Avengers

(thing) by Quizro (2.7 d) Fri Mar 17 2000 at 15:57:53
Tragically underappreciated 1970s punk band from San Francisco; responsible for many great songs like "The American In Me", "Thin White Line", and a brilliant cover of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black".
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(thing) by sunhill (3.8 y) Wed May 31 2000 at 15:03:40
Classic British 60s tongue-in-cheek spy TV show featuring Patrick McNee as Steed with a variety of sexy, sophisticated and intelligent sidekicks.
The most famous of these was Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. But other actresses included Honor Blackman and Linda Thorson.
Updated in the 70s as The New Avengers with Steed, Joanna Lumley as Purdey and Gareth Hunt as Gambit and also as a disastrous 90s Hollywood film with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman.

In France it is called a completely different name: Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir or Bowler Hat and Leather Boots.
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(thing) by Habakkuk (3.9 d) Fri Apr 27 2001 at 15:24:32
A team of super-heroes published by Marvel Comics.

The original team was brought together by the mechinations of Loki, the Norse god of mischief and half brother of Thor. Loki sought to bring the god of thunder into conflict with the gamma-spawned Hulk, but inadvertently contacted Iron Man, Ant-Man, and the Wasp. The four heroes converged and discovered that the Hulk had been set-up by Loki. Defeating the god of mischief, the group decided to form a group to defend against threats that were too big for any single member to handle. So were the Avengers born.

The members of the Avengers have been:

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