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. Since 1963, they have starred in several ongoing series, as well as a large number of

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and specials. All stories are published exclusively by

under their standard imprint, unless otherwise noted.

Primary series

* '' Avengers'' #1-402 (September 1963 – September 1996) ** ''Avengers Annual'' #1-23 (1967–1969, 1971–1972, 1976–1979, 1981–1994) ** ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #1-5 (August 1974 – December 1975) * ''Avengers'' vol. 2, #1-13 403-415(Marvel Comics/

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; November 1996 – November 1997) * ''Avengers'' vol. 3, #1-84 416-499 #500-503 (February 1998 – December 2004) ** ''Avengers'' #0 (Marvel Comics/

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; July 1999) ** ''Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual '98'' (1998) ** ''Avengers Annual '99'' (1999) ** ''Avengers Annual 2000'' (2000) ** ''Avengers Annual 2001'' (2001) ** ''Avengers Finale'' #1 (January 2005) * '' New Avengers'' #1-64 504-567(January 2005 – April 2010) ** ''New Avengers Annual'' #1-3 (2006–2009) ** ''New Avengers Finale'' (2010) * ''Avengers'' vol. 4, #1-34 568-601(May 2010 – November 2012) ** ''Avengers Annual'' #1 (2012) * ''Avengers'' vol. 5, #1-44 602-645(December 2012 – June 2015) ** ''Avengers Annual'' #1 (2013) * ''Avengers'' Vol 6, #0 (2015) * ''All-New All-Different Avengers'' #1-15 646-660(October 2015 – September 2016) ** ''All-New All-Different Avengers Annual'' #1 (2016) * ''Avengers'' vol. 7, #1-11 661-671 #672-#690 (November 2016 - April 2018) * ''Avengers'' vol. 8, #1-current (May 2nd 2018 - present) ** ''Avengers Annual'' #1 (2021)

Spin-off series

* ''

West Coast Avengers The West Coast Avengers is a fictional group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in ''The West Coast Avengers'' #1 (Sept. 1984), created by Roger Stern and Bob Hall. It was the fi ...

'' #1-4 (September–December 1984) ** ''West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2, #1-46 (October 1985 – July 1989) ** ''West Coast Avengers Annual'' #1-3 (1986–1988) ** ''Avengers West Coast'' #47-102 (August 1989 – January 1994) ** ''Avengers West Coast Annual'' #4-8 (1989–1993) ** ''West Coast Avengers '' vol. 3, #1-10 (August 2018 - April 2019) * '' Solo Avengers'' #1-20 (December 1987 – July 1989) ** ''Avengers Spotlight'' #21-40 (August 1989 – January 1991) * '' Force Works'' #1-22 (July 1994 – April 1996) * '' Avengers Unplugged'' #1-6 (October 1995 – August 1996) * '' The Avengers: United They Stand'' #1-7 (November 1999 – June 2000) * '' Young Avengers'' #1-12 (April 2005 – January 2007) ** ''Young Avengers Special'' #1 (February 2006) ** ''Young Avengers'' vol. 2 #1-15 (January 2013 - January 2014) * '' Marvel Adventures: The Avengers'' #1-39 (July 2006 – August 2009) * '' Avengers: The Initiative'' #1-35 (April 2007 – June 2010) ** ''Avengers: The Initiative Annual'' #1 (January 2008) ** ''Avengers: The Initiative Special'' #1 (January 2009) * ''

Mighty Avengers ''The Mighty Avengers'' is a comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics. Originally written by Brian Michael Bendis, also the writer of '' New Avengers'', the title first featured an officially sanctioned Avengers team of registered s ...

'' #1-36 (May 2007 – April 2010) ** ''Mighty Avengers'' vol. 2 #1-14 (November 2013 - November 2014) ** ''Captain America and the Mighty Avengers'' #1-9 (January - August 2015) * ''

Dark Avengers ''Dark Avengers'' is a 2009–2013 American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It is part of a series of titles that features various iterations of the superhero team the Avengers, with this version of the team - unbeknownst to the pu ...

'' #1-16 (January 2009 – April 2010) ** ''Dark Avengers'' #175-190 (June 2012 - May 2013) * ''

Secret Avengers ''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a black-ops sect of Marvel's premie ...

