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Avengers (2018) (Collected Editions)
Avengers, Vol. 1: The Final Host
A new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. Thor Odinson. The big three are reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet - the 2,000-foot-tall space gods known as the Celestials! Behold the coming of the Final Host! But who will answer the call as a new team of Avengers assemble? Hint: one of them has a fl aming skull. As Black Panther and Doctor Strange battle for their lives deep within the earth, Captain Marvel faces death and destruction raining down from the skies...and what about the Savage Hulk? Plus, no gathering of Avengers would be complete without a certain Prince of Lies! But what world-shaking connection exists between the Dark Celestials and Odin's ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers?
COLLECTING: AVENGERS 1-6, MATERIAL FROM FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018
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160 pages, Paperback
First published October 16, 2018
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,679 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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May 16, 2020
Very meh.
It's readable and the art is nice, but there's nothing here that makes me want to go any further with Aaron's Avengers.
I did like the whole Prehistoice Avengers concept. Maybe if they had their own title, I'd read that?
Also, it was nice to see Tony, Thor, & Steve get back together and back in action. The line-up for this team was actually really good. She-Hulk, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider, & Doctor Strange show up to kick Dark Celestial ass and save the Earth from certain doom. <--am I forgetting anyone?
So the gist is that Loki has unleashed a Celestial that supposedly wants revenge for shit that the Jurassic Avengers did billions of years ago. So, to save the Earth the new Original Avengers have to band together to save the day.
Avengers Assemble! <--etc., etc., etc.
On paper, it sounds like a solid story - and it is! But it was missing something important that I can't put my finger on that gets me personally excited for a comic. If I get a bug in my ass for Avengers, I may come back to this one someday.
For a limited time this is part of Hoopla's COVID-19 free borrows.
It's readable and the art is nice, but there's nothing here that makes me want to go any further with Aaron's Avengers.
I did like the whole Prehistoice Avengers concept. Maybe if they had their own title, I'd read that?
Also, it was nice to see Tony, Thor, & Steve get back together and back in action. The line-up for this team was actually really good. She-Hulk, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider, & Doctor Strange show up to kick Dark Celestial ass and save the Earth from certain doom. <--am I forgetting anyone?
So the gist is that Loki has unleashed a Celestial that supposedly wants revenge for shit that the Jurassic Avengers did billions of years ago. So, to save the Earth the new Original Avengers have to band together to save the day.
Avengers Assemble! <--etc., etc., etc.
On paper, it sounds like a solid story - and it is! But it was missing something important that I can't put my finger on that gets me personally excited for a comic. If I get a bug in my ass for Avengers, I may come back to this one someday.
For a limited time this is part of Hoopla's COVID-19 free borrows.
March 26, 2020
"RRRGGH. Less talk. More punch." -- the savage She-Hulk
"Huzzah to that . . . " -- the mighty Thor
Those characters have it exactly right. Vol. 1: The Final Host works best when its 'all hands on deck' team - here consisting of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, and the latest incarnation of Ghost Rider (phew! is this a superhero squad or an MLB batting lineup?) - dispense with the occasionally tedious expositionary dialogue and proceed with typical kicking of the ass / saving of the day moments. It's really only an adequate storyline, involving some of the usual Loki-related global threat skullduggery, though it's very briefly and unexpectedly contemporary - amidst our present-day COVID-19 pandemic - with the phrases such as 'living pathogens,' 'basest bacteria,' and 'the cure' being thrown around during the finale. Still, the large cast was handled well, which can be a tricky thing to do. When the veteran members crack wise with one another, and begrudgingly accept the new Ghost Rider as a colleague (he amusingly feels out of his depth, but is grateful to be included and ultimately proves his mettle) it was good.
"Huzzah to that . . . " -- the mighty Thor
Those characters have it exactly right. Vol. 1: The Final Host works best when its 'all hands on deck' team - here consisting of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, and the latest incarnation of Ghost Rider (phew! is this a superhero squad or an MLB batting lineup?) - dispense with the occasionally tedious expositionary dialogue and proceed with typical kicking of the ass / saving of the day moments. It's really only an adequate storyline, involving some of the usual Loki-related global threat skullduggery, though it's very briefly and unexpectedly contemporary - amidst our present-day COVID-19 pandemic - with the phrases such as 'living pathogens,' 'basest bacteria,' and 'the cure' being thrown around during the finale. Still, the large cast was handled well, which can be a tricky thing to do. When the veteran members crack wise with one another, and begrudgingly accept the new Ghost Rider as a colleague (he amusingly feels out of his depth, but is grateful to be included and ultimately proves his mettle) it was good.
October 18, 2020
A million years ago primitive versions of the modern day Avengers fought Celestials. Now, the Avengers have to fight more Celestials again. Oh and Loki’s up to something. In an Avengers story? No! Yes, it really is that imaginative - hacks assemble!
Avengers books are almost always dismal and unfortunately Jason Aaron’s take on the series is no different. I love Jason Aaron but this is the worst book of his I’ve ever read - The Final Host is so utterly pathetic it makes me wonder how the same guy who wrote Scalped managed to write this. It couldn’t be any worse.
All that happens is that the Avengers go giant size and punch Celestials - it’s like seeing a kid playing with toys smashing them into one another. It’s so childish and silly. And what’s amazing is how much tedious overwriting Aaron is able to cram into this book considering how little is happening - it’s just dumb fighting.
Avengers, Volume 1: The Final Host is skull-numbingly boring - nothing worth seeing here!
Avengers books are almost always dismal and unfortunately Jason Aaron’s take on the series is no different. I love Jason Aaron but this is the worst book of his I’ve ever read - The Final Host is so utterly pathetic it makes me wonder how the same guy who wrote Scalped managed to write this. It couldn’t be any worse.
All that happens is that the Avengers go giant size and punch Celestials - it’s like seeing a kid playing with toys smashing them into one another. It’s so childish and silly. And what’s amazing is how much tedious overwriting Aaron is able to cram into this book considering how little is happening - it’s just dumb fighting.
Avengers, Volume 1: The Final Host is skull-numbingly boring - nothing worth seeing here!
