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Avengers Forever (2021)
Avengers Forever, Vol. 1: The Lords of Earthly Vengeance
Collects Avengers Forever (2021) #1-5.
The legend of the Avengers spreads across the infinite worlds of the Multiverse! On a quest for cosmic vengeance, Ghost Rider finds himself roaring through the wasteland on a ruined Earth where the great Age of Heroes never came to be. "Hope" is a four-letter word, and his only ally in the coming battle against the greatest villains any universe has ever known is the world's most wanted archaeologist: Tony Stark, the Invincible Ant-Man! Spinning out of the cataclysmic events of AVENGERS comes the next great Avengers saga as the mightiest heroes of every Earth assemble! Featuring a Deathlok who refuses to die, a brutal Wonder Man, a half-built Vision, the Infinity Thing, the villainy of the Black Skull and the return of the Goddesses of Thunder from the far future!
The legend of the Avengers spreads across the infinite worlds of the Multiverse! On a quest for cosmic vengeance, Ghost Rider finds himself roaring through the wasteland on a ruined Earth where the great Age of Heroes never came to be. "Hope" is a four-letter word, and his only ally in the coming battle against the greatest villains any universe has ever known is the world's most wanted archaeologist: Tony Stark, the Invincible Ant-Man! Spinning out of the cataclysmic events of AVENGERS comes the next great Avengers saga as the mightiest heroes of every Earth assemble! Featuring a Deathlok who refuses to die, a brutal Wonder Man, a half-built Vision, the Infinity Thing, the villainy of the Black Skull and the return of the Goddesses of Thunder from the far future!
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Published June 15, 2022
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,677 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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October 28, 2022
I really enjoyed this book a great start to this series. The hardest thing about reviewing this book is not giving something away.
I will put my hand up and say Johnny Blaze is my faverite Ghost Rider, but I do like Robbie Reyes and every story I have read of him being Ghost Rider has been good. This is snother example of that. For me Ribbie steps up again.
Universes are being conquered by powerful villains across the mulitverse, of course heroes have to step up some will defend others will avenge the destroyed worlds/Universes.
A very good starts of the first 5 issues of this series. A lit of great stuff still to come. The book finishes with a full page, variant covers gallery of the 5 issues.
I will put my hand up and say Johnny Blaze is my faverite Ghost Rider, but I do like Robbie Reyes and every story I have read of him being Ghost Rider has been good. This is snother example of that. For me Ribbie steps up again.
Universes are being conquered by powerful villains across the mulitverse, of course heroes have to step up some will defend others will avenge the destroyed worlds/Universes.
A very good starts of the first 5 issues of this series. A lit of great stuff still to come. The book finishes with a full page, variant covers gallery of the 5 issues.
September 7, 2022
What is it with Marvel’s current obsession with recycling the names of old books/events? Much like the recent ‘Inferno’, this ‘Avengers Forever’ has bugger all to do with the original, other than a vaguely similar premise.
I did enjoy the story, with the exception of the literal deus ex machina in issue four. Perhaps a case of the writer being so enamoured with his characters that he was blind to what a cop-out they were plot-wise.
The book also suffered from the artist-change blues, which was a shame. I could live with the fill-in artist for the largely standalone issue five, but having a fill-in artist for the fourth and final part of the main story really hurt the book’s flow.
I did enjoy the story, with the exception of the literal deus ex machina in issue four. Perhaps a case of the writer being so enamoured with his characters that he was blind to what a cop-out they were plot-wise.
The book also suffered from the artist-change blues, which was a shame. I could live with the fill-in artist for the largely standalone issue five, but having a fill-in artist for the fourth and final part of the main story really hurt the book’s flow.
June 11, 2022
Does anyone else miss Exiles? I miss Exiles. Enter Avengers Forever, which is Exiles in all but name. While the main Avengers book deals with Mephisto and the Council of Red, the Multiversal Masters Of Evil set their sights on Avengers from across time and space.
Playing fast and loose with the core ideas that make our heroes our favourites has always been a strength of the Exiles concept, and Avengers Forever embraces that really well, with some twisted versions of both the good and bad guys on display. There's a lot to like in the designs as well as the backstories thrown out, and it's great how much Jason Aaron is able to pack into just a small space, often creating and destroying whole worlds in each issue.
