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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: LIVING LEGENDS
Your favorite movie heroes in action-packed comic book adventures! When tragedy strikes Asgard, Thor must hit back against the ice giant Ymir! The villainous Klaw visits sound and fury on Wakanda - and the Black Panther! T'Challa joins Black Widow, Captain America and the Falcon on a mission to the moon - where awaits a deadly weapon powered by shards of the Cosmic Cube! Scott "Ant-Man" Lang lives up to the Hank Pym's heroic legacy when he teams with the Wasp for a return trip to Dimension Z - home of the Living Eraser! And Carol Danvers fl ies into action as the mighty Captain Marvel!
COLLECTING: THOR: WHERE WALK THE FROST GIANTS 1, BLACK PANTHER: THE SOUND AND THE FURY 1, AVENGERS: SHARDS OF INFINITY 1, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: LIVING LEGENDS 1, CAPTAIN MARVEL: TBD DISNEY 1
COLLECTING: THOR: WHERE WALK THE FROST GIANTS 1, BLACK PANTHER: THE SOUND AND THE FURY 1, AVENGERS: SHARDS OF INFINITY 1, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: LIVING LEGENDS 1, CAPTAIN MARVEL: TBD DISNEY 1
112 pages, Paperback
Published April 2, 2019
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Ralph Macchio is an American comic book editor and writer, who has held many positions at Marvel Comics, including executive editor. Macchio is commonly associated with Daredevil, the Spider-Man line of comics and the popular Ultimate Marvel line. In Macchio's words, he "made probably the longest run on Daredevil of anyone."
Macchio is not related to the actor Ralph Macchio, but is nicknamed "Karate Kid" after that actor's famous role.
Ralph Macchio is an American comic book editor and writer, who has held many positions at Marvel Comics, including executive editor. Macchio is commonly associated with Daredevil, the Spider-Man line of comics and the popular Ultimate Marvel line. In Macchio's words, he "made probably the longest run on Daredevil of anyone."
Macchio is not related to the actor Ralph Macchio, but is nicknamed "Karate Kid" after that actor's famous role.
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August 18, 2021This is an experiment.
I'm reviewing two books at once, for sake of comparison.
I'm not going to rate them, as I don't feel being overly critical of a child's comic book is particularly helpful to anyone. I will, however, review them.
First up, Marvel: Avengers Assemble: Living Legends. This book contains five tales, four of which are written by longtime Marvel Editor Ralph Macchio and the last is a Captain Marvel story by Jody Houser. Art chores are handled largely by Andrea DiVito, with Todd Nauck doing the Thor story, and Simone Bounfantino handling the Captain Marvel tale. (I'm not going to cover inkers, colorist, or letterers other than to say the Laura Villari Captain Marvel colors were a beautiful stand-out, and Todd Nauck could have really benefited from a better (or any?) inker, the lines are there but they just need oomph. Also, the DC book looks like My Little Pony and Teen Titans Are Go's color pallets threw up directly into my old man eyes. I'm sure little girls would love it, though, and at least it popped. Most of the Marvel book was so DRAB.)
I'm surprised I'm old enough to remember when comic books were this expository. There are five different stories, but they all seem to be near-Claremont levels of introductory dialogue or worse, thought bubbles. This was the norm back when Smilin' Stan only had one chance to grab a kid's attention and there was no guarantee they'd have read the previous issue or even heard of the character. Every issue was written like it was the first time a kid was hearing about these characters. So there was a very explain-y vibe to them that while I don't miss, does make it easier for kids to get into.
Consequently there's not a lot of plot, since the point is mostly character introduction. It amounts to a short unconnected sampler. Thor's story does feature The Warriors Three, so THAT is a plus, but on the whole, mostly forgettable stuff.
The other book, DC SuperHero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a little different in its approach. They're both comic books in a smaller kid friendly trade format. But instead of a shotgun spread of character stories, Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat are using the entire book to tell a single tale, broken up into chapters for easier digestion. Both Marvel and DC have a grand tradition of stealing characters from each other and Bumblebee is a cute little Wasp analogue whose friendship with Wonder Woman is threatened by new girl Mera. See how easy that is to explain? An easily understandable conflict relevant to their narrowly targeted audience of young girls who like superheros. They hang the Teen Titans and a fight with Brainiac on it, but the main focus here is Bumblebee and her ups and downs both as a girl and as a superhero. It's a little disappointing to see Bumblebee shrunken down and off to the side on the cover but I guess even when you're selling to little girls, this country still has a racist streak.
