Avengers

By paladinking Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews Tagged: Ares, Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Clint Barton, Danny Rand, Daredevil, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Dr. Strange, Dr. Voodoo, H.A.M.M.E.R., Hawkeye, helicarrier, Iron Fist, Iron Patriot, Jessica Drew, Jessica Jone...

By legacysword@gmail.com (Kevin) The Revolution has been a big fan of Mark Millar's return to the Ultimate Universe with Ultimate Comics Avengers. This title has been a great roller coaster ride thus far. While it may not be a deep read Millar and Pacheco have been treating us to one of the best comics on the shelves. It has just b...

By Travis Avengers: The Initiative 30, Dark Wolverine 80, Invincible Iron Man 20, Ms. Marvel 47, New Avengers 20, New Mutants 7, Secret Warriors 10, and Thor Giant-Size Finale 1 Avengers: The Initiative 30 Dark Wolverine 80 Invincible Iron Man 20 Ms. Marvel 47 New Avengers 59

By joelopez101 Posted in Marvel Comics, Uncategorized Tagged: Dark Beast, Dark X-Men #1, Dark X-Men #1 review, Duane Swierczynski, Leonard Kirk, Mimic, Mystique, Norman Osborn, Paul Cornell, Steve Dillon, Weapon Omega by Paul Cornell & Duane Swierczynski (writers), Leonard Kirk & Steve...

By Travis Man, do Marvel people die a lot! Korvac once killed the Avengers, and many of them fell to Death in the annual crossover between Avengers and West Coast Avengers. And did you see how many times in a row Doctor Doom killed Captain America in the original Secret Wars? Korvac got thousands more s...

By paladinking Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews Tagged: Ares, Avengers, Bendis, Brian Michael Bendis, Bucky, Bucky Cap, Captain America, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daken, Dark Reign, Dr. Harrow, Hawkeye, Iron Patriot, Luke Cage, Marvel, Mockingbird, New Avengers, New Avengers #58, New Av...

By josh@ifanboy.com comicBOOKchris wanted bloody Avengers in 'is Dark Avengers #10 comic.  S'not so complicated, is it?  Story 4 / Art 5 changingshades wants Hulk flavour in 'is Dark Reign List Hulk One Shot, coz it only comes in one flavour, dunnit?  Comes in Hulk flavour, coz it's bleedin' Hulk!  Story 4 / Ar...

By Travis Dark Avengers 10, Invincible Iron Man 19, The Mighty Avengers 30, and Thunderbolts 137 Dark Avengers 10 Invincible Iron Man 19 The Mighty Avengers 30 Tpull is Travis Pullen. He started reading comics at 5 years old, and he can't seem to stop.

By paladinking Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews Tagged: Alex Evans, Ares, Brian Michael Bendis, Bullseye, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daken, Dark Avengers #10, Dark Avengers #10 review, Dark Reign, Hawkeye, Iron Patriot, Marvel, Mike Deodato, Moonstone, Ms. Marvel, Norman Osborn, Sentry,...

By noreply@blogger.com (Jim) I have to ask this one question: What happened to Sentry at the end of the previous issue? Bendis had the Sentry supposedly killed. This month the Sentry shows up like nothing happened. Now the Sentry "dies" again at the end of this issue. What is this? A tribute to South Park? How will Bendis kil...

By Graeme McMillan Well, watching the movies? Not necessarily a bad idea. Watching Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise Of The Panther (Well, kind of. See below), The Invincible Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Next Avengers and the Hulk Vs. movies in one sitting? One of the dumber ideas I've had i...

By paul@ifanboy.com Right, and can you imagine going from Dark Reign and New Avengers to something like Avengers Forever? Not that I dislike this book, but it's so pure and nostalgic that I can't imagine a return to it as part of mainstream continuity. Not with what Bendis has been doing. There's been this loss of...

