"Premakes" The Avengers (1952)

What if... the Avengers movie was created years before the actual comic book?

Lost in the annals of time and space, comes this magnificent motion picture of epic proportions. Taking a page from such horror classics as "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman" and "House of Frankenstein," Timely Atlas Studios (the precursor to Marvel Studios), created the first superhero movie team-up. "The Avengers" featured an awesome array of characters such as Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man in a larger-than-life battle against evil aliens from the planet Skrull. Face front true believers, this one is for the funny books!

Editor's note: I have always wanted to work with Marvel characters... in any capacity. Maybe I will someday. For now though, enjoy my little tribute to works of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the heroes of the Marvel Universe. Oh, here's a fun thing to do... try and count all the characters and locations that are hidden within this trailer. Did anyone spot the Stan Lee cameo yet? I have a listing of all the Easter eggs in my next video. Excelsior!

Here's the recipe for this trailer: Man and the Moon, Flash Gordon (Deadline at Noon), The Phantom Planet, Rocketship X-M, Star Trek (The Cage), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Flying Saucer, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The 27th Day, Superboy, The Wasp Woman, Outer Limits (Demon with the Glass Hand, The Invisibles, Chameleon, Zzzzzz), Twilight Zone (The Monsters are Due on Maple Street), Anastasia, Underworld USA, The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Worlds, The Avengers, Captain America, It Came From Outer Space, Invasion USA, King of the Rocketmen, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Radar Men from the Moon, Die Nibelungen (Siegfried, Kriemhild's Revenge), The Man with Nine Lives, The Thing from Another World, Dr. Cyclops, The Marvel Superheroes (Hulk), Der grüne Bogenschütze, William Tell, Batman (Shoot a Crooked Arrow), The Eagle, The War of the Colossal Beast, The Gnome Mobile, Thunderball, The Dirty Dozen, Captain Scarlet, Fantastic Four (The Phantom of Film City), Our Man Higgins, Attack of the Puppet People, Land of the Giants (The Clones), Yilmayan Seytan, Tales of Frankenstein, Love Finds Andy Hardy, Das Rheingold, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Airport, Demetrius and the Gladiators

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[whoiseyevan]

Ha! Only if you live in an alternate reality.

[Fritz Lang -Fan]

Thor is Hagen of Fritz Lang's NIBELUNGEN

[Craig Garden]

Please do Transformers (i think it would look quite hilairious

[Lodi Nitsua]

Great trailer.

[skinwalkerxxx]

Don't get me wrong, I loved the current Avengers flick but this looks much more fun. The aliens esp. look more threatening.

[marvel capcom]

I know that theme! Fireball XL5!

[Cpnowys1awsome]

Don't be a stick in the mud! What do you think it is Captain obvious?

[elvis david gonzalez gallegos]

these Avengers are more similar to the 1978 original!

[1987VCRProductions]

I like how Thor here is Hagen from Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen.

[luckyflossie]

oh yeah funny lol

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[Lonnie Cavenee]

Was that brilliant or what? I'd never have thought of him as Fury in million years.

[Chic McKnickNix]

This is a BlastFromThePast