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2 unusual facts about The Avengers


EMH

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation

Five by five

In the episode Welcome To The Kree empire of the animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Ms Marvel goes in pursuit of an Kree spaceship.


Abigail Brand

Abigail Brand appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Welcome to the Kree Empire", voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

Alf Joint

On television he appeared in Doctor Who, Dick Turpin, Return to Treasure Island, Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Avengers, Space: 1999, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (for which he plunged 430ft into the Reichenbach Falls doubling for Eric Porter) and London's Burning.

Alister Williamson

He would typically be found in television series such as Adam Adamant Lives!, The Avengers, Paul Temple, Police Surgeon, Public Eye, The Saint, Softly, Softly, Special Branch, The Third Man and Z-Cars.

Ann Sidney

After relinquishing the Miss World title, Sidney had many small acting roles on TV, including the The Avengers and Are You Being Served?, and in films, notably Nicolas Roeg's Performance and the Bond movie You Only Live Twice, as well as forming a touring cabaret act.

Boot fetishism

The mid-1960s British TV series The Avengers often featured fetishistic clothing, with Emma Peel, played by Diana Rigg, wore boots as a characteristic sign of her as a sexy and strong woman.

Damion Poitier

He received notable media attention after his brief appearance as Thanos in 2012's The Avengers.

Death's Door

Death's Door is the eighteenth episode of the fifth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, and guest starring Clifford Evans, Allan Cuthbertson, William Lucas, and Marne Maitland.

Dishwalla

In 1998 landed the song "Truth Serum" in The Avengers; in 1999, the song "Stay Awake" was featured in the movie Stir of Echoes and the song "Find Your Way Back Home" was featured in the movie American Pie.

Douglas Blackwell

His television appearances have included roles in Softly, Softly, The Avengers, Z-Cars, The 10th Kingdom and Dixon of Dock Green.

Girl Heroes

She also draws comparisons between these images and earlier ones, such as Emma Peel of The Avengers, the 1970s television show Wonder Woman, Madonna and the Charlie's Angels of the 1970s, pointing out the relative independence of this archetype from male and parental support.

Girl on the Trapeze

Girl on the Trpeze is the sixth episode of the first series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner, and guest starring Mia Karam, Howard Goorney, and Kenneth Warren.

Harry Croxton

His eldest son, also named Harry, became a director of Chivers and had a daughter, Jennifer, who became a RADA trained actress and appeared in the celebrated 1960s spy-fi series The Avengers.

Herr Kleiser

A character named the Other (played by Alexis Denisof) shares similar traits to Herr Kleiser in the live-action film The Avengers.

Imogen Hassall

After having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and enjoyed an appearance in the William Douglas-Home comedy "The Reluctant Peer" at the Duchess Theatre in 1964, she appeared in British TV adventure series of the 1960s such as The Saint, The Avengers, The Persuaders!.

Kingsway tramway subway

The remaining northern part of the subway is sometimes used in films, for example as itself in the Stephen Poliakoff film Hidden City, the secret entrance to the base in the film version of The Avengers and a railway tunnel in the film Bhowani Junction.

Kinky boots

Boots of this type, and specifically the thigh-high leather boots worn by Honor Blackman in her role as Cathy Gale in The Avengers, are referred to in the 1964 song "Kinky Boots" by Blackman and her Avengers co-star Patrick Macnee.

Last Flight to Abuja

The movie grossed ₦8,000,000 in its first week of release and went ahead to ₦24,000,000 topping the chat in west African cinemas and beating Hollywood blockbusters such as: Spider-man, Think Like a Man, The Avengers and Madagascar 3.

Laurie Johnson

From the 1960s to the 1980s, he composed over fifty themes and scores, including the theme used on This Is Your Life (entitled "Gala Performance") (1952), The Avengers (from 1965), Animal Magic (entitled "Las Vegas") (1962), Jason King (1971), The New Avengers (1976) and The Professionals (1977).

Lee Binding

In 2001, he joined Contender Entertainment Group to oversee their range of science fiction DVDs, including Farscape, Andromeda and The Avengers UK releases.

Linda Thorson

Thorson is best known for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg as Emma Peel) in the last season of the British TV adventure series, The Avengers, with the original star Patrick Macnee.

Louise Pajo

Having trained in England she appeared in many popular programs there including The Avengers and is remembered by fans of Doctor Who for her role as Gia Kelly in the 1969 serial The Seeds of Death.

Meridian Audio

Meridian products have also been featured in many Hollywood films and television shows, including The Avengers, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The Hangover Part II and many others.

Method Studios

Since its inception in 2012, Method Design has completed main titles and design for more than 20 feature films including Men in Black 3, The Avengers, Captain America, Gulliver's Travels and Wolfman.

New Universe

In 2013, as part of Marvel's NOW! initiative, in the fifth volume of The Avengers, writer Jonathan Hickman resurrected many concepts of the New Universe including The White Event, Nightmask, and Star-Brand, as well as elements from newuniversal like the Superflow.

Richard Jeperson

Jeperson - among the first characters created by Newman in his early efforts at fiction - is a homage to many of the 'telefantasy' heroes present on British television during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Jason King (Department S / Jason King), John Steed (The Avengers) and the Third Doctor (Doctor Who).

The Baron

A few episodes were written by Tony O'Grady, a pseudonym of The Avengers writer-producer Brian Clemens.

The Incredible Robert Baldick

After that he had worked for ITV/ITC film series including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, The Champions and Department S.

The Valiant Years

One of the program's London-based producers was actor Patrick Macnee, just prior to his being cast as secret agent John Steed in the long-running cult TV series The Avengers.

Valentino Musetti

He has appeared in many TV programmes since the 1960s, such as The Avengers, Callan, Doctor Who (credited in the TV serial The Crusade), Space: 1999, The Professionals, Minder and Dempsey and Makepeace.

