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romanjones's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
brandyhndz's review
4.0
I really enjoyed it because it was something different than what I am use to based off the avengers I see in the movies. This is my first marvel comic book and I definitely have learned some new things. Looking forward to reading more marvel comics on the avengers!
twilliamson's review
3.0
Remender isn't a bad writer, but some of the supervillainy of this original graphic novel reads like bad fan fiction, with enormous grandstanding and preposterous villain-logic. It's largely overblown, and while it does put Hank Pym in the spotlight, I think its grimdark tone is overwrought and the story underdeveloped. It would have made a nice 60-page issue, or even a five-issue arc, but as an OGN, it's a letdown.
thebeardedpoet's review
2.0
First off, Avengers: Rage of Ultron has some spectacular artwork from Jerome Opena. Great splash pages and excellent action shots. Now to the story . . . it's part of the Hank Pym soap opera which has always been the least interesting thing about the Avengers to me. The story here is about father/son angst and animosity (again!). The son, Ultron, is so disturbed about his father (Hank Pym) he wants to devastate the universe. It's bleak and depressing. I found it overly serious. Only the artwork kept me in the story.
texaswolfman's review
5.0
I loved this book!! Great story by Remender and wonderful art by Opena. Kinda dark but oh so good. I love me the Avengers!!
ferrisscottr's review
2.0
Admittedly I've never been a big Ultron fan and this seemed like one big exploration of daddy-issues between Hank Pym & Ultron & Vision.
meh
The art was different - not sure I loved it but it was different.
The storytelling got on my nerves and the characters were grating.
This one was a miss.
meh
The art was different - not sure I loved it but it was different.
The storytelling got on my nerves and the characters were grating.
This one was a miss.
book_nut's review
3.0
My first foray into the GN world of Avengers. Not bad. A bit confusing, but the art was solid.
trike's review
1.0
I don't like Ultron. He was okay when he first appeared back in the 1970s, but he's a one-trick pony and a one-note bad guy. He hates all of mankind because reasons and therefore wants to end us. And writers have been playing this same song for 40 years now.
The only thing they can do is up the stakes. It's fine when new technology comes out, giving Ultron new abilities. The Internet and infecting same is a good way to reboot the tale. Taking over Iron Man's armor and using it against him, also good. But randomly able to infect humans, robots, and alien immortals and turn them into Ultron-clones? That's stupid. And then releasing nano-spores so that the entirety of the Earth is an Ultron, AFTER he's completely taken over the moon Titan and somehow reshaped it into a giant Ultron face? Come on, Rick.
Plus, when Ultron takes over someone and you kill them - like when Spider-man is beheaded - is that person dead? Guess not. But who cares about explanations, because comic books. I get it, it's fantasy, but how freaking lazy do you have to be to not even attempt some handwavium?
This feels like a Cliffs Notes version of a larger story, too. Back in the day, people like Chris Claremont, Mike Esposito or Jim Shooter could set up a situation, explore the ramifications, give us a cool new bad guy, and wrap it all up in an issue or two. Check out some of those old Marvel Team-Ups and Avengers to see how he did it. How is it they take 30 pages more to tell a story yet somehow seem to have less content? THAT was the real trick here.
The only thing they can do is up the stakes. It's fine when new technology comes out, giving Ultron new abilities. The Internet and infecting same is a good way to reboot the tale. Taking over Iron Man's armor and using it against him, also good. But randomly able to infect humans, robots, and alien immortals and turn them into Ultron-clones? That's stupid. And then releasing nano-spores so that the entirety of the Earth is an Ultron, AFTER he's completely taken over the moon Titan and somehow reshaped it into a giant Ultron face? Come on, Rick.
Plus, when Ultron takes over someone and you kill them - like when Spider-man is beheaded - is that person dead? Guess not. But who cares about explanations, because comic books. I get it, it's fantasy, but how freaking lazy do you have to be to not even attempt some handwavium?
This feels like a Cliffs Notes version of a larger story, too. Back in the day, people like Chris Claremont, Mike Esposito or Jim Shooter could set up a situation, explore the ramifications, give us a cool new bad guy, and wrap it all up in an issue or two. Check out some of those old Marvel Team-Ups and Avengers to see how he did it. How is it they take 30 pages more to tell a story yet somehow seem to have less content? THAT was the real trick here.