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Avengers Academy (Collected Editions)
Avengers Academy, Vol. 2: Will We Use This in the Real World?
Hank Pym returns to his greatest role! That's right, Giant-Man is back!
Then, the Avengers Academy students take on a mission of vengeance against the Hood, and Finesse goes off in search of the man who could be her father: Taskmaster! But everything changes when Korvac returns and defeats the Avengers. Now, the world's only hope lies with the Avengers Academy students, who have been aged to adulthood!
With time manipulated, the team gets a glimpse of what the future might hold for them. For some, it's a revelation; for others, a life sentence! Can they overcome their personal demons and master unfamiliar abilities in time to defeat a foe powerful enough to conquer Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
And if that wasn't enough, enter the Young Allies, the Initiative - and the Sinister Six!
Collecting: Avengers Academy 7-13
Then, the Avengers Academy students take on a mission of vengeance against the Hood, and Finesse goes off in search of the man who could be her father: Taskmaster! But everything changes when Korvac returns and defeats the Avengers. Now, the world's only hope lies with the Avengers Academy students, who have been aged to adulthood!
With time manipulated, the team gets a glimpse of what the future might hold for them. For some, it's a revelation; for others, a life sentence! Can they overcome their personal demons and master unfamiliar abilities in time to defeat a foe powerful enough to conquer Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
And if that wasn't enough, enter the Young Allies, the Initiative - and the Sinister Six!
Collecting: Avengers Academy 7-13
168 pages, Hardcover
First published August 17, 2011
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March 31, 2021
The kids take on the likes of the Absorbing Man, The Red Hood, Taskmaster, and Korvak. But where the book really shines is its character. This is something of a DeGrassi for superheroes. It excels as a heroic soap opera.
July 7, 2013
This particular arc of Avengers Academy is not my favourite of the series, and the title itself is far from my favourite comic book(I am reading it now mostly out of curiousity about the kids in Avengers Arena), but there is something about this story that appeals to me, and the form it takes exemplifies one of the things I love most about comics.
Let's talk about the latter first. This is anecdotal, so bear with me if it doesn't apply to you, but many people I've spoken to about comics see them as a genre within other media. For instance, you find comic books in the Barnes & Noble or the Chapters-Indigo over by the Sci-Fi & Fantasy books, implying they're a subgenre of a genre of "book," or you find them in a convenience store in a comic rack next to the magazine rack, suggesting that they're "magazines for kids." There are other folk who see them as a sort of blueprint for film that has just happened to make it into cheap little, pulpy mags for kiddy consumption, making them a sort of sub-medium of "film."
To me, however, what makes comics so alluring, so worth my time, is that they are a medium all unto themselves. They are not books with pictures or static films with words printed on the page; they are their own entity, an entity that shares characteristics of those other forms, even bridges the gap between those forms, but they are their own artform with myriad possibilities. Every genre I can think of -- in film or literature -- is its own genre in comic books. Every single one. Which is what this arc of Avengers Academy put me in mind of, and it is precisely what I think it exemplifies: the idea that comics can be and can do anything that other media can be and can do.
This arc in Avengers Academy is a soap opera. Perhaps a Degrassi Avengers High or an Avengers Mansion 10022, rather than a Young and the Superpowered or Days of our Super-Lives, but it is a soap opera nonetheless. The students are bouncing up against their personal dramas while swinging back and forth between dumb decisions and heroism; there is constant discussion about everyone's feelings and how those feelings are informed by all the relationships, and how those relationships inform and are shaped by other relationships. There are perceived slights, infidelities, bastard children, tortured souls, silly villains, and more hyperdrama than your average day in Genoa City, which is precisely what pleases me about this tale and returns us to the 'former' place wherein I began this ramble.
I love soap operas. I spent a large part of my life watching them with my Mom, and even today I can join in with the two I've already mentioned plus General Hospital and I'll be up to speed in fifteen minutes. Sure, I am a bigger fan of dramatic fare, or mysteries, or Sci-Fi, but when I need to kill some time and escape, when I need to check my brain at the door, when I just want a little, unadulterated silliness and fun, I will watch a soap. Avengers Academy is exactly that for me during the Will We Use This in the Real World? arc. Dumb fun. And a reminder that comics span as many genres as the otehr forms I love so much.