April 16, 2019
Honestly, this seems like a poor man's version of Jonathon Hickman's Avengers run. It has that same "those who created us are coming back to destroy us vibe" but with characters vomiting up exposition again and again. I'm not real happy how Loki is returning to a one-dimensional villain again. Keiron Gillen and Al Ewing gave him so much more depth. I prefer when he's more of a trickster god, manipulating people but manipulating people for a greater good that isn't revealed until later. None of these big writers have been able to write the Avengers boat since Secret Wars. That trend continues here.
March 5, 2019
Wow I didn't like this much at all.
So what happens when we need a reboot? We just kind of wipe away everything and give the same characters the same exact big over dramatic end of the world situations. Now, you're saying, well that's what the Avengers are for! Well..this is one of the most uninspired ways of doing it.
So the Avengers are getting the band back together. Tony, Steve, and Thor all decide it's time. Well, not really, but they have to because they're avengers. In doing so we do have a few replacements like She-Hulk and the New Ghost Rider, but honestly this is just one BIG, LONG, DRAWN OUT fight to save the world against huge monsters/creatures.
Good: I liked Ghost Rider in here, he was badass, and I love Robbie. I also thought the start was very tongue and cheek funny on talking about the industry and comics.
Bad: The rest. The art doesn't really work for me. Some of the designs are pretty awful (THOR WTF?) also the fights are uninspired as could be. I think the dialog is very mimicking of the movies but doesn't flow or work nearly as well here. The ending feels like "part 1" of a 12 part story that I have no interest in continuing.
Overall this is pretty bad. This might be one of the worst starts to a Avengers series for me. I can't give this higher than a 2...and that's me being nice.
So what happens when we need a reboot? We just kind of wipe away everything and give the same characters the same exact big over dramatic end of the world situations. Now, you're saying, well that's what the Avengers are for! Well..this is one of the most uninspired ways of doing it.
So the Avengers are getting the band back together. Tony, Steve, and Thor all decide it's time. Well, not really, but they have to because they're avengers. In doing so we do have a few replacements like She-Hulk and the New Ghost Rider, but honestly this is just one BIG, LONG, DRAWN OUT fight to save the world against huge monsters/creatures.
Good: I liked Ghost Rider in here, he was badass, and I love Robbie. I also thought the start was very tongue and cheek funny on talking about the industry and comics.
Bad: The rest. The art doesn't really work for me. Some of the designs are pretty awful (THOR WTF?) also the fights are uninspired as could be. I think the dialog is very mimicking of the movies but doesn't flow or work nearly as well here. The ending feels like "part 1" of a 12 part story that I have no interest in continuing.
Overall this is pretty bad. This might be one of the worst starts to a Avengers series for me. I can't give this higher than a 2...and that's me being nice.
August 2, 2020
The big three are back Thor, Cap and Stark... well that was the best this volume got. For me, the worse start to an Avengers run ever! Ridiculously over the top adversaries, OK characterisations, especially Ghost Rider. Very poor art. One word.. pants! 3 out of 12.
September 25, 2019
Typical Avengers book with world ending plot. The team up against insurmountable odds. Unfortunately the character work is shallow. There are just too many characters to cover in one volume so maybe I will give that a pass and hope we can get some more depth in the next volume. There is so much focus on the plot, and action the characters are really suffering, and for me that is what makes a good story. That would be my major complaint.
Plot was ok there were a few surprises. I laughed a few times, Aaron is usually descent at delivering some solid quips here and there. Overall I was somewhere between bored and relatively captivated.
Art was good, and worked for me. It would look good in any mainstream title.
I guess with the success of the MCU movie franchise this would be a high pressure writing gig for Aaron. He seems to get some big assignments on the regular. This is a fairly run of the mill story from Aaron it could be a brilliant thread but everything is rushed a story like this could use more issues to get the job done. I will continue with the series, but I'm not exactly excited for volume 2
Vol. 2 World Tour- 4🌟
Vol. 3 War of the vampires-4.5🌟
Plot was ok there were a few surprises. I laughed a few times, Aaron is usually descent at delivering some solid quips here and there. Overall I was somewhere between bored and relatively captivated.
Art was good, and worked for me. It would look good in any mainstream title.
I guess with the success of the MCU movie franchise this would be a high pressure writing gig for Aaron. He seems to get some big assignments on the regular. This is a fairly run of the mill story from Aaron it could be a brilliant thread but everything is rushed a story like this could use more issues to get the job done. I will continue with the series, but I'm not exactly excited for volume 2
Vol. 2 World Tour- 4🌟
Vol. 3 War of the vampires-4.5🌟
December 23, 2020
Funny Jason Aaron superhero romp, kind of a Marvel Justice League but with MCU inspiration (and a lot of references to his Marvel One Million B.C. thing)
Not for everyone, but this old school cosmic Marvel fan enjoyed!
Not for everyone, but this old school cosmic Marvel fan enjoyed!
March 4, 2019
What. A. Drivel. I'm beyond tired of saying this, but Jason Aaron. Dude. What the fuck happened?
So, the plot... Celestials. Ancient. Created life on Earth. Loki. Evil. Sinister plan. Kill all humans. The Final Host. Evil. Kill all humans. Avengers. Assemble. Punch stuff. Win. Loki. Still evil.
You'd think that such a primitive story would at least be a quick action-packed read so if nothing else this would have some shallow entertainment value, but it actually feels more like homework, because Jason Aaron has been attending the Scott Snyder school of overwriting comics to death. You read walls and walls and walls of text explaining the fucking Celestials, The Final Host and Loki's dumb evil plan, as if you haven't heard a variation of this story a million times over in 95% of superhero comics. These six issues felt like they would never ever end. Just eternal Evil Guy Monologues and exposition dumps, forever and ever and ever... Some say that Loki is still narrating his evil plan to this day. And among this dumpster fire, Jason Aaron has the audacity to poke fun at Hickman's Avengers run! Dude, Hickman's book was a masterpiece, especially compared to this bullshit.
