | |
| Anaconda / Blanche Sitznski | Grey DeLisle | "Ultron-5" | ||
| Bushmaster / Quincy McIver | John DiMaggio | "Ultron-5" | ||
| Death Adder / Roland Burroughs | Keith Ferguson | "Ultron-5" | ||
| Rattler / Gustav Krueger | Fred Tatasciore | "Ultron-5" | ||
| Skrulls | "459" | |||
| Technovore | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | |||
| U-Foes | Vector / Simon Utrecht | Cam Clarke | "This Monster, This Hero" | |
| Ironclad / Michael Steel | John DiMaggio | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Vapor / Ann Darnell | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| X-Ray / James Darnell | Keith Ferguson | "This Monster, This Hero" | ||
| Ulik | Troy Baker | "The Fall of Asgard" | ||
| Ultimo | "Iron Man is Born!" | |||
| Ultron | Tom Kane | "The Man in the Ant Hill" | ||
| Wendigo | John DiMaggio | "Breakout, Part 1" | ||
| Whiplash | "Breakout, Part 1" | |||
| Whirlwind / David Cannon | Troy Baker | "Enter the Whirlwind" | ||
| Wrecking Crew | Wrecker / Dirk Garthwaite | J. B. Blanc | "Thor the Mighty" | |
| Bulldozer / Henry Camp | James C. Mathis III | "Thor the Mighty" | ||
| Piledriver / Brian Calusky | Nolan North | "Thor the Mighty" | ||
| Thunderball / Eliot Franklin | Gary Anthony Williams | "Thor the Mighty" | ||
| Ymir | Gary Anthony Williams | "Siege of Asgard" | ||
| Zzzax | "Breakout, Part 1" | |||
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