Comics, as a form, deserve more respect because comics can make the shift to screen and page as seamlessy films and books can make their way into the pages of a comic. Comics are equal to these other forms in importance (and I gauge this "importance" based on their ability to change people personally as well as they impact they can have on our culture/pop-culture) and artistry. Comics are awesome. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
Let's talk about the latter first. This is anecdotal, so bear with me if it doesn't apply to you, but many people I've spoken to about comics see them as a genre within other media. For instance, you find comic books in the Barnes & Noble or the Chapters-Indigo over by the Sci-Fi & Fantasy books, implying they're a subgenre of a genre of "book," or you find them in a convenience store in a comic rack next to the magazine rack, suggesting that they're "magazines for kids." There are other folk who see them as a sort of blueprint for film that has just happened to make it into cheap little, pulpy mags for kiddy consumption, making them a sort of sub-medium of "film."
To me, however, what makes comics so alluring, so worth my time, is that they are a medium all unto themselves. They are not books with pictures or static films with words printed on the page; they are their own entity, an entity that shares characteristics of those other forms, even bridges the gap between those forms, but they are their own artform with myriad possibilities. Every genre I can think of -- in film or literature -- is its own genre in comic books. Every single one. Which is what this arc of Avengers Academy put me in mind of, and it is precisely what I think it exemplifies: the idea that comics can be and can do anything that other media can be and can do.
This arc in Avengers Academy is a soap opera. Perhaps a Degrassi Avengers High or an Avengers Mansion 10022, rather than a Young and the Superpowered or Days of our Super-Lives, but it is a soap opera nonetheless. The students are bouncing up against their personal dramas while swinging back and forth between dumb decisions and heroism; there is constant discussion about everyone's feelings and how those feelings are informed by all the relationships, and how those relationships inform and are shaped by other relationships. There are perceived slights, infidelities, bastard children, tortured souls, silly villains, and more hyperdrama than your average day in Genoa City, which is precisely what pleases me about this tale and returns us to the 'former' place wherein I began this ramble.
I love soap operas. I spent a large part of my life watching them with my Mom, and even today I can join in with the two I've already mentioned plus General Hospital and I'll be up to speed in fifteen minutes. Sure, I am a bigger fan of dramatic fare, or mysteries, or Sci-Fi, but when I need to kill some time and escape, when I need to check my brain at the door, when I just want a little, unadulterated silliness and fun, I will watch a soap. Avengers Academy is exactly that for me during the Will We Use This in the Real World? arc. Dumb fun. And a reminder that comics span as many genres as the otehr forms I love so much.
Comics, as a form, deserve more respect because comics can make the shift to screen and page as seamlessy films and books can make their way into the pages of a comic. Comics are equal to these other forms in importance (and I gauge this "importance" based on their ability to change people personally as well as they impact they can have on our culture/pop-culture) and artistry. Comics are awesome. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
September 30, 2011
This series continues to be one of the best Marvel has to offer. It follows the lives of super-powered teens that had been tortured by Norman Osborn, some of whom are dying and others of which have a propensity toward amoral behavior, as they struggle with their powers and their teachers.
The problem I have with this collection is that they fight two of the most powerful villains in the Marvel universe- Korvac and the Absorbing Man- and easily defeat them within the span of an issue a piece. Without the help of Thor against Crusher Creel and then Thor gets busted up by Korvac and these Marvel teen titans beat him up like nobody's business? Yeah, they do, but no. It took almost everyone in the Marvel U to beat Korvac the last time he showed up. At the very least, don't try to just shove that entire plot into 20 or so pages.
The problem I have with this collection is that they fight two of the most powerful villains in the Marvel universe- Korvac and the Absorbing Man- and easily defeat them within the span of an issue a piece. Without the help of Thor against Crusher Creel and then Thor gets busted up by Korvac and these Marvel teen titans beat him up like nobody's business? Yeah, they do, but no. It took almost everyone in the Marvel U to beat Korvac the last time he showed up. At the very least, don't try to just shove that entire plot into 20 or so pages.
