THE AVENGERS

CAPTAIN AMERICA:

Created 1941.

Real name: Steve Rogers

Steve is a frail young man rejected by the US army during the Second World War. But then an army generals asks Steve to participate in an experiment: a Super -Soldier serum and radiation treatment give him a perfect body. After intense physical preparation, his first mission is to stop a Nazi agent. He recives a costume and a shield and becomes a symbol of liberty and justice - Captain America!

 

IRON MAN:

Created 1963.

Real  name: Tony Stark

Tony Stark is a businessman and a mechanical genius who is kidnapped by criminals. His captors want to force him to invent powerful weapons. But Tony creates a suit of armour to save his life and escapes. Later, he strengthens the suit with his Stark Industries technology. With the suit, he can hide his indentity and protect the world as Iron Man!

THE HULK:

Created 1962.

Real name: Bruce Banner

As a child, Bruce had to hide his anger towards his abusive father. As a young man, he is irradiated with radioactive particles during a nuclear test. From that moment, he transforms into the Hulk when he gets angry. Like the faous duo Dr Jeklly and Mr Hyde, who inspired the Hulk's creators, Hulk's personality is completely different from Bruce's: Bruce is a genius in nuclear physics; the Huk is not a very intelligent creature, but he has cunning that helps him in combat. 

THOR:

Created 1962.

Real name: Donald Blake

Thor did not start as a human - he was first a god. Thor's father sends him to Earth as a human doctor called Donald Blake. He has no memories of his past as the Asgardian god of thunder. But when Donald discovers Thor's hammer in a cave, he strikes it against a rock and becomes Thor again. Thor then starts to defend humanity from evil, but he is constantly conflicted between his divine home - Asgard - and his adoptive home on Earth.