World Famous Comics: Mighty Avengers Vol. 1: The Ultron Initiative
Mighty Avengers Vol. 1: The Ultron Initiative
By: Brian Michael Bendis Publisher: Marvel Books Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Marvel Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: April 02, 2008 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: The wait is over! The Mighty Avengers assemble! Gathered together to be the greatest Avengers team ever, but who picked them? And why? And which A-list Avengers villain returns, revamped and reloaded for the ultimate revenge. Big super hero adventures from the multi-award winning team of Bendis and Cho. Collects Mighty Avengers #1-6.
Alrighty Avengers A Decent Start for the Mighty Avengers one of many new avengers books spawned from Civil War. New Avengers seems to be Bendis' better book however this is just getting off the ground. There are many fun moments and Bendis is spot on with the dialog and action. It's fun with amazingly vibrant art. It's Classic comic book telling.
Wow...bad...can't get it right all the time, I guess This was shockingly bad considering how long Bendis has been producing top notch Avengers stories. I guess it could be yin to the other Avengers yang. The thought bubbles absolutely sucked the life out of this story. For a writer who is so good at dialog, this would have been better as a picture book.
The art is consistent, but I don't see why Cho is so hyped. I much prefer McNiven, Finch...even Yu on Avengers books. Save your money and stick with New Avengers.
Another team of Avengers and the return of Ultron This volume collects the first six issues of Marvel's 2007 "Mighty Avengers" launch. Tony Stark/Iron Man and Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel assemble yet another new team of Avengers including Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Janet Van Dyne/Wasp, Simon Williams/Wonder Man, Ares and the Sentry. Having first appearing in 1968's Avengers #54, in this plotline the maniacal robot Ultron returns to Earth to destroy all organic life. Ultron assumes Iron Man's body before changing into another familar form and hastening Earth's demise. A helicarrier crash leaves Natasha as temporary head of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the heroes try to stop Ultron. Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho are the writer and penciler/inker, respectively. Though the story is above-average for this sort of six-issue superhero arc, Bendis' dialogue is marred by intermittent thought balloons that grow tiresome. Frank Cho's art is superb, most notably for a few characters.
Thanks Bendis. Bendis is, without a doubt, the most brilliant writer in the comics industry today. I loved his work on Daredevil, and followed him over here when The Mighty Avengers started. I'm glad that I did. I haven't always been a fan of the Avengers, in fact during the eighties and nineties when there were the Avengers and the West Coast Avengers, I thought that it might have been the cheesiest series around. Not to mention that I'm not die hard Iron Man fan and I think Captain America is boring. But this new group is great. I love Carol (Ms. Marvel) fronting the group (under the protective eye of Iron Man of course), I love Wasp, Ares kicks !@$, and I could really care less about Wonder Man. Jessica Drew is awesome, Natasha is awesome too. I'm just curious about the Sentry. This dude is something else. Obviously, he's powerful, but he's crazy and his uniform sucks. I'm waiting for something either really cool or really terrible to happen to this guy. I could care less if he lives or dies. Anyway, back to the story. The return of Ultron is...HOT??? Just read it. Great story. Peace and Love, Jake
Surprisingly, Very Good The Mighty Avengers Vol.1 is a well written, fast paced Avengers with great writing and solid art. The characters manage to convey a pretty wide range of emotions, despite the fact that the whole collection is a battle royale. It has a nice twist (this isn't a spoiler)in that it starts out with the full team going into battle, and over the course of each issue explains how the team was settled on. To top it off, the writers even insert a dash of humor into the story, not enough so as to be annoying or overwhelm the story, but enough to still be refreshing to the story. P.S. Even though this is rated All Ages, it contains a few mildly racy jokes, fine for a teenager or above, but some parents might not like their children to see them. It seems to be more oriented to teenage readers and older.
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