# Should Captain America be a founding member of the Avengers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-captain-america-be-a-founding-member-of-the-avengers/715463>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-captain-america-be-a-founding-member-of-the-avengers/715463 "2015-03-20T06:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-captain-america-be-a-founding-member-of-the-avengers/715463/21 "2015-03-26T20:43:58Z")

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A better question is whether or not Wonder Girl was a founding member of the Teen Titans. The original group consisted of Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash, but the team didn’t get a name until WG joined several months later.

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**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-captain-america-be-a-founding-member-of-the-avengers/715463/22 "2015-03-26T23:33:51Z")

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Didn’t Speedy join the team before Wonder Girl?

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