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ferrisscottr's review
3.0
Retelling of the Avengers Origin story - it's well told, well drawn, well paced but call me a traditionalist in that I liked the original origin story better and that distracted me from truly loving this book.
hoatzin's review
2.0
Meehhhhh. Thor and the Hulk were good. The other characters acted patronizing and blood thirsty the whole time. The point of the avengers is to protect, isn't it? Yet the entire book is about them tracking down the Hulk and attacking him. The 20-something Rick who was trying to convince them to think before they acted made it even more obvious. Also, the way they treat the Hulk, dehumanizing and villainizing him, was just disgusting. They assumed he was 'rampaging' out west - in quotes because the only thing he did was smash one railway track by accident- and didn't believe him to be human enough to ASK him about it. Then at the end, they're talking among themselves about how he could be on the team to 'redeem' himself and so they could keep an eye on him, right in front of his face. The amount of ableism in this book is just nauseating.
greenmugsani's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
aqiul's review
2.0
The origin story for the Avengers was pretty decent but I wouldn't call it amazing. The plot mostly revolves around Loki who is trying to get the attention of Thor so he can attempt to kill him. Loki enrages the Hulk who goes on a rampage and hooks up with a traveling circus (wut?).
In the meantime, our heroes are becoming friends due to circumstances and realizing that alone they probably can't take on the Hulk but as a team they just might be able to. Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp and Thor are the initial members of what will eventually become The Avengers.
I just wish the story was stronger and not just a random attempt by Loki to kill Thor.
In the meantime, our heroes are becoming friends due to circumstances and realizing that alone they probably can't take on the Hulk but as a team they just might be able to. Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp and Thor are the initial members of what will eventually become The Avengers.
I just wish the story was stronger and not just a random attempt by Loki to kill Thor.
invertible_hulk's review
3.0
The art work is fun and the writing is solid, but the entire book is unnecessary. And ill-conceived.
An "update" of the Avengers' origin story, brought into the 21st Century -- Tony Stark has a bluetooth ear piece, Rick Jones and his gang use the internet rather than ham radios, etc. And yet, the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier is only in blueprint stage, the Hulk hides out in a travelling circus (as some sort of Ed Wood-esque "robot"), Wasp is more of a helpless sidekick constantly distracted by Thor and/or Ant-man (cuz she's a woman...and we all know how women are, amirite guys?!), and most of the costumes are right out of the 1960s original series.
None of it really makes sense because none of it really fits together. Unless there was some recent Marvel Universe-wide reboot that I was not aware of -- in that case, this book might make sense. Otherwise, it's a huge waste of some decent talent.
An "update" of the Avengers' origin story, brought into the 21st Century -- Tony Stark has a bluetooth ear piece, Rick Jones and his gang use the internet rather than ham radios, etc. And yet, the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier is only in blueprint stage, the Hulk hides out in a travelling circus (as some sort of Ed Wood-esque "robot"), Wasp is more of a helpless sidekick constantly distracted by Thor and/or Ant-man (cuz she's a woman...and we all know how women are, amirite guys?!), and most of the costumes are right out of the 1960s original series.
None of it really makes sense because none of it really fits together. Unless there was some recent Marvel Universe-wide reboot that I was not aware of -- in that case, this book might make sense. Otherwise, it's a huge waste of some decent talent.
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