Iron Man - Summoner (Synthesist)
Try Aegis from Dreamscarred Press' Ultimate Psionics.
Try a Magus (Hexcrafter) for Thor. Shocking Grasp allows the lightning. He can fly at 5th level taking the Flight Hex.
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GMs not really too keen on 3rd party resources, synthesit was closest we could come up with with the ability to "suit up"
I can't help with that, sadly, because it's pretty much exactly what you're looking for while synthesist just isn't.
For Captain America/Andoran, look into the Helpful Trait, the Bodyguard Feat, and a 2 level dip into Cavalier for the Bonus Teamwork Feat Duck and Cover, and the Order of the Dragon ability Aid Allies, before starting your class progression into Brawler. He can share that Teamwork feat to give all allies adjacent to them +2AC vs ranged attacks, and expend an Attack of Opportunity at any time to give them +4AC. If you decide you want to get 2 levels in the Steel Falcon prestige class at some point, you can use Bodyguard to give an ally +6AC. Helps to make Cap more "leaderly" and reflect his tactical ability in addition to just throwing a shield around.
For Iron Man, I'd highly recommend going as a Magus, and taking the Crafting Feats to make Golems and enhance them to become Armors for you. The build really starts to come into it's own around 8th level (when the Magus can cast with Medium Armor without penalty), and it just starts to become more and more fun to play from there. The Synthesist Summoner, sure, can have an "armor" from level 1, but you have no real ranged capabilities. You're just a guy in a suit punching it out with your enemies. It looks like Iron Man on paper, but it doesn't feel like Iron Man to play the same way that a Golem-Builder does.
For Hulk, look at the Master Chymist prestige class. I'd highly recommend the Magical Knack trait to begin with, starting as a Ragechemist Alchemist, then take a two-level dip into a Drunken Brute/Invulnerable Rager (yes, you can take both of those archetypes together). That will give you Rage on top of a super-potent Strength Mutagen, the ability to drink potions and extracts without provoking an AoO, and as a Master Chymist, you get some very hulk-themed abilities.
For Thor, look at the new Bloodrager class from the ACG, and the Elemental (Air) bloodline. They get the ability to infuse their weapon with electrical damage, shoot thunderbolts (Scorching Ray as an electrical spell), and a 60' Fly speed.
For Hawkeye, look no further than the Zen Archer monk. Black Widow is a Ninja - hands down.
For Quicksliver, you're probably best gong with a Monk, but taking just a quick dip into Barbarian for that extra burst of movement speed. You can even use his "Rage" as a way to simulate punching super-fast.
Scarlet Witch is probably best left to the interpretation of the player. I could see a strong argument for Witch, as well as for a Karmic Wildblooded Sorcerer.
Found a resource for you! This guy does a great job explaining Hulk and Iron Man, for sure. I don't totally agree with Thor (as I don't feel that Clerics get the same punch as Bloodrager for punching and electrocuting things), but his reasoning is definitely solid:
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Found a resource for you! This guy does a great job explaining Hulk and Iron Man, for sure. I don't totally agree with Thor (as I don't feel that Clerics get the same punch as Bloodrager for punching and electrocuting things), but his reasoning is definitely solid:
He didn't have ACG when he made them.
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I find many of these guys are better with gestalt
Bruce is an alchemist (vivisectionist, rage chemist)10 master chemist 10/ barbarian (invulnerable rager) 20
Thor is a Druid or warpriest on one side (maybe with the storm kindler PrC on top) with elemental bloodrager on the other side
Falcon could be done a number of ways, he could simply be a strix or aasimar (metal wings feat chain) or he could be a synthesist summoner/soulknife
Iron man would be a magus (or if third party is allowed, artificer works soooo much better)/tactician taking craft construct to make construct armor
Alternatively instead of golem armor he could go to the technologist guide and buy either smart armor or a space suit and enchant that with flight (continuous or at will) and scorching ray (at will) this option is much much much cheeper than a golem
Quicksilver would be a sorcerer 6/quick blade (PrC 10/monk 20/ninja 4
Alternatively you could just play a quickling
Scarlet witch, I'm going to say fire sorcerer, maybe cross blooded with draconic maybe evoker on the other side
Ant man/yellow jacket I'm going to say synthesist/Druid
Wasp Druid (I don't really know many ways to get tiny/diminutive)/ soulknife(soul bolt)
Hawkeye alchemist (grenaider)/monk (zen archer) or ranger (trapper) or rouge (sniper) or magus (myramararch)
Whichever class is chosen get a quivver enchanted with abundant ammunition and get yourself one each of the several several non magical special arrows
Black widow ninja/gunslinger(mysterious stranger)
Captian America hmmmm he follows a paladin'a code of conduct rather well but the mechanics don't quite fit for him,
I'm going to say brawler (shield champion)/bard
He definitly has some kind of bardic performance (preform (oratory) to be specific) equilivant