For other uses, see Avengers (disambiguation) |
For alternate versions of the Avengers, see the Avengers' Organization Hub |
- "What are we going to avenge when we're ninety?"
"You're frustrated. I get it."
"I'm not frustrated, I'm not. I'm tired, okay. We've all lost so much, and I'm not sure there's anything left worth fighting for." - ―Hawkeye and Black Widow[src]
The Avengers were a team of extraordinary individuals, with either superpowers or other special characteristics, consisting of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. When Ultron succeed in his plan to wipe out the world's population, only Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton survived, leaving them to try to bring down the evil AI.
Being left as the only living beings in their universe, Barton sacrificed himself to allow Romanoff to escape with Arnim Zola, which shortly after allowed her to assist the Guardians of the Multiverse to finally defeat Ultron. Afterwards, Romanoff was transported by the Watcher on another world and became part of another team of Avengers.
History[]
Fall of the Avengers[]
In 2015, the Avengers were sent to the NEXUS Internet Hub in Oslo, Norway to stop the rogue android known as Ultron who inhabited a new vibranium body powered by the Mind Stone. Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk confronted Ultron while Black Widow and Hawkeye were aboard a Quinjet to deactivate the satellite network so Ultron could not hack into nuclear codes from various countries. Unfortunately, the Avengers were powerless to stop Ultron as he killed all of them (barring Black Widow and Hawkeye) and launched a massive nuclear strike to destroy human civilization.
With Earth left a desolated wasteland, Black Widow and Hawkeye took it upon themselves to defeat Ultron as the two remaining Avengers. Black Widow realized that they could use an analog AI to combat Ultron, so she and Hawkeye went to Russia to search the information about Arnim Zola. On their way to Moscow, the Avengers were spotted by the Ultron Sentries which ambushed them on their way to the city. The Avengers managed to fight off the Sentries before they synchronized with Ultron hive-mind, and then searched through the KGB archives and found out that Zola's backup framework was set up in Siberia.
Black Widow and Hawkeye arrived at HYDRA Siberian Facility where they booted up Zola's framework and coerced him into helping them defeat Ultron. Black Widow lured the Sentries into the facility, where Hawkeye fired one of those with a USB-arrow with Zola on it, so he could connect to Ultron's network and dismantle it. However, while the Avengers fought the Sentries, Zola failed to connect to Ultron's network, as he was not within Zola's reach. The Sentries eventually overpowered the Avengers, so Hawkeye sacrificed himself, allowing Black Widow and Zola escape from the facility.[1]
Members[]
Former Members[]
Black Widow[]
- Name: Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanoff
- Species: Human
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Alive
- Description: Black Widow was tasked with disabling the orbital satellite network to prevent Ultron from hacking various nuclear codes while Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk would take on the rogue android in Oslo, Norway. She then learned that Ultron had killed the rest of the Avengers and wiped out all sentient life on Earth making her and Hawkeye the last living beings in their universe. Natasha later joined the Guardians of the Multiverse to avenge the death of Clint, she finally got her wish when Ultron was destroyed. Afterwards, she traveled to another universe where her counterpart was dead and joined the Avengers by knocking out Loki during the Attack on the Helicarrier.
Deceased Members[]
Captain America[]
- Name: Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers
- Species: Human
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Deceased
- Description: Captain America would be one of the first casualties in Ultron's omnicidal crusade to exterminate every living being in the universe.
Iron Man[]
- Name: Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark
- Species: Human
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Deceased
- Description: Iron Man's role in creating Ultron would doom not just him but almost all of humanity.
Hulk[]
- Name: Robert Bruce Banner
- Species: Human
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Deceased
- Description: Banner helped create Ultron and like his fellow Avengers, he was killed by Ultron.
Thor[]
- Name: Thor Odinson
- Species: Asgardian
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Deceased
- Description: The Crown Prince of Asgard went to Norway to stop Ultron but not even his godly powers could protect him from the murderous AI.
Hawkeye[]
- Name: Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton
- Species: Human
- Activity: 2015
- Status: Deceased
- Description: Like Black Widow, Hawkeye was sent to prevent Ultron from acquiring the nuclear codes by taking out the satellite network as a backup plan for the Avengers. After Ultron destroyed human civilization, he was one of the last remaining humans alive and lost his left arm replacing it with a mechanical one. Eventually, he chose to sacrifice himself to protect Natasha from the Ultron Sentries.