Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Micro -Series Episode Guide
Episodes
Micro-series (2010)
A micro-series, consisting of five-and-a-half-minute "micro-episodes" created from footage from season-one episodes, premiered online and on Disney XD on September 22, 2010. Series supervising producer Josh Fine said the goal was to "let us explore the individual members of the team in their own ongoing adventures ... do a lot of character development and set the stage for the rest of the season". The last micro-episode aired online on October 11, 2010 and on Disney XD on October 15, 2010.
| # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | "Iron Man is Born!" | Vinton Heuck | Brandon Auman | September 22, 2010[ | 001a |
Iron Man saves the world's leaders from a HYDRA attack on the
United Nations.
Introducing characters:Iron Man, James Rhodes, Pepper Potts, JARVIS, HYDRA, Ultimo | |||||
| 002 | "The Coming of the Hulk" | Sebastian Montes | Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt | September 23, 2010 (online) October 11, 2010 (United States) | 003a |
Bruce Banner confronts the Absorbing Man causing him to transform
into the Incredible Hulk.
Introducing characters: Hulk, Thunderbolt Ross, Absorbing Man | |||||
| 003 | "The Man in the Ant Hill" | Vinton Heuck | Christopher Yost | September 24, 2010 (online) October 11, 2010 (United States) | 005a |
Ant-Man stops Klaw from stealing a rare sample of vibranium.
Introducing characters: Ant-Man, Klaw, Wasp, S.H.I.E.L.D., Ultron | |||||
| 004 | "HYDRA Lives!" | Vinton Heuck | Brandon Auman | September 25, 2010 (online) October 11, 2010 (United States) | 001b |
HYDRA unleashes the Dreadnoughts against Iron Man.
Introducing characters: Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Dreadnoughts
| |||||
| 005 | "Thor the Mighty" | Vinton Heuck | Michael Ryan | September 26, 2010 (online) October 12, 2010 (United States) | 002a |
The Mighty Thor stops the Wrecking Crew from stealing Stark
Industries technology.
Introducing characters: Thor,Jane Foster, Wrecking Crew (Wrecker, Thunderball, Bulldozer, Piledriver), Heimdall | |||||
| 006 | "Behold, the Mandroids!" | Vinton Heuck | Brandon Auman | September 27, 2010 (online) October 12, 2010 (United States) | 001c |
| Iron Man stands off against S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Mandroid soldiers. | |||||
| 007 | "Hulk Versus the World" | Sebastian Montes | Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt | September 28, 2010 (online) October 12, 2010 (United States) | 003b |
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents Hawkeye, and Black Widow join the battle to take down the Incredible Hulk after General Ross' Hulkbusters were defeated.
Introducing characters: Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hulkbusters | |||||
| 008 | "The Siege of Asgard" | Vinton Heuck | Michael Ryan | September 29, 2010 (online) October 12, 2010 (United States) | 002b |
Thor is summoned to defend Asgard from an army of Frost Giants, led by Loki.
Introducing characters: Loki,Sif, Balder, Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg), Odin,
Frost Giants, Ymir | |||||
| 009 | "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." | Vinton Heuck | Brandon Auman | September 30, 2010 (online) October 13, 2010 (United States) | 001d |
Nick Fury fights the Grim Reaper when he infiltrates the Vault to free Baron Strucker.
Introducing characters: Jimmy Woo, Grim Reaper, Baron Strucker, Crimson Dynamo, MODOK,
Technovore | |||||
| 010 | "This Monster, This Hero" | Sebastian Montes | Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt | October 1, 2010 (online) October 13, 2010 (United States) | 003c |
Hawkeye and Black Widow take on the Hulk.
Introducing characters:Abomination, Bobbi Morse, Doc Samson, Bi-Beast, U-Foes (Vector,
Ironclad, Vapor, X-Ray), Leader, Madman, Radioactive Man | |||||
| 011 | "My Brother, My Enemy" | Vinton Heuck | Michael Ryan | October 2, 2010 (online) October 13, 2010 (United States) | 002c |
| Thor battles his brother Loki. | |||||
| 012 | "The Isle of Silence" | Vinton Heuck | Michael Ryan | October 3, 2010 (online) October 13, 2010 (United States) | 002d |
Loki is banished to the Isle of Silence by Odin where he contemplates the events that lead him there.
Introducing characters: Enchantress, Executioner | |||||
| 013 | "Enter the Whirlwind" | Vinton Heuck | Christopher Yost | October 4, 2010 (online) October 14, 2010 (United States) | 005b |
The Wasp puts an end to Whirlwind's rampage.
