Before they were Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers were Earth's Most Photogenic High Schoolers.

Well, except for Hawkeye, whose superpower used to be "Kickass Late-'80s Hairstyle."

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Unsurprisingly, The Avengers was all the rage in U.S. box office totals, bringing in $200.3 million and kicking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt.2 out of the way of having the biggest domestic debut of all time. Adding the international gross into the equation and Avengers has made a tidy sum at $623 million, OFFICIALLY making Joss Whedon Hollywood's new overlord.

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Avengers fever continues with this awesome fan art swapping out Earth's Mightiest Heroes with Cartoon Network's finest. A new Dexter's Laboratory movie would just be cool on its own, though.

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Conan O'Brien introduces some less-than-super heroes who didn't make the cut for the Avengers Initiative, for very good reasons.

Scrawny, pre-Captain-America Steve Rogers is starting to look pretty darn good right now.

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What happens when the Avengers are assembled using Ikea's basic instructions? This piece of fan art explains it all. At least Nick Fury won't need an allen wrench.

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At C2E2, Marvel announced a new Hawkeye solo series helmed by David Aja and Matt Fraction. This also includes a new redesign that's more in line with the movie version of the character. It's certainly a lot sleeker than the '90s redesign which included goggles and a bubble dome (all jokes on the latter).

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