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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
Finished my first read for the Booktube-a-thon! In this case it was a re-read, since I forgot basically everything that happened on this volume. My thoughts and rating remain the same.
I think I'm missing some references, but I enjoyed this action-packed story.
Didn’t love these... the art was well done, but the story seems underdeveloped and the characters are fairly unlikable... they’re also supposedly 18, but living plots that fee much more like young adults in their early/mid 20s. Wanted to like this because I love America Chavez, but this one was not for me.
I love this silly little gay team so damn much. Style > Substance primarily follows Loki and America Chavez as a duo and also Billy (Wiccan) and Teddy (Hulkling) as a duo until their stories intersect. Kate Bishop/Hawkeye and Noh-Varr/Marvel Boy round out the roster. This story is so much fun and space on the page is used to such wonderful effect to create such cinematic moments.
In love with all the characters and the artwork and the story
First read: May 28, 2014
Second read: October 3, 2016
First review:
This is the first adventure I've had with the Young Avengers, if you don't count some screenshots and America Chavez meta on tumblr. So, obviously, I didn't get everything. Kid Loki - I /have/ to get the full story on this. I tried at some point but it got complicated and I got lazy. But he's still fantastic, and some of his scenes were incredibly intriguing.
Kate is hilarious; Marvel Boy and Hulkling were both kind of boring; Wiccan was about as angsty as a thirteen-year-old scene kid in 2009. But let's talk about America Chavez and about how I kind of want to propose marriage to a(nother) comic book character.
So this volume's really made me interested in the young Avengers (and reminded me to get the full story on Kid Loki). I'll have to see if the library/flea market have anything from before this particular run.
Second review:
I still kind of want to marry America Chavez, and I still really want to know more about Loki. (I feel like I got a little bit more out of this volume because I've read the first few issues of Agent of Asgard, and... I don't know, actually, I should probably shut up because if there's one thing I know, it's that I know nothing, Jon Snow. But anyway, I adore Loki. I really, really adore Loki.)
I like Wiccan a little more now, I suppose, though I still find his and Teddy's relationship a little lackluster. Maybe I shouldn't judge until I have some backstory?
Enjoyable, still a solid four stars (mostly because of Loki, Miss America, and Kate), something I really wish I had the time/financial leverage/energy to get the whole backstory on.
Second read: October 3, 2016
First review:
This is the first adventure I've had with the Young Avengers, if you don't count some screenshots and America Chavez meta on tumblr. So, obviously, I didn't get everything. Kid Loki - I /have/ to get the full story on this. I tried at some point but it got complicated and I got lazy. But he's still fantastic, and some of his scenes were incredibly intriguing.
Kate is hilarious; Marvel Boy and Hulkling were both kind of boring; Wiccan was about as angsty as a thirteen-year-old scene kid in 2009. But let's talk about America Chavez and about how I kind of want to propose marriage to a(nother) comic book character.
So this volume's really made me interested in the young Avengers (and reminded me to get the full story on Kid Loki). I'll have to see if the library/flea market have anything from before this particular run.
Second review:
I still kind of want to marry America Chavez, and I still really want to know more about Loki. (I feel like I got a little bit more out of this volume because I've read the first few issues of Agent of Asgard, and... I don't know, actually, I should probably shut up because if there's one thing I know, it's that I know nothing, Jon Snow. But anyway, I adore Loki. I really, really adore Loki.)
I like Wiccan a little more now, I suppose, though I still find his and Teddy's relationship a little lackluster. Maybe I shouldn't judge until I have some backstory?
Enjoyable, still a solid four stars (mostly because of Loki, Miss America, and Kate), something I really wish I had the time/financial leverage/energy to get the whole backstory on.
Re-read today for nostalgia reasons.
This is still one of my all time favorite books! I love this team and this is a great re-introduction after the 2005 series. It gives such a great feel for each of the characters. The stuff with Billy is more moving the second time around. While I still don't quite understand why he thought back a version of Teddy would be a good idea he's a teenager. America, Noh-Varr and Kate are kick ass as usual. I really like and miss Kid Loki, to be honest. I really wish he'd had a series to himself.
This is still one of my all time favorite books! I love this team and this is a great re-introduction after the 2005 series. It gives such a great feel for each of the characters. The stuff with Billy is more moving the second time around. While I still don't quite understand why he thought back a version of Teddy would be a good idea he's a teenager. America, Noh-Varr and Kate are kick ass as usual. I really like and miss Kid Loki, to be honest. I really wish he'd had a series to himself.
This was one of the better series to come out of Marvel NOW. Young Avengers has all the teenage drama of a soap opera, but balances it with very self-aware and genre-savvy humor. Gillen also embraces the awesome, silly, fantastic wish-fulfillment that superhero stories are all about. Additionally, Young Avengers has one of the most diverse and dysfunctional casts in Marvel comics, which is certainly saying something.
As always with great comics, a shout-out has to go out to the artist, colorist and letterer. Jamie McKelvie's art really moves the story along and adds depth and feeling to Gillen's script. However, it's really the colors that make the art pop.
Everything I look for in comic book is here - smart dialog, lots of action and drams, and phenomenal art. Definitely recommended.
As always with great comics, a shout-out has to go out to the artist, colorist and letterer. Jamie McKelvie's art really moves the story along and adds depth and feeling to Gillen's script. However, it's really the colors that make the art pop.
Everything I look for in comic book is here - smart dialog, lots of action and drams, and phenomenal art. Definitely recommended.
This was fun. There was lots of action, lots of humor and they did a good job of explaining back stories. A really good one.