Gallery: Mayhem, Hulk and Iron Man's Wit Fuel First Avengers Trailer

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    *Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) surveys his new 21st-century Captain America suit. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to lead the Avengers. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Loki (Tom Hiddleston) returns to menace Earth in* The Avengers. *Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Left to right: Robert Downey Jr., director Joss Whedon, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans talk on the* Avengers *set. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson, left) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) unload in* The Avengers. *Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) heats things up in* The Avengers.
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    *Director Joss Whedon, left, talks with Scarlett Johansson on the* Avengers *set. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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    *Thor (Chris Hemsworth, left) and Captain America (Chris Evans) look toward the sky. What do they see?*
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    *Captain America (Chris Evans, left) chats with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), the smart-ass inventor who wears the Iron Man armor. Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Courtesy Marvel Entertainment.*
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