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Ahead of the release of The Avengers Assemble, contributor Dan Cole is taking us through the comic book history of The Avengers. You can read the last installment here but here we’re going through the 2000s: The Disassembled, The New and The Ultimate. When Busiek left the book Geoff Johns took over writing duty. The future DC Comics top dog, tried to spice up the book by granting the Avengers international authority by the United Nations and added a new Ant-Man and Jack of Hearts, the explosive Avenger. It was a brief stint by Johns and as new writer Chuck Austen joined… Ahead of the release of The Avengers Assemble, contributor Dan Cole is taking us through the comic book history of The Avengers. You can read the first installment here but here we’re going through the 1980s: Domestic Violence and The First Spin Off. The Avengers in the 80s were defined by three things: Hank Pym’s breakdown, writer Roger Stern joining the book and the creation of The West Coast Avengers. Hank Pym’s breakdown was a mixture of an inferiority complex and identity problems (he changed his codename and costume a lot). This lead to him abusing his wife Wasp (image above), failing… 
Ahead of the release of The Avengers Assemble, contributor Dan Cole is taking us through the comic book history of The Avengers. You can read the first installment here but here we’re going through the 1970s: The Classic Era. Roy Thomas was on the book until 1972, but before he left he created one of the all time great storylines. The Kree-Skrull War, which basically involved two alien races (The Kree and The Skrull) going to war with Earth (and the Avengers) stuck in the middle, is considered the quintessential storyline of this era. The storyline increased the scope of…