I think my main problem with this book is why it needs to exist right now. It enhances the threat that's affecting the main Avengers book, but I'm not sure if we're meant to care about these characters individually or if they'll play a bigger role later down the road. It starts out as if we're going to get an ongoing story, but the shift to one-and-dones after the first three issues throws that into question.
Also irritating is the fact that Marvel keep putting Aaron Kuder on books when the guy can't draw more than two issues without disappearing or getting a fill-in. Jim Towe steps up for the back half of this volume, and while he's a decent artist, he always feels like he's missing something. No offense to the guy, but I don't feel like he's reached the level of superstardom to be headlining an Avengers book just yet.
Avengers Forever is a great idea in concept, but the execution feels flawed. It's fun, but a few nagging concerns and a drop in art quality makes this first arc feel like a misfire. Then again, I felt the similarly about the first arc of Aaron's main Avengers book, so I'm prepared to eat my hat a second time around too.
Playing fast and loose with the core ideas that make our heroes our favourites has always been a strength of the Exiles concept, and Avengers Forever embraces that really well, with some twisted versions of both the good and bad guys on display. There's a lot to like in the designs as well as the backstories thrown out, and it's great how much Jason Aaron is able to pack into just a small space, often creating and destroying whole worlds in each issue.
I think my main problem with this book is why it needs to exist right now. It enhances the threat that's affecting the main Avengers book, but I'm not sure if we're meant to care about these characters individually or if they'll play a bigger role later down the road. It starts out as if we're going to get an ongoing story, but the shift to one-and-dones after the first three issues throws that into question.
Also irritating is the fact that Marvel keep putting Aaron Kuder on books when the guy can't draw more than two issues without disappearing or getting a fill-in. Jim Towe steps up for the back half of this volume, and while he's a decent artist, he always feels like he's missing something. No offense to the guy, but I don't feel like he's reached the level of superstardom to be headlining an Avengers book just yet.
Avengers Forever is a great idea in concept, but the execution feels flawed. It's fun, but a few nagging concerns and a drop in art quality makes this first arc feel like a misfire. Then again, I felt the similarly about the first arc of Aaron's main Avengers book, so I'm prepared to eat my hat a second time around too.
September 25, 2022
Fun little alt reality tale that sort of unravelled by the end. The main issue being why should you care to read this guess it would be an ok aside for major fans of the current Avengers run.
July 7, 2022
Jason Aaron goes all in on the Marvel Multiverse with this spin-off series and the home series digging into the threat of the Multiversal Masters of Evil. The villains have figured out they can conquer and shape any given reality by first defeating its Avengers of One Million BCE, those Stone Age heroes Aaron has been teasing since he before he even began his run and slowly fleshing out over the past several years. He's also been teasing big developments for the Roberto Reyes version of Ghost Rider since the beginning, and this episode knocks him down in preparation for leveling him up.
Its corny superhero fare, and the multiverse aspect just makes it one big dream sequence of sorts, so you'd think I'd hate it, but I'm grooving to it. I think it reminds me of my childhood favorite fandom, the heyday of the DC Multiverse, just before the Crisis on Infinite Earths kicked off a death spiral of crises that have turned the DCU into a complete hash.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Avengers Forever (2021) #1-5.
Contents:
• Chapter 1. Where "Hope" Is a Four-Letter Word / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, inker
• Chapter 2. The All-Rider / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, Scott Hanna, Roberto Poggi, inkers
• Chapter 3. We Who Are About to Avenge / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, Scott Hanna, inkers
• Chapter 4. The Forever Storm / Jason Aaron, writer; Jim Towe, artist
• Chapter 5. Doom of Dooms / Jason Aaron, writer; Jim Towe, artist
• Variant Cover Gallery / Betsy Cola, Russell Dauterman, Matteo Scalera, Ed McGuinness, R.B. Silva, Stephanie Hans, Skan, Giuseppe Camuncoli Lee Garbett, Carlos Pacheco, artists
Its corny superhero fare, and the multiverse aspect just makes it one big dream sequence of sorts, so you'd think I'd hate it, but I'm grooving to it. I think it reminds me of my childhood favorite fandom, the heyday of the DC Multiverse, just before the Crisis on Infinite Earths kicked off a death spiral of crises that have turned the DCU into a complete hash.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Avengers Forever (2021) #1-5.