The Avengers themselves are entirely useless. Most of them don't even do anything besides providing pointless words to fill pages with, like one of those Lorem Ipsum generators. The roster is also entirely arbitrary, as if he used some randomiser to fill in the seats that weren't already taken by MCU's most popular counterparts. Jason Aaron himself doesn't even know why most of them were there.
Also, let me just say that I absolutely despise what Jason Aaron has done to Loki. Between MCU, Kieron Gillen's Journey Into Mystery/Young Avengers and Al Ewing's Agent of Asgard, Loki has become probably the most interesting, deep and nuanced character in the Marvel universe over the past several years. And then Jason Aaron shat on all of that, first in his numerous Thor runs and now in Avengers, too. Sure, who the fuck needs a deep and interesting character with years of development when you can just revert him back into a one dimensional cardboard stand-in for any other goddamn evil mastermind with a plan and a speech.
The art by Ed McGuinness was meh. He doesn't seem like a great fit for this kind of story, but then again the story was so bad that at least it didn't feel like a waste of an artist.
Overall, Jason Aaron has officially lost me as a fan moving forward. I couldn't care less about whatever he's got planned for Bullshit Marvel Event #9689755258 this year, and I definitely don't give a shit about his Avengers or Thor from here on out.
So, the plot... Celestials. Ancient. Created life on Earth. Loki. Evil. Sinister plan. Kill all humans. The Final Host. Evil. Kill all humans. Avengers. Assemble. Punch stuff. Win. Loki. Still evil.
You'd think that such a primitive story would at least be a quick action-packed read so if nothing else this would have some shallow entertainment value, but it actually feels more like homework, because Jason Aaron has been attending the Scott Snyder school of overwriting comics to death. You read walls and walls and walls of text explaining the fucking Celestials, The Final Host and Loki's dumb evil plan, as if you haven't heard a variation of this story a million times over in 95% of superhero comics. These six issues felt like they would never ever end. Just eternal Evil Guy Monologues and exposition dumps, forever and ever and ever... Some say that Loki is still narrating his evil plan to this day. And among this dumpster fire, Jason Aaron has the audacity to poke fun at Hickman's Avengers run! Dude, Hickman's book was a masterpiece, especially compared to this bullshit.
The Avengers themselves are entirely useless. Most of them don't even do anything besides providing pointless words to fill pages with, like one of those Lorem Ipsum generators. The roster is also entirely arbitrary, as if he used some randomiser to fill in the seats that weren't already taken by MCU's most popular counterparts. Jason Aaron himself doesn't even know why most of them were there.
Also, let me just say that I absolutely despise what Jason Aaron has done to Loki. Between MCU, Kieron Gillen's Journey Into Mystery/Young Avengers and Al Ewing's Agent of Asgard, Loki has become probably the most interesting, deep and nuanced character in the Marvel universe over the past several years. And then Jason Aaron shat on all of that, first in his numerous Thor runs and now in Avengers, too. Sure, who the fuck needs a deep and interesting character with years of development when you can just revert him back into a one dimensional cardboard stand-in for any other goddamn evil mastermind with a plan and a speech.
The art by Ed McGuinness was meh. He doesn't seem like a great fit for this kind of story, but then again the story was so bad that at least it didn't feel like a waste of an artist.
Overall, Jason Aaron has officially lost me as a fan moving forward. I couldn't care less about whatever he's got planned for Bullshit Marvel Event #9689755258 this year, and I definitely don't give a shit about his Avengers or Thor from here on out.
May 18, 2019
-Lots of really corny "this random item/silly plan will help us save the world" McGuffins
-A plot that barely makes sense and serves simply as a device to allow heroes to punch things
-Villains with paper-thin motivations
-Lots of reboot inside jokes either making fun of the previous runs that people hated or this current run
-An ending that uses exposition to tell you what happened rather than just showing you the action
-A plot that barely makes sense and serves simply as a device to allow heroes to punch things
-Villains with paper-thin motivations
-Lots of reboot inside jokes either making fun of the previous runs that people hated or this current run
-An ending that uses exposition to tell you what happened rather than just showing you the action
August 27, 2018
I thought this was fun! Seems very different tonally to the last few Avenger runs I've read, but I think that's part of the reason I liked it. Though I'm still not 100% Ghost Rider needs to be on the team...
April 8, 2020
Supposedly, this book reveals a terrible secret about the Earth that ends up being no big deal, so the build-up to the discovery of the secret ends in disappointment. The final battle is choppy and ends in a cheesy way. The Avengers deserve better.
December 13, 2018
Cosmic hoo-ha of the highest order. I've never liked the Celestials or the Eternals, so you'd think I'd support a book that heaps harm upon them, but they're just crappy Jack Kirby characters I'd rather forget about entirely (along with their DC counterparts, the New Gods).
This follow-up to Aaron's Marvel Legacy flashes back to the Stone Age Avengers again before reuniting the original versions of Captain America, Thor and Captain America as the core of a new iteration of the Avengers in the present day. The team has potential, so I'll probably watch for the second volume and hope they battle someone or something more interesting.
This follow-up to Aaron's Marvel Legacy flashes back to the Stone Age Avengers again before reuniting the original versions of Captain America, Thor and Captain America as the core of a new iteration of the Avengers in the present day. The team has potential, so I'll probably watch for the second volume and hope they battle someone or something more interesting.
April 23, 2022
This was so epic in every sense of the word!
So Avengers reform after a lot of stuff that happened to them post Civil war 2 and secret empire and well we see the effects of that, falling celestials out of the sky and then other new members coming together as they fight off these threat of the final host and their first enemy: LOKI! And well more discovery and retcons and cosmic hordes and how the Avengers are sort of distributed to find their own missions until they have to come together to take down this evil threat. Plus the big fight in the end and the big revelations which set the pace for this run! And also a shiny new base for them which looks so cool omg!
This feels like one of those books that define the rest of the universe going forward and it sort of does, so many retcons and new ideas which not everyone will like but then again for someone new into comics this will be a great read and I like how Aaron shows these heroes as larger than life and a myth and a legacy that may be millions of years old and fighting space gods.. umm yeah thats ambitious and while this volume has its flaws it still manages to do a good job as the first volume with amazing art. It does try to be Hickman-y and having read that run.. umm yeah a good attempt. So yeah a definite recommend!
