The Avengers (Comic Book)/Characters/2010s Members

Captain America (James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes)

• Anti-Hero Substitute: For Cap
• Artificial Arm
• Back From the Dead
• Badass Normal: As Bucky
• Brainwashed and Crazy: As Winter Soldier
• Cyborg
• Dead Sidekick: To the original Captain America, turned out to be Not Quite Dead.
• Human Popsicle
• I Have Many Names: Bucky, Winter Soldier and Captain America
• Kid Sidekick: As Bucky
• Legacy Character
• Sealed Badass in a Can
• Vigilante Man: As Winter Soldier
• Walking Armory: Along with that legendary shield, he also carried knives, grenades and a P08 Luger.

Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)

• Broken Bird
• Combo-Platter Powers
• Flying Brick
• Guy Magnet
• Heel Face Turn
• Hero with Bad Publicity
• Most Common Superpower
• Ms. Fanservice
• Power Incontinence: Jessica had to learn to keep her pheromones in check, at first.
• Power Perversion Potential: Her pheromone powers.
• Shock and Awe: Jessica's bio-electric blasts.
• Wall Crawl

Maria Hill

• Ambiguously Brown
• Badass Normal
• Da Chief: The former director of S.H.E.I.L.D.
• Jerkass
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Lawful Stupid
• Spy Catsuit

Valkyrie (Brunnhilde)

• Action Girl
• Blade on a Stick
• Cool Horse: Aragorn, a pegasus that used to belong to the Black Knight.
• Cool Sword: Wields a magical sword made from a dragon's fang.
• Hot Chick with a Sword
• Half-Human Hybrid: She's a demigod.
• Most Common Superpower
• Valkyries
• Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe

Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)

• Animal Theme Naming
• The Adjectival Superhero: He's the Irredeemable Ant-Man.
• How Do I Shot Web?
• Jet Pack
  • Weaponized Exhaust
• Reformed Criminal: In the process of becoming one
• Jerkass: With signs of having a heart of gold.
• Legacy Character
• Power Armor
• Power Perversion Potential
• Sizeshifter
• Speaks Fluent Animal: Ant-Man's cybernetic helmet lets him talk to ants.

Nova (Richard Rider)

• Alternate Company Equivalent: To Hal Jordan
• Alliterative Name: Richard Rider
  • Unfortunate Names: Dick Rider.
• Aloof Big Brother
• Badass: It took him time to become one, but the results are glorious.
• Catch Phrase: “Blue Blazes!”.
• The Chosen Many: Nova Corps.
• De-Power: Happened at least twice. The last time with bad consequences – Richard found out he was using his powers for so long that without them he was dying.
• Flying Brick: He calls himself Human Rocket for a reason.
• Gravity Master
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness
• Interspecies Romance: With Gamora and Namorita.
• Legacy Character: For Ko-Rel
• Name's the Same: There was a female Galactus Herald named Nova. They aren't related in any way.
• The Paragon
• Took a Level In Badass

Sharon Carter

• Action Girl
• Badass Normal
• Generation Xerox: Sharon's sister aunt, Peggy Carter was also a hero who fought for the greater good.
• Spy Catsuit
• You Are Number Six: She was Agent 13 while working with S.H.E.I.L.D.

Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)

• Expy: Captain Britain was originally an expy of Captain America. This was deconstructed in Captain Britain and MI: 13 where Captain Britain says how much he admires Captain America and how he'd like to be a patriotic symbol just like Captain America, but there are a lot of things in the way. Later, he is resurrected by Merlin, who knits together a multitude of Union Jacks into a human body - making the Captain, like the flag he wears and the country he represents, a single being made of multiple parts; "One Thing That Contains Many".
• Fisher King: Captain Britain has a magical connection with the British Isles.
• Flying Brick
• Genius Bruiser
• The Good Captain
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head

Iron Fist (Daniel "Danny" Rand-K'ai)

• Charles Atlas Superpower
• Chest Insignia
• Ki Attacks
• Kung Fu Wizard
• Legacy Character
  • Legacy Immortality
• Megaton Punch
• Power Glows
• Public Domain Character
• Training From Hell

Jewel / Power Woman (Jessica Jones)

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name: Jessica Jones
• Expy: Of Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
• Happily Married: With Luke Cage
• Flying Brick
• Mama Bear

