A review by thecommonswings
The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War by John Buscema, Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Tom Palmer Sr., Sal Buscema
5.0
The so called golden age of Marvel Comics was really only going to last as much as people like Ditko and Kirby could allow it to, with their contributions minimised and Stan Lee - for good and bad - promoting himself as the living embodiment of the Marvel mindset. Thankfully, there was not so much a drastic falling off point as those creators were replaced, but instead the beginnings of a very different kind of storytelling. And reading Kree Skrull War kind of feels like seeing that new way happen in front of you
Roy Thomas and particularly Neal Adams (the Buscema’s work is good but feels like a pastiche; Adams feels sinewy and full of life and finds new ways to make old stuff work - especially during his first issue on this storyline where he dramatically breaks up the narrative into little chunks) take the ten years of Marvel world building and gleefully start throwing ideas around. The Inhumans? Why not. Those cows from the original Skrull story in Fantastic Four issue two? Most definitely? And by the end, as Rick Jones literally summons up the heritage of Marvel Comics to beat the alien foes, it feels like a celebration. Hell, even Clark Kent gets a mention. The plotting would get more sophisticated but it lacks so much of the joyous glee of the House of Ideas realising that they can start playing with their already pretty packed history
Roy Thomas and particularly Neal Adams (the Buscema’s work is good but feels like a pastiche; Adams feels sinewy and full of life and finds new ways to make old stuff work - especially during his first issue on this storyline where he dramatically breaks up the narrative into little chunks) take the ten years of Marvel world building and gleefully start throwing ideas around. The Inhumans? Why not. Those cows from the original Skrull story in Fantastic Four issue two? Most definitely? And by the end, as Rick Jones literally summons up the heritage of Marvel Comics to beat the alien foes, it feels like a celebration. Hell, even Clark Kent gets a mention. The plotting would get more sophisticated but it lacks so much of the joyous glee of the House of Ideas realising that they can start playing with their already pretty packed history