10 Crazy Marvel Teams You Won’t Believe Existed
3. The Young Avengers
When The Avengers dissembled, a group of teenagers filled the void by forming their own superteam, which the media dubbed The Young Avengers.
I know what you're thinking. This is X-Babies all over again! However, The Young Avengers is anything but. In fact, the original series was so good, it won the Harvey Award for Best New Series and the GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Comic Book in 2006.
If you're wondering how such a gimmicky comic series turned out so well, the answer is simple; the team has incredibly compelling characters. The gang is usually composed of Patriot, Kate Bishop, Hulkling, Wiccan, and Stature. Patriot is the grandson of Isaiah Bradley; an African-American who served as the prototype for Captain America.
Kate Bishop is Hawkeye's protege, who went on to have her own award-winning series. Stature is the daughter of the recently deceased Ant-Man, Scott Lang. Wiccan and Hulkling are one of the first gay superpowered couples in Marvel Comics. The instant you hear a snippet of each character's backstory, you want to learn more.
As dumb as The Young Avengers may sound, they've created fantastic characters and storylines, which still affect the Marvel universe over a decade later.