October 21, 2012
Another excellent volume of Academy. As before, the action-adventure is good, but the book really surpasses itself with its careful attention to character.
June 22, 2013
You know what's weird about the world of comic books? How does it seem to work out that there are so many villains? What's up with all these assholes getting superpowers and using them to initiate a beating by their arch-nemesis (by which I mean "most local superhero")? The math just doesn't work out for me so much. How many people grow up wanting to be Batman compared to the number who want to be the Penguin?
The real losers in this whole thing? The banking industry. How many times does Dr. Octopus rob your local Wells Fargo before you say fuck it and keep your cash in a mason jar? Even if he doesn't get your cash through bank robbery, I can barely stand going in that place based on the waiting in line alone. If there was even a slim chance that I'd be crushed by a robotic arm or webbed to a wall, forget it.
The real losers in this whole thing? The banking industry. How many times does Dr. Octopus rob your local Wells Fargo before you say fuck it and keep your cash in a mason jar? Even if he doesn't get your cash through bank robbery, I can barely stand going in that place based on the waiting in line alone. If there was even a slim chance that I'd be crushed by a robotic arm or webbed to a wall, forget it.
April 22, 2016
Really loving this series and so glad Pym took back his Giant Man suit out of the closet.
Christos Cage was really doing a good work on this one, I'm enjoing it so much more than all new Marvel now titles.
June 25, 2012
Muy entretenida y bien llevada, aunque creo que el primer tomo me había gustado un poco más. Lástima que los dibujantes siguen chorreando mediocridad, aunque me parece que el más malo del volumen anterior acá no figuraba mucho, la verdad que bien no recuerdo.
September 23, 2016
The kids battle the old enemy of the Avengers- Kovac. Plenty of drama between each one of the pupils, but Gage's writing needs some improvement to make this less campy.
February 9, 2021
Pues continúa la colección, con guiones de Christos Gage y dibujo de Mike McKone, Sean Chen y Tom Raney, que van desfilando por la colección para irnos adentrando en las dinámicas e historias que Gage nos cuenta sobre el joven nuevo equipo y los clásicos vengadores y Nuevos Guerreros que van apareciendo y orbitando alrededor del núcleo de la serie, o viceversa, que depende del número.
En este caso, vamos a ver a los miembros de la Academia Vengadores hacer frente a la que será su primera gran amenaza, El Hombre Absorbente, convertido por obra y gracia de Doug Braithwaite y Alex Ross en Universo Marvel-X en una de las criaturas más peligrosas del Universo Marvel, algo que Gage se aprendió bien, y es que una de las grandes bazas de Christos Gage es que siempre supo utilizar muy bien los precedentes. Además, Gage continúa desarrollando la trama de Tigra y El Encapuchado, en la que se implican ahora los jóvenes vengadores, el encuentro entre Estilo y el Supervisor, el regreso de Speedball a Stamford... y un encuentro que haría de crisol incluso para los más poderosos de entre los Vengadores: el regreso de Kovac.
Vamos, que en este volumen Christos Gage consigue dar un poco de todo, tocando muchos palos y con el apoyo de diversos dibujantes, que como poco son solventes y los que por lo que sea, yo les tengo cierto cariño. Bueno, por lo que sea no, a Chen por X-Men: El Fin, a McKone por Nuevos Titanes y a Raney por los primeros números de Outsiders posteriores a Día de Graduación y donde dibujaba al mejor Roy Harper que se ha visto nunca.
Vamos, que es muy entretenido y que mola mucho.