By Travis The Amazing Spider-Man 606, Avengers: The Initiative 28, Fantastic Four 571, Guardians of the Galaxy 18, Incredible Hercules 135, Ms. Marvel 45, New Avengers 57, and Nova 29 The Amazing Spider-Man 606 Fantastic Four 571 Incredible Hercules 135 Ms. Marvel 45 New Avengers 57

By tonyrak Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews Tagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, dark avengers, Dark Reign, Dave McCaig, Luke Cage, Mockingbird, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers #57, New Avengers #57 review, Norman Osborn, Ronin, Spiderman, Spiderwoman, Stuart Immonen, Tony Rakittke, Wad...

By pozzyfreak Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged: Ares, Avengers Tower, Brian Michael Bendis, Bullseye, Comic Book Review, Comic Book Reviews, Daisy, Daken, dark avengers, Dark Avengers #9, Dark Avengers #9 Review, Dark Reign, God of War, Hawkeye, Hellfire, Iron Patriot, Jo...

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By Chad Nevett Matt Fraction is currently writing a big crossover event for Marvel as Uncanny X-Men and Dark Avengers do the comic book version of the nasty this summer… But, I want to take you back to late 2004/early 2005 when such a thing seemed impossible, because who the hell is Matt Fraction? Spoiler...

By Travis Dark Avengers 8, Dark Wolverine 77, Dark X-Men: The Beginning 3, New Mutants 4, Wolverine: First Class 18, Wolverine: Origins 39, and X-Force 18 Part Two reviews this week give us all of the mutants and mutant-overlapping Dark Reign tie-ins. Dark Avengers 8 Dark Wolverine 77

By Chad Nevett Yes, Avengers West Coast #102. I’m serious. Really. No joke. Shut up. …THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY REPRESENT A SADLY DEPLETED FORCE. HAWKEYE’S ABSENCE IS UNDERSTANDABLE [as Mockingbird just died], BUT WONDER MAN IS A BAFFLING ABSENTEE. This abrupt "The Avengers are total dicks for no ...

By Travis Avengers: The Initiative 27, Fantastic Four 570, Guardians of the Galaxy 17, Incredible Hercules 133, Ms. Marvel 44, New Avengers 56, Nova 28, and Secret Warriors 7 Sorry for the delay on the Marvel reviews this week, I had to put out the breaking news regarding Marvel and Disney first.

By Travis Avengers/Invaders 9, Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, Dark Reign: Fantastic Four 2, New Avengers: The Reunion 2, and War of Kings 2 Avengers/Invaders 9 Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 Dark Reign: Fantastic Four 2 New Avengers: The Reunion 2

By Travis Avengers: The Initiative 22, Fantastic Four 564, The Mighty Avengers 22, Ms. Marvel 36, New Avengers 50, Thunderbolts 129, War Machine 3, and Wolverine: Origins 33 This part of the review this week is almost all Dark Reign tie-ins, so you can get an idea of the inter-related parts of the met...

By LaRevolucion44@aol.com (Rokk Krinn) The New Avengers roster is another weakness. Spider-Man and Wolverine are genuine A-listers. But, honestly, Spider-Man has never historically been a team character. And Wolverine is way too overexposed and brings nothing of value to the New Avengers. While Captain America is an A-list character, Bucky as Captain America is more of a B-list character. Ms. Marvel, Ronin, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman, Mockingbird and Iron Fist are all B-list and C-list characters. And there is a lack of diversity in terms of types of characters on this team as we get a team that is comprised mostly of street based urban styled characters.   [read the full post]

By LaRevolucion44@aol.com (Rokk Krinn) We slide to five days ago at Avengers Tower. Ms. Marvel arrives at the tower and is greeted by Norman Osborn. Norman says that he is running the Avengers and that Ms. Marvel is the leader of the Avengers. Ms. Marvel spits that she only reports to Tony Stark and that Avengers Tower is Tony’s house. We zip to Avengers Tower with the new New Avengers, I guess, assembled. Norman stares at the old picture of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Hawkeye. Norman tells Ms. Hand that his current Avengers are missing something. Ms. Hand suggests that Norman needs a “Jarvis.” Norman agrees, but says that the team itself is missing something.   [read the full post]

By tonyrak Tony Rakittke Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews   Tagged: Ares, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain Marvel, Dark Avengers #1, Dr. Doom, ghost, H.A.M.M.E.R., Hawkeye, Iron Patriot, Mike Deodato, Ms. Marvel, Norman Osborn, Rain Beredo, Skrull invasion, Spiderman, The Sentry, Wolverine    By Bri...

