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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
One thing I tend not to enjoy in serialized comics is when they take an interesting science fiction premise and fail to fulfill it. This volume begins with the intriguing premise that the Vision's perfect memory is leading him to have flashbacks that prevent him from doing his job (i.e. saving lives). His analysis concludes that the fault lies in his emotions, so he deletes them. Maybe it is because I have recently been watching a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it seemed like there was a lot of potential here to explore how and why artificial emotions might cause a problem and how different that might make Vision act - but really the problem lay in someone else manipulating him, rather than any reflection on how emotions work whatsoever. Missed opportunity.
It's not just the science fictional premises that fall somewhat flat in this volume. The "All-New, All-Different" Avengers look like there should be a kind of mentoring process between the adult, long-running heroes and the teenagers that they bring into the fold. Besides "try not to kill people", though, these adults don't seem to have a lot to say to the kids - indeed, Captain America/Sam Wilson's responses seem largely to be "shout at them, even when they've done something right". I don't really understand what the point of recruiting teenagers to your Avengers team was supposed to be if you weren't going to help them get better. But then again, I'm not entirely certain of the reason for bringing these particular characters together. When a bunch of characters with independent powers come together to fight like this, they really ought to be using those powers in their battles to do different things. But in most of the fight scenes, people just hang around. To be honest, it is unclear why half of them show up in the first place, especially Thor. It just seems like they brought together a slightly diverse team and said "do with that what you will."
Which brings me on to another thing that I tend to dislike in serialized comics: the radically different personalities that characters can have when they are written by different people (except for straight, white, teenage boys, all of whom seem to have exactly the same personality anyway). While again, much of my familiarity with these characters comes from the MCU, I have read some Ms Marvel and Thor. Now, I did like some of what happened with Thor, although with reservations. I thought the speculation about who she was worked; and the later aspects of her relationship with Sam develop pretty well, but the initial kiss is out of the blue and uninvited (always bad, guys) and she is a lot less subtle about her identity than she is in her own comics. Conversely, the attempted sexual tension between Nova and Ms Marvel fell completely flat, because Nova is kinda rubbish and Kamala is brilliant. At least, in her own comics. Here, her fandom seems like the butt of a joke and the writers just don't seem to have grasped what makes her work (I'm certain that her fanfic is better than the crap Waid has her write - Wolverine and Storm fighting a giant alien worm-hole farting blob IN SPACE, guys!). Then there's the fact that the main thing I have to say about they way these characters interact is about inappropriate sexual behaviour; which perhaps brings us back to the lack of mentorship on display.
There is some good stuff here, particularly in the #6 battle (and Ms Marvel shouting "Avengers Assemble!" in what I think was the free comic book day issue); but overall it's just a bunch of disparate characters thrown together for spurious reasons and without much to carry them through.
It's not just the science fictional premises that fall somewhat flat in this volume. The "All-New, All-Different" Avengers look like there should be a kind of mentoring process between the adult, long-running heroes and the teenagers that they bring into the fold. Besides "try not to kill people", though, these adults don't seem to have a lot to say to the kids - indeed, Captain America/Sam Wilson's responses seem largely to be "shout at them, even when they've done something right". I don't really understand what the point of recruiting teenagers to your Avengers team was supposed to be if you weren't going to help them get better. But then again, I'm not entirely certain of the reason for bringing these particular characters together. When a bunch of characters with independent powers come together to fight like this, they really ought to be using those powers in their battles to do different things. But in most of the fight scenes, people just hang around. To be honest, it is unclear why half of them show up in the first place, especially Thor. It just seems like they brought together a slightly diverse team and said "do with that what you will."
Which brings me on to another thing that I tend to dislike in serialized comics: the radically different personalities that characters can have when they are written by different people (except for straight, white, teenage boys, all of whom seem to have exactly the same personality anyway). While again, much of my familiarity with these characters comes from the MCU, I have read some Ms Marvel and Thor. Now, I did like some of what happened with Thor, although with reservations. I thought the speculation about who she was worked; and the later aspects of her relationship with Sam develop pretty well, but the initial kiss is out of the blue and uninvited (always bad, guys) and she is a lot less subtle about her identity than she is in her own comics. Conversely, the attempted sexual tension between Nova and Ms Marvel fell completely flat, because Nova is kinda rubbish and Kamala is brilliant. At least, in her own comics. Here, her fandom seems like the butt of a joke and the writers just don't seem to have grasped what makes her work (I'm certain that her fanfic is better than the crap Waid has her write - Wolverine and Storm fighting a giant alien worm-hole farting blob IN SPACE, guys!). Then there's the fact that the main thing I have to say about they way these characters interact is about inappropriate sexual behaviour; which perhaps brings us back to the lack of mentorship on display.
