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strawfly14's review against another edition
4.0
Me busqué una guía de lectura de MARVEL que me recomendaba empezar por aquí, y la verdad es que ha sido una buena manera de iniciar la lectura de los comics porque me ha gustado bastante. Se me escapan algunas cosas como mucho de los orígenes de Wanda porque entiendo que es anterior, pero la verdad es que es una buena forma de introducir a la nueva generación de Vengadores, y ahora que he empezado por fin los cómics y que me han gustado, segurísimo que voy a seguir leyéndolos más pronto que tarde.
rbreade's review
Bendis does a good job weaving into his story threads of the Scarlet Witch's history from the past thirty years, and gives insight into her weird, staggering power as portrayed in the MCU films. He opens with one disaster after another befalling the Avengers, with the superheroes unable to figure out who is attacking them; in this respect, the story is like a mystery or thriller. A few key flashbacks, especially one with Janet Van Dyne by the pool at Avengers mansion, provide a sturdy foundation for this sprawling tale that continues in House of M.
cassie_grace's review
3.0
Neat little book! It somehow seems incredibly dated, despite only being 17 years old. Iron Man calls a guy a “rat fink.” It’s still got a little bit of that 60’s vibe that clashes with the modern aesthetic and violence. But it was neat to see some of the inspirations for Wandavision.
allmadhere106's review
3.0
This collection became more and more of a must read as I moved forward with my Marvel comics events, and I took a pause from Secret Invasion to look back. I knew who the antagonist was due to reading later books, but the text was still compelling and kept me entertained. There's a lot of action as well as exposition, which was an odd balance. It was a little hard to follow for someone jumping into it that didn't know a lot about the history of the Avengers--there's a lot of references to older characters that I didn't really get and it wasn't well explained. However, the collection's plot was easy enough to follow and it was a quick read.
For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers looking for a comic that harkens back to its roots; readers wanting a comic with lots of action.
Possible red flags: characters in peril; violence; blood; death; mentions of domestic violence and alcoholism; gore; language; puppet master.
For: fans of superheroes/comics; readers looking for a comic that harkens back to its roots; readers wanting a comic with lots of action.
Possible red flags: characters in peril; violence; blood; death; mentions of domestic violence and alcoholism; gore; language; puppet master.
shane_tiernan's review
3.0
This started off really crazy, then settled down, then got weird, ended quickly and then to an entire issue with the Avengers saying goodbye. I guess if I would have read it when it came out I might have been more sentimental about the "end of the Avengers", but really no one ever thought the Avengers would be over. They just broke into a bunch of lines Secret Avengers, New Avengers, All-New All-Different, Uncanny etc...
So yes this is an important part of Avengers history, but it really wasn't incredible.
So yes this is an important part of Avengers history, but it really wasn't incredible.
allowableman2's review
2.0
Avengers Disassembled is arguably the beginning of modern Marvel comics and their editorial approach to their comic book universe. The first event miniseries in a series of ongoing events, House of M, sets the pattern for subsequent events.
In Disassembled, Zombie Jack of Hearts explodes at a mansion, killing Scott Lang. Tony Stark insults Latverian delegate resulting in the UN breaking relations with the Avengers, while the Vision releases 5 Ultrons. She-Hulk loses control and kills Vision. All former Avengers help, but the Kree launches an attack and Hawkeye dies in a stupid way during battle.
The story arc concludes with the discovery that Wanda Maxioff the Scarlet Witch has become unbalanced and her shaping powers have caused all of these attacks because of a previous storyline in the 80's revolved around the Vision and Scarlet Witch, who become involved and married in 1975 where their children were wiped from continuity, and the explanation is that Wanda conjured these children using chaos magic.
The biggest weakness to Disassembled is the conclusion, where Dr. Strange arrives like a magical Deus ex machina and tells everyone what has just occurred. There is no discovery whatsoever and no investigation to confirm his story. The characters just believe Strange, and Her father Magneto takes her away to take care of her.
The Disassembled arc laid out some traits for future events, pitting heroes against other heroes and leaving the main conflict incomplete, with no definitive resolution, and the consequences and implications of the worst day in Avengers history are not addressed. This is not a complete story, but it establishes a problem that might be solved in a future event.
When expanded to the entire Marvel comics line, this approach leads to event fatigue, with an accumulation of hanging plot threads and no sense of closure.
In Disassembled, Zombie Jack of Hearts explodes at a mansion, killing Scott Lang. Tony Stark insults Latverian delegate resulting in the UN breaking relations with the Avengers, while the Vision releases 5 Ultrons. She-Hulk loses control and kills Vision. All former Avengers help, but the Kree launches an attack and Hawkeye dies in a stupid way during battle.
