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For the Matt Helm spy novel by Donald Hamilton, see The Revengers (novel).

The Revengers are a fictional team of supervillains who were formed to fight A-Next in Marvel Comics' MC2 series A-Next. It is also the name of a comical parody of the Avengers in Earth-665, the setting of Marvel's parody comic Not Brand Echh.

In September 2011 an Earth-616 version of the Revengers, led by Wonder Man, appears.^[1]

Fictional team history[link]

MC2[link]

After a tragic mission that claimed the life of several Avengers, including Henry Pym and the Wasp, their daughter and son were furious to see A-Next, a team of heroes referred to by people as the "next generation of Avengers". The children of Henry Pym and Wasp used their parents' technology to replicate their powers. The daughter, Hope Pym, duplicated her mother's powers as the Red Queen, while her brother, Henry Pym Jr., copied his fathers' powers as Big Man.

Red Queen also helped create an energetic villain called Ion Man, who she sent to kill Mainframe. Although he failed (unknowingly, since Mainframe was later rebuilt), he passed her test. Red Queen soon added more villains to her fold (Spider-Girl's nemesis, Killerwatt, and Wild Thing's homicidal half-brother Sabreclaw). She waited until the members of the Avengers were at their most vulnerable, before sending her team, the Revengers, to destroy them. Red Queen herself wanted to personally torture Stinger, as she felt that Stinger dishonored her parents' memories. But the reserve members of A-Next defeated the Revengers, and Big Man turned himself in, even stopping his crazed sister, as Big Man did not want to be a killer.

However, in Last Planet Standing, the Revengers returned with the aid of Magneta; a former hero; to fight A-Next again. The fight was halted when Galactus came to destroy Earth. A-Next teamed up with a number of other heroes while the Revengers got away, minus Sabreclaw, who stayed behind to help fight and later joined A-Next to help fill out their roster.

Cancerverse[link]

In the Cancerverse reality of Earth-10011, the Revengers are that reality's version of the Avengers who were corrupted by that reality's version of Captain Marvel. They were allies with the Defenders of the Realm and the Ex-Men. The Revengers are all destroyed when Thanos brought death to this Deathless reality.

Earth-616[link]

In 2011, another version of the Revengers appear in the Earth-616 universe. Formed by Wonder Man (whose ionic energy leaking problem has caused him to become convinced that the Avengers are not helping the world and that he must stop them), it consists of lesser-known heroes who he has convinced to help him. During the Revengers attack on Avengers Mansion, Ms. Marvel tries to reason with Wonder Man which doesn't work. This team manages to defeat the New Avengers and they move on to attack Stark Tower.^[2] Wonder Man has Atlas attack Stark Tower to get their attention upon calling a press conference. After failing to reason with Wonder Man, Iron Man trapped him in a stasis container. When the Avengers do not want to fight with so many civilians nearby, Thor teleports the Revengers to Citi Field and all three teams (the main Avengers, the New Avengers, and the Secret Avengers) gang up on the Revengers all at once. With the Revengers imprisoned at the Raft, each member has been interrogated with Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man watching the video feed of the interrogation. Beast later visits Wonder Man in his stasis container. Wonder Man insists that he is acting of his own free will and remains steadfast in his claim that the Avengers must disband before more people are hurt. He also adds something new: his realization that Scarlet Witch created him and that he probably is not even real. Appealing to their friendship, Wonder Man tries to extract a promise from Beast to shut the Avengers down when he realizes that Wonder Man is in the right, but a distressed Beast walks away. Various news programs are buzzing about the Avengers' lack of transparency and stonewalling tactics. Some openly speculate that the time for a self-appointed hero team is over and done. In his bubble, Wonder Man smiles and vanishes into a white light.^[3]

Roster[link]

MC2 Version[link]

• Big Man - Brother to Red Queen, Henry Pym Jr. copied his father's growing abilities. Big Man joined the team to watch over his sister.
• Ion Man - Ionic-powered villain, created by Red Queen. Ion Man has the power to fly and fire blasts of destructive energy.
• Killerwatt - Electrically powered enemy of Spider-Girl, Killerwatt's wicked sense of humor is made less funny by his tendency to fire lightning bolts at the people he tells his jokes to.
• Magneta - Obsessed fan of Magneto who abandoned her dreams of being a hero and uses her own magnetic powers to help the Red Queen fight A-Next.
• Red Queen - Daughter of Henry Pym and the Wasp, Hope Pym copied her mother's electric sting blasts and insect-wings, and donned a sinister version of her mother's Wasp costume. She is the team leader, and has a pathological hatred of Stinger.

Former members[link]

• Sabreclaw - Hudson Logan, son of Wolverine and half-brother to Wild Thing. His healing factor and deadly claws are made more frightening by his sociopathic nature. He later joined A-Next.

