The Avengers
Marvel2012
The Avengers (2012)
Earth’s new heroes unite when Loki uses the Tesseract to invade New York. In comic terms, its closest relationship is team formation, heavily ultimate-influenced.
- Director
- Joss Whedon
- Produced by
- Kevin Feige
- Starring
- Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
The comic background to The Avengers comes from several pieces of source material rather than a single issue reproduced on screen. Start with Avengers #1, then compare it with Ultimates #1–6 and Ultimates 2 #1–13. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
Connection: Team formation, heavily Ultimate-influenced
