The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | |
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Voices of | |
Narrated by | Alex Désert (opening narration; season 2) |
Theme music composer | |
Opening theme | "Fight As One" by Bad City (S1) Downstait (S2) |
Ending theme | "Fight As One" (instrumental) |
Composer | Guy Michelmore |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52[1] (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Dana C. Booton |
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Running time | 22 minutes (TV episodes) 5 minutes (micro episodes) |
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Original release | |
Network | Disney XD |
Release | September 22, 2010 November 11, 2012 | –
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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American superhero animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. The first season debuted on Disney XD and online in the fall of 2010. The second season was one of the inaugural shows of the Marvel Universe programming block alongside Ultimate Spider-Man.[2]
The series originally features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of
The series ended on November 11, 2012, and was replaced by Avengers Assemble.
Synopsis
Season one
Following a mass
Season two
Following Loki's defeat, the Avengers track down the remnants of the Masters of Evil. The team is joined by
Numerous other Marvel Comics characters make guest appearances, such as
Episode list
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | |||
Micro-series | 20 | September 22, 2010 | October 11, 2010(online) October 15, 2010 (United States) | |
1 | 26 | October 20, 2010 | April 12, 2011(Australia) June 26, 2011 (United States) | |
2 | 26 | April 1, 2012[2] | June 28, 2012(Australia) November 11, 2012 (United States) |
Cast
Principal cast
- Brian Bloom[5][6] – Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Rattler
- Jennifer Hale[6] – Carol Danvers / Ms. Marvel, Corina Korvac
- Peter Jessop[6] – Vision
- Phil LaMarr[7][6] – J.A.R.V.I.S., Wonder Man
- Eric Loomis[8][6] – Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Bulldozer, King Cobra
- Cassandra Lang, Vapor
- Fred Tatasciore[7][6] – Bruce Banner / Hulk, Graviton, Griffin, Kalum Lo, Mandrill, Red Hulk, Thing, Volstagg, Yon-Rogg
- Surtur
- Wally Wingert[7][6] – Hank Pym / Ant-Man / Giant-Man / Yellowjacket, M.O.D.O.K.
Crew
- Joshua Fine – Supervising Producer
- Vinton Heuck – Director
- Sebastian Montes – Director
- Jamie Simone – Casting and Voice Director[10]
- Christopher Yost – Story Editor, Writer
Production
Development
Josh Fine and a number of other creators of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes were initially developing a series based on the Hulk. However, it never made it past the scripting stages before the team was brought on to create a new series based on the Avengers.[11]
Production
Marvel announced in October 2008 that its
At the 2011 New York Comic-Con, Marvel TV director, Jeph Loeb contradicted his earlier statement of season 2 launch in late 2011. Loeb announced at the panel at New York Comic-con that "Avengers Season 2 will be coming in early 2012 (to coincide with Ultimate Spider-Man)."[19] This date would later get clarified to April 1, 2012.[2] Dong Woo Animation, Lotto Animation and Noxxon Enterprise has contributed some of the animation for this series.
Cancellation
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was not renewed for a third season and was succeeded by a new Avengers show called Avengers Assemble in 2013.[20] On Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the 2012 Marvel Television Presents panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television, said of the relationship between the two shows:
We're not in any way saying Earth's Mightiest Heroes never happened. You will see an epic conclusion. And then you'll say, 'Oh, what's next?'[21]
The only voice actors to reprise their roles for Avengers Assemble are Fred Tatasciore[22] and James Matthis III[23] as the Hulk and Black Panther, respectively. Additionally, Drake Bell returned to voice Spider-Man for guest appearances, while the other members of the team share their voices with their counterparts in the separate Ultimate Spider-Man series.[22]
Season 3 Plans
According to Christopher Yost, if the 3rd season had occurred, the first half of the season would have had Surtur as the main antagonist in an adaptation of Ragnarök, and the second half would have focused on introducing the X-Men, where he would have focused on Avengers vs. X-Men, in which the Phoenix Force would have played an important role. Being a season focused on "magic and mutants".[24] It was also mentioned that his line-up for the X-Men would have been Professor X, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm, Shadowcat, Colossus, Rogue, among others that were necessary.[25] An episode was planned in which the X-Men would join the Avengers to also defeat common villains, such as Magneto, his brotherhood, Marauders, Silver Samurai, Omega Red and more.