Introducing characters: Whirlwind | |||||
| 014 | "Meet Captain America" | Sebastian Montes | Paul Giacoppo | October 5, 2010 (online) October 14, 2010 (United States) | 004a |
Captain America leads an assault on a HYDRA facility.
Introducing characters: Captain America, Kang the Conqueror, Red
Skull, Bucky, Abraham Erskine, Chester Phillips, James Howlett, Howling
Commandos (Jack Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Rebel Ralston, Dino
Manelli,Izzy Cohen, Pinky Pinkerton)
| |||||
| 015 | "The Red Skull Strikes!" | Sebastian Montes | Paul Giacoppo | October 6, 2010 (online) October 14, 2010 (United States) | 004b |
| Captain America and Bucky come face to face with the Red Skull. | |||||
| 016 | "If This Be Doomsday!" | Sebastian Montes | Paul Giacoppo | October 7, 2010 (online) October 14, 2010 (United States) | 004c |
HYDRA's scheme to win World War II backfires.
Introducing characters: Ymir | |||||
| 017 | "Welcome to Wakanda" | Vinton Heuck | Christopher Yost | October 8, 2010 (online) October 15, 2010 (United States) | 005d |
King T'Chaka is challenged to a duel by Man-Ape for control of Wakanda.
Introducing characters: Black Panther, Man-Ape, T'Chaka, N'Gassi | |||||
| 018 | "Lo, There Shall Come a Conqueror" | Sebastian Montes | Paul Giacoppo | October 9, 2010 (online) October 15, 2010 (United States) | 004d |
Kang the Conqueror discovers that his timeline is somehow being destroyed by Captain America.
Introducing characters: Ravonna | |||||
| 019 | "Beware the Widow's Bite" | Sebastian Montes | Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt | October 10, 2010 (online) October 15, 2010 (United States) | 003d |
| Hawkeye becomes suspicious of the Black Widow. | |||||
| 020 | "The Big House" | Vinton Heuck | Christopher Yost | October 11, 2010 (online) October 15, 2010 (United States) | 005c |
Ant-Man quells Whirlwind's riot inside the Big House, the world's smallest supervillain prison.
Introducing characters: Clay Quartermain, Mad Thinker, Grey Gargoyle, Arnim Zola, Mandrill, Graviton | |||||
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Introduction
| The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | |
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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American animated
television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on
the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in
Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series.
Marvel Entertainment, LLC and Disney XD announced that a "new
Marvel Universe" programming block named Marvel Universe which includes
Season 2 of Avengers and the animated Ultimate Spider-Man series that began
broadcasting in April 2012.
The series initially features a team based on the roster for the
original Avengers, composed of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and the Wasp. The
team is later joined by Captain America, Black Panther, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel,
and Vision, while Spider-Man is named to reserve status. In terms of tone and
style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and
Jack Kirby. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the
comic's run and other sources such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Episode list
DVD releases
Region 1
United States
Canada
Episode list
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Season
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Episodes
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Originally
aired
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Season
premiere
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Season finale
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Micro-series
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20
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September
22, 2010
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October 11, 2010 (online)
October 15, 2010 (United States) |
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1
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26
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October
20, 2010
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April 12, 2011 (Australia)
June 26, 2011 (United States) |
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2
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26
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April
1, 2012
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June 28, 2012 (Australia)
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Plot
Season One
As the world's most dangerous super-villains break out of the
Vault, the Cube, the Big House, and the Raft, five of Earth's mightiest heroes
assemble a crime fighting alliance called theAvengers. The Avengers' team
includes Iron Man as team leader, Ant-Man, Thor, The Hulk, and The Wasp.
Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye later join the roster. In the
Season Finale, it is revealed that Thor's brother Loki was responsible for the
breakouts and had Enchantress form the Masters of Evil.
Season Two
Season Two depicts the Avengers as they track down the remaining
members of the Masters of Evil and end up facing the invasions of the Skrulls
in the first half of season and the Kree in the second half of the season. The
Avengers are unaware that Captain America has been replaced by a Skrull as part
of the infiltration of Earth. Season 2 also suggests a developing storyline that
Surtur is gathering strength to oppose the Avengers. Ms. Marvel and The Vision
join the Avengers. Many other characters from the Marvel Universe such as
Spider-Man,Wolverine, Scott Lang, Heroes for Hire, Doctor Doom, Surtur,
Crossfire, Thunderbolt Ross, his Red Hulk form, Guardians of the Galaxy, Falcon
and Beta Ray Bill appear. Series producers Joshua Fine and Christopher Yost
have revealed that certain returning characters will adapt their Ultimate
Universe counterpart costumes, such as Nick Fury who returns in Season 2
appearing more like the Ultimate Universe Fury with a shaved head and goatee,
and the Skrull who replaced Captain America wears the costume directly adapted
from Ultimate Captain America and uses an energy shield. The second season
premiere, entitled the "The Private War of Dr. Doom" (featuring Dr.
