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avengers: worlds most overrated team
Is it just me or has the Avengers always been way overrated when it comes to superteams. I mean the core members of Cap, Iron Man, & Thor are good, but the rest are lame. I always found it ridiculous when an Avenger comic had a picture of the team walking through a crowd and the caption said that the people were in awe of the mighty Avengers, but you look at the team and you see The Wasp, Triathlon, ANt-Man, or so other lame character. I mean come on now, the wasp. A socialite who has the power to turn to wasp size and shoot a stinger blast at people. I always felt that since the Avengers are Marvels most powerful superteam that they should match up with DC's JLA. I know that DC characters in general are written to be more god-like but there are better characters to add to the Avengers roster. Even the New Avengers are lame. THe Sentry is the only addition that would make them powerful. Spiderwoman is just another version of The Wasp. She is drawn very well, but that is about it. Luke Cage is a step below the RHino and one step above the Sandman. He is cool but not that powerful. I like how Marvel is trying to add their most popular characters to the Avengers roster. That is what DC did with the JLA. The JLA is comprised of DC's most popular and most powerful characters. My New Avengers roster would be: Cap, Iron Man, Thor and then add Gladiator, Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, and Jean Grey. That gives them physical power, telepathy, and supreme magic wielding. Your thoughts.
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Re: avengers: worlds most overrated team
I think Antman and/or Wasp were more part of the Avenger's tech team.
Having lower tier characters on your team can be helpful though. "Realistically" not every villian is going to be some physically dominating character that needs to be brawled for good to win. Sometimes being tiny with stinger blasts or firing specialized arrows with deadly accuracy is effective too.
Besides, the universe is a big place. There's a lot of evil to defeat. We can't all be trolling around America for a thug to thrash.
Originally posted by kenobi
My New Avengers roster would be: Cap, Iron Man, Thor and then add Gladiator, Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, and Jean Grey. That gives them physical power, telepathy, and supreme magic wielding. Your thoughts.
Gladiator? Whaaa?
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Re: avengers: worlds most overrated team
[i]. My New Avengers roster would be: Cap, Iron Man, Thor and then add Gladiator, Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, and Jean Grey. That gives them physical power, telepathy, and supreme magic wielding. Your thoughts. [/B]
You're complaining about the Avengers not being strong enought so you add in Spiderman? 😕
The problem with adding more and more upper level characters into the advengers is that you would limit the options the writers have to tell stories. I mean just how many enemies could you make that would be a real threat to that team? Honestly, Thor shouldn't even be on the Avengers given how powerful he and his hammer are (they've have gotten around this by making him an idiot who hardly ever uses most of his abilities). Adding more firepower doesn't make a team better, it just makes it harder to write good stories with them, and isn't that the point after all?
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Re: avengers: worlds most overrated team
Originally posted by kenobi
I like how Marvel is trying to add their most popular characters to the Avengers roster. That is what DC did with the JLA. The JLA is comprised of DC's most popular and most powerful characters. My New Avengers roster would be: Cap, Iron Man, Thor and then add Gladiator, Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, and Jean Grey. That gives them physical power, telepathy, and supreme magic wielding. Your thoughts.
That only gives them power but what about the popularity part? The Big 7 concept is impossible for Marvel to do and still maintain a power level worthy of being called Earths Mightiest Heroes. Popularity wise the team would be Spidey, Logan, Daredevil, Hulk, Cap, Iron Man and Thor. If you're just looking for strength, the Avengers have had some nice lineups in the past. There was one with Thor, Vision, Sersi, Hercules, and Crystal. Granted it was Masterson Thor but that's still pretty damn solid.
