Avengers Standoff: Welcome To Pleasant Hill #1

Avengers: Standoff (Reading Order) #1

by Nick Spencer, Daniel Acuña (Cover Art), Mark Bagley (Artist)

The prelude to the Spring's blockbuster Avengers event! Hello there and welcome, new resident. You've sure made the right choice in moving to Pleasant Hill- a friendly small town where burdens are lifted and the sun is always bright...so hide your eyes. Don't let it see you looking its way. Hide if you must. Otherwise it will burn right through you. Pleasant Hill is the kind of place where folks look out for one another. Everyone knows who their neighbors are. But who are you, neighbor?

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

38 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2016

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Nick Spencer is a comic book writer known for his creator-owned titles at Image Comics (Existence 2.0/3.0, Forgetless, Shuddertown, Morning Glories), his work at DC Comics (Action Comics, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents), and for his current work at Marvel Comics (Iron Man 2.0, Ultimate Comics: X-Men).

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill
Author: Nick Spencer
Series: N/A
Format: ebook
Length: 38 pages
Rating: 3 stars

Synopsis: The prelude to the Spring's blockbuster Avengers event! Hello there and welcome, new resident. You've sure made the right choice in moving to Pleasant Hill- a friendly small town where burdens are lifted and the sun is always bright...so hide your eyes. Don't let it see you looking its way. Hide if you must. Otherwise it will burn right through you. Pleasant Hill is the kind of place where folks look out for one another. Everyone knows who their neighbors are. But who are you, neighbor?

Favourite character: N/A
Least favourite character: Maria Hill

Mini-review: Good. Kind of weird. Loved the ending. Kind of feel like I'm cheating review a single comic instead of a bind-up.

[LyricTrotter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not impressed.The prequel just doesnt add up to the extent and emotion of the sequels. The plot doesnt add up. Looking for something better now.

[Delanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

.................Trippy...............😵

[Dennis Brock · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, something different to me. It's a pretty cool concept that Pleasant Hill.

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, I'm not in the habit of reviewing individual issues these days, and particularly not when they're part of an ongoing crossover event. And this is really just a tease to get the expected audience wound up and excited.
Second of all, I've not been very impressed with Marvel's track record on their crossover events. But having said that, I'd did enjoy Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars (DC has, in my opinion, an even worse track record). So I thought I'd give this new crossover event a swing and see what happens.
It is exactly what I expected it would be: a tease to get the reader wound up and excited. Well, done. What I find particularly interesting is that the use of a dealing with criminals as presented here is interestingly similar to the methods developed by and employed so effectively by Doc Savage all the way back in the 1930s. Sure, this method has been updated and modernized for comic book readers as much as it has been reworked to function within the context of Marvel's pseudo-science. Nothing wrong there, it just makes the implications of the story that much more interesting. I'll certainly be sticking around to see how it plays out.

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good start to an interesting arc.

[Искра · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You know, you remind me of someone I used to know. A guy with-shall we say-mixed reviews. Not entirely his fault, understand - his friends would say he never got a fair shake. That he never really had a choice. But bottom line is, he left quite a trail of bodies in his wake."

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An intriguing idea that pulls off a dramatic last page that changes the context of the entire read. There are a few things that don't add up, so verdict is still out on whether these elements come into play later, or if they were simply there for a bit of fun or careless writing.

[Ronnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusta esta idea, es el primer evento en Marvel que me suena bien desde hace un buen tiempo. Realmente estaba armando una trama diferente mientras lo iba leyendo y me ha gustado el plot twist, suena genial. Además el arte es muy gratificante, es demasiado limpio y eso me encanta.

[Tony]

+6 Vision #1-6; +2.5 Uncanny X-Men #1,6; +4 Hercules #3-6; +4 Captain Marvel #1-4; Black Panther #1; Cap Am: Road to War #1; +2 Power Man & Iron Fist #1-2; +19.5 Avengers Standoff {a(1.5)b(1.5)cdefgh(3)ijklmnop(1.5)}

40/40; finished 1 May 2016

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

At first I thought it was one thing and it flipped the script entirely. Can't wait to read the rest.

[Sevia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Docela zajímavý pokus Marvelu o Wayward Pines + zároveň úvod k chystanému jarnímu "Avengers Standoff" crossoveru.

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid read with a great twist! A few pieces were a bit odd but overall a very intriguing new adventure!

[Charity Tinnin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main storyline (5 issues) of this series may equal my favorite arc of Marvel's to date. But then with the Captain America trifecta is that a surprise?

[Bárbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit on the confusing side, but I still have to read the second part so I'll be patient. I'm intrigued though.