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A review by helpfulsnowman
Avengers: Endless Wartime by Mike McKone, Warren Ellis, Clark Gregg
2.0
The story was pretty weak. There were some good pieces of dialogue, but they didn't feel like they had room to breathe. You'd get these big moments, Captain America saying something like, "Maybe I can force them to stop. Maybe I won't have to attack them. Maybe I can have a day when I'm not at war" and then, in the same panel, he asks about the science behind a plane traveling quickly. What the hell?
There's also a weird thing going on in this book where apparently Captain America 100% refuses to kill people. But they have Wolverine on their team who they basically turn loose and let do the dirty work. I don't really get the moral line there. It's like living in an apartment and 100% refusing to put out mousetraps because it's wrong, but then calling the landlord to complain about mice while knowing full well that he's going to put out mouse traps. How does that work?
This whole thing is set up, the classic Wolverine Gets the Job Done, You Pantywaists story, and there's tension because Captain America and Thor look down on him, but if they really cared about not killing stuff, you wouldn't invite Wolverine to the team. Guess what? If you really care about having leftover pizza tomorrow, you don't invite ME to the pizza party.
Also, I apologize for using the Pantywaist term. I find that very gross, but feel like it's something a 1940's Army guy would say.
There's also a weird thing going on in this book where apparently Captain America 100% refuses to kill people. But they have Wolverine on their team who they basically turn loose and let do the dirty work. I don't really get the moral line there. It's like living in an apartment and 100% refusing to put out mousetraps because it's wrong, but then calling the landlord to complain about mice while knowing full well that he's going to put out mouse traps. How does that work?
This whole thing is set up, the classic Wolverine Gets the Job Done, You Pantywaists story, and there's tension because Captain America and Thor look down on him, but if they really cared about not killing stuff, you wouldn't invite Wolverine to the team. Guess what? If you really care about having leftover pizza tomorrow, you don't invite ME to the pizza party.
Also, I apologize for using the Pantywaist term. I find that very gross, but feel like it's something a 1940's Army guy would say.