Contents:
• Chapter 1. Where "Hope" Is a Four-Letter Word / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, inker
• Chapter 2. The All-Rider / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, Scott Hanna, Roberto Poggi, inkers
• Chapter 3. We Who Are About to Avenge / Jason Aaron, writer; Aaron Kuder, artist; Cam Smith, Scott Hanna, inkers
• Chapter 4. The Forever Storm / Jason Aaron, writer; Jim Towe, artist
• Chapter 5. Doom of Dooms / Jason Aaron, writer; Jim Towe, artist
• Variant Cover Gallery / Betsy Cola, Russell Dauterman, Matteo Scalera, Ed McGuinness, R.B. Silva, Stephanie Hans, Skan, Giuseppe Camuncoli Lee Garbett, Carlos Pacheco, artists
August 24, 2022
Probably my favorite volume in Jason Aaron's Avengers run. Why? At least in part because it features only one "canon" character in the form of Robbie Reyes, Ghost Rider. All other characters are new builds for Earth-818, including Ant-Man Tony Stark, The Thing Infused with the Infinity Stones, and Black Skull (Red Skull + symbiote). It's nice to not have to care particularly hard about Aaron's deep disregard for continuity and just enjoy the comic book nonsense.
That nonsense: Ghost Rider has been zapped to Earth-818 by a Deathlok, who is trying to get the Avengers to stop the Multiversal Masters of Evil, of which Black Skull is a member. Got that? Oh, and Ghost Rider might be the All-Rider, which I guess is the most powerful Ghost Rider of all time? Also: King Thor's three daughters are sailing through the multiverse and "the Doom Above All" is capturing the multiverse's Doctor Dooms to gain their Doom energies. Wasn't the "Above All" moniker a piece of Al Ewing's Irrepressible Hulk run?
As ever with Jason Aaron, don't think too hard. The Lords of Eartly Vengeance is kind of a blast even if it's entirely nonsense. After 10 Avengers volumes, I'm finally curious to see where this deal goes.
That nonsense: Ghost Rider has been zapped to Earth-818 by a Deathlok, who is trying to get the Avengers to stop the Multiversal Masters of Evil, of which Black Skull is a member. Got that? Oh, and Ghost Rider might be the All-Rider, which I guess is the most powerful Ghost Rider of all time? Also: King Thor's three daughters are sailing through the multiverse and "the Doom Above All" is capturing the multiverse's Doctor Dooms to gain their Doom energies. Wasn't the "Above All" moniker a piece of Al Ewing's Irrepressible Hulk run?
As ever with Jason Aaron, don't think too hard. The Lords of Eartly Vengeance is kind of a blast even if it's entirely nonsense. After 10 Avengers volumes, I'm finally curious to see where this deal goes.
March 24, 2023
Woof.
September 30, 2022
WTF was this? Run-of-the-mill, cardboard cutout bad guy with heroes who are nothing more than mashing up existing ones. I didn't read anything that lead up to this but this feels like a very poor attempt to create yet another Avengers team. It's shallow and a bunch of nonsense. Aaron really needs to quit Marvel and going back to independent work to regain his mojo.
August 9, 2022
4
Some cool stuff. Loved the Ghost-Rider, Deathlok, Ant-Man stuff the best. Last issue wasn't as interesting as it was shooting for.
Some cool stuff. Loved the Ghost-Rider, Deathlok, Ant-Man stuff the best. Last issue wasn't as interesting as it was shooting for.
June 29, 2022
Aaron is living the dream of getting to create his own universe of Avengers. Unfortunately, he's got a boner for the worst characters like that terrible Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider. Ugh. Then Deathlok. Then he makes Tony Stark into Ant-Man. And an unfinished Vision robot. Black Skull: a Nazi with the venom symbiote. Girl, no.
August 30, 2022
In truth I could have given this 3 stars,
but by focusing on some favorite characters,
I feel this holds much promise,
perhaps to be played out in future books...
but by focusing on some favorite characters,
I feel this holds much promise,
perhaps to be played out in future books...