Victoria Hand

• Badass Normal
• Heel Face Turn
• Lipstick Lesbian
• Meganekko
• Sexy Secretary
• Skunk Stripe

Protector (Noh-Varr)

• Combo-Platter Powers: Aside from some of the tropes below, he also has enhanced reflexes, speed, strength, and endurance.
• Extreme Omnivore
• Heinz Hybrid: Part Kree, part cockroach.
• I Have Many Names: Marvel Boy, Captain Marvel, and Protector
• Legacy Character: To Captain Marvel in the Thunderbolts
• Master of Your Domain
• Walking Armory: Has access to a wide variety of advanced Kree weaponry.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

• Alliterative Name: Stephen Strange and his magical house, the Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: Doctor Strange has a few.
• Astral Projection: He becomes an Intangible Man in this state.
• Badass Mustache
• Deadpan Snarker
• Deflector Shields
• Enlightenment Superpowers
• Fantasy Kitchen Sink
• I Know Karate: "Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic...and Martial Arts."
• Living Lie Detector : Strange's talisman, The Eye of Agamotto.
• Occult Detective
• Psychic Powers

Prince of Orphans (John Aman)

• Badass Long Robe
• Flying Brick: Subverted, he can only fly in his mist form.
• Public Domain Character: He is the same John Aman (aka Amazing-Man) from Centaur Publications.
• Super Smoke: Can turn into green mist.
• Warrior Monk

Red Hulk (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross)

• Energy Absorption: Can absorb various forms of energy to boost his strength. He's even able to use this on living beings, allowing him to permanently rob gamma mutates of their powers. However, doing so runs the risk of burning him out, forcing him into Shapeshifter Mode Lock.
• Evil Counterpart: Initially to the Hulk.
• Faking the Dead: As General Ross
• Fan Nickname: Rulk
• Four-Star Badass: Ross before becoming the Red Hulk.
• General Ripper / Inspector Javert: For the most part, before he became Red Hulk to the Hulk. Now the shoe's on the other foot.
• Healing Factor: When he sleeps or transforms.
• Hot-Blooded
• In a Single Bound
• Jerkass
• Laser-Guided Karma: After years of hunting down the Hulk...
• Nigh Invulnerability
• Playing with Fire
• Super Senses: He's able to see various forms of energy, including gamma radiation and cosmic energy.
• Super Strength: Though not as strong as Hulk Classic.
• Token Evil Teammate: Until he proves otherwise.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Though he sometimes reverts when he sleeps.

Shang-Chi

• Badass Normal
• Bare-Fisted Monk
• Bruce Lee Clone
• Depending on the Writer
• Fad Super
• Martial Arts Uniform
• Martial Pacifist

Storm (Ororo Iqadi T'Challa)

• Action Girl
• Authority Equals Asskicking: She's the Queen of Wakanda.
• Badass Cape
• Elemental Powers: Can control and manipulate the weather.
  • An Ice Person
  • Blow You Away: One of her primary forms of attack. She can also fly by controlling air currents.
  • Making a Splash: She can control the moisture in the air to make it rain.
  • Shock and Awe: Her main form of attacking enemies.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom
• Statuesque Stunner
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

Quake (Daisy Johnson)

• Action Girl
• Dishing Out Dirt: She can use her power to create earthquakes.
• Refused by the Call: She was originally called in to help the Avengers against a Collective possessed Magneto, she thought this also included membership, it did not.
• Spy Catsuit: Wears one as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Daredevil (Matt Murdock)

• Anti-Hero
• Badass Normal: Apart from his super senses, Dardevil has no real offensive powers.
• Blind Weaponmaster
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Trained extensively to gain his amazing athletic prowess
• The Cowl
• Disability Superpower: Blind but possessing heightened senses akin to radar.
• Improbable Weapon User: Uses a billy club with a built in grappling hook.
• Redheaded Hero
• Refusal of the Call: He declined past membership offers.

Venom (Eugene "Flash" Thompson)

• Animal-Themed Superbeing: Venom is a spider-based hero.
• Ascended Fanboy: As a teenager, Flash was a Spidey-fanboy. Flash forward to post-Dark Reign, and Flash is made the government issue Spider-Man and now a member of the Avengers.
• Badass Abnormal
• Clingy Costume
• Military Superhero
• Super-Powered Evil Side: Must be careful not to get angry while wearing the Venom symbiote.