Avengers (Earth-339)

Foundation
The Avengers were founded by Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, Hulk and Wonder Man to combat the Superiors. Baron Mordo, Taskmaster, Dr. Octopus, Dragoness, Abomination and Grim Reaper attacked Stark Tower. They considered it a bastion of the Hero's and believed that they could tumble the balance by taking it down. The Avengers then united to take the Superiors down.

Further Recruitment
The team decided to keep fighting villains together. The next villain they fought was The Hood. They were able to defeat him. After Spider-Man had defeated Dr. Octopus his Sinister Six (consisting of himself, Vulture, Sandman, Lizard, Boomerang and Hydro-Man. Tony Stark understood that the Sinister Six were secretly a division of the Superiors and asked Spider-Man to join the team.

Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist also joint the Avengers after they fought a combined battle against Kingpin to take down the criminal cartel he lead. The Fantastic Four joint the Avengers quickly afterwards, when the Avengers had to save the Fantastic Four from Doctor Doom.

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
The Avengers fought a battle against the Brotherhood of Mutants, consisting of Magneto, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Toad and Mastermind. This was the first time that the Avengers fought a team of only mutants. They managed to beat them. However Hank Pym's mind had been altered by Wyngarde and Pym was now working for him. This was also unknown to Magneto.

The Return of the Superiors
Baron Mordo, Grim Reaper and Living Pharaoh decided to sent an army of demons upon the earth to fight the Avengers. Dr. Strange joint the Avengers in their battle against the Demon Army and so did the X-Men. Together they were able to take down the Superiors.

Apocalypse
When Apocalypse rose in Egypt, the Avengers were watching carefully. They had left the United States to fight Apocalypse, but were stopped by British Politician Alexander Prince. Prince used his influence the UN Security Council to block the Avengers from leaving the United States, calling them unregistered combatants. When Apocalypse his power spread to all of Africa, the prince of Wakanda, Black Panther came to the USA to join the Avengers in a secret war against Apocalypse. Tony Stark, Hank Pym, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner and T'Challa then created several response plans. First of all they needed the Avengers to have more members. Secondly Stark, Pym and Richards were convinced they needed an android army. Pym and Stark were put in charge of the android army, while T'Challa and Richards went searching for other heroes and mutants. They found Shadowcat, Spider-Woman, Mockingbird, Ghost Rider, Tigra, Squirrel Girl, Doctor Voodoo and Cannonball. Cannonball, Shadowcat and Squirrel Girl were mutants that opposed Apocalypse. Shadowcat became a core member of the Avengers and became the spokesperson for Mutants Against Apocalypse.

Apocalypse takes San Francisco
When Apocalypse defeated the X-Men and conquered San Francisco the Avengers were shocked. Steve Rogers, Reed Richards and Tony Stark had been friends with Charles Xavier, who had been killed. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch then joint the Avengers. Donald Blake is killed by Clan Akkaba.

Ultron
Hank Pym and Tony Stark then finished his army of andriods. They were a hive mind called Ultron, a piece of Artificial Intelligence. Mastermind's influence on Pym howerver had altered Ultron. Ultron was unable to hurt mutants. Therefore when Ultron was supposed to attack and kill Apocalypse, it backfired. Ultron betrayed his makers and attacked the Avengers. In the surprise attack many Avengers died, including Iron Fist, Daredevil, Tigra, Mockingbird, Spider-Woman and Wasp. The death of his wife made Pym go insane with guilt. Doctor Strange, Hulk, Thing and Wonder Man led the assault on Ultron. However Ultron activated Iron Man's suits, which he had made to beat the other Avengers, were it necessary. Human Torch and Cannonball were able to destroy several, but Thing was killed. Meanwhile Apocalypse launched an assault against the Avengers. Apocalypse punched Wonder Man kilometres away into the desert. There he found Mjolnir. With the power of the hammer he returned to the battlefied and destroyed the remaining Ultrons using Thunder. This heavily damaged Ultron's AI. Wonder Man then turned to Apocalypse and was ready to strike him down, but he was killed by Azazel. Steve Rogers made a run for Mjolnir, but Cannonball beat him there, he broke his hand trying to pick up Mjolnir. Apocalypse killed Luke Cage by breaking him in two. Dr. Strange then managed to keep Apocalypse his forces at bay.

Avengers VS Mutants
When the Avengers started to evaluate the Ultron conflict they realised something had gone greatly wrong. The mutants were suspected to have altered the Ultron A.I. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were accused of tampering. They denied it and Captain America, Cannonball, Squirrel Girl and Shadowcat vouched for them. However Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch decided to leave the Avengers, they felt betrayed. Cannonball decided to join them and also left. Hank Pym became a secluded man and although he kept living in Avengers Tower, he no longer went on missions with the other Avengers.

Depression
Hank Pym had become an alcoholic and had been causing problems in Avengers Tower. Peter Parker and Tony Stark both attempted to connect with him, having faced depression and acoholism themselves. However nothing worked. Pym then created a serum of rebirth, hoping that he would be able to revive his dead wife with it. He dug up her body and placed it in the serum. Reed Richards discovered this and was shocked. Ghost Rider almost took Pym's soul for committing this horrendous crime. The Avengers reburried Wasp and they convened to discuss what to do about Hank. They decided to bring him to an insane asylum. Hank later escaped it. He read about a woman that was able to remove memories. He went to her, who was revealed to be Emma Frost. When Emma asked Hank how much of his memory he wanted to lose, he only responded with "All". Emma did as he requested. When the Avengers located Hank they discovered that all his memories were gone. They decided that this was better than making him remember all his mistakes.

