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they have the new episodes (and by new episodes I mean pt 2 of season 1)listed as coming out starting on May 15. The UK has already started showing them and you can see them on youtube. The episodes are numbered on youtube. Episode 20 is the first one (that debuts on May 15).

The Ultron 2 parter is awesome btw.

Here is our take with lots of pics, a little wit and a touch of humor:

http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/the-avengers-earths-mightiest-heroes-2010-season-1-26-episodes/

But as an old fangeezer who’s a month older than the Avengers, I don’t even look at it in terms of justifications or excuses. It’s just simple comic book law that you never, ever, ever break. At least not with comics I like. ;)

Sorry, but any comparisons to Young Justice causes my gag reflex to kick in. And frankly, I never bought the “that’s the way it was back then” excuse for a show about a comic that’s relatively new about a team that had plenty of women in it. It did not seem “genuine” to me at all.

If they had done a cartoon on something with some history behind it like the original Teen Titans for example and started off with the original characters and Wonder Girl and said well, we’re going to add Starfire and Raven and Terra in upcoming episodes, I’d have no problem with that.

But since Avengers is a corner stone of the Marvel U going on 50 years now, I think deference to continuity is warranted and appropriate. Especially since there are other non Avenger women in the cast. So when I hear the “it happend that way in the comics” excuse for Avengers, specifically the toon and the upcoming movie, I cut them more slack than I would for Young Justice, where I don’t believe that excuse for one second.

Grant, I’m not disputing that there are women in the show. I said that the team has one girl member, and I would like to see more. And the reasons given for both shows doing things that way were the same. (Really? Baking cookies? Who was that?)

I believe they’re doing that as a nod to the upcoming Cap movie.

“History and source inspiration were some of the same reasons Young Justice gave for leaving out the girls, too.”

“Too”? By the time we get over the 5 minute “character intro” teaser episodes and actually start the show we’ve already had Black Widow, Enchantress, Maria Hill, Jane Foster, Lady Hydra and Wasp. Also, in Avengers the women actually have speaking parts, unlike the debut episode of Young Justice. Also unlike Young Justice, in Avengers we don’t get any female characters baking cookies.

Yeah, they are trying to follow cannon and Wasp was the only woman in the Avengers but it seems they’re doing a good job of keeping a female presence. A presence that gets stronger as the series goes on with the addition of Mockingbird and Carol Danvers.

Maybe instead of “Too” it should be “it’s FAR better than Young Justice BUT I would still like to see MORE female characters”.

That said, I do look forward to seeing more of the show. And you’re right, they do blend the comics and the movies (which most viewers will be more familiar with) well.

I am very impressed with the show. I think it is a nice blend of the classic and movie continuities. Some random thoughts:

- The Ironman voice did through me for a bit. For some reason, I thought he would sound more metallic in the suite.

- Interesting that they separated Nick Fury into two characters: Jack Fury in WWII and Nick Fury in modern day. So we get both versions.

- A little surprised that the enemy in WWII was Hydra and not Nazis.

As for forgetting the premise, every once in a while they mention it. Also, the Gamma World two parter is all about capturing the escaped prisoners.

The costume is a nod to Wasps original outfit. It’s very similar except for the colors, yellow and black instead of red and black. And they decided to lose the pointy helmet she wore.