Doom and The Fantastic Four) was shown to audiences at both the 2011 San Diego
and New York Comic Cons; as well as the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim. It premiered
on April 1, 2012.
Cast
Main cast
Brian Bloom – Captain America
Chris Cox – Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Rattler, Fandral, Peter
Corbeau
Jennifer Hale - Ms. Marvel, Corrina Korvac
Peter Jessop - Vision
Phil LaMarr – JARVIS,
Wonder Man
Eric Loomis – Iron Man
James C. Mathis III –
Bulldozer, Black Panther, King Cobra
Colleen O'Shaughnessey –
Wasp, Vapor, Valkyrie, Cassandra Lang
Fred Tatasciore – Hulk,
Fenris Wolf, Griffin, Graviton, Mandrill, Yon-Rogg, The Thing, Hoarfen, Kalum
Lo, Volstagg, Red Hulk
Rick D. Wasserman – Thor,
Ymir, Absorbing Man, Surtur
Wally Wingert – Yellowjacket, Ultron, MODOC
Additional cast
Troy Baker - Clay Quartermain, Whirlwind, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard,
Faradei, Michael Korvac, Groot, Ulik, Sydren, Glenn Talbot, Robbie Robertson,
Constrictor
Alex Désert - Nick Fury, Jack Fury
Vanessa Marshall - Black Widow, Viper, Anaconda
Nolan North - Jimmy Woo, Piledriver, Balder, Scientist Supreme,
Living Laser, Chemistro
Kari Wahlgren - Jane Foster, Enchantress, Karnilla
Kari Wührer - Maria Hill
Guest cast
Jonathan Adams - Kang the Conqueror
Dee Bradley Baker - Mister Fantastic
J. B. Blanc - Wrecker, Heimdall
Steven Blum - Wolverine, Red Skull, Beta Ray Bill
Drake Bell - Spider-Man
Clancy Brown - Odin
Lacey Chabert - Quake
Cam Clarke - Doc Samson, Vector, Constrictor
Jeffrey Combs - Leader
Jon Curry - Winter Soldier
Elizabeth Daily - Mockingbird, Veranke
Grey DeLisle - Betty Brant
John DiMaggio - Eitri, Dum Dum Dugan
Robin Atkin Downes - Baron Zemo, Abomination
Steve Downes - Star-Lord
Christopher B. Duncan - Luke Cage
Greg Ellis - Rocket Raccoon
Keith Ferguson[20] - Thunderbolt Ross
Quinton Flynn[21] - Malekith
Crispin Freeman - Scott Lang
Nika Futterman - Sif, Hela
Kevin Grevioux - Terrax
Mark Hamill - Ulysses Klaw
Lance Henriksen - Grim Reaper
Kyle Hebert - Lyle Getz, Super-Skrull
Hakeem Kae-Kazim - T'Chaka
Tom Kane - Jasper Sitwell, Ultron, Professor Thorton
David Kaufman - Human Torch
David Kaye - Supreme Intelligence
Lex Lang - Doctor Doom
Loren Lester - Iron Fist
Danny Mann - Mad Thinker
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Abigail Brand
Graham McTavish - Loki
Scott Menville - Bucky
Grant Moninger - Arnim Zola, Doughboy
Dawn Olivieri - Pepper Potts
Kirsten Potter - Lucia von Bardas
Moira Quirk - Phyla-Vell
Lance Reddick - Falcon
Kevin Michael Richardson - Man-Ape, N'Gassi
Bumper Robinson - War Machine
Cindy Robinson - Ravonna
Neil Ross - William Cross
Dwight Schultz - Technovore
J. K. Simmons - J. Jonah Jameson
Roger Craig Smith - Captain Marvel
Brent Spiner - Purple Man
Keith Szarabajka - Ronan the Accuser
Kirk Thornton - Adam Warlock
Erin Torpey - Invisible Woman
Jim Ward - Baron Strucker, Henry Peter Gyrich
Gary Anthony Williams - Thunderball
Crew
Joshua Fine – Supervising Producer
Vinton Heuck – Director
Sebastian Montes – Director
Jamie Simone – Casting and Voice Director
Christopher Yost – Story Editor
Production
Marvel announced in October 2008 that its Marvel Animation
division and the outside studio Film Roman would produce an Avengers animated
TV series, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, for planned broadcast in
2010. 52 episodes have been confirmed as being in production. The show's
executive producers include Simon Philips and Eric S. Rollman. Joshua Fine
serves as supervising producer and Christopher Yost serves as story editor on
the show. A 20 part micro-series debuted on September 22, 2010 on Disney XD,
focusing on each hero's backstory and the events that lead to the main series.
