Summary

While theAvengersare household name today , Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes began living as a clear attempt to recreate the winner of their DC predecessors , theJustice League . Now , Batman , Superman and Wonder Woman ’s grouping is getting its own back by swiping the most famous cinematic pose of Marvel ’s Mightiest Heroes .

In a stake shared to Instagram , comic creatorKerry Callenrevealed a commission in whichthe Justice League adopt the iconic MCU group shot from 2012’sThe Avengers . The prowess work up on an early creation from Callen whichdepicted theAvengersposebut with each of the wedge in their original comic costume , showing how drastically they have change over the twelvemonth and for their big - screen debuts .

There are some really fun detail in Callen ’s art , which go above and beyond in seize the airs from the movies . Green Arrow replaces fellow archer Hawkeye , while the Martian Manhunter takes the Hulk ’s office as the team ’s tower green hero . Superman swaps commit with the godly Thor , while Wonder Woman takes Black Widow ’s position - with her iconic bracers replacing the superintendent - spy ’s gun .

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Justice League Art Reimagines the MCU with DC Heroes

Neither Team’s Original Roster Made It to the Big Screen

Interestingly , neither the Justice League or Avengers teams shown are accurate to comic story . The Justice League officially launched with seven members - Superman , Batman , Wonder Woman , the Flash , Green Lantern , the Martian Manhunter , and Aquaman - here , the King of Atlantis is missing while Green Arrow replaces his fellow Hard - go Hero . In dividing line , the original Avengers were Iron Man , Thor , Hulk , the Wasp and Ant - Man , with Captain America link soon after , Hawkeye gaining rank in the team ’s iconic second roster ( nicknamed Cap ’s Kooky Quarter ) , and Black Widow only officially joining later , after ab initio come across the team as a villain .

Neither original roster to the full survived to their respective movie , with2017’sJustice Leaguebringing in Cyborg(more notable as a member of the Titans ) while jettisoning the Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern , and the MCU never have the original Wasp and Ant - Man ( Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym ) officially link up the Avengers roster , or else aging them into wise man flesh for the next generation .

It ’s surprising that in their enceinte movie share universes , neither squad ’s original roster made it through unhurt , despite prove themselves open of substantiate 10 of successful stories . However , this makes Callen ’s artistic production even more play - it ’s easy to imagine this image as come from a different human beings where theJustice Leaguehit big screens before theAvengers , birthing an MCU - degree movie franchise that was n’t shaped as a deliberate choice to Marvel ’s style .

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generator : Kerry Callen

avengers mcu pose but including ben affleck’s batman

JLA/Avengers, George Perez art featuring the teams intermingled