The story arc concludes with the discovery that Wanda Maxioff the Scarlet Witch has become unbalanced and her shaping powers have caused all of these attacks because of a previous storyline in the 80's revolved around the Vision and Scarlet Witch, who become involved and married in 1975 where their children were wiped from continuity, and the explanation is that Wanda conjured these children using chaos magic.
The biggest weakness to Disassembled is the conclusion, where Dr. Strange arrives like a magical Deus ex machina and tells everyone what has just occurred. There is no discovery whatsoever and no investigation to confirm his story. The characters just believe Strange, and Her father Magneto takes her away to take care of her.
The Disassembled arc laid out some traits for future events, pitting heroes against other heroes and leaving the main conflict incomplete, with no definitive resolution, and the consequences and implications of the worst day in Avengers history are not addressed. This is not a complete story, but it establishes a problem that might be solved in a future event.
When expanded to the entire Marvel comics line, this approach leads to event fatigue, with an accumulation of hanging plot threads and no sense of closure.
rebeccazh's review
3.0
Out of curiosity, I picked this up because I was watching the What If? series on Disney+ and I remembered that I wanted to read about Scarlet Witch. I'm not a fan of the art style at all, but this was quite fun to read. The fact that Scarlet Witch lost it and had a breakdown because she wanted fulfillment by having kids (mom role), and her uncontrollable 'witchy' powers, are a little sus lol. I definitely recognize lots of elements here that influenced WandaVision, which was a really really great TV show.
bigbear73's review
2.0
tl;dr. The secret to getting people to read a 'tome' is keeping it interesting...and this wasn't interesting enough. Second star because Ragnarok.
ameliepoptart's review
2.0
The hard thing about Marvel/DC is that you can never 100% smoothly drop into reading something. Everything is connected, there is history, and everything had to be written in an accessible way that means people can pick up from wherever (ie. expositional and clunky writing).
I knew this was a good place to pick up on for the newer line of Avengers related comics. That and I’ve always been a huge X-Men fan and wanted to build up to AvX (with the juicy Jean Grey/Phoenix Force/Wanda content).
The start of this was... awkward. Badly paced. Crammed with action and no breathing room, or anything to properly set up the stakes. The only reason I knew this was such a catastrophic moment was because I kept being repeatedly told it was. Side note, other comic writers (Rainbow Rowell for Runaways, Marv Wolfman for New Teen Titans) have smooth ways of referencing past material and catching readers up... maybe Bendis should look to them for guidance.
Also, the artwork is not great. Not Greg Land level awful, but it’s the same typical overly dark, overly lined, ill proportioned shit I usually see from these titles. It makes the experience worse, when really the artwork should elevate the story. A lot of the time, I found myself either completely skimming pages for the speech bubbles because I couldn’t clearly read the images, or I was looking at the artwork and picking out what was wrong.
(side-note, why is it so damn hard for male comic book artists to draw female characters? Do y’all know how breasts work?? Do you have any understanding of anatomy and the human body? Hint, if someone is in an action pose and stretching their arms out then their breasts are going to following that direction — NOT stay pushed together up to the person’s chin. Also, can we stop twisting spines so we get both an ass and tit shot?).
Overall, I’m glad I watched Endgame/WandaVision before reading this. This definitely feels like a rough draft that the MCU improved upon.
I knew this was a good place to pick up on for the newer line of Avengers related comics. That and I’ve always been a huge X-Men fan and wanted to build up to AvX (with the juicy Jean Grey/Phoenix Force/Wanda content).
The start of this was... awkward. Badly paced. Crammed with action and no breathing room, or anything to properly set up the stakes. The only reason I knew this was such a catastrophic moment was because I kept being repeatedly told it was. Side note, other comic writers (Rainbow Rowell for Runaways, Marv Wolfman for New Teen Titans) have smooth ways of referencing past material and catching readers up... maybe Bendis should look to them for guidance.
Also, the artwork is not great. Not Greg Land level awful, but it’s the same typical overly dark, overly lined, ill proportioned shit I usually see from these titles. It makes the experience worse, when really the artwork should elevate the story. A lot of the time, I found myself either completely skimming pages for the speech bubbles because I couldn’t clearly read the images, or I was looking at the artwork and picking out what was wrong.
(side-note, why is it so damn hard for male comic book artists to draw female characters? Do y’all know how breasts work?? Do you have any understanding of anatomy and the human body? Hint, if someone is in an action pose and stretching their arms out then their breasts are going to following that direction — NOT stay pushed together up to the person’s chin. Also, can we stop twisting spines so we get both an ass and tit shot?).
Overall, I’m glad I watched Endgame/WandaVision before reading this. This definitely feels like a rough draft that the MCU improved upon.