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The Mighty Avengers, Vol. 6: The Unspoken
Doom, Thor, Black Bolt, Black Panther, Ka-Zar, Namor... there are many monarchs in the Marvel Universe, but only one so powerful and so reviled that he had to be written out of history. He is The Unspoken. And his return will have dire consequences on both our world and worlds beyond. A new storyline that will bring dishonor for one Mighty Avenger, redemption for another, a family reunion, and ties to both Dark Reign and War of Kings. Guest-starring The Young Avengers.
Collecting: The Mighty Avengers 27-31
Collecting: The Mighty Avengers 27-31
144 pages, Hardcover
First published March 3, 2010
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Dan Slott
2,063 books458 followersDan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy.
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November 4, 2015
In the long history of Inhuman Kings only one was so despised that his name was removed from history, The Unspoken. The Unspoken is incredibly powerful and is not a foe anyone would wish to face.
So I know this is a Mighty Avengers title, but I read it for the Inhuman history within. I read about The Unspoken, but I didn't know what his crime was. This is fully explained in this volume and it features the current Inhuman Royal Family as teenagers.
The Unspoken's history is far different than I would've envisioned considering he was viewed as a good king, he was loved by most, and his rule was just.
The Inhuman Royal Family aren't the nice guy heroes many of the Marvel characters are. They keep slaves and the reason The Unspoken was ousted says some bad things about the Royal Family.
The Mighty Avengers: The Unspoken was a good Inhuman history lesson.
So I know this is a Mighty Avengers title, but I read it for the Inhuman history within. I read about The Unspoken, but I didn't know what his crime was. This is fully explained in this volume and it features the current Inhuman Royal Family as teenagers.
The Unspoken's history is far different than I would've envisioned considering he was viewed as a good king, he was loved by most, and his rule was just.
The Inhuman Royal Family aren't the nice guy heroes many of the Marvel characters are. They keep slaves and the reason The Unspoken was ousted says some bad things about the Royal Family.
The Mighty Avengers: The Unspoken was a good Inhuman history lesson.
August 1, 2011
B-List Avengers Assemble!
I don't care how you slice it, Hank Pym is a turd. It's part of his charm. I guess this was an attempt to re-vamp his character and turn him into a bad-ass, but it just didn't work for me. I know he was a founding member of the original Avengers, but putting him in charge of a bunch of second-string heroes (Er...USAgent?) doesn't go a long way toward making him look impressive. And that whole Scientist Supreme thing? Re-TARD-ed.
P.S.- When did Jarvis become an official Avenger?
I don't care how you slice it, Hank Pym is a turd. It's part of his charm. I guess this was an attempt to re-vamp his character and turn him into a bad-ass, but it just didn't work for me. I know he was a founding member of the original Avengers, but putting him in charge of a bunch of second-string heroes (Er...USAgent?) doesn't go a long way toward making him look impressive. And that whole Scientist Supreme thing? Re-TARD-ed.
P.S.- When did Jarvis become an official Avenger?
January 31, 2020
Part of this months Threads box from Zavvi. Being the 6th volume in the series makes it harder I find to review, plenty has already happened to this Mighty Avengers team. If you are familiar with the cross over story arch’s of Civil War and Dark Reign that will certainly help.
The Mighty Avengers includes a very different roster of heroes to the usual Captain America/Iron Man team. The heads of this team appear to be Hank Pym (not as Ant-man but one of his many other variations) and Clint Barton as Ronin/Hawkeye. Also on the team that I recognised are Vision, USAgent, Quicksilver and Hercules.
The story itself revolves around a previously unknown Inhuman king called The Unspoken. He has issues with both the current Inhuman royal family aka Black Bolt and co, plus humans in general. The other Inhumans don’t play a massive role, and we don’t get some fun guest stars I wouldn’t mind seeing more of - Chinese Avengers team!
All in all a fun, action filled romp. The Unspoken story itself seems relatively self contained and resolved by the end of this book. Not for newbies to the Avengers franchise. I personally may have got more mileage out of this if I had read the prior volumes.