So Avengers reform after a lot of stuff that happened to them post Civil war 2 and secret empire and well we see the effects of that, falling celestials out of the sky and then other new members coming together as they fight off these threat of the final host and their first enemy: LOKI! And well more discovery and retcons and cosmic hordes and how the Avengers are sort of distributed to find their own missions until they have to come together to take down this evil threat. Plus the big fight in the end and the big revelations which set the pace for this run! And also a shiny new base for them which looks so cool omg!
This feels like one of those books that define the rest of the universe going forward and it sort of does, so many retcons and new ideas which not everyone will like but then again for someone new into comics this will be a great read and I like how Aaron shows these heroes as larger than life and a myth and a legacy that may be millions of years old and fighting space gods.. umm yeah thats ambitious and while this volume has its flaws it still manages to do a good job as the first volume with amazing art. It does try to be Hickman-y and having read that run.. umm yeah a good attempt. So yeah a definite recommend!
March 13, 2019
Good god, this was awful.
Who was this for?
I'm honestly asking.
Listen, I've read Iron Man books written by people that hate Iron Man. I've written some Cap books that read like someone's angry, racist grandfather was just letting off some steam. Bendis' take on Carol Danvers left such a bad taste in my mouth, I stayed away from her books for 2 years after. Never before have I ever read an Avengers book written by a writer that seems to hate the Avengers. Never.
Where do I even start?
For one thing, as someone who reads a lot of fanfic, I can attest to that strange, jarring feeling when you're reading a story that should be set firmly in the 616 universe, but the characterization is all wrong.There's a lot to love about the MCU films but, everyone acknowledges that the characterization in them does not match the characterization in the comics. Tony's a lot quippier and snarkier in the films. Cap has character and personality in TFA and TWS and is written like everyone's Vietnam Vet grandpa in films written by Whedon. Women are written to match whatever plot the male writer feels like inserting at the moment. MCU film elements should never interfere with the comics. They're two separate universes.
Aaron's characterization feels a hell of a lot like he watched some MCU fanvids, skimmed some MCU wikia entries and decided to write a comic. It feels strange saying this because I have a lot of love for what he did with Thor. However, no aspect of Carol, Tony or Cap's writing here reads like anything I've ever seen from these characters. The dialogue is all wrong, Tony is simply comic relief (??) and Carol, for lack of a better word, is a complete asshole. Also, everyone's bickering with each other and I don't understand why?? Everywhere else, if Carol isn't repentant for her role in CWII, she's certainly not proud of it. Aaron writes her like she thinks Tony should be grateful to be out of his coma at all? What the fuck? And Cap's belittling the trauma that Tony suffered? What. The. Actual. Fuck?
Fresh off Mariko Tamaki's wonderfully written Hulk series, we have... this version of Hulk. A mindless, grunting rehash of Bruce's typical Hulk. At a time when Cho's intelligent Hulk is roaming around (as a Champion?). It reads like Aaron was just adding back an element from classic Avengers. I can see his thought process but I don't care for it personally.
Strange isn't really worth mentioning. There's not a lot of personality there.
Same can be said for T'Challa.
Carol is a skrull. Once again, there is no aspect of the character I love in this book. I do not understand this.
Robbie is the only character I found tolerable in this book. The only one.
On top of Carol being a complete ass about putting Tony in a coma, there's a really gross moment where Aaron has Tony hit on her. Which was the cherry on top of what was the worst Avengers book I've read in quite some time.
So, in conclusion, don't read this. Save yourself. It's not worth it.
Pull an Aaron and just read a wiki article if you absolutely need to know what's going on.
Who was this for?
I'm honestly asking.
Listen, I've read Iron Man books written by people that hate Iron Man. I've written some Cap books that read like someone's angry, racist grandfather was just letting off some steam. Bendis' take on Carol Danvers left such a bad taste in my mouth, I stayed away from her books for 2 years after. Never before have I ever read an Avengers book written by a writer that seems to hate the Avengers. Never.
Where do I even start?
For one thing, as someone who reads a lot of fanfic, I can attest to that strange, jarring feeling when you're reading a story that should be set firmly in the 616 universe, but the characterization is all wrong.There's a lot to love about the MCU films but, everyone acknowledges that the characterization in them does not match the characterization in the comics. Tony's a lot quippier and snarkier in the films. Cap has character and personality in TFA and TWS and is written like everyone's Vietnam Vet grandpa in films written by Whedon. Women are written to match whatever plot the male writer feels like inserting at the moment. MCU film elements should never interfere with the comics. They're two separate universes.
Aaron's characterization feels a hell of a lot like he watched some MCU fanvids, skimmed some MCU wikia entries and decided to write a comic. It feels strange saying this because I have a lot of love for what he did with Thor. However, no aspect of Carol, Tony or Cap's writing here reads like anything I've ever seen from these characters. The dialogue is all wrong, Tony is simply comic relief (??) and Carol, for lack of a better word, is a complete asshole. Also, everyone's bickering with each other and I don't understand why?? Everywhere else, if Carol isn't repentant for her role in CWII, she's certainly not proud of it. Aaron writes her like she thinks Tony should be grateful to be out of his coma at all? What the fuck? And Cap's belittling the trauma that Tony suffered? What. The. Actual. Fuck?
Fresh off Mariko Tamaki's wonderfully written Hulk series, we have... this version of Hulk. A mindless, grunting rehash of Bruce's typical Hulk. At a time when Cho's intelligent Hulk is roaming around (as a Champion?). It reads like Aaron was just adding back an element from classic Avengers. I can see his thought process but I don't care for it personally.
Strange isn't really worth mentioning. There's not a lot of personality there.
Same can be said for T'Challa.
Carol is a skrull. Once again, there is no aspect of the character I love in this book. I do not understand this.
Robbie is the only character I found tolerable in this book. The only one.
