Let's Meet the Avengers

        Nick Fury(the man walking around giving orders with the eye patch is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.  Shield is a fictional secret military law. Basically they are the cops that deal with the Marvel series. Nick Fury was a fictional hero during the world war two era and first appeared in "SGT. Fury and His Howling Commandos" issue #1. He came back to the world of comics more recently in Fantastic Four.
       Then there is Agent Phil Paulson, if you watched the movie, this was the guy obsessed with Captain America. He first showed up as a member of SHIELD in the 2008 movie "Iron Man." He was also seen in "Thor", and "Iron Man 2" and of course "The Avengers" He was the one to bring Iron Man, Tony Stark into the Avengers.
      Then there is Agent Maria Hill. Shes the one that is that same actress from How I met your Mother's Robin and is therefore also if you are anything like me the one character that drove you crazy trying to figure out where you knew her from.
      Next is the ever conceded Iron Man. I mean he even said it that when you take away the suit he is a "Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist." He runs Stark industries. He is also one of the top ten geniuses in Marvel Industries.
      Now let us get to a personal favorite of mine, CPT America. Captain America is Steve Rogers and he was not the big man on campus. He actually wasnt even a big man. He even got turned away from the Army because he was not fit for duty. Then there was Operation: Rebirth. He got another chance to serve as a test subject. Steve Rogers became the hero we know as Captain America.
     Next is a guy that had to learn to control his anger. What's his secret? He is always angry! This of course is Bruce Banner also known as the Hulk. Bruce Banner was trying to save the life of a teenage boy named Rick Jones and by saving him exposed him self to mass amounts of Gamma Radiation.
     Thor is Donald Blake. He was a doctor who found the Magical Norse Hammer and transformed into Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. He is an Asgardian.
     Next is the Black Widow, her name is Natasha Romanova. She was almost brainwashed by the Hand but was saved by Wolverine and Captain America. She did some freelance work for Nick Fury and SHIELD. 
     Now its time for Hawkeye. Clint Barton was orphaned as a young child and sent to a boy's home with his brother. He then became a member of the circus and after that was mentored by Trick Shot. He was inspired by Iron Man to be a super hero but the first night he went to fight crime he was mistaken by the police as a criminal. 
     Don't forget about Loki. Odin, the Ruler of Asgard adopted Loki as his son after a war with the giants from the land of Jotunheim. Loki became known as the God of Mischief. He resented his brother Thor because he felt as though his father looked more lovingly on Thor then him. 
     This may not give you every character in the Avengers but I am confident you now understand a little bit more. I hope now you can impress your man with some great conversation and maybe even now you know a little more then he does :)