The BEST episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 2

Every episode of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 2!

After 74 villains break out of prison, Marvel's most powerful superheroes team up to capture all of them, and also to defend the Earth from widespread threats.

Last Updated: 3/17/2024Network: Disney XDStatus: Ended
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Avengers Assemble!
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8.06
295 votes

#1 - Avengers Assemble!

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/11/2012

From the very moment of their team's inception, the Avengers have fought against super-villains, time-travelling conquerors and even shape-shifting alien invaders. But now they must bring forth an army of nearly all their allies to face their greatest challenge yet - Galactus, the devourer of countless worlds and civilizations, and his quartet of heralds drawn from the very elements of nature.

Directors: Roy Burdine
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Winter Soldier
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8.02
409 votes

#2 - Winter Soldier

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2012

Captain America ponders the mystery of the Winter Soldier and enlists Nick Fury's aid to find him when the Red Skull escapes from prison and massive robots - the Sleepers - arise as part of a contingency plan by the founder of HYDRA to destroy Washington, D.C.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Secret Invasion
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7.95
557 votes

#3 - Secret Invasion

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/15/2012

The Skrulls have invaded the entire Earth, and Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor lead an attack on the aliens.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Live Kree or Die
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7.87
374 votes

#4 - Live Kree or Die

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/4/2012

The Avengers arrive on the Kree homeworld of Hala, but find that they aren't exactly welcome there - even with Captain Marvel on their side.

Directors: Steve Gordon
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Code Red
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7.86
404 votes

#5 - Code Red

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/23/2012

Strange fumes sicken all of the Avengers - save for Iron Man, whose suit of armor provides him with protection. Now the armored Avenger must race against time to synthesize a cure for the infected - while the team face the prospect of being quarantined by U.S. Defense Secretary Dell Rusk, who has sent Doc Samson, Falcon, the Red Hulk and the Winter Soldier to arrest them. When Captain America is captured by the Winter Soldier and brought before Dell Rusk, he learns that the enigmatic Secretary harbors a diabolical secret from the supersoldier's past. Based on Avengers: Red Zone.

Directors: Roy Burdine
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Infiltration
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7.85
630 votes

#6 - Infiltration

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/8/2012

The Skrull invasion has begun, and Wakanda is the first target. Ms. Marvel is the only one there to fight off these aliens, whose shape-shifting abilities make matters much worse for her.

Directors: Roy Burdine
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Nightmare in Red
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7.85
636 votes

#7 - Nightmare in Red

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/24/2012

When S.H.I.E.L.D. is attacked by the Hulk, the Avengers rush to the scene. When they arrive, the rampaging Hulk is RED! The hunt is on for Bruce Banner as the Avengers try and unravel the mystery of 'Who is the Red Hulk?'

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
Writer: Mark Parsons
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New Avengers
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7.85
409 votes

#8 - New Avengers

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/14/2012

Kang the Conqueror is freed from prison by his alternate timeline look-alikes and attempts to conquer the world once again, this time trapping the Avengers in a temporal void to keep them from getting in the way of his plans. Now a new team of heroes (Spider-Man, War Machine, Wolverine, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and the Thing) must band together to stop the cross-temporal onslaught.

Directors: Steve Gordon
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Behold...The Vision!
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7.84
612 votes

#9 - Behold...The Vision!

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/29/2012

Still trying to restore hope and order to the world after the Skrull invasion, Captain America travels to Wakanda with the Avengers to repair his shield, but a new foe has come to take his shield. The Avengers must now find out where he came from and who sent him before he prevails.

Directors: Roy Burdine
Writer: Michael Ryan
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Along Came a Spider...
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7.77
559 votes

#10 - Along Came a Spider...

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/22/2012

Captain America is still trying to earn back the trust of the public, he teams up with the equally-mistrusted Spider-Man to fight the Serpent Society, whose members are trying to rescue Viper.

Directors: Roy Burdine
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Operation Galactic Storm
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7.77
402 votes

#11 - Operation Galactic Storm

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/21/2012

The Kree attempt to create a wormhole connecting our solar system with their galaxy, which will consequently destroy the Sun and all life on Earth - just as Kang the Conqueror predicted. The Avengers and Captain Marvel head into space to stop it, but will they be in time?

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Prisoner of War
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7.75
638 votes

#12 - Prisoner of War

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2012

After being held prisoner for months, Captain America is ready to break out. If he is to succeed he must team up with his enemies. Cap won't let anything stop him, but he didn't count on facing the Super Skrull!

Directors: Steve Gordon
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The Private War of Doctor Doom
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7.74
791 votes

#13 - The Private War of Doctor Doom

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2012

The Avengers team up with the Fantastic Four to battle Doctor Doom's armies.