Winged monkeys

In the 2012 film The Avengers, Nick Fury, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson calls Hawkeye and Erik Selvig (who had been hypnotized at the start of the film) two of Loki's flying monkeys.


see also

Awesome Android

The Android reappeared as part of a supervillain team in The Avengers #286-289 (Feb.-May 1988); featured in the Acts of Vengeance storyline in Avengers Spotlight #27 (Mid-Dec. 1989); battled several Marvel heroes in Thunderbolts #2 (June 1997) and Heroes for Hire #1 (July 1997) and had two further encounters with the Fantastic Four in Fantastic Four vol.

The Android reappears during the "Acts of Vengeance" storyline, being repaired by the robot Machinesmith and used to distract the Avengers while several villains escape confinement in the prison facility the Vault.

Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon

Mitchell and Nixon’s next play, Spy, was inspired by 1960s British spy films and TV series, including The Ipcress File, James Bond, The Saint, The Prisoner and The Avengers, with one scene echoing Alain Resnais’s Last Year in Marienbad.

Colleen Wing

Colleen has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who have registered as part of the Initiative.

Contemplator

With her new position, she allowed the Avengers to disband and be replaced by her 'Americommandos', who arrested the X-Men and other mutants, captured 'illegal' superhumans like Luke Cage and Spider-Man, and arranged for the Fantastic Four to be lost in the Negative Zone, forcing Henry Pym, the Invisible Woman, and the Wasp into retirement, and 'killing' Tony Stark while he was undergoing heart surgery while keeping his brain alive to use his intellect.

Debrii

Deborah has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who are a part of the Initiative program.

Doombot

When the Fantastic Four and the Avengers cannot be reached to deal with the situation, Code: Blue manages to take it down with help from the Yancy Street Gang.

Dragon Man

When the Shadow Initiative was sent in to liberate the prison, Blastaar sent Dragon Man against them.

Fantastic Four: The End

Susan's brother Johnny Storm (the Human Torch) is a strike-force leader for the Avengers, while Ben Grimm (the Thing) lives with his wife Alicia Masters and their three children on Mars.

H.A.M.M.E.R.

During the Siege of Asgard, Norman Osborn takes H.A.M.M.E.R. alongside the Dark Avengers and the Initiative members who are on his side to partake in the attack on Asgard.

Heathmont College

Chris Hemsworth - Actor (Star Trek, Home & Away, The Avengers, Snow White and the Huntsman and Thor).

Iron Lad

He seeks the Avengers for assistance, but finds the Avengers disbanded.

Jack of Hearts

Iron Lad (the young Kang the Conqueror) transports the Young Avengers and the amnesiac Wanda, no longer the Scarlet Witch, back to the onset of the "Avengers Disassembled" when Jack had been used as a weapon to destroy the Avengers.

At the onset of the "Avengers Disassembled" event, Jack reappeared in uniform as what appeared to be a zombie just long enough to blow himself up, killing Scott Lang and destroying half of the Avengers Mansion.

JLA/Avengers

In a joint panel at WonderCon 2000, Busiek (then writer of the Avengers title) and Mark Waid (then writer of the JLA title) stated they had nearly come to an agreement to begin the crossover within the regular issues of the respective titles but the two companies could not come to a business arrangement.

Julian Wadham

Currently, he is re-creating the role of John Steed in Big Finish's new audio series The Avengers - The Lost Episodes.

Kang the Conqueror

The Centurion transports the Avengers from Earth-616 to his timeline, hoping that they will defeat their Earth-689 equivalents, and can then be disposed of.

Calling himself the Scarlet Centurion, he manipulates the Avengers from this timeline — the original team — into apprehending all heroes and villains (following their first encounter with the Space Phantom.

Los Angeles Avengers

However, L.A. managed to recover an onside kick and on the very last play of the game, Quarterback Tony Graziani threw a 32-yard touchdown pass that flinged off the rebound net and was caught by WR/LB Greg Hopkins, giving the Avengers a 64-63 win.

Machine Teen

Adam was considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Manon Barbeau

After graduating in Communication (Cinema) at Université du Québec à Montréal and writing workshops with Jean Gruault (scriptwriter for Truffaut), Enrico Medioli (scriptwriter for Visconti) and Robert McKee (writer of the TV series "The Avengers"), Manon Barbeau wrote the novel Merlyne (best-seller summer-fall 1991, Les Éditions du Boréal).

Marvel Encyclopedia

The first volume covers Marvel in general, while the second through sixth volumes go into further detail on the X-Men, The Hulk, Spider-Man, the Marvel Knights, The Avengers, and the Fantastic Four, respectively.

O-Force

Obituary is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program.

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

"Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel is an exciting animated special for everyone at Disney and Marvel. Bringing together the worlds of Phineas and Ferb and Marvel's The Avengers is a ton of fun for fans of both properties", said Dan Buckley, publisher and president of the print, animation and digital divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc.

Rebellion in Patagonia

It was written by Olivera with Osvaldo Bayer and Fernando Ayala, based on Osvaldo Bayer's renowned novel Los Vengadores de la Patagonia Trágica ("The Avengers of Tragic Patagonia"), which was based upon the military suppression of anarchist union movements in Santa Cruz Province in the early 1920s.

Savage Steel

Jimmy Zafar is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Scarlet Spider

The identity of the Scarlet Spider has been used by several characters: Ben Reilly, Peter Parker (while Ben posed as him in prison), Joe Wade (a villain), a group of three Michael Van Patrick clones working with the Initiative, and Kaine.

Tatiana Caban

Tatiana is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Wundarr the Aquarian

After joining the Initiative program he is assigned a position on the Florida Initiative Team, The Command with Jennifer Kale and Siege.