9. She's a founding member and gave the team its name. Along with Sue Storm and Jean Grey, Janet is one of Marvel's first female leads. She's a more light-hearted character and often played for comic relief, but it's an element the Avengers comic needs. She is easily one of the Avengers more memorable leaders. She's been unfairly neglected for the past 20 years, especially since "Avengers Disassembled" and on.




Janet played double agent with Magneto during the original Secret Wars, then escapes while making the X-Men look like amateurs while trying to stop her.