COVER ART DIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
Marvel starts strong with only one white dude on their cover, but it's Captain America, who you know is down with The Struggle. Also, TWO black men AND a woman. Diverse! DC comes back hard with ZERO patriarchal representation and 5 women, one of whom is black. Twofer! Considering how old the guys running DC are it's a good chance they consider the redhead a minority, since the Irish are Catholics, which is why God uses the sun to hurt them. Tolerance bonus!
I'm a diehard Marvel Zombie and I was surprised to find I liked the little girls comic book better. DC was smart to pitch Super Hero Girls into a media blitz. Girls like comic books too, but a lot of them are going to be boring to a seven-year-old girl. This is a great way to grow the brand and I wish Marvel did their job better here. I was sorry to see Forces of Destiny fail, but everyone knows Disney bought Marvel to appeal to little boys who didn't like princesses. They could care less about the share of the market that represents little girls who like capes more than dresses. Which is a shame.
I'm reviewing two books at once, for sake of comparison.
I'm not going to rate them, as I don't feel being overly critical of a child's comic book is particularly helpful to anyone. I will, however, review them.
First up, Marvel: Avengers Assemble: Living Legends. This book contains five tales, four of which are written by longtime Marvel Editor Ralph Macchio and the last is a Captain Marvel story by Jody Houser. Art chores are handled largely by Andrea DiVito, with Todd Nauck doing the Thor story, and Simone Bounfantino handling the Captain Marvel tale. (I'm not going to cover inkers, colorist, or letterers other than to say the Laura Villari Captain Marvel colors were a beautiful stand-out, and Todd Nauck could have really benefited from a better (or any?) inker, the lines are there but they just need oomph. Also, the DC book looks like My Little Pony and Teen Titans Are Go's color pallets threw up directly into my old man eyes. I'm sure little girls would love it, though, and at least it popped. Most of the Marvel book was so DRAB.)
I'm surprised I'm old enough to remember when comic books were this expository. There are five different stories, but they all seem to be near-Claremont levels of introductory dialogue or worse, thought bubbles. This was the norm back when Smilin' Stan only had one chance to grab a kid's attention and there was no guarantee they'd have read the previous issue or even heard of the character. Every issue was written like it was the first time a kid was hearing about these characters. So there was a very explain-y vibe to them that while I don't miss, does make it easier for kids to get into.
Consequently there's not a lot of plot, since the point is mostly character introduction. It amounts to a short unconnected sampler. Thor's story does feature The Warriors Three, so THAT is a plus, but on the whole, mostly forgettable stuff.
The other book, DC SuperHero Girls: Search for Atlantis is a little different in its approach. They're both comic books in a smaller kid friendly trade format. But instead of a shotgun spread of character stories, Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat are using the entire book to tell a single tale, broken up into chapters for easier digestion. Both Marvel and DC have a grand tradition of stealing characters from each other and Bumblebee is a cute little Wasp analogue whose friendship with Wonder Woman is threatened by new girl Mera. See how easy that is to explain? An easily understandable conflict relevant to their narrowly targeted audience of young girls who like superheros. They hang the Teen Titans and a fight with Brainiac on it, but the main focus here is Bumblebee and her ups and downs both as a girl and as a superhero. It's a little disappointing to see Bumblebee shrunken down and off to the side on the cover but I guess even when you're selling to little girls, this country still has a racist streak.
COVER ART DIVERSITY CHALLENGE!
Marvel starts strong with only one white dude on their cover, but it's Captain America, who you know is down with The Struggle. Also, TWO black men AND a woman. Diverse! DC comes back hard with ZERO patriarchal representation and 5 women, one of whom is black. Twofer! Considering how old the guys running DC are it's a good chance they consider the redhead a minority, since the Irish are Catholics, which is why God uses the sun to hurt them. Tolerance bonus!
I'm a diehard Marvel Zombie and I was surprised to find I liked the little girls comic book better. DC was smart to pitch Super Hero Girls into a media blitz. Girls like comic books too, but a lot of them are going to be boring to a seven-year-old girl. This is a great way to grow the brand and I wish Marvel did their job better here. I was sorry to see Forces of Destiny fail, but everyone knows Disney bought Marvel to appeal to little boys who didn't like princesses. They could care less about the share of the market that represents little girls who like capes more than dresses. Which is a shame.
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