The series started airing on Marvel's sister network, Disney XD in the United
States on October 20, 2010 and on Teletoon in Canada on October 22, 2010 in
English-language and March 2011 in French-language. According to Jeph Loeb,
Season 2 will presumably begin around October 2011, same as season 1 and
Producer Josh Fine tweeted in April 2011 that 13 episodes have been completed.
At the 2011 New York Comic-Con, Marvel TV director, Jeph Loeb contradicted his
earlier statement of Season 2 launch in late 2011. Loeb announced at the panel
at New York Comic-con that "Avengers Season 2 will be coming in early 2012
(to coincide with Ultimate Spider-Man)."[7] This date would later get
clarified to April 1, 2012.
A new Avengers show will premiere in 2013 called Avengers
Assemble, but no official announcement has been made regarding the status of
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
Release
Critical reception
The series's premiere earned mostly positive reviews from critics
and fans alike. It also currently holds a 8.5 making "Great" rating
(based on 206 votes) on TV.com, and 8.6/10 rating (based on 1,055 votes and 11
reviews) onIMDb.com. Review aggregation website Metacritic reports that 9.2 of
users have given the series a "Universal acclaim" review based on 5
reviews.
Comic book
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes comic book series, written
by Christopher Yost, and artwork by Scott Wegener, and Patrick Scherberger was
published to accompany the series. It was a four-issue limited series. An
ongoing comic book series titled The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Adventures will debut in April 2012, alongside the Ultimate Spider-Man
Adventures series. Christopher Yost will return as the main writer, with Adam
Dekraker to serve as the comic's creative team, while Nuno Plati will provide
artwork.
Genre Action
Adventure
Science
fiction
Format Animated series
Created
by Stan Lee
Jack
Kirby
Developed
by Ciro Nieli
Joshua
Fine
Christopher
Yost
Written
by Christopher Yost
Voices
of Brian Bloom
Chris
Cox
Jennifer
Hale
Peter
Jessop
Phil
LaMarr
Eric
Loomis
James
C. Mathis III
Colleen
O'Shaughnessey
Fred
Tatasciore
Rick
D. Wasserman
Wally
Wingert
Theme
music composer Guy Erez and
David
Ari Leon
Opening
theme "Fight As One"
by
Bad City
Ending
theme "Fight As One"
(instrumental)
Composer(s) Guy Michelmore
Country
of origin United States
Language(s) English
No.
of seasons 2
No.
of episodes 52[1] (List of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s) Simon Philips
Eric
S. Rollman
Producer(s) Joshua Fine
Running
time 22 minutes (TV episodes)
5
minutes (micro episodes)
Production
company(s) Marvel Animation
Film
Roman
Ingenious
Media/Ingenious Broadcasting EIS PLCs
Distributor Disney-ABC Domestic Television
(United States)
Vivendi
Entertainment Canada (Canada)
Broadcast
Original
channel Disney XD (United States)
Teletoon
(Canada)
Original
run October 20, 2010 – present
Chronology
Related
shows Wolverine and the X-Men
DVD releases
Region 1
United States
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DVD
title
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Volume
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Season
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Aspect
ratio
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Episodes
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Time
length
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Release
date
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Heroes Assemble!
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1
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1
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16:9
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7
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154 minutes
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April 26, 2011
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Captain America Reborn'
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2
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16:9
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6
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132 minutes
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April 26, 2011
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|
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Iron Man Unleashed'
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3
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1
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16:9
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6
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132 minutes
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October 25, 2011
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Thor's Last Stand'
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4
|
1
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16:9
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7
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148 minutes
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October 25, 2011
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Canada
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DVD
title
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Volume
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Season
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Aspect
ratio
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Episodes
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Time
length
|
Release
date
|
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Limited Edition: Season 1, Part
1
|
1
|
1
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16:9
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13
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286 minutes
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April 26, 2011
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Limited Edition: Season 1, Part
2
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2
|
1
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16:9
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13
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280 minutes
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October 25, 2011
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The Complete First Seasonb (Blu-ray Disc)
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N/A
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1
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16:9
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26
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572 minutes
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April 17, 2012a
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^a Original release date was November 8, 2011.
^b This is the first home media release in Canada to be released by eOne Entertainment. The other Canadian home releases of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes were released by Vivendi Entertainment.
^b This is the first home media release in Canada to be released by eOne Entertainment. The other Canadian home releases of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes were released by Vivendi Entertainment.
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