The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (TV Series)

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! is a Non MAU series. It is the second series to focus on the Avengers after. For the first time since and, the series will feature a main character, Iron Man, who also appears on another series currently airing, the other being.

Story
When the worst criminals in the world are broken out of prison, Earth's greatest champions must ban together and become and unstoppable fighting force. The team includes, , , , the incredible , , , and their leader. Together they'll face villains such as, the Conqueror, , , , , , , ,  , and others.

Continuity
Story Editor Christopher Yost confirmed in an online interview that this series took place in the same universe as. On audio commentary, Yost said that was a prequel to Wolverine, and  is a prequel to. Thus, this series is a continuation of the third Marvel animated universe.

Cast

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! Actor !! Role
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 * Brian Bloom ||
 * Eric Loomis ||
 * Rick D. Wasserman ||
 * Wally Wingert ||
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey ||
 * Fred Tatasciore ||
 * Gabriel Mann ||
 * Alex Desert ||
 * Vanessa Marshall || /Viper
 * Jennifer Hale ||
 * Chris Cox ||
 * Phil LaMarr ||
 * James C. Mathis III || /
 * Hakeem Kae-Kazim || /
 * Elizabeth Daily ||
 * Dawn Olivieri ||
 * Scott Menville ||
 * Kari Wahlgren ||
 * Bumper Robinson ||
 * Nolan North ||
 * Kari Wuhrer ||
 * Troy Baker ||
 * John DiMaggio ||
 * Peter Jessop ||
 * Graham McTavish ||
 * Jeffrey Combs ||
 * Robin Atkin Downes ||
 * Mark Hamill ||
 * Jonathan Adams ||
 * Steven Blum ||
 * Lance Henriksen ||
 * Jim Ward ||
 * Grant Moninger ||
 * Cam Clarke ||
 * Danny Mann ||
 * Kevin Michael Richardson ||
 * Cindy Robinson ||
 * Jean-Benoît Blanc ||
 * Gary Anthony Williams ||
 * Clancy Brown ||
 * Nika Futterman ||
 * Keith Ferguson ||
 * Alex Desert ||
 * Roger Craig Smith ||
 * Khary Payton ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Tom Kane ||
 * Quinton Flynn ||
 * Kirsten Potter ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Kyle Hebert || Unknown
 * David Kaye || Unknown
 * Crispin Freeman || Unknown
 * Unknown ||
 * }
 * Mark Hamill ||
 * Jonathan Adams ||
 * Steven Blum ||
 * Lance Henriksen ||
 * Jim Ward ||
 * Grant Moninger ||
 * Cam Clarke ||
 * Danny Mann ||
 * Kevin Michael Richardson ||
 * Cindy Robinson ||
 * Jean-Benoît Blanc ||
 * Gary Anthony Williams ||
 * Clancy Brown ||
 * Nika Futterman ||
 * Keith Ferguson ||
 * Alex Desert ||
 * Roger Craig Smith ||
 * Khary Payton ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Tom Kane ||
 * Quinton Flynn ||
 * Kirsten Potter ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Kyle Hebert || Unknown
 * David Kaye || Unknown
 * Crispin Freeman || Unknown
 * Unknown ||
 * }
 * Keith Ferguson ||
 * Alex Desert ||
 * Roger Craig Smith ||
 * Khary Payton ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Tom Kane ||
 * Quinton Flynn ||
 * Kirsten Potter ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Kyle Hebert || Unknown
 * David Kaye || Unknown
 * Crispin Freeman || Unknown
 * Unknown ||
 * }
 * Kirsten Potter ||
 * Wade Williams ||
 * Kyle Hebert || Unknown
 * David Kaye || Unknown
 * Crispin Freeman || Unknown
 * Unknown ||
 * }
 * Crispin Freeman || Unknown
 * Unknown ||
 * }
 * Unknown ||
 * }

Background
Much of the series is based on the various films. For example, Eric Loomis was chosen as Iron Man because he sounded like Robert Downey, Jr., who plays the character in various films, and J.A.R.V.I.S. is an artificial intelligence instead of a butler.

Marvel confirmed that the team would consist of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, Hulk, Thor, Wasp, and Ant-Man. They also confirmed that Hawkeye, Black Widow, Kang, Loki, and Hydra would appear. They also stated that the series would mostly consist of stories written in the last ten years.

The first episode was screen at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego.

The series is part of Marvel Entertainment's overall "Avengers Assemble" strategy that began with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. This is all to build up to the The Avengers film in 2012.

Some actors began recording lines for the assumed season two before the series began to first air.

Matthew Wolf, voice of Thor on and, auditioned for the role once again. But the show's producers had a different idea than those of the animated features and he was not cast.

Animation
The animation will be done by Film Roman, who also did and. They had already begun production on twenty-six episodes when the series was announced on October 7, 2008.

Seasons

 * The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Micro-Episodes
 * The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Season One
 * The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Season Two

Fifty-two episodes have been ordered.

The series itself began airing October 20, 2010 on Disney XD in the United States and Teletoon in Canada. The series will also begin airing on Marvel.com, Marvelkids.com, and DisneyXD.com/Avengers. Beginning October 21 full episodes will air on iTunes, XBox Live, Sony Playstation, and Disney XD Mobile VOD. Beginning October 25 the series will be available on Disney XD on Demand on AT&T, Verizon, Charter and Cox.

There are also twenty micro-episodes, roughly five minutes each, that introduce the characters and people of the universe. They air online on Marvel.com, MarvelKids.com, DisneyXD.com/Avengers and Disney XD Mobile. The micro-episodes began airing on September 22, 2010 and were released once a day. These episodes detail the adventures of each Avengers member before the formation of the team. On October 5 select micro-episodes will appear for free on iTunes. Starting October 11 and going till October 15, Disney XD will air four of the micro-episodes together.

The second season is set to air in early 2012.

Comic Book
A comic book tie-in was released along with the series. The series was written by Christopher Yost, Scott Wegener, and Patrick Scherberger. It lasted four issues filling in space in between the episodes, mostly about catching other breakout criminals.