'' #1-37 (May 2010 – January 2013) ** ''Secret Avengers'' vol. 2 #1-16 (February 2013 – February 2014) ** ''Secret Avengers'' vol. 3 #1-15 (March 2014 - June 2015) * ''

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'' #1-40 (June 2010 – November 2012) ** ''Avengers Academy Giant Size'' #1 (July 2011) * ''New Avengers'' vol. 2, #1-34 (June 2010 – November 2012) ** ''New Avengers Annual'' #1 (2011) ** ''New Avengers'' vol. 3, #1-33 (January 2013 – June 2015) *** ''New Avengers Annual'' #1 (2014) ** ''New Avengers'' vol. 4, #1-18 (October 2015 – November 2016) * '' Avengers Assemble'' #1-25 (March 2012 – March 2014) * '' Uncanny Avengers'' #1-25 (October 2012 – December 2014) ** ''Uncanny Avengers Annual'' #1 (April 2014) ** ''Uncanny Avengers'' vol. 2 #1-5 (March 2015 - August 2015) ** ''Uncanny Avengers'' vol. 3 #1-30 (October 2015 – January 2018) *** ''Uncanny Avengers Annual'' #1 (January 2016) * ''

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'' #1-18 (October 2012 – March 2014) * ''

Avengers Arena ''Avengers Arena'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in December 2012 as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch. The series shows 16 young heroes from the Marvel Universe and pit them against each other in a kill-or-be-kill ...

'' #1-18 (December 2012 – November 2013) * ''

Avengers A.I. Avengers A.I. was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that was released in July 2013, as part of the company's Marvel NOW! initiative. The series takes place after the events of Age of Ultron, where the world has been coloni ...

'' #1-12 (July 2013 - June 2014) * ''

Avengers World ''Avengers World'' is an ongoing comic series that was published by Marvel Comics as part of the third wave of '' Marvel NOW!'', from January 2014 until July 2015. Publication history Spencer said, "What the book is all about is really in the ti ...

'' #1-21 (January 2014 - July 2015) * ''

Avengers Undercover ''Avengers Undercover'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in March 2014 as part of wave three of the ''Marvel NOW!'' relaunch. It serves as a sequel to ''Avengers Arena'', and concluded with September's issue #10. Pu ...

'' #1-10 (March 2014 - November 2014) * '' A-Force'' #1-5 (May 2015 - October 2015) ** ''A-Force'' vol. 2 #1-10 (January 2016 – October 2016) * ''

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'' Vol. 2 (January 2016 - December 2016) ** ''Ultimates 2'' Vol. 2 (January 2017 - August 2017) * '' Occupy Avengers'' #1-9 (November 2016 – September 2017) * ''

Great Lakes Avengers The Great Lakes Avengers (also known as The Lightning Rods, The Great Lakes X-Men, The Great Lakes Champions, and The Great Lakes Initiative) are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The cha ...

'' Vol. 2 #1-7 (December 2016 - June 2017) * ''

U.S.Avengers ''U.S.Avengers'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring a traditionally patriotic-themed team of Avengers. It is written by Al Ewing and penciled by Paco Medina. It was released as part of Marvel NOW! 2.0.Betanco ...

'' #1-12 (March 2017 - January 2018) * ''

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'' #1-28 (May 2019 - January 2022) * ''

Avengers Forever ''Avengers Forever'' is a twelve-issue comic book limited series published from December 1998 to November 1999 by Marvel Comics. It follows the storyline of Rick Jones and his quest to build a team of Avengers from the past, present, and future. ...

'' #1-present (December 2021 -present)

Limited series and specials

Specials and

which are part of an ongoing story in the primary series, or became ongoing series, are included above.

Limited series

* ''X-Men vs. the Avengers'' #1-4 (April–July 1987) * ''Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective'' #1-4 (September–December 1993) * '' The Last Avengers Story'' #1-2 (November–December 1995) * ''Domination Factor: Avengers'' #1.2, 2.4, 3.6, 4.8Numbers after the decimal point represent the issues' numbering in the complete "Domination Factor" event. Numbers before refer solely to their position within the individual ''Avengers'' and ''Fantastic Four'' mini-series. (November 1999 – February 2000) ** ''Domination Factor: Fantastic Four'' #1.1, 2.3, 3.5, 4.7 * ''

'' #1-12 (December 1998 – February 2000) * ''Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast'' #1-3 (May–July 2000) * ''

Avengers Infinity ''Avengers: Infinity'' is a four-issue American comic book limited series published from September to December 2000 by Marvel Comics. It was written by Roger Stern and drawn by Sean Chen, Scott Hanna, Steve Oliff and Troy Peteri. Publicatio ...

