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2010 American TV series or program
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | |
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Genre | Action Adventure Science fiction |
Created by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Developed by | Ciro Nieli Joshua Fine Christopher Yost |
Written by | Christopher Yost Joshua Fine Michael Ryan Brandon Auman Kevin Burke Chris Wyatt Joe Casey Joe Kelly Steven T. Seagle Paul Giacoppo Brian Reed James Felder Mark Parsons |
Directed by | Frank Paur Vinton Heuck Sebastian Montes Ciro Nieli Boyd Kirkland Roy Burdine Steven E. Gordon Gary Hartle |
Voices of | Brian Bloom Chris Cox Jennifer Hale Peter Jessop Phil LaMarr Eric Loomis James C. Mathis III Colleen O'Shaughnessey Fred Tatasciore Rick D. Wasserman Wally Wingert |
Theme music composer | Guy Erez and David Ari Leon |
Opening theme | "Fight As One" by Bad City |
Ending theme | "Fight As One" (instrumental) |
Composer | Guy Michelmore |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Simon Philips Eric S. Rollman |
Producer | Joshua Fine |
Editors | Jonathan Polk Steve Ingram George Rizkallah Robert Walz |
Running time | 22 minutes (TV episodes) 5 minutes (micro episodes) |
Production companies | Marvel Animation Film Roman Ingenious Media/Ingenious Broadcasting EIS PLCs |
Original release | |
Network | Disney XD (United States) Teletoon (Canada) |
Release | October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) – November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) |
Related | |
Wolverine and the X-Men |
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (also known as The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!) is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC and Disney XD announced that a "new Marvel Universe" programming block named Marvel Universe which includes Season 2 of Avengers and the animated Ultimate Spider-Man series that began broadcasting in April 2012.
The series initially features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers: Iron Man (Anthony "Tony" Stark), Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Henry "Hank" Pym), the Hulk (Robert "Bruce" Banner), Thor (Thor Odinson), and the Wasp (Janet Van Dyne). The team is later joined by Captain America (Steven "Steve" Rogers), the Black Panther (T'Challa), and Hawkeye (Clinton "Clint" Barton) in the first season, while in the second season, Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) and the Vision join the roster, with Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) named to reserve member status. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run as well as other sources, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The series is going to be replaced and continued by Avengers Assemble in 2013.
Plot
Season One
As 75 of the world's most dangerous super-villains escape en masse from the Vault, the Cube, the Big House, and the Raft, five of Earth's mightiest heroes assemble a crime-fighting alliance called the Avengers. The Avengers' team includes Iron Man as team leader, Ant-Man/Giant-Man, Thor, the Hulk, and the Wasp. Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye later join the roster. In the season finale, it is revealed that Thor's brother Loki was responsible for the breakouts and that he had the Enchantress and her servant Executioner form the Masters of Evil.
Season Two
Season Two depicts the Avengers as they track down the remaining members of the Masters of Evil and end up facing the invasions of the Skrulls in the first half of the season and the Kree in the second half. The Avengers are unaware that Captain America has been replaced by a Skrull operative as part of the infiltration of Earth. This season also alludes to a developing storyline that Surtur, now free of his prison in Muspelheim, is gathering his strength to oppose the Avengers as a prelude to Ragnarök. Ms. Marvel and the Vision join the Avengers. Many other characters from the Marvel universe, such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Scott Lang (the second Ant-Man) and his daughter Cassandra, Heroes for Hire, Doctor Doom, Surtur, Crossfire, Thunderbolt Ross (in both his human form and his "Red Hulk" form), the Guardians of the Galaxy, Falcon and Beta Ray Bill, make appearances. Series producers Joshua Fine and Christopher Yost have revealed that certain returning characters will adapt their Ultimate Universe counterpart costumes, such as Nick Fury who returns in Season 2 appearing more like the Ultimate Universe Fury with a shaved head and goatee, and the Skrull who replaced Captain America wears the costume directly adapted from Ultimate Captain America and uses an energy shield. The second season premiere, entitled the "The Private War of Dr. Doom" (featuring Dr. Doom and The Fantastic Four) was shown to audiences at both the 2011 San Diego and New York Comic Cons; as well as the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim. It premiered on April 1, 2012.