On top of Carol being a complete ass about putting Tony in a coma, there's a really gross moment where Aaron has Tony hit on her. Which was the cherry on top of what was the worst Avengers book I've read in quite some time.
So, in conclusion, don't read this. Save yourself. It's not worth it.
Pull an Aaron and just read a wiki article if you absolutely need to know what's going on.
April 14, 2019
A great idea on paper, but poor execution and artwork let this down.
February 16, 2019
This comic is focused on a few revelations.
The story of the Avengers 1 Million BC is terrific. It makes great use of Marvel's legacy mantles, and could be a fun series all on its own.
The story of the origin of Marvel life is a bit more underwhelming. You can tell that Aaron is trying to be edgy, like Planetary was or something. And, he adds a little bit to the story of the Celestials, but nothing truly notable.
And beyond that we have a lot of fighting, a lot of lot of fighting, ending in a deus ex machina, which is what really drags this volume down. I also really can't condone the offhanded killing of a group of characters at Marvel that Aaron felt was expendable.
As for the new group of Avengers: pretty cool. The power trio, a group of other characters from a variety of eras, and the intro of Ghost Rider. But they'd have to get some more notable characterization in future volumes for me to love them.
Overall, this didn't quite feel mediocre like the whole Waid run was, but instead flawed. Which means that perhaps it can move beyond that in future volumes.
The story of the Avengers 1 Million BC is terrific. It makes great use of Marvel's legacy mantles, and could be a fun series all on its own.
The story of the origin of Marvel life is a bit more underwhelming. You can tell that Aaron is trying to be edgy, like Planetary was or something. And, he adds a little bit to the story of the Celestials, but nothing truly notable.
And beyond that we have a lot of fighting, a lot of lot of fighting, ending in a deus ex machina, which is what really drags this volume down. I also really can't condone the offhanded killing of a group of characters at Marvel that Aaron felt was expendable.
As for the new group of Avengers: pretty cool. The power trio, a group of other characters from a variety of eras, and the intro of Ghost Rider. But they'd have to get some more notable characterization in future volumes for me to love them.
Overall, this didn't quite feel mediocre like the whole Waid run was, but instead flawed. Which means that perhaps it can move beyond that in future volumes.
May 8, 2021
The (real) Avengers are back with a blast!
March 6, 2019
I was leaning toward a 2-star rating for most of the way through this, but realized that I really didn't like much of anything about it. I've liked Aaron's work before, on Scalped and Thor, but he just doesn't have any sort of grasp of the Avengers (at least yet). The dialogue makes it sound like these people are meeting for the first time and hardly know each other, when they have years (decades, even) of experience with each other. I'm not sure how Ghost Rider (since he's driving a car, isn't he really Ghost Driver now?) got mixed up with this bunch. I must have missed when She-Hulk turned into a mindless, "Urgh" version of her former self. I hated the brief little glimpses of what was going on in several locations (lets check in with Captain America and Loki for two pages, then shift over to Black Panther and Dr. Strange, etc.) and the artwork just seemed overly bombastic, yet also somewhat cartoony as well. Not a good way to start a new run on a series.
December 6, 2022
Holy mackerel, this as some atrocious shit.
September 4, 2018
[Read as single issues]
The Avengers are no more. After the trials of the Secret Empire and the battles of No Surrender, the team is in disarray. But now, threats from beyond the stars and the centre of the Earth are on their way, and only the Avengers can stop it! Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, and Robbie Reyes to battle the Final Host of the Dark Celestials, but the arrival of Loki sheds new light on the origins of the Marvel Universe that stretch back to 10,000 BC.
I like Jason Aaron. He’s written some great runs on a lot of books with a variety of different characters. But something about this book just doesn’t click properly, despite there being everything you’d need to make a classic Avengers book. You’ve got Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor on the team for the first time in years, a world-ending threat with Loki and the Dark Celestials, my favourite Ghost Rider in Robbie Reyes, and yet it just feels kind of…flat.
The story behind the threat is very interesting; I always like the old universe-rewriting retcons, especially ones that make perfect sense once they’re revealed, and the way that Aaron ties it all back into his Avengers of 10,000BC is well done too. And the stakes are very high in the present, with attacks coming thick and fast and the team having no choice but to reunite. But again it just feels like something’s missing. There’s no heart to it, unfortunately, which is a major component of any comic story, and I’m not sure how you’d inject it in.
The characters are paired off in different ways throughout the story until they all come together at the end which gives you some good character moments (although I’m not sure if I like the new romantic pairing that the book tries to push onto us), and the conclusion is both hilarious and epic. I feel like I’m throwing all this good praise at the book, but I can’t explain just why it doesn’t hit the right note overall. I liked the arc, don’t get me wrong, but it’s just not…quite right.
On the art front, if you’re doing killer action sequences with (literally) giant battles, then Ed McGuinness is a surefire bet to draw them. Unfortunately he falls apart about halfway through the arc, and most of the heavy lifting is then handled by Paco Medina, who I find to be a more refined McGuinness, personally. McGuinness’ art is slick, whereas Medina’s feels like it has more weight behind it. They’re a good pairing, but you can definitely tell the difference between the two.
I really did like this, I swear. But it doesn’t feel Avenger-y enough. That said, I don’t think Avengers has felt like Avengers for years now – No Surrender was the closest it came in a very long time, and it’ll take a lot to recapture that magic. Aaron has all the right pieces, I think he’s just missing that special something that will really make this book sing. Just don’t ask me to tell you what that is.
The Avengers are no more. After the trials of the Secret Empire and the battles of No Surrender, the team is in disarray. But now, threats from beyond the stars and the centre of the Earth are on their way, and only the Avengers can stop it! Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, and Robbie Reyes to battle the Final Host of the Dark Celestials, but the arrival of Loki sheds new light on the origins of the Marvel Universe that stretch back to 10,000 BC.
I like Jason Aaron. He’s written some great runs on a lot of books with a variety of different characters. But something about this book just doesn’t click properly, despite there being everything you’d need to make a classic Avengers book. You’ve got Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor on the team for the first time in years, a world-ending threat with Loki and the Dark Celestials, my favourite Ghost Rider in Robbie Reyes, and yet it just feels kind of…flat.
