Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to Top 10 Nerd you all loved the oldest
mutants you had to know so that means we’re going to tell you about some more old peeps
today we’ll be taking a look at the oldest Avengers again oldest as in age not as in
publication date.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Oldest Avengers let’s get started.
Number 10 -Captain America - Starting off with one of the younger members on the list
Captain America.
Captain America’s age comes from the time that he spent frozen in ice so he is physically
still pretty young but if you count all the frozen years he’s over 100 years old and
yes that counts kinda like being born on a leap year how old are you?
Captain America is one of the early members of the Avengers but not one of the founders
no the group was already founded when he was located frozen in ice so he was a new recruit
but became such a presence is if often associated with the founding and as leader of the team.
So Cap enjoys a position of high standing and you can always pull out some he’s old
jokes in case you need or want them.
Which the MCU did in abundance.
Capsicle ahoy.
Number 9 - Wolverine - Yes Wolverine has been a member of the Avengers but at this point
I mean who hasn’t been between honorary membership and various teams well Wolverine
was a full fledged member he was one of the new Avengers who joined in 2005 and from there
on in would find some form of affiliation say such as with the Savage Avengers.
Wolverine aka James Howlett is quite long lived he made it onto the list of oldest mutants
as well.
Wolverine was allegedly born in 1832 or 1886 because Wolverine’s history shifts to the
point that it’s a bit of a joke.
Some other publications clock him at over 200 the point is he’s old and he’s older
than Cap.
So we have his mutant abilities to thank for his they allow him to age at a slower pace
than most people thanks to his healing factor.
His cells regenerate at a much faster rate keeping them younger and healthier than the
natural slow march of time of age.
Number 8 - Sentry - The Sentry is Robery Reynolds and based on his backstory he is older than
the rest of the Avengers he is positioned as a Superman style hero for Marvel appearing
and launching a golden era in a way that happened for DC but not for Marvel.
Hence he was there before the rise of the age of heroes such as Cap and Namor and was
firmly established by the renaissance a.k.a the time of the fantastic four based upon
this retroactive canon.
The Sentry seemingly doesn’t age because of the serum that was the catalyst for him
receiving his powers also triggered a photosynthetic response that causes him to not only absorb
solar energy but moved his molecules a tenth of a second ahead in time which causes him
to be immensely powerful for reasons.
The Sentry once he was established in canon earns a place as one of the oldest avengers
he joined the team in new avengers in 2005.
Number 7 - Namor - Why yes the sub mariner imperius rex has been on the Avengers he joined
in the 1980s in issue 262.
Good old Namor Mckenzie.
Namor also made our oldest mutants list because for a time he was called the first mutant
a title he has since lost as he is not really a mutant at all.
Namor was born around 1916 as a way to account for him being a golden age hero.
He was one of the golden age heroes for Marvel and made the transfer over into the renaissance
when he was reintroduced in the fantastic four but of course the old continuity was
still canon as well.
So he is over 100 years old and not on the like reputable Avengers teams he gets to be
on the illuminatti and cause the skrull invasion.
Number 6 - Conan The Barbarian - Conan is a recent edition to the Savage Avengers in
2019 and has been there since the first issue.
10,000 B.C that is the era when Conan is supposed to be taking place this is a fictional era
but the Avengers is a fictional team so hey it counts.
Conan was trasnported forward in time by a spell to be on this team of Avengers and some
would say that doesn’t count but here on Top 10 Nerd that makes him ancient.
This isn’t the only time Conan has been brought forward in the Marvel canon a few
times usually in what if stories so you can have the fun culture shock moments.
Venom is also on this team he’s old well the symbiote is.
Number 5 - Starfox - Starfox is a member of the Eternals a race an offshoot of the evolutionary
process that would create life on Earth.
The eternals are an extremely long lived race who are viewed essentially as immortal.
Starfox is the brother of Thanos and he was recruited to the Avengers in the 1980s his
first appearance as a member issue 243 but he was a member in training since 232.
Eros would be on the team without much fanfare until he was accused of sexual assault now
we’ve talked about this many times on this channel and some of you are like why do you
keep brigning it up well it’s cause unless you were really tracking Starfox that is like
the most significant thing to happen to him and for some an arc that he never really recovered
from.
Number 4 - Gilgamesh - Let’s continue on down the path of Eternals this time with Gilgamesh
the forgotten one.
He got on to the Avengers at a time when the roster was nearly empty he joined in Avengers
300 in 1989 it was at this point he took on the name Gilgamesh and updated his costume.
He then also took on the mantle of monster hunter he would assist them until his apparent
death in issue 391.
He officially left when his essence was bound to Olympus.
Number 3 - Sersi - Sersi joined the avengers in issue 314 in 1990 Captain America had already
met Sersi a couple of times once through time travel and then cause she would become friends
with some the Avengers as Sersi grew quite attached to her life as a human during the
time when the Eternals had lost their memory.
He would ask her for help and she would eagerly help as she had a crush on Cap and was often
seen flirting with him.
It was after she had helped out the Avengers that she would be asked to join during the
quest for members as she was an ideal choice as she had already worked with them she would
prove a great asset to the team but Cap would consistently find her flirting embarrassing.
However over time she would become more and more aggressive.
Sersi like Gilgamesh is an eternal so being long lived is part of their pedigree she is
said to have been born during the ice age.
Number 2 - Thor - The God of thunder currently the herald of Thunder at the time of this
recording is of course one of the Asgardian gods.
Thor has lived for milenia long enough to become ensconced in myth he is at least as
old as man probably older.
The Asgardians live in another realm and age much slower than humans not only as a result
of their physiology but as a result of the golden apples of idunn they eat to prolong
their lives.
He would end up joining the Avengers after he was cast to Earth by his father Odin.
For a time he had a human form that of Donald Blake despite this he is one of the founding
members of the Avengers as one of the key players in Marvel’s renaissance at the start
of the silver age.
Number 1 - Valkyrie - Valkyrie joined during what is called the heroic age of recruits
and first appeared as an Avenger in secret avengers volume 1 in 2010 and was revealed
to be the original brunhilde.
Valkyrie is of course based off of the Valkyries of Norse mythology and firmly planted within
Thor’s universe.
Brunhilde is seemingly older than Thor as she was selected for Valhalla by Odin before
the thunder god makes his appearance making her one oldest Avengers.
She also has confusing history involving multiple identities some time being taken over by the
enchantress being split into multiple people and the like.
So those were ten of the oldest avengers there have been so many avengers across the years
and various teams it’s almost an insult to not be on the team at this point.
Let me know your favourite Avenger down below.