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A review by captwinghead
Avengers #1 by Jason Aaron
3.0
I am... tentatively hopeful about this series.
The Good:
- The boys are back! Marvel's Big Three (Thor, Iron Man and Cap) are reunited and it feels so good! I've been waiting to see them on a team together for quite some time now.
- I liked getting a look at the older teams. Especially the older Iron Fist! That was awesome.
The Eh:
- this is just the first issue but Robbie, Jen and Carol weren't in this a whole lot. I guess that's to be expected
The Bad
- Aaron is wonderful at writing Thor and associated characters. I liked the way Odin and Thor were written (although Odin was a jerk). However, I'm still not 100% sold on the way he writes Cap or Tony. I think this is the first I'm ever reading him touch Tony as a character because Tony was in a coma during Legacy. In this, I felt as though Tony's lines weren't quite right. I can't picture Tony calling Steve and Thor "Old farts". As for Cap, Tony being brain dead and in a coma was a huge deal; even on iffy terms, I find it hard to believe Cap would say "For what? Two weeks? Big deal." What?
That being said, I am hopeful for the future, provided we don't fall into the same old patterns where they all bicker for no good reason. It's been years, I feel safe in saying we don't need ridiculous comments about Tony's ego because he's progressed way past that (and honestly, I feel like that shift towards everyone hating Tony happened with Bendis), we don't need rehashing of Civil War. We will have to deal with Carol's actions during Civil War II though (as out of character as those were).
I think there's a wonderful opportunity here with Tony trying to get back into the swing of things and being on a team again and Cap trying to clear his name after Spencer dragged it through the mud. So, I'm cautiously hopeful. I hope Tony's dialogue gets a lot better, though.
The Good:
- The boys are back! Marvel's Big Three (Thor, Iron Man and Cap) are reunited and it feels so good! I've been waiting to see them on a team together for quite some time now.
- I liked getting a look at the older teams. Especially the older Iron Fist! That was awesome.
The Eh:
- this is just the first issue but Robbie, Jen and Carol weren't in this a whole lot. I guess that's to be expected
The Bad
- Aaron is wonderful at writing Thor and associated characters. I liked the way Odin and Thor were written (although Odin was a jerk). However, I'm still not 100% sold on the way he writes Cap or Tony. I think this is the first I'm ever reading him touch Tony as a character because Tony was in a coma during Legacy. In this, I felt as though Tony's lines weren't quite right. I can't picture Tony calling Steve and Thor "Old farts". As for Cap, Tony being brain dead and in a coma was a huge deal; even on iffy terms, I find it hard to believe Cap would say "For what? Two weeks? Big deal." What?
That being said, I am hopeful for the future, provided we don't fall into the same old patterns where they all bicker for no good reason. It's been years, I feel safe in saying we don't need ridiculous comments about Tony's ego because he's progressed way past that (and honestly, I feel like that shift towards everyone hating Tony happened with Bendis), we don't need rehashing of Civil War. We will have to deal with Carol's actions during Civil War II though (as out of character as those were).
I think there's a wonderful opportunity here with Tony trying to get back into the swing of things and being on a team again and Cap trying to clear his name after Spencer dragged it through the mud. So, I'm cautiously hopeful. I hope Tony's dialogue gets a lot better, though.