'' #1-4 (September–December 2000) * '' Avengers: Celestial Quest'' #1-8 (November 2001 – June 2002) * ''Avengers Icons: Tigra'' #1-4 (May–August 2002) * ''Avengers Icons: The Vision'' #1-4 (October 2002 – January 2003) * ''

JLA/Avengers ''JLA/Avengers'' (issues #2 and 4 are titled ''Avengers/JLA'') is a comic book limited series and crossover published in prestige format by DC Comics and Marvel Comics from September 2003 to March 2004. The series was written by Kurt Busiek, w ...

'' #1, 3 (Marvel Comics/

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; September 2003, December 2003) ** ''Avengers/JLA'' #2, 4 (DC Comics/Marvel Comics; October 2003, March 2004) * '' Avengers/Thunderbolts'' #1-6 (May–September 2004) * ''Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' #1-8 (November 2004 – March 2005) ** ''Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II'' #1-8 (January–May 2007) * ''Avengers and Power Pack Assemble!'' #1-4 (June–September 2006) * '' New Avengers: Illuminati'' vol. 2, #1-5 (February 2007 – January 2008) * '' New Avengers/Transformers'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics/

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; July–October 2007) * ''Avengers/Invaders'' #1-12 (July 2008 – August 2009) * ''New Avengers: The Reunion'' #1-4 (May–August 2009) * ''

Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers ''Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers'' is a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from July to October 2009. It was followed up by the four-issue limited series ''Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers Unleashed'' from May to August 20 ...

'' #1-4 (July–October 2009) ** ''Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers: Unleashed'' #1-4 (May–August 2010) ** ''Avengers vs. Pet Avengers'' #1-4 (December 2010 – March 2011) * ''New Avengers: Luke Cage'' #1-3 (April–June 2010) * ''I Am an Avenger'' #1-5 (May 2010 – March 2011) * ''Avengers: The Origin'' #1-5 (June–October 2010) * ''Avengers Prime'' #1-5 (August 2010 – March 2011) * '' Avengers: The Children's Crusade'' #1-9 (September 2010 – March 2012) * '' Chaos War: Dead Avengers'' #1-3 (January–March 2011) * '' Avengers 1959'' #1-5 (December 2011 – March 2012) * '' Avengers: X-Sanction'' #1-4 (February–May 2012) * ''

Avengers vs. X-Men ''Avengers vs. X-Men'' (''AvX'' or ''AvsX'') is a 2012 crossover event that was featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The event, consisting of an eponymous limited series and numerous tie-in books, involves the return of the Pho ...

'' #0-12 (May–December 2012) * '' Avengers & X-Men: AXIS'' #1-9 (December 2014 - February 2015) * ''Avengers Millennium'' #1-4 (June 2015)

One-shots and original graphic novels

* ''Avengers: Emperor Doom'' (1987, Marvel Graphic Novel #27) * ''Avengers: Deathtrap - The Vault'' (1991) * ''Avengers Collector's Edition'' (1993). Presented by Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, and Charleston Chew. * ''Avengers Strikefile'' (January 1994) * ''Avengers Log'' (February 1994) * ''Avengers: The Crossing'' #1 (September 1995) * ''Hot Shots: Avengers'' (October 1995) * '' Ultraforce/Avengers Prelude'' ( Ultraverse/Marvel Comics; August 1995) ** ''Ultraforce/Avengers'' #1 (Ultraverse/Marvel Comics; August 1995) ** ''

Avengers/Ultraforce The ''Avengers/Ultraforce'' event was a two-part intercompany crossover between Malibu Comics and Marvel Comics. The first issue, ''Avengers/Ultraforce'', was written by Glenn Herdling with art by Angel Medina and M. C. Wyman. The sequel, ''Ultr ...

