The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! | |
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Genre |
Superhero fiction Action |
Created by |
Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Based on | Avengers by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby |
Developed by | Ciro Nieli Joshua Fine Christopher Yost |
Voices of | |
Narrated by | Alex Désert (Opening Narration) |
Theme music composer |
Guy Erez and David Ari Leon |
Opening theme | "Fight As One" by Bad City |
Ending theme | "Fight As One" (instrumental) |
Composer(s) | Guy Michelmore |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Joshua Fine Dana C. Booton |
Editor(s) |
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Running time | 22 minutes (TV episodes) 5 minutes (micro episodes) |
Production company(s) |
Marvel Animation Film Roman Ingenious Media/Ingenious Broadcasting EIS PLCs Disney XD Original Productions |
Distributor |
Disney-ABC Domestic Television (United States) Vivendi Entertainment Canada (Canada) |
Release | |
Original network |
Disney XD (United States) Teletoon (Canada) Citv (Uk) |
Original release | September 22, 2010 | – May 5, 2013
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Wolverine and the X-Men |
Followed by | Avengers Assemble |
External links | |
Website |
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 both on Disney XD and online in the fall of 2010, starting with a 20-part micro-series.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC and Disney XD announced a "new Marvel Universe" programming block, named Marvel Universe, which began broadcasting in April 2012 and included the second season of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! and the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man.
The series initially features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of Iron Man, Giant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and Wasp. The team is later joined by Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye in the first season, and Ms. Marvel and Vision in the second season. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The series also uses material from all eras of the comic's run as well as other sources, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The series was replaced by Avengers Assemble, which premiered on July 7, 2013.
As 75 of the world's most dangerous super-villains are mysteriously freed 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 is composed of Iron Man (Tony Stark) as de facto team leader, Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Hank Pym), the Hulk (Bruce Banner), Thor, and the Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)Captain America (Steve Rogers) joins the team later after being found frozen in ice while the team is looking for a missing Hulk. Although other characters feature in the Avengers, these are the original and main avengers. Future members of team for season one include Black Panther (T'Challa) and Hawkeye (Clint Barton). In the season finale, it is revealed that Thor's adopted brother Loki was responsible for the breakouts and that he had the Enchantress and her servant under his control.