By Travis The Amazing Spider-Man 586, Avengers/Invaders 8, Captain Britain and MI:13 10, Thor 600, Wolverine: Manifest Destiny 4, and X-Infernus 3 The Amazing Spider-Man 586 Avengers/Invaders 8 Captain Britain and MI:13 10 Thor 600 Wolverine: Manifest Destiny 4

By pozzyfreak Kyle Posluszny Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews   Tagged: Ant Man, Avengers, Avengers: The Initiative #20 Review, Christos Gage, Christos N. Gage, Comics, Dan Slott, Dark Reign, Drew Hennessey, Hank Pym, Henry Pym, Jocasta, Marvel Comics, Matt Milla, Reviews, Secret Invasion, Sha...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Synopsis: We begin with a flashback scene to when the Avengers discovered Captain America’s body in the frozen arctic water. We see Henry Pym trying to figure out how to properly resuscitate Captain America. Pym is on amazed that they found the original Captain America and is in awe at the prospect of Captain America joining the Avengers. We cut to Avengers Tower with Norman standing in the Avengers meeting room near the picture of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Quicksilver. Norman gets an evil smile on his face. End of issue. I would certainly not blame Tony for Captain America’s death. This one continues to mystify me. Have any of the writers like Bendis bothered to read Brubaker’s Captain America? The blame clearl...   [read the full post]

By Travis The Amazing Spider-Man 581, Avengers: The Initiative 19, The Mighty Avengers 20, Thunderbolts 127, Uncanny X Men 505, X-Factor 38, and X-Men: Legacy 219 The Amazing Spider-Man 581 Avengers: The Initiative 19 The Mighty Avengers 20

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) We zip to the events during Secret Invasion #8 when the Skrull ship with all the captured heroes and SHIELD agents is opened up by Iron Man. Jessica sees Jarvis and realizes that she left her baby with Skrull posing as Jarvis. Jessica flies off for the Avengers Tower. Ms. Marvel grabs Luke and follows Jessica. The three arrive at the tower and see that their baby is gone. Luke cries. End of issue. The Bad: However, the fact is, and I confirmed it once again by looking at the cover, that this is New Avengers #47 and not Luke Cage Special #1. And since this is an issue of the New Avengers I do actually expect an Avengers related story that actually stars the Avengers. I know that may make me sound like a raving lunatic and a madman, but I stand by that statement.   [read the full post]

By Travis The Invaders go to pull in the normal grunt that got caught in their time wake, hoping to avoid time-travel catastrophe. Hammond has gone off the reservation, though, over-heating the Sentry and flash-blinding the rest of the Mighty Avengers to lead a revolution for the LMDs. The theory of...

By pozzyfreak Kyle Posluszny Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews   Tagged: Avengers The Initiative Special Review, Avengers: The Initiative, Christos N. Gage, Comics, Dan Slott, Hardball, Hydra, Komodo, Marvel, Physique, Reviews, Steve Uy, Trauma    By Christos N. Gage & Dan Slott (Writers) a...

By Travis The Amazing Spider-Man 576, Avengers: The Initiative Special 1, Invincible Iron Man 7, Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller 1, and Ultimatum 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 576 Avengers: The Initiative Special 1 Invincible Iron Man 7 Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller 1

By Travis For a reason I don’t know off the top of my head, Ronan the Accuser agrees to help Medusa if Crystal becomes his wife(!), to which Medusa agrees. Whatever her reasoning, considering that the Inhumans were originally created due to Kree experiments, and they are exploring this relationshi...

By Deamentia J. Montes Posted in Marvel Comics, Reviews   Tagged: Avengers, Brian Bendis, Jay Leisten, Jim Cheung, John Dell, Justin Ponsor, Marvel, New Avengers #45, Secret Invasion    By Brian Bendis (story), Jim Cheung (pencils), John Dell and Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors) I ini...

