Avengers assemble!
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In honor of the upcoming Avengers: Endgame — and EW’s six covers featuring the original members — we’re throwing it back to the night that started it all. Click through to see the entire original cast celebrating the first-ever Avengers premiere in Los Angeles, Calif. on April 11, 2012.
Samuel L. Jackson
Nick Fury (without his pager and eye patch).
Stan Lee
The late, inimitable, creator celebrated the big night.
Cobie Smulders
Agent Maria Hill reported for business.
Tom Hiddleston
We hardly recognize Loki without his dark hair — or I Heart T.S. tank top.
Chris Hemsworth
He left his hammer in the Towncar.
Scarlett Johansson
Black Widow, back when the idea of a female-led superhero movie still felt like a pipe dream.
Robert Downey, Jr. and Susan Downey
Just pretend she’s Pepper Potts; we’re sure Gwyneth Paltrow won’t mind.
Mark and Sunrise Ruffalo
Ruffalo left his Hulk makeup at home.
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