En este caso, vamos a ver a los miembros de la Academia Vengadores hacer frente a la que será su primera gran amenaza, El Hombre Absorbente, convertido por obra y gracia de Doug Braithwaite y Alex Ross en Universo Marvel-X en una de las criaturas más peligrosas del Universo Marvel, algo que Gage se aprendió bien, y es que una de las grandes bazas de Christos Gage es que siempre supo utilizar muy bien los precedentes. Además, Gage continúa desarrollando la trama de Tigra y El Encapuchado, en la que se implican ahora los jóvenes vengadores, el encuentro entre Estilo y el Supervisor, el regreso de Speedball a Stamford... y un encuentro que haría de crisol incluso para los más poderosos de entre los Vengadores: el regreso de Kovac.
Vamos, que en este volumen Christos Gage consigue dar un poco de todo, tocando muchos palos y con el apoyo de diversos dibujantes, que como poco son solventes y los que por lo que sea, yo les tengo cierto cariño. Bueno, por lo que sea no, a Chen por X-Men: El Fin, a McKone por Nuevos Titanes y a Raney por los primeros números de Outsiders posteriores a Día de Graduación y donde dibujaba al mejor Roy Harper que se ha visto nunca.
Vamos, que es muy entretenido y que mola mucho.
October 21, 2012
In 15 Words:
We begin to see the junior Avengers choose paths that will alter their lives forever.
In More Than 15 Words:
I am loving this series. I enjoy just about every single character in it, and think that Christos Gage is doing a great job and making these teens act like teens. The story flows fluidly from one incident into the next, and we get to see what is driving these young people to do what they do. Some do it for personal gain, others do it to get over past mistakes, but they all feel real.
I can't wait to get my hands on the next volume of this, and I definitely hope to see these characters branch out into other Marvel series eventually. I personally think that they have the staying power to last among even some of the legendary Marvelites.
We begin to see the junior Avengers choose paths that will alter their lives forever.
In More Than 15 Words:
I am loving this series. I enjoy just about every single character in it, and think that Christos Gage is doing a great job and making these teens act like teens. The story flows fluidly from one incident into the next, and we get to see what is driving these young people to do what they do. Some do it for personal gain, others do it to get over past mistakes, but they all feel real.
I can't wait to get my hands on the next volume of this, and I definitely hope to see these characters branch out into other Marvel series eventually. I personally think that they have the staying power to last among even some of the legendary Marvelites.
January 29, 2012
Avengers Academy is addictive and absurd and wonderful. It's like comics crack, I swear. I love all the kids, I love all the redemption storylines for the teachers -- oh, also, Quicksilver, who doesn't need your redemption, but will humor your need to learn things if it means you'll shut up and leave him alone thankyouverymuch. (Not that he cares, because he doesn't, except he does.)
Some pretty cool and massive battles, and some deft handling of really srs bznss by Gage. Bonus points because, uh, honestly... I teared up on the page with Hazmat taking off her helmet and leaning on Mettle on the couch. Cuz dude. Come on. That was great.
Great book -- best of Marvel these days, for sure. Dying for the next one, now.
Some pretty cool and massive battles, and some deft handling of really srs bznss by Gage. Bonus points because, uh, honestly... I teared up on the page with Hazmat taking off her helmet and leaning on Mettle on the couch. Cuz dude. Come on. That was great.
Great book -- best of Marvel these days, for sure. Dying for the next one, now.
April 29, 2025
Christos Gage no se anda con chiquitas, y pronto envuelve la vida de estos estudiantes a Vengador en amenazas que van desde lo callejero, crimen más organizado y una amenaza cósmica de primer nivel. Todo, por supuesto, entroncado con el sentido "académico" de esta formación y obra, en la que es crucial el cómo la relación con las redes sociales y las figuras "influencers" promoviendo la competición y, sobre todo, el conflcito, aparecen como mayor punto de inflexión negativa en estos personajes juveniles. Entrelazándolo con un momento de inusitada vergüenza y dolor de Tigra promovida por un supervillano del que deber sacar en claro que hay líneas totalmente claras con las que separarse de los criminales (estupenda toda la sub trama de Estilo tratando de dilucidar la paternidad con Taskmaster). Esto conlleva a la amenaza de expulsión en el peor momento, cuando uno de los villanos más terribles para el cosmos Marvelita irrumpa para poner el mayor "examen sorpresa".
