Who would like to read a modern day story featuring the ORIGINAL AVENGERS ?

[CMBMOOL]

Avengers: Season One by Peter David in February

Well sadly that was a one-shot focus on the Big 3 with the Hulk featured at the near end of it.

When will we ever get at least a one-shot focusing on a bit of reunion between the original founding members of the Avengers ?

[SuperFunkyBoy]

Isn't that what the Ultimates book was about?

[jackolover]

We got the original 5 Avengers in the last Bendis arc, in End Times. It was too short to really show the team dynamic but they did appear in that story. You would have to leave Cap out though, because he wasn't an original.

Thor
Hulk
Iron Man
Ant Man
Wasp

Really, we only got 3 stories with these characters, before the Hulk left, and Cap took over, in the beginning of the Avengers. It would be nice to see if Hank Pym becomes the leader, and everyone follows his lead.

You look at those characters, and they really have moved on from where they started. Or have they?

Thor - a newly powered god, who didn't know his full,potential
Hulk - still battling with his alter ego, and spoke like a child
Iron Man - still an alcoholic
Ant Man - still feels peer pressure that he isn't good enough
Wasp - still single.

[HaveAtThee]

It would be interesting as a separate mini-series. Who would be fitting to take the reigns in terms of creative team?

[jphamlore]

Isn't it sort of complicated determining who the original Avengers were?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)

Though I wouldn't mind a crossover ...

[Predabot]

I'd like to change my answer, please Alex.

I have to say, having read Iron Man, Avengers, New Avengers and Indestructible Hulk, I actually enjoyed the hell out of all four.

And a special note, Sensational Spiderman was better than I expected, much better.

Sounds great dude, sounds great. =) Btw, I truly recommend trying out The Mighty Thor as well. It seems to be the first take on Thor in a long while that is actually appealing to new fans as well. So, even if you haven't liked him in the past, this might actually be the thing to do it.

Keep a look-out for the return of Comixology's #1 Marvel free-for-all as well! =) Then you can try tons of stuff, 700 different #1's from Marvel's history, in one fell swoop! Might be a good idea, for the comics you're not sure about.

[Wren]

Most of the founders minus the Pyms and Hulk are already together. Seems kinda pointless to me....

Someone mentioned Kooky Quartet. That seems like it would have more potential to me... with the founders and older members like BP and Vision... Those guys still have the whole "old friends/companions" reunion vibe, but they haven't been overexposed. Most of them are in an interesting place right now.

"first 10 years of Avengers" reunion?

[HessTheMess]

I'd be against it. I'm more interested to see what Hickman is going to do with the current lineup then see someone be forced to revisit a roster from 1963 that he may not even care about. I just think that the original stories that have come before should be respected and left alone.

I kinda feel the opposite, I think the current series has way too many characters on the roster.

[RDMacQ]

I don't think it would have a lot of appeal.

I think back to Grant Morrison's JLA and how big that was. Part of the appeal of that was that this was the first time in decades that these seven characters (or, more accurately, archetypes) were serving together on the same team. The first time that the "Big Seven" were altogether. That's what was part of the cool factor, that the big dogs were all part of the same group.

With the Avengers, it's not the same. Practically all the founding members have served continuously on the Avengers with few exceptions. It's not developing the same appetite. We've seen Cap and Iron Man and Thor on the Avengers, and very recently at that. Hell, even the Hulk is now back on the team. There's not the same appeal as it could have been if those characters had been absent for years or even decades.

So, no. It wouldn't be something that I feel would be appealing to fans non fans. It'd just be a somewhat interesting gimmick that I don't think would last all that long.