As I breathlessly mentioned just a little while ago, at Comic-Con tonight, Marvel Studios unveiled the lineup of The Avengers to throngs of comic book dorks. Check out one of their first photos together after the jump and take a look at their official movie logo right here to the left!
This is the lin-up that brought Hall H to its feet and erupt in such thunderous applausethat you would think Justin Bieber and Jesus Christ just announced they were getting the band back together.
That's Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson as Col. Nick Fury, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk! Plus director Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige.
Please note that Robert Downey Jr. looks like either a Carnaby Street fop or the best attired opium sot I've ever seen. Forgive me for earlier neglecting to mention Clark Gregg, because he's all up in this Avengers business as well. But, sadly it looks like poor 'ol Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is the only woman represented. No Wasp? No Scarlet Witch? Hell, I would've settled for Tigra. And it seems no Ant-Man, either.
But that's just picking some nits. The crowd went wild the minute they rolled a trailer showing off the new logo, with Samuel L. Jackson majestically reciting the classic Avengers' preamble:
"And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born."
Avengers Assemble!