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Marvel Adventures
Marvel Adventures Avengers Vol. 9: The Times They are A-Changin'
When global threats surface, they must contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Ant-Man! Wolverine! Spider-Man! It's all-ages action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Featuring Bullseye, Man-Bull, the Absorbing Man, Whirlwind, and Oog! Collects Marvel Adventures The Avengers #32-35.
96 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2009
About the author
Paul Tobin
911 books417 followersPaul Tobin is the Eisner-award winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Bandette, Colder, and many other comic books and graphic series.
Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.
The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat , first in his five-book series of middle-grade books, came out in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. It was followed in 2017 by How To Outsmart A billion Robot Bees , and How To Tame A Human Tornado in March 2018.
Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.
The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat , first in his five-book series of middle-grade books, came out in 2016 from Bloomsbury Kids. It was followed in 2017 by How To Outsmart A billion Robot Bees , and How To Tame A Human Tornado in March 2018.
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December 4, 2024
****Actual Rating 3.5 Stars****
Not as good as the previous ones but the last story certainly saved it in its utter hilarity! Also the art style changed and I can’t say I’m fond of it in the slightest. It’s not terrible, I just prefer the original style for this series.
#32-The Big Payoff!: Um, this was all about…taxes? Ohkay, if you insist… Pretty much some of the Avengers haven’t been paying their taxes and to get the IRS off their backs they agree to make several supervillains pay their’s. Interesting concept for sure and it had it’s humorous parts, though I found Luke Cage being a “momma’s boy” very annoying.
#33-You’re Driving Me Crazy: They fight dinosaurs and have to survive, ahem, I mean, GIVE driving lessons to Ka-Zar (whoever this barely clothed cave man dude is). Best part of this one was Spider-Man’s commentary and comments. Otherwise very forgettable.
#34-Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos!: So, time travel because reasons and Avengers do a lot of time hopping, then a meet and greet and some punching with guys from WWII who got sucked into the same problem. Once again Spider-Man saved this one with his hilarious commentary (why can’t the MCU Spider-Man be this great?).
#35-Lover’s Leaper: THIS was the best story in this volume! Hawkeye accidentally uploads all the Avenger guys’ profiles onto a dating site run by a supervillain and they have to play along and go on dates and it’s HILARIOUS! Also the only story with Cap in it, so of course its points go up! So fun and the one I will definitely reread!
Not the best volume but still fun overall.
‼️Content‼️
Language: darn it; dang; heck; what the heck; geez
Violence: fighting with superpowers, weapons, and hand to hand (PG)
Sexual: shirtless guys
Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; sorcerers; a portal/time travel; a character is called a goddess
Not as good as the previous ones but the last story certainly saved it in its utter hilarity! Also the art style changed and I can’t say I’m fond of it in the slightest. It’s not terrible, I just prefer the original style for this series.
#32-The Big Payoff!: Um, this was all about…taxes? Ohkay, if you insist… Pretty much some of the Avengers haven’t been paying their taxes and to get the IRS off their backs they agree to make several supervillains pay their’s. Interesting concept for sure and it had it’s humorous parts, though I found Luke Cage being a “momma’s boy” very annoying.
#33-You’re Driving Me Crazy: They fight dinosaurs and have to survive, ahem, I mean, GIVE driving lessons to Ka-Zar (whoever this barely clothed cave man dude is). Best part of this one was Spider-Man’s commentary and comments. Otherwise very forgettable.
#34-Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos!: So, time travel because reasons and Avengers do a lot of time hopping, then a meet and greet and some punching with guys from WWII who got sucked into the same problem. Once again Spider-Man saved this one with his hilarious commentary (why can’t the MCU Spider-Man be this great?).
#35-Lover’s Leaper: THIS was the best story in this volume! Hawkeye accidentally uploads all the Avenger guys’ profiles onto a dating site run by a supervillain and they have to play along and go on dates and it’s HILARIOUS! Also the only story with Cap in it, so of course its points go up! So fun and the one I will definitely reread!
Not the best volume but still fun overall.
‼️Content‼️
Language: darn it; dang; heck; what the heck; geez
Violence: fighting with superpowers, weapons, and hand to hand (PG)
Sexual: shirtless guys
Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; sorcerers; a portal/time travel; a character is called a goddess
January 29, 2017
This is one of the silliest collection of comics I've ever written. It's fantastic. Tobin is superb at writing character-grounded zany with a lovely, light-hearted tone. The issue where Hawkeye accidentally uploads all the male Avenger's details onto a dating website is one of my all time favourite comics.
May 24, 2025
Entertaining
October 9, 2014
Yet another fun MA:A collection! I especially enjoyed the first and last issues here!
#32 has the Avengers versus... the IRS. Yep. Apparently most of them owe a lot of taxes. And they have to fight supervillains so the IRS will forgive them. I'm not kidding, this is the actual plot. #33 has Ka-Zar visiting New York. There are dinosaurs. Everyone likes dinosaurs. #34 has time-travel fun involving a lot of cats, the Tower of London, and meeting Nick Fury's Howling Commandos in Ancient Egypt. #35 is an amazingly hilarious issue in which the men of the Avengers are left to their own devices, which results in Hawkeye accidentally signing all of them up for a dating site that is secretly run by Batroc the Leaper (yes, yes, this is the actual plot) who blackmails them all to go on blind dates.
Earth's mightiest heroes, people. Blind dates. Back taxes. Come on.
#32 has the Avengers versus... the IRS. Yep. Apparently most of them owe a lot of taxes. And they have to fight supervillains so the IRS will forgive them. I'm not kidding, this is the actual plot. #33 has Ka-Zar visiting New York. There are dinosaurs. Everyone likes dinosaurs. #34 has time-travel fun involving a lot of cats, the Tower of London, and meeting Nick Fury's Howling Commandos in Ancient Egypt. #35 is an amazingly hilarious issue in which the men of the Avengers are left to their own devices, which results in Hawkeye accidentally signing all of them up for a dating site that is secretly run by Batroc the Leaper (yes, yes, this is the actual plot) who blackmails them all to go on blind dates.
Earth's mightiest heroes, people. Blind dates. Back taxes. Come on.
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July 4, 2012POSSIBLE SLIGHT SPOILERS.
For anyone over the age of twelve thirteen or there abouts i would only recommend the first story in this, as it is, from my perspective at least, a quite inventive and brilliant, if not overly well developed satire about taxation, with what is for me a quite excellent anarchist/libertarian sting in the tail, basically, not to ruin anything for anyone, pay your taxes or else get crushed by giant green monster, 'no taxation without representation' 'Boston tea party' be damned, but then get your own back by making HUGE tax deductions.
The other stories are also quite fun and inventive, but not anywhere near as good as the first, and certainly not particularly memorable, also, WHERE THE HELL IS THOR?
For anyone over the age of twelve thirteen or there abouts i would only recommend the first story in this, as it is, from my perspective at least, a quite inventive and brilliant, if not overly well developed satire about taxation, with what is for me a quite excellent anarchist/libertarian sting in the tail, basically, not to ruin anything for anyone, pay your taxes or else get crushed by giant green monster, 'no taxation without representation' 'Boston tea party' be damned, but then get your own back by making HUGE tax deductions.
The other stories are also quite fun and inventive, but not anywhere near as good as the first, and certainly not particularly memorable, also, WHERE THE HELL IS THOR?
January 24, 2010
good comic book
January 31, 2016
An interesting collection of stories starring the Avengers. There are stories about taxes, dinosaurs taking over the city, time traveling villains & an online dating service. The kids will love it.
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