Avengers Academy
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Cover to Avengers Academy #1 (June 2010). Art by Mike McKone.
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Avengers Academy #1 (June 2010) |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Team |
| Agent(s) | see below |
| Avengers Academy | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date | June 2010 – November 2012 |
| Number of issues | 39, 1 special |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Christos Gage |
| Artist(s) | Mike McKone |
| Letterer(s) | Clayton Cowles |
| Colorist(s) | Jeromy Cox |
| Editor(s) |
Rachel Pinnelas Joe Quesada Bill Rosemann |
Avengers Academy is a Marvel Comics comic book series that debuted in June 2010 as part of the "Heroic Age". The series is written by Christos Gage, with artwork by Mike McKone and tells the story of a group of young super-powered persons who were selected to join a training academy for the super-hero team, the Avengers. The series concluded after thirty-nine issues in November 2012.
Marvel first announced the launch of Avengers Academy by the creative team of Christos Gage and Mike McKone in March 2010 by releasing a set of teaser images featuring students from the title. The first student to be revealed was Veil followed by Striker, Reptil, Mettle (under the name Fortress), Finesse and Hazmat. The comic book was released in June 2010 and took over the spot in the publishing schedule left vacant by Avengers: The Initiative. The faculty were revealed the following month.
In June 2010, Marvel announced the series will cross over with Thunderbolts #147, which is bookended in the "Scared Straight" storyline featured in Avengers Academy #3 and 4.
In September 2010, Marvel teased that Giant Man would join the title starting in issue #7 in December 2010, suggesting that Hank Pym, then operating under the code name "Wasp", would don his former "Giant Man" guise again.
In March 2011, the title crossed over with The Amazing Spider-Man #661 and 662, which featured Spider-Man as a substitute teacher.
In May 2011, Marvel published Avengers Academy Giant Size #1, an 80-page one-shot by writer Paul Tobin and artist David Baldeon. Beginning that June, the series tied into the "Fear Itself" crossover storyline, from issues #15 - 20. The subsequent four issues tied into that crossover's epilogue storyline, "Shattered Heroes", during which the series' setting was relocated to the West Coast of the United States, and introduced new part-time and full-time students beginning in Avengers Academy #21 in November 2011, The part-time students include Spider-Girl, She-Hulk (Lyra), Power Man, Machine Teen, Batwing, Butterball, Wiz Kid, Juston Seyfert and his Sentinel, Thunderstrike, Rocket Racer and members of the Loners. New members to the core class include White Tiger and Lightspeed. X-23 also became a regular cast member beginning in Avengers Academy #23. The Runaways visited the Avengers Academy in a two-part tale beginning in Avengers Academy #27 in March 2012.
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