Cancerverse Version[link]

• Mar-Vell - Leader.
• Captain America -
• Hawkeye -
• Hulk -
• Iron Man -
• Ms. Marvel -
• Quasar -
• Scarlet Witch -
• Thor -
• War Machine -
• Wasp -

Earth-616 Version[link]

• Wonder Man - Leader
• Anti-Venom - Anti-Venom joined up with the Revengers because he thought Wonder Man might be right about what he claims about the Avengers.
• Atlas -
• Captain Ultra -
• Century - Century sided with Wonder Man out of sense of honor to him and recognition of the cycle of life.
• Demolition Man - Demolition Man claimed the Grandmaster called him to reclaim the Infinity Gems from the Avengers and that the Avengers have not been returning his calls leading him to be recruited into the Revengers.
• Devil-Slayer - He joined the Revengers in order to make a reality where the Avengers were held accountable for their actions.
• Ethan Edwards - He joined the Revengers in order to avenge the defeat of the Skrulls at the end of their Secret Invasion.
• Goliath V - He joined the Revengers where he still blames the Avengers for his uncle Bill Foster's death.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Revengers (MC2) at Marvel Wiki
• Revengers (Cancerverse) at Marvel Wiki
• Revengers (Earth-616) at Marvel Wiki

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Ron Aaron Wasserman, also known as Aaron Waters and The Mighty RAW, is an American music artist best known for composing the original theme song for Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and for the large volume of original songs he also recorded for the series. He is also a member of the band Fisher.

Although wrongly referred to as a "band", "The Mighty RAW" is just an alias for the singer himself.

History[link]

Early career[link]

Wasserman has been fascinated with music since he was three years old. His early music bands include Hollywood Headliners Betty Boop & The Beat, formed by SAG actress Lucrecia Sarita Russo. In 1983, with Wasserman on keyboards the group opened for Felony/Scotti Brothers records at the Florentine Gardens. Felony was fronted by Lucrecia's then husband Jeff Spry who was receiving chart action with the KROQ-FM hit single "The Fanatic". In the mid 1980's Ron started a rock band with present day actress E.G. Daily. In 1989, shortly after the band disbanded, he started working for Saban Entertainment. Wasserman filled in at Saban Entertainment one afternoon and eventually staying there for six and a half years. Wasserman and Ron Kenan, once V.P. of Saban Entertainment/Music Production, met in the early 80's and played together in the popular new wave pop band, Betty Boop & the Beat.

[edit] Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

While at Saban, Wasserman developed scores and co-wrote themes for several of their smaller series as well as the animated X-Men series, before he composed some of his most recognizable work, which was for the show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. One day he was presented with the first footage of the show, was told to use the word "Go", and to have it finished by the next day. After two and a half hours, the song that resulted was the show's theme song, "Go Go Power Rangers".^[1]

Several of his most popular songs and scores were eventually released on a successful concept album entitled Power Rangers: A Rock Adventure, which linked his music around a variation on the opening episodes of season two of the television series.

While working on the show, Saban asked Wasserman to come up with an artist name, as they did not want it to appear as though one person was doing all of the music. He came up with the name "Aaron Waters" because his middle name was Aaron and the name Wasserman means "water carrier" in German. Saban later attached the additional alias "The Mighty RAW". While the reason behind it is unknown it is assumed "RAW" is for his initials and "The Mighty" comes from "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." ^[1]

Later Saban projects[link]

He also preformed the Power Rangers: In Space theme, and music. His success with the Power Rangers soundtrack led to his work on bigger projects, and he contributed music for Sweet Valley High and VR Troopers. Wasserman left Saban in 1996, citing exhaustion.

Post-Saban music career[link]

After leaving Saban in 1996, Wasserman started a band with then-girlfriend Kathy Fisher, whom he later married. The band, Fisher, won an award for "most downloaded song on the Internet" in 2000 and has enjoyed a steady stream of success since then.

Wasserman also began working on various video game titles with Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin and contributed to DIC Entertainment. In 1998, Fisher contributed a song for the movie Great Expectations. The band would eventually generate 18,000 downloads after they uploaded content from a recent album to mp3 websites, with the song "I Will Love You" receiving the most downloads.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Return to Power Rangers

Wasserman returned to solo work in 2005, and even returned to the Power Rangers franchise in 2005, composing the theme song for the thirteenth Power Rangers season, Power Rangers: S.P.D.. News of his involvement reached the fanbase and demo versions of the theme were leaked, upsetting Disney executives. His ties to the show's fans may have reinforced their decision not to bring him back to work on their 2006 season Power Rangers: Mystic Force, even though he pitched two different theme songs for them to use that followed their "rap/hip hop" recommendations for the theme. He later contributed an instrumental version of his rock theme, as well as scoring work (for free) for a recent Power Rangers fanfilm, titled Celestial Fury.

[edit] Post Power Rangers

Wasserman remains active with other television and commercial projects, including recent work for America's Next Top Model.

In 2010, Wasserman released two original songs with Ozone Entertainment as downloadable content on the Rock Band Network.^[2]

Personal life[link]

He is married to Kathleen Fisher and they have a son named Aaron.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Album: A Rock Adventure (1994) (as The Mighty RAW)

Singles[link]

• "Go Go Power Rangers" (1994)
• "American Hero" (2010)
• "Fight Back" (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Ron Wasserman at the Internet Movie Database
• Mighty Raw at Allmusic