There is some good stuff here, particularly in the #6 battle (and Ms Marvel shouting "Avengers Assemble!" in what I think was the free comic book day issue); but overall it's just a bunch of disparate characters thrown together for spurious reasons and without much to carry them through.
Mark Waid nails the characters and their interactions. Sadly, that's the only worthwhile thing about this book. The threat isnt that threatening or compelling for an Avengers title. But the joy of the characters was enough to keep me reading happy. The art is good at least.
This was a lot of fun! I don't see why so many people dislike this one; I couldn't find anything in particular that I didn't like enough to dock a star.
It's definitely all-new and all-different, and that's perfectly OK.
This is my first time reading anything by Mark Waid (gasp! I know, crazy). I'm impressed. He's as good of a writer as everyone says, and almost better than I expected. He weaved these characters' stories together so well and put together an amazing plot, leaving me with enough satisfaction and curiosity to want to immediately begin volume two (which I can't. Because life).
Kudos to the artists as well. Their style stays true to the characters and is beautifully detailed and clear.
Overall, I'm really impressed by the quality of this graphic novel. And to anyone on the fence about it, READ IT! Maybe you won't like it (though I doubt it), but honestly, it's so not a waste of time and money.
It's definitely all-new and all-different, and that's perfectly OK.
This is my first time reading anything by Mark Waid (gasp! I know, crazy). I'm impressed. He's as good of a writer as everyone says, and almost better than I expected. He weaved these characters' stories together so well and put together an amazing plot, leaving me with enough satisfaction and curiosity to want to immediately begin volume two (which I can't. Because life).
Kudos to the artists as well. Their style stays true to the characters and is beautifully detailed and clear.
Overall, I'm really impressed by the quality of this graphic novel. And to anyone on the fence about it, READ IT! Maybe you won't like it (though I doubt it), but honestly, it's so not a waste of time and money.
So much fun! I love these new versions of the Avengers. This book is so good and definitely worth checking out
I LOVED this new team. Female Thor, Vision, Ms Marvel, Sam Wilson as Captain America, Iron Man, Nova and Spider-Man - just an awesome team, paired with a super fun story arc!
I really liked this. The jokes about being a politically correct group were funny. But there characters are great and the story arc was fun. It wasn't earth shattering, but I really liked it. I like Ms. Marvel. She is a good character and her enthusiasm is always spectacular.
I like all these characters and I liked this story so...
This was my first experience with Marvel capes comics, mostly because it is the only book I could find on a Barnes and Noble shelf that was (1) an apparent beginning to something and (2) was not a compilation of some sort of Marvel Universe event (like the Avengers Civil War compilation). I am usually a DC reader and have previously only watched Marvel capes in their cartoon series or the movie universe, but I wanted to give Marvel comics a fair chance. Though not specific to this comic in particular, I am not impressed with how difficult it is to find a good 'entry-level' place to begin reading. I feel like I would have understand the background relationships and situations of these characters better if I had been able to start with their respective origins/comic series rather than jumping into an ensemble series. Not knowing much (and, what little I did know being unhelpful, incorrect in this universe, and/or confusing) somewhat impaired my enjoyment of the story. It did not help that main villian of this TPB is a transfer from a Nova comic and has all attendent complications, that there is apparently some unspecified background information about the transition from Old Avengers to New Avengers that hangs over the group like a threatening gloom, and Tony Stark's unexplained but apparently precarious financial situation in the aftermath of a space mission are extremely important plot elements. Plus, the whole story felt like it was a bit slow to move. All told, this comic was okay but not impressive.
This book is straight up comics fun as we watch the development of a new Avengers team. The budding friendships and relationships of the characters as they coalesce as a team are fun to watch, and I enjoyed all of their little interactions. Definitely fun enough for me to keep reading.
Slap dash. The "let's get the team together" portion feels like its leaving stuff out in favor of "just getting on with it", and throughout, Iron Man and Cap seem like dick head, self-involved parents. Not impressed.