The Avengers 2: Five Members Who Should Join

With Joss Whedon officially signed and a release date apparently already chosen, it’s clear that Marvel Studios are getting more and more serious about The Avengers 2 every day.And with yesterday’s blockbuster announcement that Kelly Sue DeConnick would take over an Avengers title–presumably Avengers Assemble–complete with a roster change that loops Spider-Woman into the movie-friendly series, we started to think about whether there could be some surprises in the team’s roster come time for the sequel. So we put our heads together and brainstormed a batch of potential new recruits.A few ground rules here, though; by “new recruits,” we mean actually new. Don’t look to us to say “War Machine ought to be in on this bad boy,” because he’s already appearing in Marvel Studios films. Ditto the Guardians of the Galaxy, who we’re assuming will have at least a cameo in the picture anyway. Spider-Woman is also off-limits because we just talked about that last night, which kind of renders the piece we would mention about her somewhat less exciting.Hercules