World Famous Comics: X-Men: The Avengers : Friend or Foe? (Gamma Quest Trilogy, 3)
X-Men: The Avengers : Friend or Foe? (Gamma Quest Trilogy, 3)
By: Greg Cox Publisher: Berkley Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Berkley Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2000-06 Release Date: June 11, 2000
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Book Description: The X-Men--mutant protectors of a world that fears and hates them. The Avengers--Earth's mightiest heroes, the greatest super-team ever assembled. Now they must put aside their differences and join forces against the Leader, the gamma-powered evil genius who has already abducted one Avenger and two X-Men as part of his latest plan--with the fate of the entire globe at stake!
* Illustrations by George Perez and cover art by Julie Bell
Super Reader If the Leader and friends and Gamma Sentinels weren't enough of a problem, how about some teammates being take over and used against you. Wolverine you wouldn't expect, and wouldn't want to face, the Scarlet Witch is scary, and Rogue's mind is a little fragile to start with. Then there is still the Hulk to worry about, speaking of unstable.
Why can't the Avengers have their own trilogy? After all, the X-Men have several. This is a review of book#1 (the data base tends to mix them all together.) Greg Cox reminds me of Roy Thomas writing Marvel comics in the 60's and 70's. He can take the Marvel characters and advance them a step further while maintaining their original essence and actually improve on them. I never really liked the Hulk and Iron Man that much until I read this book. I also liked his approach to the relationship between the post-divorce Vision and Scarlet Witch. The climax battle at Niagra Falls is awesome; it is as vivid as an actual comic book while supplying details that could only be described in prose. It takes a good writer to do that.
The Action Novel of the Year! I absolutely loved this book and I will recomend this book series to anyone who reads X-men books. This is pure action with The Hulk and Captain America kickin some real butt. The first book is just as good even though it has a slow start but read it cause this 2nd book is the best. But MY GOD you just have to read this! Thanx for readin!
CLASSIC I have witnessed some great battles. Like the battle of five armies in the hobbit. The battle at Helms Deep in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The battle between Luke and Darth Vader. The countless battle that took place during the Age of Apocolypse storyline. The battle between the X-men, The Avengers and The Hulk definetly rates among these great battles.
The super skrull is wicked I was very impressed with the super skrull. Along with having shape shifting abilities, he has the power of all four members of the fantastic four. Those powers coupled with the x-men, avengers, and hulk's powers. There was nothing else to call him but ultimate skrull.
I also really enjoyed in the end how Scarlet Witch and Rogue put aside there differences after all they had been through. Especially since Wanda also remembered that she to had a checkered past.
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