The Avengers are a household name because of the MCU, but it wasn’t always that way. The Avengers burst onto the scene in 1963, combining Marvel’s greatest heroes and pitting them against threats that no one hero could face on their own. Avengers was long the place for Marvel fans to read about their favorite heroes in one place, taking on big stakes threats that made comics exciting. The Avengers’ popularity fell down a well once the X-Men became ascendant in the 1980s, only coming back in the ’00s because Marvel toned down on the X-Men hype.The MCU further boosted the Avengers’ reputation and prominence in the spotlight. Now, the Avengers are the biggest superhero team in comics. The MCU has made plenty of new Avengers fans, but few of them have gone to the comics. The sixty years of Avengers history can be pretty daunting, keeping many new fans away, but there are definitely parts of their lore that every new fan needs to know in order to truly appreciate the Avengers.The Avengers are no stranger to conflicts with alien races. The Avengers had to save the Earth from the Kree and Skrulls when their war spilled into the Sol system. Later, the heroes did their best to keep the Kree and Shi’ar from destroying each other in their short but brutal war. However, both conflicts pale compared to the epic war fought in Infinity, when the Avengers had to stop the ancient alien race known as the Builders from destroying every major star empire on their way to destroy Earth and end the Incursions.RELATED: 10 Avengers Comic Covers Better Than Their Stories
The Avengers are a household name because of the MCU, but it wasn’t always that way. The Avengers burst onto the scene in 1963, combining Marvel’s greatest heroes and pitting them against threats that no one hero could face on their own. Avengers was long the place for Marvel fans to read about their favorite heroes in one place, taking on big stakes threats that made comics exciting. The Avengers’ popularity fell down a well once the X-Men became ascendant in the 1980s, only coming back in the ’00s because Marvel toned down on the X-Men hype.
The MCU further boosted the Avengers’ reputation and prominence in the spotlight. Now, the Avengers are the biggest superhero team in comics. The MCU has made plenty of new Avengers fans, but few of them have gone to the comics. The sixty years of Avengers history can be pretty daunting, keeping many new fans away, but there are definitely parts of their lore that every new fan needs to know in order to truly appreciate the Avengers.
The Avengers are no stranger to conflicts with alien races. The Avengers had to save the Earth from the Kree and Skrulls when their war spilled into the Sol system. Later, the heroes did their best to keep the Kree and Shi’ar from destroying each other in their short but brutal war. However, both conflicts pale compared to the epic war fought in Infinity, when the Avengers had to stop the ancient alien race known as the Builders from destroying every major star empire on their way to destroy Earth and end the Incursions.
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