Superior Destruction
The Superiors returned. Now at full might they attacked Avengers Tower. Baron Mordo confronted Doctor Strange in an Epic Battle of Magic. Doctor Voodoo wanted to help him, but was attacked by The Hood. Hulk and Abomination had another epic fight. Mordo managed to open a portal to the Dark Dimension. From there Dormammu came and he absorbed Doctor Voodoo, Doctor Strange, Baron Mordo and the Hood. This brought him infinte power. However Destiny had known this would happen and used a magic talisman to banish Dormammu back to the Dark Dimension. However she died in the process. Mystique then broke down and surrendered. She revealed to the Avengers that she had been working for Mr. Sinister and that now she would quit the Superiors. She did and left to lead her New Brotherhood of Mutants. Lizard and Taskmaster would later become new members of the Avengers.

Suicide of Hank Pym
Ultron went rogue against Apocalypse and refused to obey him. Ultron then left Clan Akkaba and tried to find "his parents". It felt remorse for being responsible for the death of Wasp, whom he had considered his mother. He went to find Hank Pym, hoping that his "father" would understand him. Ultron found Hank without his memories. Ultron decided that this Pym was not his father and that he needed to bring his father back. He was able te slowly return Pym's memories. At first Hank was very grateful for this. Then he remembered the Avengers and rekindled his friendship with them. However the Avengers learnt of Ultron and started fighting it. Hank did not understand this. Then Steve Rogers told Pym what had happened. His memories then returned and was unable to handle them. He just broke, having to go through his loss and guilt again. He left the scene, wanting to be left alone. The next day Steve Rogers and Reed Richards went checking on him and found him dead, having taken an overdose of his medication.

Age of Apocalypse
Apocalypse was becoming so powerful that he was claiming all of California. The Avengers were fighting against his army of mutants in San Diego. Meanwhile the X-Men were fighting in Los Angelos. Ultron had joint Apocalypse again, wanting to destroy the Avengers, believing it was their fault Hank Pym died. Ultron hacked Tony Stark and killed him. His death was a terrible loss for the Avengers. Mr. Fantastic was shortly afterwards able to destroy Ultron. Azazel then killed Invisible Woman. The Avengers then retreated.

New Avengers
The deaths of Tony Stark and Susan Storm devestated the team. Captain America then decided that he needed reinforcements. He took Peter Parker with him and they travelled the world searching for New Avengers. He left T'Challa in charge of the Avengers. Meanwhile Jennifer Walters is hurt by one of Apocalypse's attacks. Bruce Banner saves her life by giving her his blood. She then turns into She-Hulk and joined the Avengers. Captain America then recruited Hercules, Nightcrawler, Black Knight, Punisher and Black Cat. While they were also joint by the SHIELD agents Falcon, Hawkeye and Constrictor. The two Avengers teams kept fighting Apocalypse. They joint together to fight Sebastian Shaw. Captain America was then killed by Azazel.

Avengers Reformed
All the recent deaths of core members made Mr. Fantastic and Black Panther rethink the roster. They then learnt that Latveria had fallen to Apocalypse. Doctor Doom was still alive and contacted Reed Richards. Doom decided to join the Avengers. Doom, Richards and T'Challa decided to the divide the team in three, the main Avengers, the New Avengers and the rougher Dark Avengers. With the help of Doom the Avengers roster increased even further, having former A.I.M. villains join Doom's Dark Avengers.



Reign of Apocalypse
Apocalypse takes New York in a grand battle against all three Avengers teams. It results in the deaths of many, including Lizard, Falcon, Black Cat, Squirrel Girl, Black Knight and Taskmaster. Also the Doomtower, Doom's base was destroyed, killing M.O.D.O.K., Arnim Zola and Ghost Rider. Finally Mr. Fantastic was murdered by Azazel, who started collecting the fingers of those he killed, possessing those of Charles Xavier, Steve Rogers and now Reed Richards. Hulk then fought with Apocalypse. Apocalypse was able to sent Hulk into space. With the Avengers broken, New York was lost. The New Avengers then disbanded. Johnny Storm and T'Challa joint the Dark Avengers, not feeling at home with the main team anymore. Falcon then took the mantle of Captain America. He announced to the world that the Avengers would keep fighting and he had a team that resembled the original team.



Dark Avengers Ascend
Doom and his Dark Avengers became a secret team fighting against Apocalypse. They became terrorists, killing much of Apocalypse his infrastructure. They tried to kill Azazel multiple times, but failed each time. Then Doom and T'Challa divised a far more amibitious plan, murdering Apocalypse. Doom believed that he, Johnny Storm and Ares together should be able to destroy Apocalypse if they fought him without help. Green Goblin, Black Panther, Winter Soldier and Punisher would have to destract his subjects to do so. They executed the plan, but Apocalypse proved more powerful then they knew. He had the Young Mutants as a back up, while Osborn, T'Challa, Bucky and Punisher were fighting the other members of Clan Akkaba. Punisher managed to shoot Azazel. Panther killed Sugar Man. Scott and Alex Summers blasted Ares and Chamber fought the Human Torch and was killed by him, while Blink was fighting Doom. Apocalypse then took over from the Summers brothers and slew Ares. Scott and Alex then joint Blink in her fight against Doom. Magneto and his X-Men then arrived to save the Dark Avengers. But before they could leave, Norman Osborn was killed by Archangel.

Apocalypse VS Doom
Doom refused to leave with the X-Men and stayed to fight Apocalypse alone. He called Apocalypse a coward and that if he truly believed in evolution he would prove that he was truly Doom's better. Apocalypse agreed to the challenge. They fought for a long time, but eventually Doom knocked Apocalypse down. Doom tried to finish Apocalypse, but was unable to kill him. Apocalypse then jumped back up and slew Doom. Apocalypse then announced to the world that Doom was dead. Which destroyed to morale of the Dark Avengers.