October 9, 2025
In a word? Stupid.
I can’t wait for this run to be over.
I can’t wait for this run to be over.
September 14, 2022
3.5 Stars.
616-Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) has ended up with his Hell-Charger and Deathlok on Earth-818, which is under control from the Black Skull, a hybrid of Red Skull and Venom. There hasn't been an appearance by a Rider in a very long time, and there is a prophesy that the All-Rider will come and free their world. Robbie refuses to give in to torture by Skull, the villain seeking a way to discover a way to 616. There are heroes of the world, not calling themselves Avengers, but trying to follow the ideals of them: Ant-Man (Tony Stark), Vision, Moon Knight (Mariana Spector) Wonder Man, and Infinity Thing (Ben Grimm). The battle is fierce, but they are eventually joined by the Goddesses of Thunder and triumph, freeing the world of 818 from tyranny. During the battle, Moon Knight and Vision get separated from the rest and end up teaming up with Avenger Prime (not seen), Captain Carter, War Widow (War Machine and Black Widow hybrid?) and Longbow (Clint, but it looks like he has elements of the Swordsman as well). I assume this is the team going forward in future Volumes.
The last issue has Doom Supreme and the Multiverse Masters of Evil (I assume the antagonists for the comic): Ghost Goblin (Norman Osborn), King Killmonger, Black Skull, Kid Thanos, Dark Phoenix, and Hound (Logan).
This title sounds like it will have some fun, but not be part of the main continuity. Looking forward to seeing where it goes next.
Recommend.
616-Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) has ended up with his Hell-Charger and Deathlok on Earth-818, which is under control from the Black Skull, a hybrid of Red Skull and Venom. There hasn't been an appearance by a Rider in a very long time, and there is a prophesy that the All-Rider will come and free their world. Robbie refuses to give in to torture by Skull, the villain seeking a way to discover a way to 616. There are heroes of the world, not calling themselves Avengers, but trying to follow the ideals of them: Ant-Man (Tony Stark), Vision, Moon Knight (Mariana Spector) Wonder Man, and Infinity Thing (Ben Grimm). The battle is fierce, but they are eventually joined by the Goddesses of Thunder and triumph, freeing the world of 818 from tyranny. During the battle, Moon Knight and Vision get separated from the rest and end up teaming up with Avenger Prime (not seen), Captain Carter, War Widow (War Machine and Black Widow hybrid?) and Longbow (Clint, but it looks like he has elements of the Swordsman as well). I assume this is the team going forward in future Volumes.
The last issue has Doom Supreme and the Multiverse Masters of Evil (I assume the antagonists for the comic): Ghost Goblin (Norman Osborn), King Killmonger, Black Skull, Kid Thanos, Dark Phoenix, and Hound (Logan).
This title sounds like it will have some fun, but not be part of the main continuity. Looking forward to seeing where it goes next.
Recommend.
August 18, 2022
Remember when I said that Jason Aaron likes to write a BIG story? This right here is exactly what I'm talking about. His work on Avengers has become SO big that he had to offload a few of his characters into this...side story(?) to his main run.
After Avengers #750, we get much talk about the multiversal Masters of Evil and how they're battling 'Avenger Prime'. Who or what is Avenger Prime? We may get closer to finding out in this multiverse story. Robbie Reyes has been yanked out of Earth 616 and dumped onto Earth 818, a world that has some serious Mad Max parallels. The BC Avengers were wiped out, leaving this world a 'Wasteland' (no, it's not connected to the Marvel audios or Old Man Logan stories). The Ghost Rider and a Deathlok are on a mission to save the worlds, apparently. As with all Marvel multiverse stories, the future is hella bleak.
Name me ONE possible future that doesn't turn out dark.
Got to hand it to the editorial team though. When your main story is so big, I guess getting another side series featuring more of your creations is a good gig to have.
Bonus: Hope is a four letter word!