Episode list
Main article: List of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episodesSeason | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | |||
Micro-series | 20 | September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) (online) October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) (United States) | |
1 | 26 | October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) | April 12, 2011 (2011-04-12) (Australia) June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26) (United States) | |
2 | 26 | April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01) | June 28, 2012 (2012-06-28) (Australia) November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) (United States) |
Cast
Further information: List of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes characters- Brian Bloom – Captain America
- Chris Cox – Hawkeye
- Jennifer Hale – Ms. Marvel
- Peter Jessop – Vision
- Phil LaMarr – J.A.R.V.I.S.
- Eric Loomis – Iron Man
- James C. Mathis III – Black Panther
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey – Wasp
- Fred Tatasciore – Hulk
- Rick D. Wasserman – Thor
- Wally Wingert – Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Yellowjacket
Crew
- Joshua Fine – Supervising Producer
- Vinton Heuck – Director
- Sebastian Montes – Director
- Jamie Simone – Casting and Voice Director
- Christopher Yost – Story Editor
Production
Marvel announced in October 2008 that its Marvel Animation division and the outside studio Film Roman would produce an Avengers animated TV series, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, for planned broadcast in 2010. 52 episodes have been confirmed as being in production. The show's executive producers include Simon Philips and Eric S. Rollman. Joshua Fine serves as supervising producer and Christopher Yost serves as story editor on the show. A 20 part micro-series debuted on September 22, 2010 on Disney XD, focusing on each hero's backstory and the events that lead to the main series. The series started airing on Marvel's sister network, Disney XD in the United States on October 20, 2010 and on Teletoon in Canada on October 22, 2010 in English-language and March 2011 in French-language. According to Jeph Loeb, Season 2 will presumably begin around October 2011, same as season 1 and Producer Josh Fine tweeted in April 2011 that 13 episodes have been completed. At the 2011 New York Comic-Con, Marvel TV director, Jeph Loeb contradicted his earlier statement of Season 2 launch in late 2011. Loeb announced at the panel at New York Comic-con that "Avengers Season 2 will be coming in early 2012 (to coincide with Ultimate Spider-Man)." This date would later get clarified to April 1, 2012.
Future of series
A new Avengers show will premiere in 2013 called Avengers Assemble,. On Saturday, July 14, 2012 Loeb, Head of Marvel Television, stated at the 2012 Marvel Television Presents panel at San Diego Comic-Con that The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes hasn't been canceled as Avengers Assemble is being viewed as "a continuation of that series." Specifics of the transition/continuation between the two series have not been revealed at this time. Only Fred Tatasciore, the voice of the The Hulk on Earth's Mightiest Heroes, will continue in the role for Avengers Assemble. Adrian Pasdar will voice Tony Stark/Iron Man and also voices Stark in the separate Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.
Release
Critical reception
The series's premiere earned mostly positive reviews from critics and fans alike. It also currently holds a 8.5 making "Great" rating (based on 206 votes) on TV.com, and 8.6/10 rating (based on 3,180 votes and 11 reviews) on IMDb.com. Review aggregation website Metacritic reports that 9.2 of users have given the series a "Universal acclaim" review based on 5 reviews.
Comic book
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes comic book series, written by Christopher Yost, and artwork by Scott Wegener, and Patrick Scherberger was published to accompany the series. It was a four-issue limited series. An ongoing comic book series titled The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Adventures will debut in April 2012, alongside the Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures series. Christopher Yost will return as the main writer, with Adam Dekraker to serve as the comic's creative team, while Nuno Plati will provide artwork.