El subtítulo del tomo también ofrece un gran reclamo. Si bien quedaba claro al arranque de Academia Vengadores que el tener a Hank Pym como director a todos los efectos de esta iniciativa, era toda una declaración de intenciones al tener en cuenta que todos estos alumnos están a un mal día de ser más amenazas que héroes. Gage ya se centra en abordar la complicada vida heroíca y estabilidad mental del Vengador fundador y cómo justamente su vida (o la de Speedball) servirán como mayor lección para estos nuevos personajes.
Sí que me queda amarga la sensación de que el querer ofrecer la espectacularidad recurrente del super comic book, opaca el gran potencial y motivo de esta cabecera con la exploración total de sus personajes, como demuestra esas últimas páginas entre Temple y Tóxica, tras esta tener el regalo envenenado del medio día sin traje protector.
El subtítulo del tomo también ofrece un gran reclamo. Si bien quedaba claro al arranque de Academia Vengadores que el tener a Hank Pym como director a todos los efectos de esta iniciativa, era toda una declaración de intenciones al tener en cuenta que todos estos alumnos están a un mal día de ser más amenazas que héroes. Gage ya se centra en abordar la complicada vida heroíca y estabilidad mental del Vengador fundador y cómo justamente su vida (o la de Speedball) servirán como mayor lección para estos nuevos personajes.
Sí que me queda amarga la sensación de que el querer ofrecer la espectacularidad recurrente del super comic book, opaca el gran potencial y motivo de esta cabecera con la exploración total de sus personajes, como demuestra esas últimas páginas entre Temple y Tóxica, tras esta tener el regalo envenenado del medio día sin traje protector.
August 24, 2025
I have been reading Avengers Academy on the Marvel Unlimited App, but my understanding by the issues listed here is that this does not include Avengers Academy Giant Size. This is a problem because the characters introduced in Giant Size are in issue #13. So I'd recommend finding and reading it, but when? According to release dates, it would be right before issue #13, but that doesn't make sense. I've thought about this a lot, and it doesn't really fit anywhere, but I think the best place would be between #9 and #10 as #10-#12 have a continuous story, and #13 is still unpacking the results of that story, but you should read Giant Size because it's really fun.
Okay, Volume 2 continues the themes and plots of volume 1, exploring the results of the torture Osborn inflicted upon these children and whether they are able to become heroes. At first I thought this one was going to be about the instructors as it begins with Hank deciding to bring back Janet, and the students finding out that Tigra was assaulted. But soon it becomes clear that these events exist so Veil can really screw up, first by beating Tigra's assaulter into a pulp, and then by trying to bring back Janet herself. Throughout the story we see not budding supervillains, but teenagers who make teenage mistakes, but with superpowers. It's really good, and continues to exemplify Gage's ability at writing both satisfying teenage drama and perfectly paced character development. He's just really good at writing fun superhero comics.
Okay, Volume 2 continues the themes and plots of volume 1, exploring the results of the torture Osborn inflicted upon these children and whether they are able to become heroes. At first I thought this one was going to be about the instructors as it begins with Hank deciding to bring back Janet, and the students finding out that Tigra was assaulted. But soon it becomes clear that these events exist so Veil can really screw up, first by beating Tigra's assaulter into a pulp, and then by trying to bring back Janet herself. Throughout the story we see not budding supervillains, but teenagers who make teenage mistakes, but with superpowers. It's really good, and continues to exemplify Gage's ability at writing both satisfying teenage drama and perfectly paced character development. He's just really good at writing fun superhero comics.
July 13, 2017
A tape is released of a baddie from the past threatening Tigra. Some of the new Avengers decide they're going to find the guy (who fakes being caught and in prison) and threaten him with a nice video released to counter. Tigra wants them gone and they become desperate to stay. One of them even spies on a teacher and then decides to 'help' another teacher by freeing his wife. This starts a whole new set of questions that drive the new Avengers together and apart.
Also, Hazmat is given a temporary solution to having to wear the suit all of the time in the form of a mutant. He drains the radioactivity from her.