Bonus Bonus: Thor's granddaughters (another Jason Aaron creation!) are brought into the story to swing hammers since the universes we're running into have no Odin or Odinson
After Avengers #750, we get much talk about the multiversal Masters of Evil and how they're battling 'Avenger Prime'. Who or what is Avenger Prime? We may get closer to finding out in this multiverse story. Robbie Reyes has been yanked out of Earth 616 and dumped onto Earth 818, a world that has some serious Mad Max parallels. The BC Avengers were wiped out, leaving this world a 'Wasteland' (no, it's not connected to the Marvel audios or Old Man Logan stories). The Ghost Rider and a Deathlok are on a mission to save the worlds, apparently. As with all Marvel multiverse stories, the future is hella bleak.
Name me ONE possible future that doesn't turn out dark.
Got to hand it to the editorial team though. When your main story is so big, I guess getting another side series featuring more of your creations is a good gig to have.
Bonus: Hope is a four letter word!
Bonus Bonus: Thor's granddaughters (another Jason Aaron creation!) are brought into the story to swing hammers since the universes we're running into have no Odin or Odinson
June 13, 2023
Starting with positives, this is an action-packed comic series with loads of fun easter egss and alternate multiverse surprises, so if you just want loads of fights and perils and not-your-neighborhood supers, you're all set. Good stuff on that level.
Best part, for me, was the buildup of part 6, which gave us the Big Bad that is Multiversal Dr Doom. Until that point, I really didn't give a damn about whatever overarching plot Aaron was going for. If nothing else, seeing how he concludes that story will make me pick up the second volume of this.
All that said, Jason Aaron did some great stuff with Doctor Strange, but his Avengers (this and the regular title) doesn't work. To me, it feels like I'm being pinned in a corner and bombarded with every idea he's ever had, blasting them out one after another and not pausing to see what sticks to the walls or plots (if any). Honestly, it's like hearing stories from that overly excitable person who's got a story to top anyone else's EVER.
It'd bother me less if he weren't culling the BIGGEST and MOST POWERFUL Marvel conceits and concepts and putting them under his umbrella.
Ghost Riders on non-motorcycles, interesting; at this point, I'll expect him to make Hellfire Acanti (space whales from X-Men) for one to ride as Galactus' Herald…
Having Odin on a prehistoric Avengers team is a curiosity, but putting Phoenix AND Black Panther AND the Starbrand AND Ghost Rider….it really smacks of a kid's version of one-upmanship in storytelling, and it sets a bad precedent of the next writer doing the same…which makes Eternity shudder….
This gets 3 stars for being exciting with some intriguing character choices, but ultimately, it's as disconcerting and disruptive as every Avengers issue Aaron's done the past few years.
Could be I'm just too old to enjoy the ride….but I'd rather see a writer come up with a few new things and add to a team's history/continuity, not constantly up-end it for the sake of spectacle. He did that with Dr Strange; why does his Avengers have to try and out-do every other story ever?
Best part, for me, was the buildup of part 6, which gave us the Big Bad that is Multiversal Dr Doom. Until that point, I really didn't give a damn about whatever overarching plot Aaron was going for. If nothing else, seeing how he concludes that story will make me pick up the second volume of this.
All that said, Jason Aaron did some great stuff with Doctor Strange, but his Avengers (this and the regular title) doesn't work. To me, it feels like I'm being pinned in a corner and bombarded with every idea he's ever had, blasting them out one after another and not pausing to see what sticks to the walls or plots (if any). Honestly, it's like hearing stories from that overly excitable person who's got a story to top anyone else's EVER.
It'd bother me less if he weren't culling the BIGGEST and MOST POWERFUL Marvel conceits and concepts and putting them under his umbrella.
Ghost Riders on non-motorcycles, interesting; at this point, I'll expect him to make Hellfire Acanti (space whales from X-Men) for one to ride as Galactus' Herald…
Having Odin on a prehistoric Avengers team is a curiosity, but putting Phoenix AND Black Panther AND the Starbrand AND Ghost Rider….it really smacks of a kid's version of one-upmanship in storytelling, and it sets a bad precedent of the next writer doing the same…which makes Eternity shudder….
This gets 3 stars for being exciting with some intriguing character choices, but ultimately, it's as disconcerting and disruptive as every Avengers issue Aaron's done the past few years.