'' #1 (Marvel Comics/Ultraverse; October 1995) * ''Avengers: Timeslide'' #1 (February 1996) * ''Avengers: Rough Cut'' #1 (August 1998) * ''Timeslip Special: The Coming of the Avengers'' (October 1998) * ''Avengers'' #1½ (December 1999) * ''Avengers Casebook'' #1 (February 2000) * ''Avengers: The Ultron Imperitave'' #1 (November 2001) * ''

What If What If may refer to: Film * ''What If'', a 2006 TV film starring Niall Buggy * ''What If...'' (2010 film), an American film * ''What If...'' (2012 film), a Greek film * ''What If'' (2013 film) or ''The F Word'', a Canadian-Irish film Telev ...

Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?'' (December 2004) * ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004'' (2004) * ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2005'' (2005) * ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' #1 (2006) * ''New Avengers: Most Wanted Files'' (2006) * ''Giant-Size Avengers'' vol. 2, #1 (February 2008) * ''Avengers Assemble'' #1 (July 2010) * ''Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp'' #1 (January 2012) * ''Avengers Origins: Luke Cage'' #1 (January 2012) * ''Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver'' #1 (January 2012) * ''Avengers Origins: Thor'' #1 (January 2012) * ''Avengers Origins: Vision'' #1 (January 2012) * ''Avengers: Endless Wartime'' (2013) * ''Avengers: Rage of Ultron'' (2015) * ''Avengers vs.'' #1 (July 2015) * ''Avengers: Ultron Forever (Part 1)'' #1 (2015) * ''New Avengers: Ultron Forever (Part 2)'' #1 (2015) * ''Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever (Part 3)'' #1 (2015) * ''Avengers: Operation Hydra'' #1 (June 2015) * ''Avengers Free Comic Book Day'' #1 (June 2015) * ''Avengers: It All Begins Here'' #0 (December 2015) * ''Avengers vs. Infinity'' #1 (January 2016) * ''Avengers Standoff Welcome to Pleasant Hill'' #1 (April 2016) * ''Avengers Standoff Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha'' #1 (May 2016) * ''Avengers Standoff Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega'' #1 (June 2016)

Reprint series

* ''Marvel Triple Action'' #5-47 (September 1972 – April 1979) * ''Marvel Super Action'' #14-37 (December 1979 – November 1981) * ''Kree/Skrull War Starring the Avengers'' #1-2 (September–October 1983) * ''Avengers Universe'' #1-6 (July 2000 – February 2001) * '' Avengers United'' #1-100 (June 2001 – December 2008) * ''Avengers Classic'' #1-12 (June 2007 – April 2008) * ''

Avengers Unconquered ''Avengers Unconquered'' is part of Marvel UK's 'Collectors' Edition' line. It is published by Panini Comics and reprints Marvel Comics from the United States. This title reprints Avengers or Avengers related comics. Each Issue is 76 pages long ...

'' #1-current (January 2009 – present)

Collected editions

All collections are in standard-size, colour, trade paperback format unless otherwise stated.

Essential Avengers

Marvel Masterworks: Avengers (hardcover)

The Avengers Epic Collection

The Avengers

All-New, All-Different Avengers

After the "Secret Wars" (2015) crossover story line, ''The Avengers'' relaunched as ''All-New, All-Different Avengers'' in October 2015.

Oversize hardback collections

New Avengers

After the "Disassembled" crossover story line, ''The Avengers'' relaunched as ''New Avengers'' in January 2005.

Mighty Avengers

After the "Civil War" crossover story arc, the official Avengers were relaunched by Iron Man as the ''Mighty Avengers'', with their own series, while the New Avengers went underground, continuing their own individual series.

Avengers: The Initiative

The ''Avengers: The Initiative'' story run began after the "Civil War" crossover story arc, with the story based around the 50 State Initiative, set up as part of the Superhuman Registration Act.

Secret Avengers

Secret Avengers has been collected in the following hardcovers:

Solo Avengers

Uncanny Avengers

Uncanny Avengers has been collected in the following hardcovers:

West Coast Avengers

Indices

* ''Official Marvel Index to the Avengers'' #1-8 (August 1987 – October 1988) * ''Official Marvel Index to the Avengers'' #1-6 (October 1994 – March 1995)

References

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