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Shane Matlock Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | 1
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Thought this might be fun (and could only find one thread similar to this and it was over ten years ago), if you were writing the Avengers, who all would you have on the team? What is your idea of the perfect Avengers roster?
The only rule is don't pick more than ten members. You can have less members than that, but I didn't want to get all Henry Peter Gyrich and just limit the roster to 7, but anything larger than 10 just seems unwieldy. If you want to explain your choices that's fine, but you obviously don't have to. They can be characters from any era too, not just current Marvel as I'm not reading current Marvel and I doubt that many folks here are either.
Here are my choices:
Captain America Iron Man Thor Wasp Yellowjacket Scarlet Witch Vision Hawkeye Wonder Man Beast
I obviously have a huge affinity for the Michelinie/Byrne era of Avengers, but my first eight choices I consider essential Avengers. The Wonder Man and Beast choices stem from the fact that I think their friendship really added something special to the Avengers that it hasn't had before or since, even though power wise, you don't really need Wonder Man on the team if you have Thor.
Edited by Shane Matlock on 21 October 2017 at 4:06pm
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Adam Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:38pm | IP Logged | 2
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I'm primarily basing this on personalities, not powers.
Captain America Thor Wasp Ant-Man (Hank -- he can be Giant-Man too, he has the ability to do so) Quicksilver Scarlet Witch Vision Falcon Hawkeye Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Honorary Mention: Firebird. I liked her as a West Coast Avenger. I don't know if much has been done with her since.
I also really liked what JB did with U.S. Agent, but having him on the same team as Cap is redundant (despite the personality differences).
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:38pm | IP Logged | 3
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I have to note that you didn't specify if they had to actually be Avengers or not. However, a 10 team should be enough to handle most issues, so I'll go with...
Binary Black Panther Captain America Human Torch (the origianl) Iron Man Scarlet Witch Vision Wasp Wonder Man Yellowjacket
It seems to me a fairly good mix of powerhouses, melee specialists, subtle and stealthy, human, non-humans, natural powers and artificial powers, leadership, and a good enough arrangement to split in two with still pretty much the above conditions. N.B. - I was quite specific about Binary as opposed to Ms. Marvel, Warbird, or Captain Marvel, because that kind of power is nice to have on the team.
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | 4
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Captain AmericaIron Man Thor Wasp Hank Pym Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) Vision Hawkeye Scarlet Witch Black Panther
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Shane Matlock Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:50pm | IP Logged | 5
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Eric, they don't have to have been Avengers before, though I assume most people will pick heroes that have been on the roster before, it's not a requirement by any means. This is basically anyone you want from the Marvel universe on your Avengers team.
Edited by Shane Matlock on 21 October 2017 at 4:04pm
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | 6
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Hmmm...
Good question;
Captain America- leadership, tactician. Captain Marvel(Rambeau)- Speed!! Iron Man- Tech, power. Wonder Man (2nd uniform)- Strength. Wasp- Specialist (mini) Hawkeye- Specialist (marksman) I couldn't do it to him again. Vision- Analyst, objective (sweet powers too). Scarlet Witch- Wildcard.
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | 7
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Shane Matlock Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 3:55pm | IP Logged | 8
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I really wanted to include Black Panther too as he's one of my favorite Avengers, but I didn't want to sacrifice the buddy dynamics of Beast and Wonder Man. Maybe I should've said 11. :D
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | 9
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Since the original Avengers had five members, I'm going to pick five: Captain America
Namor Hercules Iron Man Thor
Woe betide anyone insane enough to fight those!
I enjoyed seeing Namor and Hercules in the team (80s, right?). Cap, Iron Man and Thor are the "holy trinity" of the Avengers so it felt right to include them.
Between my five picks, there's enough brain and brawn to tackle any threat, I feel. And Stark provides the science speciality.
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Matthew Wilkie Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | 10
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Hawkeye Cap Iron Man Wasp Thor She-Hulk
Just can't move away from my first regular issue line-up.
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 4:26pm | IP Logged | 11
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I also just realized that my five choices involve a lot of ego. With Namor, Hercules, Thor and Iron Man on the same team, well Cap would have to mediate between four bickering egos. ;-)
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 October 2017 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | 12
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I've been pleased by all sorts of combinations over the years, but if I really had to nail down my "if I could only have one line-up, it would be...", then:
Captain America Thor Iron Man Wasp Vision Scarlet Witch Hawkeye
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