''Avengers'' Assemble 2012

Synopsis

The Avengers spearhead a group of superheroes assembled by Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) and Tony Stark, CEO of Stark Enterprises (aka the Invincible Iron Man.)
With the rising number of mutant, alien, and super-human threats arising throughout the world, S.H.I.E.L.D. was created under UN-auspices and funded by the 8 Members of the Security Council with additional support provided by signatories of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It goes above and beyond the CIA, MI6, and the KGB to include intelligence-gathering and paramilitary forces to counter all threats to national sovereignty on Earth from sources mutant, paranormal, and extra-terrestrial.




The Avengers would consist of :



American industrialist Tony Stark developed Iron Man technology while being held captive by insurgents in central Asia where a terrorist attack resulted in a piece of shrapnel lodging in his heart. The tremendous supra-nuclear power-pak used to fuel his armor and weapons also keeps him alive, although he sabotages himself with alcohol and compulsive sexual behavior.

Florida's Clint Barton aka Hawkeye is the most highly trained modern soldier alive courtesy of American Special Forces. He drilled with Green Berets, Navy S.E.A.L.s, and Airborne Rangers giving him a mastery of explosive technology, which ironically he eschews in favor of a bow and various arrows of his design.

Natasha Romanov aka Black Widow is the Russian answer to Hawkeye, and before the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D. her main function was keeping tabs on her one-time lover now-opponent/target. She is a master of hand-to-hand combat and cybernetics, and is the last remaining descendant of the Russian czars.


Earths Mightiest Heroes are joined by Thor, the God of Thunder of Scandinavian legend who wields the most powerful weapon in the Universe: Mjolnerthe Hammer of the Gods of Asgard. He is anchored to this plane by his love for astronomer Dr. Jane Foster.

Last, but not least, their ranks are quite literally swelled by Dr. Bruce Banner whose alter-ego The Incredible Hulk is both The Avengers deadliest liability and potentially their most destructive asset.


They will be lead by Captain America. The only known survivor of a gamma-ray enhanced super-soldier serum, created by a former Nazi scientist in the 1940s, which helped 98-pound weakling Steve Rogers become the perfect physical specimen.He has been locked in a chunk of ice for the past 60 years until his rbeecent recovery from the North Atlantic by a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives.


Note: There may be others not listed in here.