List of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episodes explained

This is an episode list for . The series is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Avengers. A 20 part micro-series focusing on each hero's backstory debuted on September 22, 2010 on Disney XD.^[1] The first season premiered on Disney XD in the United States on October 20, 2010.^[2] The second season premiered on April 1, 2012.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Micro-series	20
	1	26
	2	26	^[3]	^[4]

Episodes

Micro-series (2010)

A micro-series, consisting of five-and-a-half-minute "micro-episodes" created from the footage from season-one episodes, premiered online and on Disney XD on September 22, 2010. Series supervising producer Josh Fine said the goal was to "let us explore the individual members of the team in their own ongoing adventures ... do a lot of character development and set the stage for the rest of the season".^[5] The last micro-episode aired online on October 11, 2010 and on Disney XD on October 15, 2010.^[6]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod code

Season 1 (2010–11)

The first season premiered on October 20, 2010 with the two-part episode "Breakout", continuing on from the events of the online micro-series. This move meant that the series did not air on television in chronological story order; the broadcast of "Breakout" was followed by the episodes "Iron Man is Born", "Thor the Mighty", "Hulk Versus the World", "Meet Captain America", and "The Man in the Ant Hill", each one a compilation of four micro-series episodes, which all take place before "Breakout". The series took a hiatus after "The Kang Dynasty" and returned on May 15, 2011 in the United States.

The series was broadcast around the world and released on DVD in the correct chronological story order (production order). The season finale debuted in Australia on April 12, 2011, then aired on June 26, 2011 in the United States. The first half of Season 1 was released on home video on April 26, 2011,^[7] and the second half was released on October 25, 2011.^[6]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod code

Season 2 (2012)

Marvel Animation and Disney XD later confirmed a second season of the series.^{[8] [9]} The first episode was publicly shown at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con in June 2011 and again at New York Comic-Con in October 2011 before its television broadcast.^{[1] [2] [10]}

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod code

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harvey, James . "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" Scheduling, Videogame Updates . marvel.toonzone.net . 2010-09-01 . 2010-09-04.
2. Web site: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Premieres Oct. 20. 2010-09-20. Superhero Hype!. 2010-09-21.
3. Web site: Disney XD to Launch Marvel Universe. January 9, 2012. January 9, 2011. Marvel.com.
4. Web site: Marvel Animation Age - the Marvel Animation News Resource . 2012-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194855/http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=896 . 2016-03-03 . dead .
5. Web site: Marvel Animation Age - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes . Marvel Animation Age . 2011-08-30 . 2012-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705052543/http://marvel.toonzone.net/avengersemh/backstage/interviews/fine.php . dead .
6. Web site: Fine. Josh. "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" News & Discussion Thread, Part 2 (Spoilers). Toonzone. 3 September 2013. 19 October 2010.
7. Web site: The Avengers: Volume One - Heroes Assemble! (Marvel Super Hero Collection) . Amazon . 2012-04-12.
8. Web site: Twitter / Joshua Fine. Joshua. Fine. twitter.com . 2011-04-09. Halfway point! 13 episodes of Season 2 in the can. . 21 April 2011.
9. Web site: Collura, Scott. Comic-Con: Ultimate Spider-Man Toon and Avengers Season 2. July 25, 2011. IGN.
10. Web site: Comic-Con: Ultimate Spider-Man Toon and Avengers Season 2 . Scott . Collura . . 2011-07-23 . 12 October 2011 .