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The Avengers

Earth's mightiest heroes assemble for the first time.

Earth's mightiest heroes — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye — unite for the first time to stop Loki and his alien army from conquering Earth.

2012 May 4, 2012 143 min PG-13

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Directed by Joss Whedon
Release date May 4, 2012
Timeline MCU #7
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Story dossier

Earth's mightiest heroes — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye — unite for the first time to stop Loki and his alien army from conquering Earth. This wiki dossier collects the movie's MCU phase, timeline placement, core cast, creative team, trailers, images, story highlights, post-credit context, related movies, and Disney+ US viewing status.

Timeline placement

The Phase 1 crossover that turns separate origin stories into the Avengers era.

01

Nick Fury's Avengers Initiative becomes active after Loki steals the Tesseract.

02

The Battle of New York publicly confirms alien life and superhero warfare.

03

The team learns to function through conflict, loss, and the threat of invasion.

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Cast and characters

Tony Stark / Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.
Steve Rogers / Captain America Chris Evans
Thor Chris Hemsworth
Bruce Banner / Hulk Mark Ruffalo
Natasha Romanoff Scarlett Johansson
Clint Barton Jeremy Renner

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The gallery uses local poster artwork and official trailer thumbnails where available, so the page stays fast and avoids unverified media.