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mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
An Avengers relaunch. Again. This kind of has the feel of being related to the movies or at least not indifferent to them. The art is basically okay, the plot is extremely confused. I don't know if this Spiderman is not Peter Parker - but he's basically just done wrong. Everyone else seems vaguely okay but other than the inclusion of a group teleporter to get the Avengers off planet and a martial arts mystic to talk to a universe Mother figure - the characters almost seem chosen at random. Perhaps it will get better.
gohawks's review against another edition
4.0
I don't always like Hickman as much as I want to, but this one was okay. The "bad guys" were interesting because they didn't seem all bad. They were just agents of evolution. I also enjoyed the idea of recruiting a much larger Avengers team. And of course, the personalities of the core team with Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Hulk and Thor fit beautifully together.
standardman's review against another edition
5.0
The first issue of this is one of the best Avengers issues in decades. The rest are good but they're clearing building toward a bigger story, which makes the smaller story feel neglected. Still, that's a hell of a first issue.
andrewgraphics's review against another edition
3.0
According to GoodReads, this is the 2nd time I've read this, but I have literally absolutely no memory of the 1st time I read it; and I have extremely clear memories of things that happened whilst extremely drunk, so I'm doubting that.
Maybe it's so generic that it doesn't leave an impression..?
Maybe it's so generic that it doesn't leave an impression..?
justabookholic's review against another edition
2.0
why. also apparently when in doubt, give the universe pie.
trike's review against another edition
3.0
I generally don't like Jonathan Hickman's work in other comics. A lot of it seems to be retreads of stuff John Byrne did back in the 1980s. This time, though, I actually enjoyed his remix of story elements from the 1970s and '80s, namely stuff from the Infinity gems and the Gardener.
What I particularly enjoyed here was the pacing. After the dismal experience of DC's New 52 books, it was nice to see someone taking their time to build plot and characters. Authors should see how he gives the story room to breathe and punctuates dialogue-heavy bits with either fisticuffs or character conflict.
The art by Jerome Opena is lovely and the story is easy to follow. The latter aspect is not a given these days as artists experiment, trying to break away from the tried-and-true model of panel layout.
Hickman does love blowing up cities, though, which someone on Marvel's editorial staff needs to keep him from doing. Here he's destroyed Perth and Regina, as well as cities in Japan, Croatia and India. Plus the Savage Land. It gets a bit much after a while.
That said, I quite liked the origin stories of both Captain Universe and Smasher. This is how you do origin stories succinctly.
What I particularly enjoyed here was the pacing. After the dismal experience of DC's New 52 books, it was nice to see someone taking their time to build plot and characters. Authors should see how he gives the story room to breathe and punctuates dialogue-heavy bits with either fisticuffs or character conflict.
The art by Jerome Opena is lovely and the story is easy to follow. The latter aspect is not a given these days as artists experiment, trying to break away from the tried-and-true model of panel layout.
Hickman does love blowing up cities, though, which someone on Marvel's editorial staff needs to keep him from doing. Here he's destroyed Perth and Regina, as well as cities in Japan, Croatia and India. Plus the Savage Land. It gets a bit much after a while.
That said, I quite liked the origin stories of both Captain Universe and Smasher. This is how you do origin stories succinctly.
jimhart3000's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
angelwolf45's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun graphic novel.
This is about the Avengers gathering a team to go figure out what is dropping from the sky. Once they realize that it is something not from this world, they send the team to figure out what this is they have to deal with the planet that is trying to destroy their planet.
It was entertaining and I really enjoyed being with the Avengers and gathering the Avengers to save the planet from harm. I really liked the story it kept me wondering what and how they were going to get through the events that they were in.
I liked seeing the different superheros coming together to save the planet. Some of them I have never heard of or know much but it was still cool to see these guys come together to protect their home.
Overall I really enjoyed the book and look forward to the next books in this series.
This is about the Avengers gathering a team to go figure out what is dropping from the sky. Once they realize that it is something not from this world, they send the team to figure out what this is they have to deal with the planet that is trying to destroy their planet.
It was entertaining and I really enjoyed being with the Avengers and gathering the Avengers to save the planet from harm. I really liked the story it kept me wondering what and how they were going to get through the events that they were in.
I liked seeing the different superheros coming together to save the planet. Some of them I have never heard of or know much but it was still cool to see these guys come together to protect their home.
Overall I really enjoyed the book and look forward to the next books in this series.