Greetings nerdy list afficionados and we have a fun one for you today, well they're all
fun but you know what I mean it's always a good time when you get to look at some obscure
characters.
I'm Sasha and these are the top 10 Worst Avengers not everyone is cut out for the A team and
the Avengers roster is huge and ever rotating so let's look at some people who should probably
never have joined.
Number 10 - The swordsman now the swordsman joined the Avengers for a brief period in
the 1960s he was a swashbuckler who's tagline proclaimed him the newest most daring different
swashbuckle.
Initially a mentor to Hawekeye and even teaching him how to do some trick archery shots with
swords Clint caught him stealing and was disillusioned, some time later he attempted to join the Avengers
in order to get the benefits being on the team afforded cause you actually got perks
with the ID.
I like to imagine that they ate free at all restaurants.
However he was refused largely because of Clint being on the Avengers his response kidnap
and try to kill Captain America and yet a little while later they still let him join.
But shock of all shocks he turned out to be a double agent planted by the Mandarin he
betrayed the Avengers but then betrayed the Mandarin and guess what he got kicked out.
Since then he has both fought against with and briefly rejoined the avengers.
He was last seen on the team made up of formerly dead avengers.
Seriously you'll always have to be watching your back with the swordsman.
Number 9 - Two Gun Kid, so Western heroes are extremely hit or miss and despite being
around for awhile Two Gun Kid was a miss he had honorary status on the Avengers since
1976 and was upgraded to full reserve member in 1978.
So the Two Gun kid fights crime in the 19th century and he only ended up joining the Avengers
because of a time travel incident and afterwards he stuck around to wander the world with hawkeye
for a bit before going back to his own time with a bunch of weapons from the future might
I add.
He then become some of Marvel's favourite tropes say it with me now a Man out of time
and cannot return to his timeline.
It's all less complicated when you read it in order however really The Two Gun kid needs
to be bolstered up with tech usually given to him by the Avengers things need to be pretty
dire before you;re digging that deep into your reserve roster.
Nice guy not the best Avenger.
Number 8 - So Tigra she was compelled to audition for a spot on the avengers by Moondragon who
used her telekinesis and telepathy to force people to try out when the Avengers found
themselves a member short and Tigra got the spot.
Of note was that she managed to stop the molecule man by getting him to go to therapy, and he
went.
However she never fully felt like her powers were up to snuff with the other Avengers and
she resigned with no hard feelings but later went on to join the West Coast Avengers.
So the thing is she is having a battle with cat side of her personality due to her feline
human hybrid brain, she has a cat like appearance and is imbued with catlike strength which
in comics is significant as well as reflexes claws and teeth.
So not everyone took to this and just felt it wasn't that cool.
There's always someone on the team who maybe the others don't think has the best powers.
Despite having a long career and arcs dedicated to her cat powers are a bit of a hard sell.
And she never really rose to the ranks of iconic Avenger.
Number 7 - Doctor Druid originally introduced as Doctor Droom but they changed the name
to avoid confusion with Doctor Doom he joined the Avengers in he joined the Avengers in
1987 but had to leave in disgrace because he ended up succumbing to mind control he
was manipulated by the villain terminatrix into manipiulating the team he managed to
maneuver his way to be chairmain of the team but ended up throwing himself into Limbo along
with Nebula who terminatrix was masquerading as.
He regained his control but he was disgraced he's worked with the team since but it wasn't
the same he did get a memorial statue at the mansion after he died though.
Never forget the Avengers used to operate out of a mansion.
He helped out as a ghost for awhile and was later resurrected.
Number 6 - Demolition Man or D Man ok seriously this costume why it's a horrifying fusion
between Wolverine and Daredevil.
After receiving strength augmentation that makes him too strong for regular sports he
became a professional wrestler.
He goes on a couple of Adventures with Captain America and the two end up becoming friends
and Cap asks him to be on the team personally after the East Coast Avengers had disbanded.
