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captwinghead's review against another edition
5.0
This remains one of my top 5 Avengers stories.
This was back when the Avengers were allowed to be friends and like each other. Some characters are a little prickly towards each other (Sam and Gyrich, Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang, T'Challa and Tony) but the heart of the team is here. It's nice to see when Marvel abandoned this concept in 2006.
The Red Zone arc itself is very well done. You can feel the stress of it and the horror of watching the pathogen overtake all of these innocent people. It was a smart choice having it start with Cap picking up one of the kids. This is primo Cap material. He's brave, strong, persistent as ever. There's a moment where he explains his views on the US government. Again, Cap isn't naive; he believes in the people above all else and he knows the government isn't flawless.
There's the tiniest of plots with Carol running things in Washington (I think?)
Tony and T'Challa trying to find a cure and maneuver their differences as Tony believes in gathering whatever knowledge he can to find the answer and T'Challa understands the need for preserving his countries resources. The culmination of this conflict is pretty well done.
There's a mini plot with Vision realizing everyone else's mortality.
There's a small plot with Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang and Jack and Jen.
Johns managed to cover quite a bit of ground here.
Anyway, the ending what I love the most. Tony and Steve's relationship has a lot of key moments in it and this arc's finale is one of them.
This is always a joy to read and definitely a recommend.
This was back when the Avengers were allowed to be friends and like each other. Some characters are a little prickly towards each other (Sam and Gyrich, Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang, T'Challa and Tony) but the heart of the team is here. It's nice to see when Marvel abandoned this concept in 2006.
The Red Zone arc itself is very well done. You can feel the stress of it and the horror of watching the pathogen overtake all of these innocent people. It was a smart choice having it start with Cap picking up one of the kids. This is primo Cap material. He's brave, strong, persistent as ever. There's a moment where he explains his views on the US government. Again, Cap isn't naive; he believes in the people above all else and he knows the government isn't flawless.
There's the tiniest of plots with Carol running things in Washington (I think?)
Tony and T'Challa trying to find a cure and maneuver their differences as Tony believes in gathering whatever knowledge he can to find the answer and T'Challa understands the need for preserving his countries resources. The culmination of this conflict is pretty well done.
There's a mini plot with Vision realizing everyone else's mortality.
There's a small plot with Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang and Jack and Jen.
Johns managed to cover quite a bit of ground here.
Anyway, the ending what I love the most. Tony and Steve's relationship has a lot of key moments in it and this arc's finale is one of them.
This is always a joy to read and definitely a recommend.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
The Avengers save the world. Again. From the Red Skull. Again. And the evil American government. Again?
Pretty good writing and good enough art. Actually the bits with Gyrich and Falcon were better than I would have expected. And the use of characters were pretty good. It just fell a little flat. 3.5 of 5.
Pretty good writing and good enough art. Actually the bits with Gyrich and Falcon were better than I would have expected. And the use of characters were pretty good. It just fell a little flat. 3.5 of 5.
captwinghead's review
5.0
This remains one of my top 5 Avengers stories.
This was back when the Avengers were allowed to be friends and like each other. Some characters are a little prickly towards each other (Sam and Gyrich, Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang, T'Challa and Tony) but the heart of the team is here. It's nice to see when Marvel abandoned this concept in 2006.
The Red Zone arc itself is very well done. You can feel the stress of it and the horror of watching the pathogen overtake all of these innocent people. It was a smart choice having it start with Cap picking up one of the kids. This is primo Cap material. He's brave, strong, persistent as ever. There's a moment where he explains his views on the US government. Again, Cap isn't naive; he believes in the people above all else and he knows the government isn't flawless.
There's the tiniest of plots with Carol running things in Washington (I think?)
Tony and T'Challa trying to find a cure and maneuver their differences as Tony believes in gathering whatever knowledge he can to find the answer and T'Challa understands the need for preserving his countries resources. The culmination of this conflict is pretty well done.
There's a mini plot with Vision realizing everyone else's mortality.
There's a small plot with Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang and Jack and Jen.
Johns managed to cover quite a bit of ground here.
Anyway, the ending what I love the most. Tony and Steve's relationship has a lot of key moments in it and this arc's finale is one of them.
This is always a joy to read and definitely a recommend.
This was back when the Avengers were allowed to be friends and like each other. Some characters are a little prickly towards each other (Sam and Gyrich, Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang, T'Challa and Tony) but the heart of the team is here. It's nice to see when Marvel abandoned this concept in 2006.
The Red Zone arc itself is very well done. You can feel the stress of it and the horror of watching the pathogen overtake all of these innocent people. It was a smart choice having it start with Cap picking up one of the kids. This is primo Cap material. He's brave, strong, persistent as ever. There's a moment where he explains his views on the US government. Again, Cap isn't naive; he believes in the people above all else and he knows the government isn't flawless.
There's the tiniest of plots with Carol running things in Washington (I think?)
Tony and T'Challa trying to find a cure and maneuver their differences as Tony believes in gathering whatever knowledge he can to find the answer and T'Challa understands the need for preserving his countries resources. The culmination of this conflict is pretty well done.
There's a mini plot with Vision realizing everyone else's mortality.
There's a small plot with Jack of Hearts and Scott Lang and Jack and Jen.
Johns managed to cover quite a bit of ground here.
Anyway, the ending what I love the most. Tony and Steve's relationship has a lot of key moments in it and this arc's finale is one of them.
This is always a joy to read and definitely a recommend.
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