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A review by francomega
Avengers: Time Runs Out, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman
3.0
I'm not sure why I began spelunking down this rabbit hole, but here I am. Marvel's latest Biggest Event Ever. Anyway, here's where things stand: The different Earths of the multiverses are literally coming together. When they do, an incursion occurs and each planet's entire universe is destroyed. Solution? Sacrifice one of the planets to save, not only the other one, but both universes. Classic dramatic moral conundrum.
The players are: The Illuminati (Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Bruce Banner, Namor, Black Bolt, Capt. Britain, and Beast), who, as the self-appointed leaders of the world are taking it upon themselves to find a solution; the Cabal (Namor, Thanos, some other freaks), who are destroying these other Earths by hand, though Namor regrets his rash decision to recruit a bunch of psycho monsters); S.H.I.E.L.D. (Steve Rogers, Capt. Marvel, Hawkeye, the new Capt. America--Falcon, and Maria Hill), who are trying to stop the Illuminati because they don't want to destroy other planets; and the Avengers (Thor and a bunch of new to me characters, Sunspot, Smasher, Cannonball, Hyperion, Abyss, Starbrand, Nighmask, Manifold, and Ex Nihlio), who are trying to stop everything in their own way.
That's a lot of set-up for this story and it hasn't even really started yet. This book is a pretty solid intro to the action (better than Secret Wars: Prelude), though it's all buildup right now.
The players are: The Illuminati (Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Bruce Banner, Namor, Black Bolt, Capt. Britain, and Beast), who, as the self-appointed leaders of the world are taking it upon themselves to find a solution; the Cabal (Namor, Thanos, some other freaks), who are destroying these other Earths by hand, though Namor regrets his rash decision to recruit a bunch of psycho monsters); S.H.I.E.L.D. (Steve Rogers, Capt. Marvel, Hawkeye, the new Capt. America--Falcon, and Maria Hill), who are trying to stop the Illuminati because they don't want to destroy other planets; and the Avengers (Thor and a bunch of new to me characters, Sunspot, Smasher, Cannonball, Hyperion, Abyss, Starbrand, Nighmask, Manifold, and Ex Nihlio), who are trying to stop everything in their own way.
That's a lot of set-up for this story and it hasn't even really started yet. This book is a pretty solid intro to the action (better than Secret Wars: Prelude), though it's all buildup right now.