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The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in ''The Avengers'' #1 (Sept. 1963), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, inspired by the success of DC Comics' ''Justice League of America''. Labeled ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', the Avengers originally consisted of Hank Pym, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and the Wasp. The original Captain America was discovered, trapped in ice (issue #4), and joined the group after they revived him. A rotating roster became a hallmark, although one theme remained consistent: the Avengers fight "the foes no single superhero can withstand." The team, famous for its battle cry of "Avengers Assemble!", has featured humans, mutants, robots, aliens, supernatural beings, and even former villains. The team has appeared in a wide variety of media outside of comic books including a number of different animated television series and direct-to-video films. The 2012 live-action feature film ''The Avengers'', directed by Joss Whedon, set numerous records during its box office run, including one of the biggest opening debuts in North America, with a weekend gross of $207.4 million. A second ''Avengers'' film titled ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' was released on May 1, 2015. ==Publication history== In 1960, DC Comics launched a comic book series featuring a team of superheroes called the Justice League. Impressed by that book's strong sales, Martin Goodman, the owner of Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics, asked Stan Lee to create a similar team of superheroes for Marvel. Lee recounts in ''Origins of Marvel Comics'': The team debuted in ''The Avengers'' #1 (Sept. 1963). Much like the Justice League, the Avengers were an assemblage of pre-existing superhero characters created by Lee and Jack Kirby. Kirby did the artwork for the first eight issues only, in addition to doing the layouts for issue #16. This initial series, published bi-monthly through issue #6 (July 1964) and monthly thereafter ran through issue #402 (Sept. 1996), with spinoffs including several annuals, miniseries and a giant-size quarterly sister series that ran briefly in the mid-1970s. Marvel filed for a trademark for "The Avengers" in 1967 and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970. Other spinoff series include ''West Coast Avengers'', initially published as a four-issue miniseries in 1984, followed by a 102-issue series (Oct. 1985–Jan. 1994), retitled ''Avengers West Coast'' with #47; and the 40-issue ''Solo Avengers'' (Dec.1987–Jan. 1991), retitled ''Avengers Spotlight'' with #21. Between 1996 and 2004, Marvel relaunched the primary Avengers title three times. In 1996, the "Heroes Reborn" line, in which Marvel contracted outside companies to produce four titles, included a new volume of ''The Avengers''. It took place in an alternate universe, with a revamped history unrelated to mainstream Marvel continuity. ''The Avengers'' vol. 2 was written by Rob Liefeld and penciled by Jim Valentino, and ran for 13 issues (Nov. 1996–Nov. 1997). The final issue, which featured a crossover with the other ''Heroes Reborn'' titles, returned the characters to the main Marvel Universe. ''The Avengers'' vol. 3 relaunched and ran for 84 issues from February 1998 to August 2004. To coincide with what would have been the 500th issue of the original series, Marvel changed the numbering, and ''The Avengers'' #500-503 (Sept.– Dec. 2004), the one-shot ''Avengers Finale'' (Jan. 2005) became the "Avengers Disassembled" storyline and final issues. In January 2005, a new version of the team appeared in the ongoing title ''The New Avengers'', followed by ''The Mighty Avengers'', ''Avengers: The Initiative'', and ''Dark Avengers''. ''Avengers'' vol. 4 debuted in July 2010 and ran until January 2013. Vol. 5 was launched in February 2013. After Secret Wars, a new Avengers team will debut, dubbed the ''All-New, All-Different Avengers'', starting with a FCBD preview.〔http://marvel.com/cards/60/all-new_all-different_avengers_assemble〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avengers (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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