New Invaders
| Invaders | |
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Cover of The Invaders #1 (August 1975)
Art by John Romita, Sr. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Avengers #71 (December 1969) |
| Created by |
Roy Thomas Sal Buscema Bill Finger Martin Goodman |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Various |
| Member(s) |
Current members: Captain America (Sam Wilson) Human Torch Iron Cross (Clare Gruler) Namor Radiance Toro Winter Soldier Former members: Blazing Skull Blonde Phantom Bucky (Fred Davis) Captain America (William Nasland) Captain America (Steve Rogers) Fin Major Mapleleaf Miss America Nia Noble Silver Scorpion Spitfire Tara Thin Man Union Jack (Joseph Chapman) Union Jack (Brian Falsworth) Union Jack (Montgomery Falsworth) U.S. Agent Vision Whizzer |
The Invaders is the name of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The original team was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema in The Avengers #71 (December 1969).
A present-day incarnation was introduced by writer Chuck Austen and artist Scott Kolins in The Avengers vol. 3, #82 (July 2004).
The prototype for the Invaders, the All-Winners Squad, created by publisher Martin Goodman and scripter Bill Finger, was an actual historic Golden Age comic book feature with only two appearances—in All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946) and #21 (Winter 1947; there was no issue #20). This team had much of the same membership as the Invaders, but had its adventures in the post–World War II era, the time that their adventures were published. This group was also notable for being the first in which its members did not entirely get along, prefiguring the internal conflicts of the Fantastic Four in the 1960s.
The Invaders team first appeared in flashback stories set during World War II, and comprised existing characters from Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel. Originally, Captain America (Steve Rogers), his sidekick Bucky (James Barnes), the original android Human Torch ("Jim Hammond"), the Torch's sidekick Toro (Thomas Raymond) and Namor the Sub-Mariner were together as heroes opposing the forces of Nazism. When these superheroes saved the life of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from Master Man, the thankful Churchill suggested that they should become a team, known as the Invaders.
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