manuelte's review against another edition
2.0
This book tries to be epic: world shattering powers, outerworldly characters, and a universe spanning catastrophe on the way; however, it feels like the writer was given the task of filling a complete volume without giving any explanation or advancing the plot since the Infinity event wasn't due yet. All in all, this is just panel after panel of incoherent nonsense, and it tries to stand on art alone. At one point they needlessly show Banner turning to the Hulk that doesn't pan out into anything at all, it seems because the Hulk hadn't been shown yet. I am really hoping the Infinity event yields an interesting read since Age of Ultron severely disappointed me, and the build up to Infinity has been too long and too incoherent.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
2.0
Tiresome. The action is fast but the story is too damn slow. And the characters feel completely random. Except perhaps Bruce Banner, there's almost enough detail there to make him likable. This could be better - hopefully it will eventually be better.
captainwinter's review against another edition
2.0
I don’t understand what’s happening anymore and I’m not a big fan of how the characters (mainly Bruce) are written. The art is great, though!
darylnash's review against another edition
2.0
I'm about full up on Prelude. 17 issues into the series and it all feels like setup.
drwilldabeast's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
trike's review against another edition
1.0
This is the problem I have with most of Hickman’s stuff: it is incomprehensible gibberish. I have no idea what was going on here, and every character sounds the same. There’s no story here. It’s just a jumble of unrelated events, like he’s relating half-remembered stories he read while on a mescaline high.
jimhart3000's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
matterofmichael's review against another edition
3.0
++Thor teaching yes please
-super strong new bad guy that the Avengers decide to all just attack head on?? Super lame. No strategies what so ever
+dynamic of teaching Starbrand is interesting
++artwork distinct and well done.
-just not totally feeling the story. Again it feels like it's building to something, just not sure if it's doing it correctly.
2.5/5
-super strong new bad guy that the Avengers decide to all just attack head on?? Super lame. No strategies what so ever
+dynamic of teaching Starbrand is interesting
++artwork distinct and well done.
-just not totally feeling the story. Again it feels like it's building to something, just not sure if it's doing it correctly.
2.5/5
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
3.0
This book is exactly what it is. A prelude.
It shows too.
Kinda...prelude(ie). That's the nice way of saying that this book was more or less a padded out volume that could have easily been condensed into 2 floppy's rather than the 6 that it consists of.
The pictures and panels were still really exciting though. So thats...something?
Also, it had these guys; they were pretty cool.
I am still digging this series - and I didn't hate this volume - and believe it or not I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on what's going on...but I would be remiss if I didn't say I was starting to get a little antsy.
I think it helps a lot that I am reading these all pretty quickly and tight knit together. I could see how this would really suck to read months apart from one another. I would totally lose track of everything and the whole sense of urgency would all be pretty much non existent.
So yeah. Still digging it. This so far is the weakest volume, but I still found enough in it to keep me entertained.
It shows too.
Kinda...prelude(ie). That's the nice way of saying that this book was more or less a padded out volume that could have easily been condensed into 2 floppy's rather than the 6 that it consists of.
The pictures and panels were still really exciting though. So thats...something?
Also, it had these guys; they were pretty cool.
I am still digging this series - and I didn't hate this volume - and believe it or not I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on what's going on...but I would be remiss if I didn't say I was starting to get a little antsy.
I think it helps a lot that I am reading these all pretty quickly and tight knit together. I could see how this would really suck to read months apart from one another. I would totally lose track of everything and the whole sense of urgency would all be pretty much non existent.
So yeah. Still digging it. This so far is the weakest volume, but I still found enough in it to keep me entertained.
erutane's review against another edition
1.0
I have no idea what was going on in this book, which may or may not have something to do with the fact that I didn't read the first two books.