Reviews

Avengers vs. Thanos by Don Heck, Steve Englehart, John Buscema, Jim Starlin, Mick Zeck, Bob Brown, Mike Friedrich, Steve Gerber

murphyc1's review

4.0

As somewhat of a DC partisan, as least in earlier days, I never got around to reading much Silver and Bronze Age Marvel stuff. Until now. I must say, I seem to have previously absorbed most of what happens in the various (and numerous) appearances of Thanos throughout the Marvel Universe chronicled herein through nerd cultural osmosis. As such, it was a delight to finally read the seminal stories of characters like Mar-Vell, the Destroyer, Gamora, and Adam Warlock, with whose comics personas I was before only very vaguely familiar. While I admit to growing impatient with the convoluted plots and interminable recaps and exposition, the volume is chock full of fantastic "House of Ideas" artwork by Jim Starlin, Don Heck, John Buscema, and others, as well as a panoply of great inkers. Lots of fun!

tim_sum's review

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

lipsandpalms's review

3.0

The dialog is a bit outdated but these comics are classic. It's interesting to see how quickly the stories jump from one issue to another. There are characters here I've never heard of despite reading marvel comics since I was a kid just learning to read.

You'll enjoy it if you want to see the original roots of Thanos but if you're hoping for the infinity stone epic that the films provided you might be a little disappointed here

jeremyjfloyd's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

darkestknight2911's review

4.0

Collection of comics where avengers came face to face with the mad titan

Most of comics in this collection were average or mediocre. But some stories really stood out. Favorite charcter was Adam Warlock. The funeral speech by Captain Marvel was also great. I know I'm to old to be reading comics(maybe not) but I still wanted to understand what it felt like. I am happy I tried.

alex_ellermann's review

1.0

I tried. I really did. I made it roughly halfway through this collection before giving up, remembering why I’ve always avoided superhero comics.

inked_up_bookshelf's review

3.0

A various collection of comics smashed into one online graphic novel. Overall it was as expected for earlier made comics. The graphics translated well in digital form. But it just wasn’t up to par with the typical Graphic Novels you see in 2019.

thenthomwaslike's review

1.0

Random comics with thanos in them and no throughline. Surprisingly poorly written, cool old school artwork though.

baibe's review

3.0

Was finally able to finish this 1973 run after starting a couple of years ago. I loved that it brought in so many side stories and characters plus all the big names and how they all come together to show not just the full threat of Thanos but how he was defeated.

Collects Iron Man (1968) #55; Captain Marvel (1968) #25-30; Marvel Feature (1971) #12; Daredevil (1964) #105-107; Captain Marvel (1968) #31-32;Avengers (1963) #125; Captain Marvel (1968) #33; Warlock (1972) #9-11, 15; Avengers Annual (1967) #7; Marvel Two -In-One Annual #2; material from Logan's Run #6.

zizi822's review

4.0

Super Cool

With all the hype around the infinity war movie, reading the comics was really cool. It really increased my anxiety over the conclusion though as Thanos’ might is even stronger in the comics 😩