Could be I'm just too old to enjoy the ride….but I'd rather see a writer come up with a few new things and add to a team's history/continuity, not constantly up-end it for the sake of spectacle. He did that with Dr Strange; why does his Avengers have to try and out-do every other story ever?
May 26, 2023
This was a weirdly fun book and deals with Robbie being trapped on Earth-818 which is like Mad max fury and we see other heroes variants like Tony stark the ant-man and MK and Vision trying to save him and we get their origins and like a history of this world and what happened, meet other heroes which was kinda fun reimagination of them and then seeing how they have to go up against the Black skull, the ruler of this world and its a fun battle and ends the way you expect it to. This is the part where Aaron tries to explore the variants of Avengers before the multiverse-end kinda finale, even though that story's been done but still its decent here.
What helps is focus on one setting and build it up and he does a great job with it, there's a good exploration of the Tony stark character here and it will be fun to see where he goes from there the war machines as threats could have been explored more, also the All-rider thing is weird honestly. The Goddess-es of thunder from his Thor run were a nice surprise and the Doom story in the end was okay? Idk felt weird honestly.
Its one of those thats a good one-time read before his multiverse ending finale story.
What helps is focus on one setting and build it up and he does a great job with it, there's a good exploration of the Tony stark character here and it will be fun to see where he goes from there the war machines as threats could have been explored more, also the All-rider thing is weird honestly. The Goddess-es of thunder from his Thor run were a nice surprise and the Doom story in the end was okay? Idk felt weird honestly.
Its one of those thats a good one-time read before his multiverse ending finale story.
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October 9, 2022Just to show Jason Aaron learned absolutely nothing from the way his Thor run lost momentum and focus across something like eight Volume 1s, a multiversal side-book for his already sprawling Avengers. It's mostly set in a parallel world so parodically grim that even I can't do an Eeyore-esque comparison to the 2020s, seemingly created by taking Old Man Logan's Wastelands and making everything nastier - so the heroes died further back, the overlord is more sadistic, and so on. Now, maybe someone out there likes the idea of trying to out-Millar Millar, but if so I'm fortunate enough not to know them. Then we move into the overplot proper, where there's a certain spice to Doom Supreme musing on what petty, bickering figures his villainous cohorts are, and how even slaughtering worlds gets boring after a while - but at the same time, the book is basically telling on itself. Past a certain point it's very easy for a superhero story on this scale to get so big as to become meaningless, and on this evidence it's not a trap Aaron is dodging.
December 16, 2022
So we're jumping off the deep end with Aaron's big plan for the Avengers, and this title represents embracing his bit of multiversal conflict. We're trying to hype up Robbie Reyes as Ghostrider for some reason as we will eventually find other "Omni-Avengers" or these other prime incarnations. I can only speculate that they're supposed to be fundamental representations of key Avengers who have the power to help guard the multiverse.
It's just kind of funny to me how this requires us to stress that Avengers teams are somehow fundamental (or at least essential) for all Earths.
Beyond the Avengers, this book gives us a better look at one of the Multiversal Masters of Evil, primarily the Black Skull, and eventually this most Doom of Dooms. Some interesting concepts at work but I'm not sure how much of this literal multiversal madness I'm going to be able to endurse as I ready these books.
It's just kind of funny to me how this requires us to stress that Avengers teams are somehow fundamental (or at least essential) for all Earths.
Beyond the Avengers, this book gives us a better look at one of the Multiversal Masters of Evil, primarily the Black Skull, and eventually this most Doom of Dooms. Some interesting concepts at work but I'm not sure how much of this literal multiversal madness I'm going to be able to endurse as I ready these books.
December 15, 2022
An improvement over Aaron's work on the regular Avengers title. Here, he's actually giving his massive stories room to breathe and develop, rather than wrapping things up in 2-3 issues. The whole "Multiversal Masters of Evil" isn't exactly original and jumping from one alternate Earth to another smacks a lot of DC's Crisis books (also reminded me a lot of Hickman's Avengers and the incursions). But the artwork by Aaron Kuder was really strong in the first 3 issues here. The change in issue 4 was fairly jarring and it isn't nearly up to the standard of what went before. It's too bad they can't try to match up artists with similar styles a bit more.
