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The Avengers are various teams of superheroes that have headlined in The Avengers and related comic books series published by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the Avengers are featured as a rotating line up of a large number of characters.

According to various handbooks, members of main team of Avengers, first iteration of West Coast Avengers, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Captain America / Hawkeye led black ops Secret Avengers, Avengers Unity Squad and Avengers A.I. are considered official Avengers.

Notations:

• A slash (/) between names, indicates the character having multiple codenames during their tenure as an Avenger in chronological order.
• Characters listed in bold are the current members of the teams.
  • In case of multiple codenames, the currently used name is bolded.
• Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity except when noted.

Founding members

The founding members formed the main team of Avengers in response to a threat of Loki in 1963.

Recruits

1960s

1970s

1980s

In 1984, the first division of Avengers led to the creation of the West Coast Avengers.

1990s

2000s

In 2005, the New Avengers were formed due to a mass break-out at a supervillain prison, the Raft. The New Avengers chose not to comply with superhuman registration as opposed to the government formed/sanctioned team the Mighty Avengers in 2007.

2010s

In 2010, the black ops team of Secret Avengers was created. After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men in 2012, Captain America created Avengers Unity Division by recruiting members from both Avengers and X-Men. In 2013, Hank Pym led the team of Avengers A.I.

2020s

After the events of Blood Hunt in 2024, Captain America created the Avengers Emergency Response Squad.

Honorary members

Characters that have been granted honorary status for acts of great courage, sacrifice and affiliation with Avengers.

Infiltrators

Notes

1. ^ These are the leaders of various Avengers teams:
   • Avengers – Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Carol Danvers, Clint Barton, Doctor Druid, Sam Wilson, Hank Pym, Iron Man, Monica Rambeau, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Vision and Wasp
   • West Coast Avengers – Clint Barton and Scarlet Witch
   • New Avengers – Captain America, Carol Danvers, Clint Barton, Iron Man and Luke Cage
   • Mighty Avengers – Carol Danvers, Hank Pym, Luke Cage and Spectrum
   • Secret Avengers – Captain America and Clint Barton
   • Avengers Unity Division – Captain America, Havok and Rogue
   • Avengers A.I. – Hank Pym
   • Avengers Emergency Response Squad – Captain America
2. An alternate adolescent version of Iron Man from reality 96020 had replaced him in Avengers and then merged with him.
3. ^ These reserve members either never gained full-time membership or declined it: Two-Gun Kid, Moondragon, Hellcat, Firebird, Stingray, Rage, Sandman, Machine Man and Silverclaw.
4. ^ These members joined on probation/training before they became full-time members or their applications were accepted:
   • Beast and Moondragon in Avengers #137 (1975)
   • Hellcat in Avengers #148 (1976)
   • Jocasta in Avengers #192 (1980) but she became full-time member in Mighty Avengers #21 (2009).
   • Monica Rambeau in Avengers #227 (1983)
   • Starfox in Avengers #232 (1983)
   • Quasar in Avengers Annual #18 (1989)
   • Crystal in Avengers #336 (1991)
   • Rage was demoted to trainee status in Avengers #341 (1991).
5. Captain Britain was recruited by Captain America in Age of Heroes #1 (2010) but he didn't joined them until Secret Avengers #22 (2012).
6. ^ These members were given honorary status in Avengers before they become full-time members:
   • Hawkeye (Bishop) in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #9 (2012)
   • Hazmat and Lightspeed in Avengers Academy #39 (2012)
7. Blue Bolt is currently an Avengers trainee as per West Coast Avengers, vol. 4 #1 (2024).

Removal from list

Many characters were removed from the list that were previously included because their respective teams (A-Force, Avengers Idea Mechanics, Occupy Avengers, Savage Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. led Secret Avengers, Ultimates, U.S. Avengers and the second iteration of West Coast Avengers) were declared as not officially sanctioned Avengers by handbooks even if they had affiliation or used their name.

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