The story behind the threat is very interesting; I always like the old universe-rewriting retcons, especially ones that make perfect sense once they’re revealed, and the way that Aaron ties it all back into his Avengers of 10,000BC is well done too. And the stakes are very high in the present, with attacks coming thick and fast and the team having no choice but to reunite. But again it just feels like something’s missing. There’s no heart to it, unfortunately, which is a major component of any comic story, and I’m not sure how you’d inject it in.
The characters are paired off in different ways throughout the story until they all come together at the end which gives you some good character moments (although I’m not sure if I like the new romantic pairing that the book tries to push onto us), and the conclusion is both hilarious and epic. I feel like I’m throwing all this good praise at the book, but I can’t explain just why it doesn’t hit the right note overall. I liked the arc, don’t get me wrong, but it’s just not…quite right.
On the art front, if you’re doing killer action sequences with (literally) giant battles, then Ed McGuinness is a surefire bet to draw them. Unfortunately he falls apart about halfway through the arc, and most of the heavy lifting is then handled by Paco Medina, who I find to be a more refined McGuinness, personally. McGuinness’ art is slick, whereas Medina’s feels like it has more weight behind it. They’re a good pairing, but you can definitely tell the difference between the two.
I really did like this, I swear. But it doesn’t feel Avenger-y enough. That said, I don’t think Avengers has felt like Avengers for years now – No Surrender was the closest it came in a very long time, and it’ll take a lot to recapture that magic. Aaron has all the right pieces, I think he’s just missing that special something that will really make this book sing. Just don’t ask me to tell you what that is.
April 6, 2025
For the past week or so, I have been going through a phase of reading some of Jason Aaron's comics, from his Marvel work with Thor and Conan the Barbarian to this creator-owned work like The Goddamned. Aaron has become one of my favourite writers in the medium, and after receiving a free copy of the first volume of his Avengers run, I was hoping this would continue the winning streak. Sadly, this is not the case.
Reunited for a night of drinking, the original three of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain America, Iron Man and Thor argue about the possibility of the Avengers re-assembling. This argument comes to fruition when the giant corpses of the space gods known as the Celestials fall into the earth. While Black Panther and Doctor Strange investigate the whereabouts of a dead Celestial beneath the plains of South Africa, Loki leads a bunch of Dark Celestials to commence the world's destruction, the Avengers are indeed re-assembled with those aforementioned heroes, along with Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider and She-Hulk.
Having proved himself to be one of the best writers of the God of Thunder, I was excited to see how Aaron was going to approach one of the publisher's flagship titles. Right from the jump, Aaron was setting up something interesting as the first issue opened with a million years ago, where you see what is perhaps the earliest incarnation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes led by Thor's father Odin. fighting a Celestial. As you see flashes of the battle throughout this volume, Odin talks of the mistakes from such event and worries this current version of the Avengers will repeat said mistakes.
Even in a later issue where the ramifications of the story are huge and could change the way we look at all the superheroes in the Marvel Universe. The ideas are there, but get lost in a narrative that is essentially one long action sequence. Despite the few interactions that the heroes have with each other where the banter with Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider getting some of the funniest lines, there is never enough time for these characters to hang out. I particularly was upset over the depiction of She-Hulk, which is a step backwards from what we like about Jennifer Walters as she reverts back to her cousin's dumb Hulking persona.
Known for his work on Jeph Loeb's run on Superman/Batman, Ed McGuinness' muscular art-style fits well with the Avengers and illustrates grand action imagery, including an inventive use of Ghost Rider's fiery powers. Although there wasn't much to the Final Host as Loki was doing all the evil dialogue with his playful and sinister tone, McGuinness is able to convey how ginormous the Celestials are that would make Jack Kirby happy.
What sounded like a winner, ended up being a disappointment with Aaron getting lost in the spectacle that may be well-drawn by McGuiness, but rarely does this comic give enough time to develop Earth's Mightiest Heroes as characters.
Reunited for a night of drinking, the original three of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain America, Iron Man and Thor argue about the possibility of the Avengers re-assembling. This argument comes to fruition when the giant corpses of the space gods known as the Celestials fall into the earth. While Black Panther and Doctor Strange investigate the whereabouts of a dead Celestial beneath the plains of South Africa, Loki leads a bunch of Dark Celestials to commence the world's destruction, the Avengers are indeed re-assembled with those aforementioned heroes, along with Captain Marvel, Ghost Rider and She-Hulk.
Having proved himself to be one of the best writers of the God of Thunder, I was excited to see how Aaron was going to approach one of the publisher's flagship titles. Right from the jump, Aaron was setting up something interesting as the first issue opened with a million years ago, where you see what is perhaps the earliest incarnation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes led by Thor's father Odin. fighting a Celestial. As you see flashes of the battle throughout this volume, Odin talks of the mistakes from such event and worries this current version of the Avengers will repeat said mistakes.
Even in a later issue where the ramifications of the story are huge and could change the way we look at all the superheroes in the Marvel Universe. The ideas are there, but get lost in a narrative that is essentially one long action sequence. Despite the few interactions that the heroes have with each other where the banter with Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider getting some of the funniest lines, there is never enough time for these characters to hang out. I particularly was upset over the depiction of She-Hulk, which is a step backwards from what we like about Jennifer Walters as she reverts back to her cousin's dumb Hulking persona.
Known for his work on Jeph Loeb's run on Superman/Batman, Ed McGuinness' muscular art-style fits well with the Avengers and illustrates grand action imagery, including an inventive use of Ghost Rider's fiery powers. Although there wasn't much to the Final Host as Loki was doing all the evil dialogue with his playful and sinister tone, McGuinness is able to convey how ginormous the Celestials are that would make Jack Kirby happy.
What sounded like a winner, ended up being a disappointment with Aaron getting lost in the spectacle that may be well-drawn by McGuiness, but rarely does this comic give enough time to develop Earth's Mightiest Heroes as characters.
