Hickman's bigger Avengers run reviewed in Avengers #1
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Jonathan Hickman begins his Avengers run that would ultimately conclude with Time Runs Out, the destruction of the entire multiverse and Secret Wars. Captain America and Iron Man determine the best way to fight the global threats is to get bigger... like, a lot bigger. Featuring every Avenger in the Marvel Universe and then some.
With the conclusion of this arc Secret War, it was one of my favourite Mr. Fantastic vs Dr. Doom story.
The Hickman Saga more than the Avengers Arc
Hickman has the best one liners -
It was an Avengers World.
Wake the World.
Everything Dies.
I say this avengers team really got back in form during and after infinity or at least the public opinion of his run gotten much positive
The contrast between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark was fantastic in this series. Not just one of the best Avengers series since Busiek’s run, one of the best characterizations of Steve since Brubaker.
Really enjoyable read, if a little depressing. I just wish Secret Wars had room for the Avengers to play more of a role in setting the world right.
You probably can guess my feelings on this. I hate deconstruction almost as much as resurrections. Imho
This was a great video. There are lots of things I liked at about Hickman's Avengers but after Civil War and Dark Reign, I was not interested in more stories about how low heroes can get and yet another fight between Cap and Tony.
There was a lot going on in this run. Tons of characters, lots of build up, lots of villains and complications. Certainly a well-written story, moving to the big events and Secret Wars. Not as good as Busiek or Stern, but certainly up there with some of the better runs. I can confidently say that none of the runs since have been as good.
There were way too many Avengers books in this era, though. It was obvious that this was building to the big event, and that sometimes made it hard to follow the rest of the stories. In addition to these, I think we had the end of Avengers Academy, as you mentioned Uncanny Avengers was still rolling along, and Avengers: AI would come up before Secret Wars (although it was just a limited series). Did we have the end of Secret Avengers in here, too? And then Mighty Avengers vol 2 is in here some where. Oh, and Avengers World. It was tough to follow the continuity to figure out how those all fit together.
I'm liking this series of reviews a lot. In marvel now it had too much avengers titles. I guess you will miss a few.
I hope not; I'm trying to hit them all. And you're right... there are a lot.
This series has a ton of filler on an "epic" storyline with nothing really going on. The end of the run was pretty good though.
I may be in the minority but Hickman’s main Avengers is my favorite modern run on Avengers purely by how he handles the line-up. My problem with modern Avengers and Justice League books have been the mentality that the criteria consists of “do you have a pulse?” and “do you kill on the regular?” While not perfect, Hickman does a good job of validating why every member is a member. I remember reading an Avengers handbook, came out around the Bendis era, that defined the Avengers as the most prestigious Marvel team, handling the greatest threats. That always stuck with me and I roll my eyes seeing things like Luke Cage and the Thing being on the same team because shut up. That doesn’t mean I write that team off or start screaming ruined forever, but I feel it waters down the idea of the Avengers being the gold standard of heroes. You shouldn’t be able to get in because you aren’t the Punisher or because Deadpool sells books, but because a hero demonstrates why they can fight with the best of them. Hickman wasn’t perfect, see Hyperion and Smasher being little more than afterthoughts, but he made a team that made sense. Different members for different missions and it would save the need for 8 plus titles like Secret, New, West Coast, Great Lakes and etc. Not bashing those titles but mentioning the narrative potential.
You should visit Reddit. Hickman's A/NA are very highly rated in r/comicbooks, in fact the minority opinion is that it was bad.
This sounds very similar to chris Claremont’s run of the X-men. The OG team are captured, Scott flys off and needs to assemble a new team to save them. Not a criticism, just an observation.