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thebeardedpoet's review against another edition
3.0
Made my head hurt, but in a good way! Multi-universes, multi-Earths. The fate of our Earth is to collide with an Earth from one of the other universes. Only one Earth may survive. What do the "heroes" of our world do? Destroy the other Earth before it destroys ours? Can they live with having killed another world to save our own? Will Captain America even let them get away with that?
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
for the first time, I'm going to sit down and read the entirety of Hickman's Avengers run from this volume through Secret Wars. I read it in bits and pieces when it was coming out, which is not a good way to read any of Hickman's superhero work.
I'm not sure I read this volume at all, which I enjoyed much more than the beginning of his run on adjectiveless Avengers. There's a clear threat, some new characters, continuity porn for fans of Bendis's Illuminati storylines, and some top level art by [a:Steve Epting|61367|Steve Epting|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1506827237p2/61367.jpg].
The premise: that the multiverses are converging, and always at the planet Earth, isn't a new one for comics or Marvel, but it's given an interesting sense of urgency as this cabal of The Most Responsible Superheroes (The Illuminati) make this a top priority, journeying to wherever in the world a rogue Earth shows up in the sky, and doing their best to stop their Earth from being the one that's destroyed.
Their is the usual internal squabbling, and the group doing something awful to one of their members (remember, the first time we saw them, they flung Bruce Banner into space). But, overall, this is a more hopeful story featuring The Smartest And Most Responsible Heroes On Earth.
This is a great lead-in to a run that's about to get super complicated and hard to follow.
I recommend this for anyone who enjoys superheros battling apocalyptic scenarios, particularly those who enjoyed Bendis's Illuminati stories.
I'm not sure I read this volume at all, which I enjoyed much more than the beginning of his run on adjectiveless Avengers. There's a clear threat, some new characters, continuity porn for fans of Bendis's Illuminati storylines, and some top level art by [a:Steve Epting|61367|Steve Epting|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1506827237p2/61367.jpg].
The premise: that the multiverses are converging, and always at the planet Earth, isn't a new one for comics or Marvel, but it's given an interesting sense of urgency as this cabal of The Most Responsible Superheroes (The Illuminati) make this a top priority, journeying to wherever in the world a rogue Earth shows up in the sky, and doing their best to stop their Earth from being the one that's destroyed.
Their is the usual internal squabbling, and the group doing something awful to one of their members (remember, the first time we saw them, they flung Bruce Banner into space). But, overall, this is a more hopeful story featuring The Smartest And Most Responsible Heroes On Earth.
This is a great lead-in to a run that's about to get super complicated and hard to follow.
I recommend this for anyone who enjoys superheros battling apocalyptic scenarios, particularly those who enjoyed Bendis's Illuminati stories.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
An okay story with okay art. And it is nice to see a bit of a different kind of a story - a bit more cerebral - a bit more worldly in scope. But in the end the story just isn't all that gripping.
gohawks's review against another edition
2.0
This like too many of Hickman's storylines is a very slow burn. In fact, it is too slow to bother reading another volume to figure out where all this talk of destroying alternate Earths and universes is going. Too much talking over a big table and not enough action, thank you very much.
rws1986's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
iffer's review against another edition
3.0
This feels like the tip of the iceberg for Hickman "darker, more serious" shenanigans, and sometimes the dialog (which also make this text heavy with lots of panels of talking heads, literally) read like Hickman and not the characters. However, it was engaging enough, for me, especially since I was only reading it as background to some Inhumans stuff read.
nonamckean's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
standardman's review against another edition
5.0
The Marvel universe's Illuminati exist to make decisions about the planet that are too big and too dangerous to make publicly. The Avengers exists to take on threats too big for any one hero.
In this story, those are taken to the limit and it makes for every interesting grey areas.
Epting is a great storyteller who both grounds Hickman's big damn weirdness and compliments the complexity of the characters dilemmas with his well observed and drawn facial expressions.
This is big, exciting and dangerous in a way that the Avengers and Illuminati should be.
In this story, those are taken to the limit and it makes for every interesting grey areas.
Epting is a great storyteller who both grounds Hickman's big damn weirdness and compliments the complexity of the characters dilemmas with his well observed and drawn facial expressions.
This is big, exciting and dangerous in a way that the Avengers and Illuminati should be.