Also, Hazmat is given a temporary solution to having to wear the suit all of the time in the form of a mutant. He drains the radioactivity from her.
August 4, 2018
There's a joke in the last issue "This isn't the X-men!" after a fight breaks out but I'm like it might as well be another school for the gifted. Watch Tigra and Dr. Pym struggle to be teachers! Watch teens deal with hormones and grapple with having powers! I think this scene has just been played out a ton.
March 14, 2020
I really like this series. The characters feel real. I really like Pym and Tigra getting in a relationship, they are good together I think. Also cool to see how the team struggles to be at peace with who they are and who they will become. I bet a few will become villains, I am curious as to which ones that will be.
May 11, 2022
Cool mix of bad choices, sociopaths/heroes. Hank Pym and Quicksilver may either be good influences or bad upon these Young heroes.
They are finding their footing and it is still up in the air if they will be heroes or villains. Some choices seem obvious for a few of them, but stranger things have happened in the world of MCU.
I look forward to continuing the rest of this series.
They are finding their footing and it is still up in the air if they will be heroes or villains. Some choices seem obvious for a few of them, but stranger things have happened in the world of MCU.
I look forward to continuing the rest of this series.
September 25, 2022
I am not the biggest fan of very wordy comics since I think it just makes the story drag on but I do like the moments when they actually focus on defeating the villains but it feels like there is just way to much dialogue shoved into each panel and most of it is just the characters yelling at each other which is just not that intriguing.
August 23, 2018
I think my big complaint is that there isn't any cohesion with students. Maybe that's the point? I just feel like a lot of the stories were about individual characters.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 27, 2021
rating: 2.5* | sorry i'm just not a big fan of the avengers academy
February 5, 2024
⭐️1.5
Isso foi um desastre.
É impressionante como todos os personagens me irritam, e eu estava totalmente do lado da tigresa quando ela os expulsou.
Isso foi um desastre.
É impressionante como todos os personagens me irritam, e eu estava totalmente do lado da tigresa quando ela os expulsou.
April 28, 2014
The first volume of Avengers Academy was very dark, as these teens have some serious issues weighing them down, and their teachers aren't much better off. This second volume has each of them, students and teachers alike, confronting their possible futures and what they want to make of themselves. And it's darker still.
The book opens with Pym facing off against the Absorbing Man, and his own guilt over Janet's death. Next up, when the students learn of the Red Hood's attack on Tigra, they go after him and she realizes she still needs to deal with that trauma. The book then jumps to each of the students learning something about themselves. Finesse meets the Taskmaster (who may be her father) and discovers that experience trumps mimicry and her gift may have a negative side effect. Hazmat gets a chance for a day outside thanks to the mutant Leech, but that temporary reprieve may make her feel even more isolated than before. Individually, these stories are good for developing the characters. And they needed it. However, as a whole the book is weak.
My biggest issue with this series is how the adults consistently, and ridiculously, underestimate these teens. I just don't buy Finesse being able to blackmail Quicksilver, or Pym and Tigra being so oblivious to these kids' inner demons. Each incident meant to help them mature is so contrived it takes away from the "lesson." Both Avengers teams arrive to battle the evil Korvac but I'm supposed to believe that only these teens hold the key to defeating him?
Overall, the team has potential but they have so many issues I find myself feeling sorry for them rather than rooting for them. I'm not sure how the writers can overcome the problem
The book opens with Pym facing off against the Absorbing Man, and his own guilt over Janet's death. Next up, when the students learn of the Red Hood's attack on Tigra, they go after him and she realizes she still needs to deal with that trauma. The book then jumps to each of the students learning something about themselves. Finesse meets the Taskmaster (who may be her father) and discovers that experience trumps mimicry and her gift may have a negative side effect. Hazmat gets a chance for a day outside thanks to the mutant Leech, but that temporary reprieve may make her feel even more isolated than before. Individually, these stories are good for developing the characters. And they needed it. However, as a whole the book is weak.
