The Avenging Riders

What if the Avengers were a western?

The 1880’s. Former Union colonel Nicholas Fury is tasked by the office of the president to recruit a team of heroes to defend or (if need be) avenge the nation from strange new threats.

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Story added by nathanbates on September 15, 2026

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Colonel Nicholas Fury

(Lost his left eye during fighting for the Union. Now travels across the country in search of heroes.)

Jeff Bridges

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“Nomad”

(Steven Rogers fought bravely during the war, becoming more myth than man. Now, he roams the frontier defending those in need.)

Matt Damon

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Anthony Stark

(After an attempted assassination left a bullet lodged near his heart, the inventor created an unstoppable suit of armor)

Josh Hartnett

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“Natalie Rushman”

(“The Widow-maker.” A foreign assassin who once tied to kill Fury. Her loyalties remain a mystery.)

Léa Seydoux

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Hawkeye

(An indigenous crusader and expert marksman who saved Fury from Rushman. The three of them have since become unlikely allies.)

Dakota Beavers

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Doc Banner

(A surgeon during the war, Banner devised a serum to rid humanity of cruelty. Instead, he unleashed its full power in the form of a split personality.)

Paul Dano

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Erik Olson

(A Scandinavian blacksmith who aided Stark in the creation of his armor. He wields a marvelous electrically conductive hammer.)

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

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Arliss Laufeyson

(A rival inventor to Stark - and Olson’s relative - Laufeyson seeks to bring down the nation with his mechanical army.)

Kenneth Branagh

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Edwin Jarvis

(Stark's stalwart butler and secret keeper)

Jared Harris

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Orton Olson

(Erik's Patrician father who "Works in Mysterious Ways")

Danny Huston

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General Thaddeus Ross

(A notable Lost Causer who hunts for Banner believing him to have cost him a critical battle during the war)

Ted Levine

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The Ant Man

(An entomologist, Henry Pym hides a dark secret as he continues his research on the study of ants)

Hugh Dancy

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Secretary of War Aloysius Dugan

(Fury’s old military pal now serving in the presidential cabinet.)

John C. Reilly

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General Walter Lawson

(A venerated union soldier who later fought in the Indian wars, leaving bebhind a tarnished legacy of guts and glory.)

Matthew McConaughey

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Carol Danvers

(Lawson’s “marvel” protégé, Danvers was an orphan rescued by Lawson and now carries the weight of his past actions as she roams the frontier.)

Elle Fanning

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James Rhodes

(A former slave who fought in the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He became friends with Anthony Stark, who made him an armored suit similar to his own.)

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Peter Parker

(A young man who performs in a traveling circus under the name "The Human Spider.")

Gabriel LaBelle

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Judge Thomas Anos

(The mysterious and evil 7 foot, hairless and purple "Judge". They say he will never die.)

Josh Brolin

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