So the consensus readers seemed to come to was that D Man got on the team because of
nepotism and that really he wasn't qualified enough to be there.
He even became a bit of a running joke being one of the heroes being mocked when Luke Cage
and Jessica Jones were looking for a nanny for their baby.
It's just the Avengers has just gotten more and more powerful over time and eventually
being a pro wrestler just didn't cut it enhanced powers or not.
Number 5 - Triathalon later known as the second 3dman which actually makes sense because after
being kicked out of athletics for using steroids he was actually imbued with the stolen powers
of the first 3d man, but he didn't know this and just though he'd unlocked some secret
power he was added to the team after assisting them as they had recently been on the end
of a smear campaign saying that they were religiously intolerant and racist so since
Triathalon was black and religious they let him join for good press.
They ended up really liking him though and he liked them and was able to resist mind
control and infiltration to defeat the ultimate plot to bring them down.
He ended up leaving the team though after they were restructured under a un charter.
He's been on various teams since then but his avengers days were over.
So why is he here well that was just a super awkward storyline to get to know him on yeesh,
the 90s.
Number 4 - ThunderStrike oh poor thunder strike he is not Thor.
So Marvel has tried to rebrand Thor a couple of times and in the 90s that was with Eric
Masterston who became his own hero TunderStrike and was still highly derivative of Thor He
initially joined the Avengers in Thor's place and that very much cemented him as replacement
Thor and he just never came into his own the characters even looked very similar.
He later ended up coming into conflict with them when it seemed he had killed Seth and
they attempted to detain him well he fought them but defeated them begged thor to kill
him and then was killed by his own bloodaxe which was cursed.
He was briefly ressurected but later went back to the afterlife you know it's bad when
they let you stay dead.
Number 3 - Justice formerly Marvel Boy he definitely got a name upgrade.
He ended up being caught up in a mystic event at Avengers mansion instigated by Morgan Le
Fey which put many Avengers under her command however some broke the spell thanks to their
belief in the team itself a belief Justice shared despite not even being on the team.
After the event he joined the team and well why do people not like Justice it's because
he was quite the fanboy to the point where he was so star struck that he actually made
mistakes that threatened the very people he was working with.
He got better and is still a member but some people never got over their first impression
on the team.
Number 2 - Rage, rage was the youngest person to ever join the Avengers joining the elite
team at 13 after first encountering them and berating them for not having a diverse enough
team after the UN Charter restructuring they invited him to join as a probationary member.
So Rage's powers involve exposure to toxic chemicals causing his body o grow to adulthood
in a matter of weeks anhd giving him the usual super human strength speed stamina etc...He
ended up being demoted to trainee when the rest of the team found out he was a teenager
no Batman shenanigans on the Avengers.
So Rage's thing was that he was written to be a teen and written to be a teen in the
90s.
So you can imagine how palitable that were some stock characters in the 90s and rage
very much got caught up in that and he never fully recovered.
Number 1 - The U.S Agent who was appointed to the West Coast team during the whole UN
Charter stuff.
He was initially introduced as a Captain America villain a dark antithesis to highlight the
dangers of patriotism.
He was later introduced as a new Captian America in 1987 to boost sales it went about as well
as Hail Hydra actually no it did well the only problem was the character got more and
more heroic throughout the process.
However people wanted Steve back soo he was gicena new name and a costume change and became
the U.S Agent.
He even got a limited series once he joined the West Coast Avengers so this all sounds
pretty good to some of you maybe.
So why is he here and number 1 well some would argue that the greatest crime a character
can commit is being boring and his core concept was never that strong so once he lost it and
became a derivitive of Captain America he kind of ceased to have a function.
There was already a Captain America so the world just didn't seem to need the US Agent.
He was also a bit of a stoic character whih doesn't always translate the best and let's
be real do you ever remember he exists I'm sure some of you do but in general despite
being a part of several major arcs he just kind of blends into the background.
So those were the Top 10 Worst Avengers who do you think the worst Avengers are get as
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