Avenger facts for kids

The words Avenger, Avengers, The Avenger, or The Avengers can mean many different things. Most often, people think of the famous superhero team from Marvel Comics. But these words are also used for movies, TV shows, books, games, and even military vehicles!

Arts and Entertainment

Marvel Comics Superheroes

• Avengers (comics): This is a famous team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics world. They often team up to fight big threats.
  • Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe): This is the main superhero team you see in the popular Marvel movies, like Avengers: Endgame. They are central to the "Infinity Saga" story.
  • Avengers (comics) in other media: The Avengers also appear in cartoons, video games, and other forms of entertainment.
• The Avengers (comic book): There have been many different comic book series called The Avengers.
• The Avengers: United They Stand: This was an animated TV show about the Avengers from 1999.
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Another popular animated TV series about the team, which started in 2010.
• The Avengers (2012 film): This was the first big live-action movie about the Marvel Avengers team. It's also known as Marvel's The Avengers.
  • The Avengers (soundtrack): This is the music from the 2012 movie.
• Marvel's Avengers (video game): A video game released in 2020 where you can play as different Avengers.

Fictional Characters

• Avenger (comics): A superhero character from old comic books by Magazine Enterprises.
• Avenger (pulp-magazine character): A hero from adventure stories published between 1939 and 1942.
• Avenger: A character in the video game Fate/hollow ataraxia.
• Avenger: A character in the 1960s TV show Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.
• Avenger: A character in the Way of the Tiger series of gamebooks.

Film and Television Shows

• The Avenger (1931 film): An old American Western movie.
• The Avenger (1933 film): An American drama film.
• The Avenger (1937 film): An Australian movie.
• The Avengers (1942 film): An American movie, also known as The Day Will Dawn.
• The Avengers (1950 film): An American adventure movie.
• The Avenger (1960 film): A movie from West Germany.
• The Avenger (1962 film): An Italian movie.
• The Avengers (TV series): A very popular British spy TV series that ran from 1961 to 1969.
• The Avengers (1998 film): An American movie based on the old British TV series.
• Avenger (film): A 2006 movie based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth.
• Avenger (TV series): A Japanese animated TV series (anime).

Gaming

• Avenger (1981 video game): An older video game.
• Avengers (1987 video game): Another older video game.
• Avenger (Dungeons & Dragons): A type of character you can play in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

Literature (Books)

• The Avenger (novel): A book written by Edgar Wallace in 1926.
• Avenger (Shatner novel): A Star Trek novel written by William Shatner in 1997.
• Avenger (Forsyth novel): A book by Frederick Forsyth from 2003.

Music

• Avenger (British band): A heavy metal music band from Britain.
• Avengers (band): An American punk rock band.
  • Avengers (EP): An album by the American punk band from 1979.
  • Avengers (album): Another album by the American punk band from 1983.
• The Avengers (New Zealand band): A rock band from New Zealand.
• Rage (German band): This heavy metal band from Germany used to be called Avenger.
• The Avenger (album): An album by the band Amon Amarth from 1999.

Radio Shows

• The Avengers (radio series): A radio show from South Africa based on the British TV series.
• The Avenger (radio program): The name of two different crime radio shows from the 1940s in America.

Military Vehicles and Weapons

Aircraft

• Avro Avenger: A British fighter plane from the 1920s.
• General Atomics Avenger: A modern unmanned aircraft (drone) being developed for combat.
• Grumman TBF Avenger: A famous American torpedo bomber plane used in World War II.
• McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II: A type of attack aircraft that was planned but never built.

Ships

• Avenger-class escort carrier: A type of ship used by the British and American navies in World War II.
• Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship: A type of ship used by the U.S. Navy to find and clear sea mines.
• HMS Avenger: The name of several ships in the Royal Navy (British navy).
• USS Avenger: The name of several ships in the U.S. Navy.

Tanks

• Avenger (tank): A type of tank that was an improved version of another tank called the Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger.

Weaponry

• GAU-8 Avenger: A very powerful cannon used on some aircraft.
• AN/TWQ-1 Avenger: An American missile system used to shoot down aircraft or missiles from the ground.

Other Uses

Organisations and Teams

• Los Angeles Avengers: An American arena football team.

Transportation (Cars, Motorcycles, etc.)

• Avenger (truck): An American monster truck.
• Argo Avenger: A Canadian vehicle that can go on many different types of land.
• Bajaj Avenger: A type of motorcycle made in India.
• Dodge Avenger: A car made by the American company Dodge.
• Jeep Avenger: A type of sport utility vehicle (SUV).
• Hillman Avenger: A car that was also known as the Chrysler Avenger and Talbot Avenger.

See Also

In Spanish: Avenger para niños

• All pages beginning with "Avenger"
• All pages beginning with "The Avenger"
• Avenged (disambiguation)
• Avengers Assemble (disambiguation)
• French ship Vengeur ("Avenger'), the name of several ships
• Goel: In the Bible, this term can mean an "avenger of blood."