February 9, 2023
I am a sucker for a good multiversal story, and getting to see this deep dive into the Marvel multiverse was great to see come to life. Seeing Robbie Reyes stepping up and gaining more power as the Ghost Rider was very cool to see, as was the cast of characters across the multiverse. The terrifying power of the multiversal Masters of Evil was shocking yet engaging to read about, and the mythos behind the mysterious “First Avenger/Avenger Prime” was engaging enough to keep me invested throughout this story. A definite must-read!
April 14, 2023
What is it with Marvel putting out collections where the story isn't finished? I was all set to read the ending of this pretty epic multiversal event, only to find that the story isn't over, it ends on part 3 of who knows how many more parts. And not in like a Lord of the Rings, first book of a trilogy type ending but an end that feels like we're close to a climax, but wait there's still more comics to get through to tell the story of this battle, like it's a Dragonball Z fight or something.
October 21, 2022
This book is fine. Completely unnecessary but fine. It tries to be its own thing after the events of Avengers #750 which surprised me. It's about Robbie Reyes and some alternate universe Avengers trapped in a doomed universe. It's honestly smacking me of being derivative of DC and their gazillions of universal Crisises. That being said, it's fine and I'm glad it's tying in with what Aaron did with future Thor over in his really long run on that book.
August 3, 2023
A fun story that sees a alternate universe version of the avengers starting and while non of them are that interesting it is still cool seeing that their is like a common thread among all of the avengers groups that no matter what universe they will always follow a formula that something similar always binds them. But the real interesting part is at the very end where they are building up this very cool idea for a villain force that I am surprised that Marvel never really done before.
January 25, 2024
Great artwork and overall excellent story, if you like learning about new superhero, supervillain, AND Earth variants—and who doesn't? The first story is about Tony Stark's Ant Man and then we meet the Ghost Rider, the All Rider or Boss Rider of all the Ghost Riders from all the Earth variants. This Earth-818 is controlled by War Machines (a type of mercenary bio-mech) and the evil Wastelord: Black Skull, a variant of the Nazi supervillain Red Skull.
November 26, 2023
This is a helluva ride through the multiverse as Tony Stark, aka Ant Man, joins Robbie Reyes the All-Rider, and the last Deathlok on a quest to gather heroes from different universes and time periods for an all out battle against Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil, the baddest villains from the across the multiverse.
June 24, 2024
I enjoyed myself with this book though it feels like the middle of a run (despite being a number one). I think the overall story which includes great changes at the beginning of time leads to some fun butterfly wing effects.
I like getting dropped in a world of despair knowing that despite it heroes will eventually show.
I like getting dropped in a world of despair knowing that despite it heroes will eventually show.
July 8, 2024
COLLECTS AVENGERS FOREVER (2021) ISSUES #1-5
This is a series that spins off from Jason Aaron's long run on "Avengers," and seems to exist in order to set up the conclusion to his run.
There was some good stuff here, but due to my love of multiversal stories, I expected to like this even more.
This is a series that spins off from Jason Aaron's long run on "Avengers," and seems to exist in order to set up the conclusion to his run.
There was some good stuff here, but due to my love of multiversal stories, I expected to like this even more.
August 1, 2022
Es bueno el arte, pero lo que me complica de estas historias de multiverso es que todos los personajes son producto del momento, tanto heroes como villanos, y salvo alguna genialidad, no tendrán trascendencia alguna.
December 19, 2022
Probably my favorite Robbie Reyes story.
I like many of these new quirky Aaron inspired inspired versions.
I just wonder how ongoing this is since it’s a part one. Maybe Aaron’s best Avenger work.
I like many of these new quirky Aaron inspired inspired versions.
I just wonder how ongoing this is since it’s a part one. Maybe Aaron’s best Avenger work.
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January 20, 2023A lot of fun
I enjoyed this more than I expected. Definitely a lot of fun. I'm not the biggest fan of this version of ghost rider but he works well in this storyline. Interesting takes on some characters which should be the case in a story like this.
I enjoyed this more than I expected. Definitely a lot of fun. I'm not the biggest fan of this version of ghost rider but he works well in this storyline. Interesting takes on some characters which should be the case in a story like this.
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