I go through pretty much the same rant every time the comparison is made. Here's the abridged version:
In my opinion, EMH is superior to Assemble in virtually every way.
Whatever Avengers Assemble's target audience was, it doesn't excuse the show's blatant mediocrity in all things. It's an oppressively vapid display to the point of being an insult to the audience. I watched the entire first season. Oh dear, what a waste of time...
Earth's Mightiest Heroes, on the other hand, was a joy. I was thrilled with almost every character adaptation. The EMH status quo was dynamic through the long term; decisions and mistakes made by characters had consequences that affected their relationships and standings with other characters permanently, whereas in Assemble, the world was more or less reset every episode, The Simpsons style (intentional stagnation).
EMH shared many storylines with the comics, but it's also important to remember that it's ethos reflected credit on Marvel Comics. Episodes like "Along Came a Spider" and "Destroyer" proved that EMH was more than a hollow light show. The characters were stripped of their lofty reputation, their respectability, even their super powers themselves, but always found the heart to stand against evil, even in the face of certain death. That which makes the Avengers heroes is not mere power, but an overriding desire to do right by their fellow man.
This is further evidenced by the regular humans in the show like Jane Foster, Maria Hill and Clay Quartermain, who represent the single most important and powerful bulwark against threats to civilization: humanity itself. How can the Avengers hope to "do right" if they themselves have no ideal of morality to strive towards? Outside the team's roster are exemplars of personal bravery and conviction, the likes of which precede the Avengers by millennia, and will survive them by millennia more.
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