DVD releases
Region 1
United States
DVD title | Volume | Season | Aspect ratio | Episodes | Time length | Release date |
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Heroes Assemble! | 1 | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | 154 minutes | April 26, 2011 |
Captain America Reborn' | 2 | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | 132 minutes | April 26, 2011 |
Iron Man Unleashed' | 3 | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | 132 minutes | October 25, 2011 |
Thor's Last Stand' | 4 | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | 148 minutes | October 25, 2011 |
Secret Invasion | 5 | 2 | 16:9 | 13 | 299 minutes | September 25, 2012 |
Canada
DVD title | Volume | Season | Aspect ratio | Episodes | Time length | Release date |
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Limited Edition: Season 1, Part 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | 286 minutes | April 26, 2011 |
Limited Edition: Season 1, Part 2 | 2 | 1 | 16:9 | 13 | 280 minutes | October 25, 2011 |
The Complete First Season (Blu-ray Disc) | — | 1 | 16:9 | 26 | 572 minutes | April 17, 2012 |
Region 2
DVD title | Volume | Season | Aspect ratio | Episodes | Time length | Release date |
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Volume 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | 133 minutes | July 25, 2011 |
Volume 2 | 2 | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | 137 minutes | August 22, 2011 |
Volume 3 | 3 | 1 | 16:9 | 6 | 130 minutes | April 2, 2012 |
Volume 4 | 4 | 1 | 16:9 | 7 | 151 minutes | April 30, 2012 |
Volume 1-4 | 1-4 | 1 | 16:9 | 25 | 546 minutes | April 30, 2012 |
^a Original release date was November 8, 2011.
^b This is the first home media release in Canada to be released by eOne Entertainment. The other Canadian home releases of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes were released by Vivendi Entertainment.
International broadcast
Region | Network(s) | Series premiere | Timeslot |
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Australia | ABC3, Cartoon Network | March 8, 2011 | Sundays at 9:25 am Sundays at 9:50 am Weekdays at 7:10 am / 7:15 am Weekdays at 1:15 pm |
Canada | Teletoon | October 22, 2010 | Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern (New Episodes) Sundays at 11:30 am Eastern (Reruns) |
The Netherlands | Disney XD | December 10, 2010 | Fridays at 9:35 pm (Subtitles) Saturdays 9:10 pm (Subtitles) Mondays 10:20 pm (Subtitles) Wednesdays 7:50 pm (Dub) |
Poland | Disney XD | November 8, 2010 | — |
Brazil | Disney XD, Rede Globo | October 31, 2010 (Preview) November 27, 2010 (Official) |
Saturdays 9:00 pm/10:30 pm (Reruns) Sundays 9:00 am/10:30 am (New Episodes) |
Mexico | Disney XD | ||
Argentina | |||
Panama | |||
Peru | |||
Honduras | |||
Venezuela | |||
Colombia | |||
Chile | |||
United States | Disney XD | October 20, 2010 | Wednesdays at 8:30 pm Eastern (October 2010 – November 2010) Friday at 8:30 pm Eastern (Special; November 2010) Sundays at 10:00 pm Eastern (December 2010 – present) |
Sweden | Disney XD | January 29, 2011 | Weekdays at 3:35 pm |
Italy | Disney XD | November 29, 2010 | — |
United Kingdom | Disney XD | November 2010 | Weekdays at 10:25 pm (Reruns) Weekends at 5:30 pm (New Episodes) |
CITV | May 8, 2011 | Sundays at 8:00 am | |
Germany | Disney XD | February 19, 2011 | — |
South Africa | Disney XD | May 2011 | Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30 pm |
Japan | Disney XD | July 18, 2011 | Mondays at 8:30 pm (New Episodes) Sundays at 10:30 pm (Reruns) |
Russia CIS |
Disney XD (CIS) CTC |
TBA |
Weekdays at 8:30 am |
France | France 4 | June, 2011 | Weekdays at 8:30 am |
Philippines | Cartoon Network ABS-CBN |
September 3, 2011 | Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 pm (Cartoon Network) Mondays to Fridays at 8:45 am (Season 1) Sundays at 8:45 am (Season 1 Rerun) Sundays at 8:15 am (Season 2) (ABS-CBN) |
Ukraine | 1+1 | December, 2011 | Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 pm |
Spain | Boing | February, 2012 | Saturdays and Sundays at 12:10 pm |
Kazakhstan | Channel 31 | Summer 2012 | Saturday and Sunday at 14:20 am & 7:20 am |
Turkey | Disney XD | — | — |
Greece | Disney XD | — | — |
Czech | TV Nova | 2011 | Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 am |
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- 2010s American animated television series
- 2010 American television series debuts
- 2012 American television series endings
- Avengers (comics) television series
- Captain America in other media
- Disney XD shows
- Hulk (comics) television series
- Iron Man television series
- Marvel Animation
- Marvel Comics animation
- Superhero television programs
- Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media