By Travis The Amazing Spider-Man 569, Avengers: The Initiative 16, The Mighty Avengers 17, New Avengers 44, New Warriors 15, Nova 16, Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man 1, She-Hulk 32, and Thunderbolts 123 Avengers: The Initiative 16 The Mighty Avengers 17 New Avengers 44 She-Hulk 32

By andrewcmurphy 3D-Man, having fled  Camp Hammond, has crash-landed in the desert where he meets and joins up with the Krew. They set out cross-country to rid the Initiative of Skrull infiltrators, one by one. Meanwhile, in New York, Crusader, the Skrull with the Cosmic-Cube-style Freedom Ring, is forc...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) The Skrull then undergoes the process of transforming completely into Hank Pym. We cut to two months ago with Ultron attacking the Mighty Avengers. We see Pym helping SHIELD and the Mighty Avengers figure up a way to defeat Ultron. We slide to Pym meeting with the other Skrull spies. Pym says that the information they had on Tony Stark is outdated. Pym says that Stark has gone organic with the Extremis virus. Pym says that this Stark Tech has a weakness that Ultron found and penetrated. That this Stark Tech is now what is used on all SHIELD bases and the Avengers Tower. Pym says that the Skrulls can now exploit this weak spot. Pym says that it is time to summon the Skrull armada. Pym then says that he is going to go put the proverbial cherry on top.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) The ending to New Avengers #41 was a total miss for me. That is because I find the plotline involving the 1970’s Captain America to be completely lacking in drama or intrigue. We know that the 1970’s Captain America is a Skrull. We have seen Steve’s dead body over on Captain America after he was k...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) We zip forward to a couple of months ago with the Avengers meeting at the Avengers Tower. Jarvis asks Iron Man if it would be possible for him to review the Avengers files on the Sentry. Jarvis says that in light of the unfortunate tragedy with Scarlet Witch that he has been wondering if there was something he could have been more aware of and to have server her and all of them more properly. We cut to a meeting of all the Skrull imposters. Jarvis is addressing the rest of the Skrull imposters. In the crowd we see Henry Pym. Also present in the Skrull Empress posing as a dark haired woman. The Empress asks Jarvis what they are going to do about the Sentry. Jarvis says that all they have to do is simply wait for the Sentry to self-destruct.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) The Revolution really enjoyed the last issue of Mighty Avengers. Bendis did a fantastic job writing Nick Fury’s character and filling the reader in on the back-story about what Nick has been doing in connection with the Skrull invasion. Mighty Avengers #13 continues to follow Nick Fury as...

By Rokk Krinn Mighty Avengers continues to be a much better read than New Avengers. And that trend should continue with Mighty Avengers #12. We get treated to a Nick Fury spotlight issue with Mighty Avengers #12. We should learn what role Nick Fury is playing in the battle against the Skrulls. Let’s go ahead and hit this review. Synopsis: We begin with a flashback to when Latveria launched a counter-attack in response to the covert mission in Latveria by a Nick Fury led team that included Wolverine, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Widow and Luke Cage. We see an LMD of Nick Fury telling the heroes that he is done with politics. That they will never see or hear from him again. That one day they will look around and see the world like he has to and that they will know that Nic...   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn Wolverine then confesses that the main reason that he hooked up with the Secret Avengers was because he wasn’t going to let them leave Echo in Japan. Echo tells Wolverine to not hit on her again. Wolverine says that he isn’t hitting on her. That she will hit on him. Wolverine and Echo have a pretty nasty brawl with the Skrull and finally are able to hurt it bad enough where it decides to retreat and live to fight another day. After the Skrull runs away, Echo tells Wolverine that she know believes him that there is a Skrull conspiracy. Wolverine says “I told you so.” Echo asks Wolverine why he followed her. Wolverine responds that he figured she was the most likely person that the Skrulls would try to replace in order to infiltrate the Secret Avengers becau...   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn The Good: I cannot believe it. Mighty Avengers #9 was a fun read! What a refreshing change of pace to read an Avengers comic book that actually felt like the Avengers. Bendis cranks out a fast paced issue. Mighty Avengers #9 was properly plotted, which is also a surprise. This issue is quite focused and progresses with a clear purpose. The fact that this issue was so well paced and plotted was a pleasant surprise. For as plodding and dull as New Avengers has been, it was nice to see Bendis flash his ability to actually produce a tightly written and quick paced issue. And it is fantastic for the Avengers to finally tangle with a legit villain. The Hood over on New Avengers simply isn’t Avengers material. Hood is a fine villain for tiles like Heroes for Hire,...   [read the full post]