Due to changes among executives in the direction of the second half of the 2nd season (specifically the episodes after the Secret Invasion adaptation), the series producers received new orders that altered the development of the show and some ideas were moved to the cancelled 3rd season. The
Character designer Thomas Perkins did a series of concept art illustrations in 2012 of what a third season could have looked like. Characters appearing in the art included the
In September 2020, for the 10-year anniversary of the series' premiere, Christopher Yost revealed his plans for each episode for the cancelled Season Three (as well as revealing the first pages of the script for the 1st episode of season 3), that included characters that never made it into the show. Those including heroes like
Additionally, regarding the Fourth Season, Cristopher Yost mentioned that the first half would be called "Under Siege", while the second half would be dubbed "Infinity Quest".
As for a Fifth Season, the only thing that has been revealed is the interest in having adapted the Secret Wars arc (with the Beyonders starring), which would have involved all the teams of heroes and villains, along with all the possible characters from Marvel Comics, within a saga that would have spanned the entire season.[64][68]
After the abrupt cancellation leaving the producers unhappy, and while accepting that it would still be unlikely, Chris Yost and Josh Fine have since discussed their renewed interest in continuing the series.[11]
Release
Home media
DVD/Blu-ray name | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 |
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Heroes Assemble! | April 26, 2011 | July 25, 2011 | September 14, 2011 |
Captain America Reborn | April 26, 2011 | August 22, 2011 | December 1, 2011 |
Iron Man Unleashed | October 25, 2011 | April 2, 2012 | March 7, 2012 |
Thor's Last Stand | October 25, 2011 | April 30, 2012 | May 2, 2012 |
The Complete First Season | April 17, 2012 | April 30, 2012 | August 1, 2012 |
Secret Invasion | September 25, 2012 | May 6, 2013[69] | March 6, 2013 |
End of the Cosmos | February 19, 2013 | June 13, 2013[70] | |
The Complete Second Season | May 7, 2013 | April 3, 2013 | |
The Complete First and Second Season | September 29, 2014 |
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 7.50 out of 10 based on 5 reviews.[71]
Allan Scoot of Screen Rant stated that The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes features "amazing animation and writing that updated the classic origins of the Avengers," saying, "Thankfully, two seasons of EMH still gave fans the best take on Marvel's premiere superhero team that was both comic-accurate and entertaining, complete with an incredibly catchy theme song resulting in the creation of a perfect Avengers cartoon."[72] Will Wade of Common Sense Media gave The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes a grade of 3 out of 5 stars, complimented the depiction of positive messages and role models, citing the bravery of the character, asserting, "There is enough plotting and planning to generate an ongoing storyline and develop the characters in a way that will appeal even to teens and older Marvel fans."[73] Alex Zalben of MTV ranked The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 1st in their "5 Best Avengers Cartoons Of All Time" list, writing, "Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is also the best animated Avengers we’ve seen... It’s faithful to the comics, it’s fun, and it’s ambitious, mixing big story lines, hundreds of characters from the Marvel Universe, and making it work for both kids and adults. Not just the best Avengers cartoon, but possibly one of the best Marvel animated shows - ever."[74]
Trey Pasch of MovieWeb ranked The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 2nd in their "Best Marvel Animated Projects" list and called the show "immensely popular."[75] Jonathon Dornbush and Joshua Rivera of Entertainment Weekly ranked The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 4th in their "9 Best Animated TV Series Drawn From Comics" list, writing, "With a well-constructed team dynamic, EMH created a familiar yet fresh core cast that complemented the current slate of Marvel live-action properties."[76] Michael Doran of Newsarama ranked The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 10th in their "10 Best Comic Book Animated Series Of All Time" list, asserting, "It's heroes working together, it's crazy over-the-top villainous threats, it's big action, and there was this prevailing sense of happiness over it all."[77]
Accolades
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was nominated for Best Sound Editing: Television Animation at the 2011
In other media
Comic book
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes comic book series, written by Christopher Yost, and artwork by Scott Wegener, Christopher Jones and Patrick Scherberger was published to accompany the series. It was a four-issue limited series.[81] An ongoing comic book series titled The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Adventures debuted in April 2012, alongside the Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures series. Christopher Yost returned as the main writer, with Adam Dekraker serving as the comic's creative team, while Nuno Plati provided artwork.[82]
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