Directors: Gary Hartle
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Ultron Unlimited
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7.72
515 votes

#14 - Ultron Unlimited

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/19/2012

The Avengers are ambushed and captured, one by one, by Ultron's team of synthezoid Avengers as part of the wayward android's plan to rid the world of "flawed" humans, perfect himself, and construct a mate.

Directors: Roy Burdine
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Assault on 42
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7.72
526 votes

#15 - Assault on 42

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/12/2012

Stranded in the Negative Zone, the Avengers must join forces with their enemies - including former members of the Masters of Evil - to fight off an army of strange insectoid creatures that are laying siege to 42.

Directors: Steve Gordon
Writer: Brian Reed
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Welcome to the Kree Empire
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7.70
684 votes

#16 - Welcome to the Kree Empire

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2012

An alien warrior race known as the Kree visits Earth to make a final decision regarding whether to add Earth to the ever-expanding Kree empire or obliterate it.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Yellowjacket
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7.69
514 votes

#17 - Yellowjacket

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/9/2012

A mysterious explosion seemingly kills Hank in his college laboratory, but as the Avengers and their friends mourn the loss of their fallen comrade-in-arms, a fearless new vigilante - endowed with the same powers and technology as Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Wasp and calling himself "Yellowjacket" - begins taking out the members of the Serpent Society.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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The Deadliest Man Alive
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7.68
457 votes

#18 - The Deadliest Man Alive

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/7/2012

When the Hulk's name is cleared of the crimes committed by the Red Hulk, the Avengers find that the deception put forth by Captain America's Skrull doppelganger has made the green-skinned juggernaut even more of a loose cannon than before. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Red Hulk returns with a scheme to usurp the Hulk's place among the Avengers.

Directors: Steve Gordon
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Who Do You Trust?
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7.67
725 votes

#19 - Who Do You Trust?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2012

The Avengers are torn apart when Nick Fury returns and reveals that the shapeshifting aliens Skrulls have begun infiltrating Earth. The situation becomes worse when they learn a Skrull lurks within the Avengers.

Directors: Gary Hartle
Writer: Brian Reed
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Emperor Stark
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7.66
492 votes

#20 - Emperor Stark

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/16/2012

The Vision awakens after a month of repairs to find that Tony Stark and his fellow Avengers have taken over the world. With the whole planet turned against him, the Vision must get to the bottom of Tony Stark's 'utopia' - only to discover an unlikely figure to be the true power behind the Avengers' throne. Based on the 1987 Marvel graphic novel Emperor Doom (albeit with a different cast).

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Powerless
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7.63
466 votes

#21 - Powerless

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/5/2012

The Enchantress, as part of her master Surtur's plan, offers Loki a chance to exact his revenge on Thor and the Avengers for thwarting his conquest of the Nine Realms, and uses a spell to strip Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man of their powers. Now, the helpless heroes must defeat Loki - his soul now in command of a powerful Asgardian weapon known as the Destroyer - without their abilities. NOTE: This episode was skipped in US airings, but included on the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes boxed volume Secret Invasion as a bonus episode. Marvel released a clip of the episode, adding that it is "an un-aired episode available exclusively" on the DVD. This episode is part of the regular airing schedule on ABC Australia, and eventually broadcast on Disney XD in the US on May 5, 2013.

Directors: Steve Gordon
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Michael Korvac
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7.63
652 votes

#22 - Michael Korvac

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2012

An extraterrestrial being named Michael Korvac seeks the Avengers' protection from "villains" who turn out to be the Guardians of the Galaxy. As the Avengers fight the Guardians to keep Korvac safe, they are unaware that they are protecting the wrong person.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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Acts of Vengeance
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7.52
706 votes

#23 - Acts of Vengeance

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2012

The Enchantress, after being betrayed by Zemo, seeks revenge on her former teammates, leaving the Avengers in the middle of a clash between supervillains.

Directors: Roy Burdine
Writer: Michael Ryan
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Alone Against A.I.M.
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7.49
682 votes

#24 - Alone Against A.I.M.

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2012

An armorless Iron Man fights A.I.M.'s latest creation, the Technovore, while A.I.M. goes up against Captain America, Black Panther, and War Machine in an effort to steal the armored avenger's armor.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
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The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill
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7.39
641 votes

#25 - The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2012

While searching for the fire demon Surtur, Thor is attacked by a powerful creature known as Beta Ray Bill, and the unthinkable happens when Bill lifts Thor's hammer as the two battle. Thor must ally himself with this strange warrior to save Asgard before Surtur and his demon army burn it to the ground.

Directors: Steve Gordon
Writer: Michael Ryan
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