April 25, 2019
On a day unlike any other, giant dead Celestials begin falling out of the sky, kickstarting the latest iteration of the Avengers as various heroes are thrown together to defend Earth.
I guess I can understand the low rating. The demographic of fans rating comic books on Goodreads probably don't like overblown stories with familiar tropes, minimize their reliance on recent continuity, and aren't up to the standards of the classics. But I found myself flipping the (digital) pages to see the next big colorful splash of panels. Fun, fast-paced, and epic, as an Avengers arc should be. I like this team the more I think about it (Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Ghost Rider - clearly influenced by the MCU films and television), I liked the idea of the original Avengers team of 1,000,000 B.C., I liked the clever take on why Earth is flooded with superheroes, and did I mention the colors? I'm not a huge fan of McGuiness and his chunky art, but it fits the story well enough here. A solid jumping-on point for those wanting to get into the Avengers, though long-time readers can likely skip it.
I guess I can understand the low rating. The demographic of fans rating comic books on Goodreads probably don't like overblown stories with familiar tropes, minimize their reliance on recent continuity, and aren't up to the standards of the classics. But I found myself flipping the (digital) pages to see the next big colorful splash of panels. Fun, fast-paced, and epic, as an Avengers arc should be. I like this team the more I think about it (Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Ghost Rider - clearly influenced by the MCU films and television), I liked the idea of the original Avengers team of 1,000,000 B.C., I liked the clever take on why Earth is flooded with superheroes, and did I mention the colors? I'm not a huge fan of McGuiness and his chunky art, but it fits the story well enough here. A solid jumping-on point for those wanting to get into the Avengers, though long-time readers can likely skip it.
October 21, 2018
I'm waffling between 2 and 3 stars. The only thing I found slightly interesting was the "Origin of the Marvel Universe", an explanation for why Earth has so many superheroes. It's mildly creative, yet the rest of this volume is chock full of tropes, similar to Snyder's opening arc on Justice League. It's only "epic" in that it deals with Celestials and covers a times span in Earth's history of billions of years. Other than that there's nothing really new here. McGuinness' art is wonderful, four-color fun on the splash pages but his storytelling needs some work, leaving the reader lost or guessing what just happened. I had hoped for better from A-aron. Being on the arguably most-important Marvel title may limit his imagination though, confined by continuity, age appropriateness, Disney standards, etc.
October 14, 2018
I haven't really become that obsessed with any Avengers run. I feel like they become to chaotic and eventually just end up with them punching things. Thr action was ok but expected but I found the plot a little stupid at times with things really made out to be important but then never touched on again. The art was confusing at times but overall a rehash of avengers which may appeal to brand new readers.
January 22, 2019
For the first time in a long time, Jason Aaaron has the chance to write stories beyond Asgard and what does he give us? Asgard and more Asgard.
Odin and an off character Loki do some stuff in the past and the present to cause some cosmic blahbidy blah bullshit so that blandly characterized versions of Marvel heroes have an excuse to reform the Avengers.
Add in two artists and four inkers tagging off every few pages across six issues and you got yourself a dull, ugly mess.
Odin and an off character Loki do some stuff in the past and the present to cause some cosmic blahbidy blah bullshit so that blandly characterized versions of Marvel heroes have an excuse to reform the Avengers.
Add in two artists and four inkers tagging off every few pages across six issues and you got yourself a dull, ugly mess.
August 22, 2018
An absolute disappointment.
March 23, 2021
Welcome, friends, to the parenthetics-heavy Tuesday-night review of THE FINAL HOST, hosted by yours truly.
Right. I think my years-long affair of self-immolating passion with the works of Jason Aaron has come to an end at last. I read this volume for one reason and one reason only–I knew it would have some bearing on Aaron’s conclusion to the War of the Realms storyline he’s been working on since the early 2010s.
The idea appealed to me on paper. The big three–Iron Man, Cap, and Thor–come together again, and are immediately faced with a massive, world-ending crisis (remember when the Avengers fought more personal threats?). Celestials fall dead all over the world, in a scene that reminded me of of the traumatically bad Original Sin, which was–gasp, also written by Aaron. Wait…have I disliked Jason Aaron’s work before? Has the specter of my dislike haunted me all this time? Anyway, it’s Loki who does it, Loki who’s scheming to get the Avengers back together. I love Loki, and Jason Aaron normally writes him well, but the dialogue between him and Cap is so trite, so exhausted, so overdone! What is up with that, folks? Where has originality gone? Why is this recycled tosh being published by Marvel? How come Aaron isn’t even trying anymore?
The team doesn’t end with the big three, of course: Aaron’s picks for the Avengers roster are Black Panther, She-Hulk, Professor Wyrd (or was it Doctor Strange?), Ghost Rider, and the coma-inducing Captain Marvel (if you don’t get that, you don’t need to. Civil War 2’s the name of the game). Also, I knew they’d made She-Hulk regress, but this copy-paste OG Hulk-like portrayal reads as such a disservice to her character. She-Hulk’s control always defined her as very different and granted her an identity that was missing here. It’s a bummer.
The art is the blandest Marvel thoroughfare I have seen in a while; I’ve been trying, now and again, to get back into superhero comics. They used to be such fun! And there’s plenty of fantastic work out there–Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men run starts off promising enough.
I hate to be this negative–if you follow my reviews or interact with me, you know I tend towards positivity, but there’s very little here I enjoyed. In fact, nothing comes to mind.
Thankfully, the next book of Aaron's I read is THE WAR OF THE REALMS event, which I actually enjoyed parts of. Look forward to that review.
Right. I think my years-long affair of self-immolating passion with the works of Jason Aaron has come to an end at last. I read this volume for one reason and one reason only–I knew it would have some bearing on Aaron’s conclusion to the War of the Realms storyline he’s been working on since the early 2010s.
