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colindalaska's review against another edition
1.0
The new Captain America isn't a pleasant guy, brutally taking out minor thugs as this opens.
It's something to do with Axis, whatever that was, but as an introduction to a new character (for me) in a new series, it's just plain horrible.
It just feels like a bad re-run of Superior Spider-Man (at least that explained early on as to why Spidey was acting out of character.)
It's something to do with Axis, whatever that was, but as an introduction to a new character (for me) in a new series, it's just plain horrible.
It just feels like a bad re-run of Superior Spider-Man (at least that explained early on as to why Spidey was acting out of character.)
unladylike's review against another edition
4.0
From start to finish, this was an engaging and fun read, drawing my curiosity to see more of these characters developed under the writing of Al Ewing.
brandonadaniels's review against another edition
2.0
I’ve been going back to some of Al Ewing’s earlier work now that he’s become such a prominent voice in Marvel. Turns out I didn’t go back far enough. This book is not particularly new reader friendly; it’s very much a continuation of his Mighty Avengers run. It also features “different” versions of some of the characters who have been changed in some way by the notoriously bad AXIS event. I haven’t seen this many editors’ notes in a book in a minute. For better or worse, Ewing loves leaning into the continuity of the universe. It makes many of his books richer (Immortal Hulk, The Defenders) but it can also be frustrating at times (SWORD).
captwinghead's review against another edition
1.0
Yikes.
To evaluate this fairly, I'll preface with saying that my least favorite type of comics are the ones about assholes. I didn't like Ultimates, the Boys, or anything that came out of AXIS and Secret Empire. I like superhero stories about superheroes. This story takes place after Original Sin and the Inversion so 60% of it is characters I like acting like utter douchebags. So, since that's the plot, I can't talk about my sincere disdain for stories like this and can only judge whether I think it accomplished it's goals. And... I don't entirely think it did.
I liked one panel out the entire book. Just one where Sam talks about being Cap meaning fighting even at the darkest hour. That was it. The art was fine most of the time - except Monica's skin was a different shade on every page for some reason.
The writing was my biggest issue. My dislike for stories like this aside, if you told me this was written in 1995, not 2015, I'd believe it. The jokes weren't funny, Spidey was written like an unfunny version of Deadpool and the "lingo" used was so outdated. This is the first book I've finished by this writer and I can only hope the later stuff was much better. The one thing I give him credit for is being one of the very few Marvel writers to care about including characters of color - specifically Black characters. He's consistently used Monica Rambeau and Blue Marvel when other writers pretended they didn't exist and I really do appreciate that.
I just didn't care for this book at all.
To evaluate this fairly, I'll preface with saying that my least favorite type of comics are the ones about assholes. I didn't like Ultimates, the Boys, or anything that came out of AXIS and Secret Empire. I like superhero stories about superheroes. This story takes place after Original Sin and the Inversion so 60% of it is characters I like acting like utter douchebags. So, since that's the plot, I can't talk about my sincere disdain for stories like this and can only judge whether I think it accomplished it's goals. And... I don't entirely think it did.
I liked one panel out the entire book. Just one where Sam talks about being Cap meaning fighting even at the darkest hour. That was it. The art was fine most of the time - except Monica's skin was a different shade on every page for some reason.
The writing was my biggest issue. My dislike for stories like this aside, if you told me this was written in 1995, not 2015, I'd believe it. The jokes weren't funny, Spidey was written like an unfunny version of Deadpool and the "lingo" used was so outdated. This is the first book I've finished by this writer and I can only hope the later stuff was much better. The one thing I give him credit for is being one of the very few Marvel writers to care about including characters of color - specifically Black characters. He's consistently used Monica Rambeau and Blue Marvel when other writers pretended they didn't exist and I really do appreciate that.
I just didn't care for this book at all.
scottpm's review against another edition
1.0
Wow so many things wrong with this series. But first the art for the most part is great. Luke Ross and Iban Coello did their best to save this mess.
First of all, if it is Capital and the Mighty Avengers....feature Cap. Falcon cap really doesn't work. Also he is a minor player here.
Second, "Mighty" to me does not a poor man's version of Doctor Druid, Tigra, Mr Terrific, some strange versions of Power man (not Luke Cage), a strange version of Luke Cage and She-Hulk and lord knows who else. Seriously where are the Great Lakes Avengers when you really need them.
Third , when you do get the real Avengers to show up they are inverted by some stupid sounding story and they are the bad guys.
What a mess!!! I wanted to give at least 2 stars just for the art, but after finishing the review is just can't.
First of all, if it is Capital and the Mighty Avengers....feature Cap. Falcon cap really doesn't work. Also he is a minor player here.
Second, "Mighty" to me does not a poor man's version of Doctor Druid, Tigra, Mr Terrific, some strange versions of Power man (not Luke Cage), a strange version of Luke Cage and She-Hulk and lord knows who else. Seriously where are the Great Lakes Avengers when you really need them.
Third , when you do get the real Avengers to show up they are inverted by some stupid sounding story and they are the bad guys.
What a mess!!! I wanted to give at least 2 stars just for the art, but after finishing the review is just can't.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty good book. But kind of jumpy, like what happens when pieces of the story are just missing - though in this case part of the story-line is just published elsewhere. Which goes to show you, repeating the stories are annoying and not repeating the stories is distracting. The random nature of this team still kind of works. Even the Beyond Corporation story-line is pretty good. I especially like the Mighty Avenger's defense against Luke Cage going evil. In the end, the book was just a little too uneven. 3.5 of 5.
lasafica_reads's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
kindleandilluminate's review against another edition
2.0
This volume is too hard to read as a stand alone; everything keeps getting set up and resolved off screen in other titles, and only the middles are in Mighty Avengers. Unfortunately, cause there's some potentially interesting middleage in here.
philipf's review
3.0
Great stories hampered by the need to work in elements from Marvel’s crossover du jour,
lmatakas's review
4.0
Pretty damn great. I really like Sam Wilson as Captain America, and I think this was a good intro to the differences between the Mighty Avengers and the Avengers. Seriously good shit going down in this one...but the next one is Last Days so pre secret wars and HERES HOPING NO ONE DIES (everyone is probably going to die)