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By Rokk Krinn Creative Team Writer: Brain Michael Bendis Artist: Frank Cho The Avengers streak toward Avengers Tower. Suddenly, an army of old Iron Man armors stand between the Avengers and Avengers Tower. The Avengers start brawling with the Iron Man armors. Sentry streaks through the wall of Avengers tower and finds Lindy’s mutilated corpse. Sentry gently holds his wife’s body. We see one of Ultron’s tentacles behind the Sentry. Frank Cho’s art is fantastic. I absolutely love his wonderfully detailed style of artwork. Cho breathes life into Bendis’ story and makes this a fantastic comic book to look at. It isn’t even close how much better looking Cho’s Mighty Avengers is compared to Yu’s New Avengers.   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn Synopsis: We begin with the Secret Avengers flying home on one of Iron Fist’s corporate jets. Nobody is talking. Spider-Man breaks the ice and asks why isn’t anyone talking about the fact that Electra was really a Skrull all along. Wolverine answers because nobody trusts anyone. That any one of them could be a Skrull. Wolverine points out the various reasons why Hawkeye, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Echo, Spider-Woman, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man and Wolverine himself all could be Skrulls. Luke then smiles and says that he told everyone that he thought there was someone out there pulling there strings. Spider-Woman then says that they should turn the Skrull over to Tony Stark. That if Stark is the biggest cop in the world. And that Stark will know what to do wi...   [read the full post]

By rachelle So Manhattan gets evacuated, and Iron Man puts on an enormous suit in preparation for battle. It does not go well for Iron Man, despite the massive missile strike that rains down on Hulk. It turns out that Hulk does not like missiles, and what doesn't kill him literally makes him stronger. Iron...

By Rokk Krinn We cut back to the Secret Avengers brawling with the Hand. Logan yells that they have to kill the ninjas in order to survive this fight. During the brawl, Spider-Man realizes that he is going to have to compete with Hawkeye, I mean Ronin, in the “mid-battle witty zinger” department. We then see Electra’s body turn into a Skrull! The Secret Avengers stand around the dead Skrull’s body. The Secret Avengers are stunned. The rest of the Avengers have vanilla personalities and generic dialogue to match. There is absolutely no chemistry at all between the various members of the Avengers. I can’t remember the last Avengers roster that had less chemistry than this roster that Bendis has currently assembled.   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn The Avengers leave and Sentry locks horns with Ultron. They engage in one titanic brawl. Between Tony Stark, Ms. Marvel and Black Widow, the Mighty Avengers is loaded with extremely talented field generals who are more than qualified to lead this team into battle. And that many qualified people to lead this team should certainly lead to some conflict down the road. I am enjoying watching Ms. Marvel continuing to battle through self-doubt in her growth as the Mighty Avengers new leader. I continue to like Ms. Marvel more and more with each issue. Bendis is doing a good job elevating Ms. Marvel to the level of other A-List heroes. It should be interesting to see if Ms. Marvel can get the other Avengers to stop questioning every move she makes.   [read the full post]

By Vichus Smith After fighting in a brutal war amongst all of his friends, you would think that Tony Stark would take a load off and enjoy his new role in S.H.E.I.L.D. Not so much. In the first issue of Brian Michael Bendis’ The Mighty Avengers Tony Stark has decided that the world still needs the Avengers, but he’s n...

By Vichus Smith The only scenario that I could settle with in my head is that he would be as good as dead, killed by Iron Man himself, making Captain America a martyr. I know he’s a super soldier, but could he stand up to a suit of armor as powerful as Tony Stark’s?