If you’re anything like me and are waiting impatiently for The Avengers movie that is coming to theaters May fourth, I discovered something with which to tide your superhero-team jones over! The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is a half-hour animated TV program that debuted on Disney XD in the fall of 2010. I haven’t watched animated shows with any regularity for many years now, so it comes as no surprise that this show escaped my notice. However, the entire 26-episode run of the first season of The Avengers: EMH is now on Netflix streaming. At 23 minutes per episode, the stories fly by as they are jammed-packed with super-heroic action!
The roster of superheroes for The Avengers: EMH is almost
the same as the upcoming Marvel film. However, the series initially features a
team based on the roster of the original 1960’s Marvel Comics Avengers, which
is comprised of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and the Wasp. Later in the
series, they are joined by Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye. As a
fan who grew up reading the 1960’s and 1970’s Avengers comics, I really appreciate
that the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby. There are a few concessions to the modernization of certain Marvel
characters – namely Nick Fury is a black man (oddly with hair in season one)
that is clearly based on the Samuel L. Jackson film version of the character.
Since S.H.E.I.L.D., like the movies, is largely responsible for gathering
together the Avengers, Nick Fury’s character plays a prominent role in the
show.
The second season of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest
Heroes is already running on Disney XD on Sunday mornings at 11:37 Am, right
after the new Ultimate Spiderman show (which I’m also watching, but not quite
as excited about), so once you get caught up, you can look forward to even more
super-heroic adventure of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!
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