No plans for classic Avengers reunion

Marvel Comics executive editor Tom Brevoort has revealed that the publisher has no plans to return to the classic Avengers lineup of the 1990s, Newsarama reports.

It has been speculated that the original cast of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are poised to reunite. However, Brevoort recently dismissed these rumours, claiming that the project's success is down to the alterations Marvel has made to the team.

"We'll use any and all of the classic Avengers characters as the situation demands it, of course, but those folks who are hoping for a full-blown reversal of the last ten years and a complete return to the Avengers of a decade ago are sadly in for a disappointment. And the reason for this should be obvious: in the last decade, Avengers has become the leading franchise in comics, and that's in large part due to the alterations we made in the basic formula," he said.

Marvel rebooted the superhero team in 2004 with Avengers Disassembled, while the Civil War event saw the group divide into the New Avengers and the Mighty Avengers.

"I love the classic Avengers as much as the next person - and I edited them for a good, long time - but there are clearly so many more readers who are interested in the team and the book since we turned over the apple cart that there really isn't any good reason to go back, other than nostalgia," he added.

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the original team first appeared in Avengers #1 in 1963.