The idea appealed to me on paper. The big three–Iron Man, Cap, and Thor–come together again, and are immediately faced with a massive, world-ending crisis (remember when the Avengers fought more personal threats?). Celestials fall dead all over the world, in a scene that reminded me of of the traumatically bad Original Sin, which was–gasp, also written by Aaron. Wait…have I disliked Jason Aaron’s work before? Has the specter of my dislike haunted me all this time? Anyway, it’s Loki who does it, Loki who’s scheming to get the Avengers back together. I love Loki, and Jason Aaron normally writes him well, but the dialogue between him and Cap is so trite, so exhausted, so overdone! What is up with that, folks? Where has originality gone? Why is this recycled tosh being published by Marvel? How come Aaron isn’t even trying anymore?
The team doesn’t end with the big three, of course: Aaron’s picks for the Avengers roster are Black Panther, She-Hulk, Professor Wyrd (or was it Doctor Strange?), Ghost Rider, and the coma-inducing Captain Marvel (if you don’t get that, you don’t need to. Civil War 2’s the name of the game). Also, I knew they’d made She-Hulk regress, but this copy-paste OG Hulk-like portrayal reads as such a disservice to her character. She-Hulk’s control always defined her as very different and granted her an identity that was missing here. It’s a bummer.
The art is the blandest Marvel thoroughfare I have seen in a while; I’ve been trying, now and again, to get back into superhero comics. They used to be such fun! And there’s plenty of fantastic work out there–Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men run starts off promising enough.
I hate to be this negative–if you follow my reviews or interact with me, you know I tend towards positivity, but there’s very little here I enjoyed. In fact, nothing comes to mind.
Thankfully, the next book of Aaron's I read is THE WAR OF THE REALMS event, which I actually enjoyed parts of. Look forward to that review.
March 2, 2021
Was excited for this one but turned out to be super boring!
I usually not just like but love Aaron's work, so I don't really know what happened here. Especially since I recently read his Thor stuff and I was super excited about starting his Avengers run. So... #Sadness
The artwork is great and the coloring is where it's at, just amazing work!
But the story and the dialogue and all the explanations of everything that's happening, makes me wanna go back and re-read 60s comics where they were overanalyzing and stating the obvious on every single panel, and that's something I hate with a passion, which makes me hate the 60s which in turn tells you how bad this was.
I wanted to like this from the whole build up back then with the First Avengers form a billion years ago, and whatnot, but it was boring and terrible. Made me not wanting to continue reading, which I will unfortunately because I bought the damn things, that's what I get for not catching up when I had the chance to. This read like an episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. And I'd rather watch that to be honest. The only thing I liked was the Ghost Rider bits and it wasn't that good actually. So I take it back, the only thing I liked was the artwork.
The humor on this one sucks so bad. The story is bad, not mediocre.. BAD. The plot is bad, the bad guys are bad, nonexistent, the idea the execution everything is bad. Sad and bad. Bad and sad. I would recommend this to everyone who hates the Avengers, so as a hater you will love telling people how bad the Avengers comics are because of this one. You're welcome!
I usually not just like but love Aaron's work, so I don't really know what happened here. Especially since I recently read his Thor stuff and I was super excited about starting his Avengers run. So... #Sadness
The artwork is great and the coloring is where it's at, just amazing work!
But the story and the dialogue and all the explanations of everything that's happening, makes me wanna go back and re-read 60s comics where they were overanalyzing and stating the obvious on every single panel, and that's something I hate with a passion, which makes me hate the 60s which in turn tells you how bad this was.
I wanted to like this from the whole build up back then with the First Avengers form a billion years ago, and whatnot, but it was boring and terrible. Made me not wanting to continue reading, which I will unfortunately because I bought the damn things, that's what I get for not catching up when I had the chance to. This read like an episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. And I'd rather watch that to be honest. The only thing I liked was the Ghost Rider bits and it wasn't that good actually. So I take it back, the only thing I liked was the artwork.
The humor on this one sucks so bad. The story is bad, not mediocre.. BAD. The plot is bad, the bad guys are bad, nonexistent, the idea the execution everything is bad. Sad and bad. Bad and sad. I would recommend this to everyone who hates the Avengers, so as a hater you will love telling people how bad the Avengers comics are because of this one. You're welcome!
September 22, 2024
So this is Jason Aaron's "reboot" of the Avengers. At the core, he brings back some originals- Iron Man (Tony, in a very annoying and, frankly, dickheaded version), Captain America and Thor. To round out the crew we have Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) , Black Panther, Dr. Strange, and She-Hulk. Overall? Not a bad squad.
So why is this a two star volume? For all the interesting permutations offered up by this new team, the story is just hard to swallow due to a massive issue with power scaling. Not only are we exposed to an overly convoluted plot about some wince-inducing "Original Gods" who fought a sick Celestial. Firstly all of this "Old God" nonsense is stupid as they exist before the very societies that will worship them..as in Odin. Who is an "Original God" except..he is the Son of Bor. See the problem with this dumbassedry?
Then we have the power scaling issue. Celestials are literally off the scale. Only beings of truly Cosmic power like Galactus, Beyonder, Eternity, etc should even try..but the fact that these "Original Gods" somehow defeated a Celestial (even if it had syphilis or whatever was wrong with it is rather hard to believe) and this segues into the story where these Avengers fight Loki and his "Final Host". Nah this one didn't do it for me.
Also the art style is mediocre and slightly cartoonish. I'm going to give volume two a try of this series, but so far? meh.
So why is this a two star volume? For all the interesting permutations offered up by this new team, the story is just hard to swallow due to a massive issue with power scaling. Not only are we exposed to an overly convoluted plot about some wince-inducing "Original Gods" who fought a sick Celestial. Firstly all of this "Old God" nonsense is stupid as they exist before the very societies that will worship them..as in Odin. Who is an "Original God" except..he is the Son of Bor. See the problem with this dumbassedry?
Then we have the power scaling issue. Celestials are literally off the scale. Only beings of truly Cosmic power like Galactus, Beyonder, Eternity, etc should even try..but the fact that these "Original Gods" somehow defeated a Celestial (even if it had syphilis or whatever was wrong with it is rather hard to believe) and this segues into the story where these Avengers fight Loki and his "Final Host". Nah this one didn't do it for me.
Also the art style is mediocre and slightly cartoonish. I'm going to give volume two a try of this series, but so far? meh.
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