My biggest issue with this series is how the adults consistently, and ridiculously, underestimate these teens. I just don't buy Finesse being able to blackmail Quicksilver, or Pym and Tigra being so oblivious to these kids' inner demons. Each incident meant to help them mature is so contrived it takes away from the "lesson." Both Avengers teams arrive to battle the evil Korvac but I'm supposed to believe that only these teens hold the key to defeating him?
Overall, the team has potential but they have so many issues I find myself feeling sorry for them rather than rooting for them. I'm not sure how the writers can overcome the problem
July 7, 2014
I don't understand my love of teenage superheroes. I wish that I could explain it, but I'm just a sucker for a story about teens with powers.
This volume is fun and dynamic. The characters all grow and do stupid things and have moments of real emotion. I think the best part of this story is that the adults and the kids have their own story lines and neither really seems to step on the other.
Mettle doesn't really get enough page time here, but that's just fan wanting.
There is an awkward part where Avengers Academy Giant Size is mentioned but isn't in this collection. Still the story moves and you get moments with almost all the characters. The artwork is solid hero comic.
This volume is fun and dynamic. The characters all grow and do stupid things and have moments of real emotion. I think the best part of this story is that the adults and the kids have their own story lines and neither really seems to step on the other.
Mettle doesn't really get enough page time here, but that's just fan wanting.
There is an awkward part where Avengers Academy Giant Size is mentioned but isn't in this collection. Still the story moves and you get moments with almost all the characters. The artwork is solid hero comic.
October 2, 2016
Some very interesting stuff here. An encounter with Korvac leads to a bizarre sequence in which the teen team temporarily gains their adult bodies while staying fully themselves...interesting stuff. The best issue might have been the "prom" issue, actually, because it put the characters front and center and adding damaged to earnest and courageous and all those other traits of standard superheroes makes them fascinating characters. There's actually some legit questions with these characters as to where they'll go and how they'll turn out--future self appearance notwithstanding--so writing character issues like that one draws on the primary originality of this series.
January 3, 2013
Avengers Academy was such a good idea and this volume illustrates that so well. Christos Gage does an amazing job of showing teenagers emotional spectrum without trying to sound "cool". The real world consequences of the Hood's attack on Tigra and how the kids deal with it is dealt with very well. The Korvac portion of the book ws good for displaying some potentialities but I've never liked the character. Overall, a very good book.
September 24, 2015
These are starting to run together for me.
The thing that totally ruins this book is that Veil makes a mistake that seemed very likely to destroy the universe but for a confusing and not-really-believable solution. And no one mentions it ever again. For a book about two things—relationships among angsty teenagers and the growing process of becoming a superhero by overcoming doubts and mistakes—that's a really glaring miss.
I mean, it's the universe here. The universe.
The thing that totally ruins this book is that Veil makes a mistake that seemed very likely to destroy the universe but for a confusing and not-really-believable solution. And no one mentions it ever again. For a book about two things—relationships among angsty teenagers and the growing process of becoming a superhero by overcoming doubts and mistakes—that's a really glaring miss.
I mean, it's the universe here. The universe.
January 19, 2012
Not a fan of Korvac, so that part of the collection lost my interest a little, but the other tales were fun and Gage continues to develop the characters well. And certainly much better than some of the main Avengers books I've read recently.
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October 6, 2013
Continua, con storie interessanti e con un cambio di costume e identità in peggio (Hank Pym torna a essere Giant-man, abbandonando l'elegante costume da Wasp) la serie dedicata ai ragazzi problematici dell'Accademia, con il ritorno di Carina e Korvac, due villain caratterizzati ottimamente da Shooter ma qui decisamente sprecati.
April 3, 2016
3.5 The trainee super-heroes try to avenge themselves on one of Tigra's old foes, worry about their futures and battle the cosmic Korvac. A lot of fun, though some of the elements just don't work for me, like Taskmaster's memory problems (but that's not something this series came up with so they can't help it).
March 13, 2012
Lots of fun again. Trainee avengers don't always get things right. There's some really good character stories in this volume: Tigra dealing with what the Hood did to her, Korvac, and Taskmaster. This is a great series.
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