Following the federally sanctioned creation of this iteration of the Avengers,
Iron Man (Tony Stark) is discredited and publicly vilified after his inability to anticipate or prevent a
secret infiltration and invasion of Earth by the shape-shifting alien
Skrull race, and by the Skrull disabling of his StarkTech technology, which had a virtual monopoly on worldwide defense. Following the Skrulls' eventual defeat and the subsequent dissolution of
S.H.I.E.L.D., the officially sanctioned team of Avengers, now led by
Norman Osborn under the
H.A.M.M.E.R. banner, is spun off into the pages of
Dark Avengers. In response,
Hank Pym, in his latest superhero persona as the new
Wasp, leads an Avengers team outside the U.S. and H.A.M.M.E.R.'s jurisdiction. With the apparent help of the
Scarlet Witch—actually, a disguised
Loki, the
Norse trickster god—he summons the
Vision and
Stature of the
Young Avengers,
U.S. Agent,
Jocasta,
Hercules,
Amadeus Cho, and
Iron Man. Claiming to be the only authentic team of Avengers due to being the only team operating under that name to have a founding member on the roster, the team operates from an interdimensional headquarters. It is granted official recognition outside the U.S. by the international organization G.R.A.M.P.A. and combats supervillains and other entities, including
Chthon and
the Unspoken. During the events of
Infinity, a new team of Mighty Avengers are formed during
Thanos' invasion of Earth. With the main Avengers branch off in space, the defense of New York falls to a group of former Avengers and the remnants of Luke Cage's recently disbanded
Heroes for Hire squad. They are given the name "Mighty Avengers" after a
Twitter hashtag used to describe the group. During the
Inhumanity storyline, Luke Cage keeps the Mighty Avengers together and made the remodeled Gem Theater as their base. The Mighty Avengers now have the purpose of helping those in need. During this time, the Spider Hero becomes the new
Ronin. During the
Secret Wars storyline, Steve Rogers tells the Mighty Avengers team that the world is ending and asks them to side with him or the
Illuminati. Two weeks before the end of the world, the Mighty Avengers join Rogers in a fight against the Illuminati. The Mighty Avengers help out in the incursion against
Earth-1610. ==Team roster==