Recently, I was browsing through a Warzone Korvac Saga TPB, and, while the story is not that much to my liking, the Avengers line-up in that book is almost everything I could have wished for: Yellowjacket, Jocasta, Black Panther, Black Widow, Hercules, Moondragon, Captain Marvel and Wonderman. It was almost like a roll call of my favorites, minus one or two, since I'm a fan of offbeat teams and not that excited by an All-Star line-up. However, it got me thinking. In all the years and changes in the Avengers roster, what was the line-up that I found most enjoyable? It was a hard pick. From the sort of first return to greatness line-up of Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Goliath, and Hercules, with the occasional aid of the Black Widow, passing through the short lived, and potentially great, Black Panther, Hawkeye, Wasp, Goliath and Vision, to most people's favorite of Captain America, Iron Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Beast, Wasp and Yellowjacket, often aided by Wonder Man and Thor (though I was really excited to see what could have come out of the also short-lived line-up of Thor, Iron Man, Moondragon, Beast, Wasp and Yellowjacket that preceeded it). So many WCA line-ups. Though I HATED Bendis' run, I found his post-Secret Invasion line-up, with Luke Cage, Ronin (Clint Barton), Spider-Man, Ms Marvel, Spider-Woman, Mockingbird, Cap Bucky and Wolverine, occasionally aided by Iron Fist, very intriguing, and probably his most "avengery" New Avengers line-up. Waid second team of Cap Falcon, Thorette, Spider-Man, Vison, Hercules and the Wasp, also had, IMHO, a lot of potential, with Falcon trying out his leadership skills and Spider-Man suddenly thrown in the spot of the team's scientist and financial backer. However, if I had to pick a team that, not only had potential, but that actually was featured in many stories that I loved, it'd have to be the Harras and Epting team of Captain America, Black Widow, Black Knight, Hercules, Sersi, Crystal and Vision (ocassionally joined by Giant-Man and Thunderstrike ). That team was ripe for character development, and powerful enough to truly deserve the title of Avengers.
What about you guys? Which was the best Avengers line-up you've ever read about? Why did you like it so much?
Peace