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Avengers Assemble, Vol. 1 (Avengers Vol. III)
Fan-favorite creators Kurt Busiek and George Pérez usher in a new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Since the team's inception, the Avengers have always defended humanity against the forces of evil. When duty calls, these legendary champions answer, fighting valiantly until justice prevails. But what happens when their oldest foes strike directly at the team? On the eve of...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
August 4th 2004
by Marvel Comics
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Some of you probably knew up front (if you thought about it at all) that I'd like this book as it takes a pretty big screw up for me not to like the Avengers...especially if Cap's the one in charge.
I've noted before that I grew up collecting Silver Age comics and that I slide nostalgically back to my youth when I read these.
Same here. Good book, good art, lots of action lots of heroes (if the Avengers has a draw back it's the huge roster of past and temporary members). Still that's not a big d...more
I've noted before that I grew up collecting Silver Age comics and that I slide nostalgically back to my youth when I read these.
Same here. Good book, good art, lots of action lots of heroes (if the Avengers has a draw back it's the huge roster of past and temporary members). Still that's not a big d...more
There are some elements of cheesiness, and a '70s/'80s throwback style, that are occasionally stumbling blocks for the Busiek/Perez (and later Busiek/Davis and Busiek/other artists) new millennial run of Avengers.
However, as someone whose definitive Avengers was the Roger Stern/John Buscema era, who still thinks Mark Gruenwald wrote the definitive Captain America, who would hold up the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition as one of the best comics Marvel ever published? Well,...more
However, as someone whose definitive Avengers was the Roger Stern/John Buscema era, who still thinks Mark Gruenwald wrote the definitive Captain America, who would hold up the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition as one of the best comics Marvel ever published? Well,...more
In his best moments, Busiek really brings the Avengers into the real world. Unfortunately, in this volume, he's still caught up doing the same old thing. Remembering that this book was written near the end of the '90s, my absolute least favorite time for comics, I can give him some leeway--it's clear that he's trying to drag the avengers out of that time without doing anything so different as to alienate readers. The nice moments, as always, are not the comic book ones, but the personal ones. An...more
Considering I began my comic addiction around '96, the year these issues (Avengers, Vol 3: #1-11) debuted, it goes without saying that this particular volume was a nostalgic trip into late-90s continuity. Unfortunately, it is also mired in late-90s cheese.
I mean, c'mon, an Avenger named Triathlon? Not to mention, characters are still using catchphrases and shortened abbreviations for codenames. With all that being said, I really couldn't get into the first two issues. It took me months to read...more
I mean, c'mon, an Avenger named Triathlon? Not to mention, characters are still using catchphrases and shortened abbreviations for codenames. With all that being said, I really couldn't get into the first two issues. It took me months to read...more
May 15, 2011
***Dave Hill
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5 of 5 stars
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This is such classic comic material that it almost defies belief. Busiek grabs the best of what makes the traditional Silver Age Avengers -- the partnerships, the rivalries, the personal flaws and doubts, the noble challenge of heroism. George Perez is is usual, incredible best.
While I keep thinking of this as a modern rebooting of the Avengers saga -- following the (ack) Onslaught/Heroes Reborn disaster at Marvel -- in reality it dates back to 1998. Yikes. And, of course, since then, the whole...more
While I keep thinking of this as a modern rebooting of the Avengers saga -- following the (ack) Onslaught/Heroes Reborn disaster at Marvel -- in reality it dates back to 1998. Yikes. And, of course, since then, the whole...more
I love Busiek, but this story left me flat. If you like this sort of 1970s comic book story. A superhero soap opera full of narration and stiff dialouge where everyone is always fighting a world-crushing evil and angsting to themselves in thought balloons, then this book is for you.
But I don't like those sorts of things. Hence the two stars.
But I don't like those sorts of things. Hence the two stars.
I really wish that there were half-star options because I really wanted to give this book a 4.5 star rating. It was better than "I really liked it" but just a tiny portion below "It was amazing." So I rounded up and gave it a 5 star approval.
The Avengers stories have always been so tricky to do because you have iconic individual heroes and in putting them together can create an expectation so high, it becomes nearly impossible to achieve. DC's Justice League runs into the same dilemma. What made...more
The Avengers stories have always been so tricky to do because you have iconic individual heroes and in putting them together can create an expectation so high, it becomes nearly impossible to achieve. DC's Justice League runs into the same dilemma. What made...more
Oh, Hawkeye. You're so sarcastic. I love it.
Also, Cap's last thought before the whiteness was of Iron Man. Stop making them canon, Marvel! You're giving me too many ideas as it is. (re-reads that part again)
Also, Cap's last thought before the whiteness was of Iron Man. Stop making them canon, Marvel! You're giving me too many ideas as it is. (re-reads that part again)
Mar 15, 2012
Angela
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3 of 5 stars
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graphic-novels,
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Lots and lots of avengers are involved in this volume. Its a bit fanboyish to begin with, but then some decent stories start. Like the avengers celebration being gatecrashed by zombies. A good read.
Read this many, many years back and it was my absolute favourite in the entire Avengers series! Took me forever to find the sequel but it was well worth it!
This is the first Avengers comic I've read and I really enjoyed it. Definitely whetted my appetite for more!
This was one of my all time favorite Avengers stories!
It'd be nice to see Busiek writing the Avengers again...someday...
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 1
It'd be nice to see Busiek writing the Avengers again...someday...
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 1
Maybe I'm just more of an X-men fan?
Hey, Busiek written Avengers! Love it.
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Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.
Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc;...more
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Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc;...more
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