The Mighty Avengers includes a very different roster of heroes to the usual Captain America/Iron Man team. The heads of this team appear to be Hank Pym (not as Ant-man but one of his many other variations) and Clint Barton as Ronin/Hawkeye. Also on the team that I recognised are Vision, USAgent, Quicksilver and Hercules.
The story itself revolves around a previously unknown Inhuman king called The Unspoken. He has issues with both the current Inhuman royal family aka Black Bolt and co, plus humans in general. The other Inhumans don’t play a massive role, and we don’t get some fun guest stars I wouldn’t mind seeing more of - Chinese Avengers team!
All in all a fun, action filled romp. The Unspoken story itself seems relatively self contained and resolved by the end of this book. Not for newbies to the Avengers franchise. I personally may have got more mileage out of this if I had read the prior volumes.
August 2, 2011
I've read that some people think Slott is a genius of the old school, but I for one never want to go back to school. I can't wait for Slott to stop paying tribute and learn to write something worth reading.
July 27, 2015
In this entertaining arc, Hank Pym finally re-emerged as the hero fans remembered. Readers met The Unspoken, Black Bolt’s predecessor as King of the Inhumans who’d been deposed and erased from history for disposing of his people’s greatest weapon. U.S. Agent and Quicksilver went on a mission with the Global Reaction Agency when The Unspoken re-emerged as a threat in China. Stature stumbled onto the Loki/Scarlet Witch secret, but Loki’s spell prevented her from alerting her teammates. The Unspoken moved to recover the lost Inhuman weapon, the Slave Engine, and took down a team of Chinese superhumans who later entered an uneasy alliance with U.S. Agent and Quicksilver.
Hank, meanwhile, used his size-changing powers to have an encounter with Eternity, the personification of the universe, who dubbed him Earth’s “Scientist Supreme.” The Unspoken used the Slave Engine to turn normal humans into primitive brutes under his control. Stature and Hawkeye (famous original version) gathered a number of past and present Avengers and took them to China to confront the Unspoken, with Hank soon joining them. The core of the Mighty Avengers team, led by Hank, engineered a victory. The arc ended, however, with a heartbreaking encounter between Quicksilver and his daughter, when the team visited the Inhuman Royal Family.
This was the kind of story that long-time fans had wanted when Dan Slott took over the book. The Unspoken was an intriguing addition to the Marvel Universe and Slott’s exploration of superpowered champions in other countries was welcome. Seeing a large squad of Avengers going into battle together always is a great visual, but best of all was Hank Pym truly reclaiming his heroic status and confidence. A one-panel scene between Hank and Hawkeye all but erased years of pointless ugliness engineered by Chuck Austen’s wrongheaded writing. It felt like a big screen, rousing Avengers adventure and it was what the book really needed. Khoi Pham and Sean Chen split the art duties, both turning in big, bold and clean work that served the story well. This was a great way for Mighty Avengers to end the 2000s, its last significant story before Siege would bring the title to a close. It’s definitely worthwhile for fans of classic-style Avengers sagas to check this out.
A version of this review originally appeared on www.thunderalleybcp.com
Hank, meanwhile, used his size-changing powers to have an encounter with Eternity, the personification of the universe, who dubbed him Earth’s “Scientist Supreme.” The Unspoken used the Slave Engine to turn normal humans into primitive brutes under his control. Stature and Hawkeye (famous original version) gathered a number of past and present Avengers and took them to China to confront the Unspoken, with Hank soon joining them. The core of the Mighty Avengers team, led by Hank, engineered a victory. The arc ended, however, with a heartbreaking encounter between Quicksilver and his daughter, when the team visited the Inhuman Royal Family.
This was the kind of story that long-time fans had wanted when Dan Slott took over the book. The Unspoken was an intriguing addition to the Marvel Universe and Slott’s exploration of superpowered champions in other countries was welcome. Seeing a large squad of Avengers going into battle together always is a great visual, but best of all was Hank Pym truly reclaiming his heroic status and confidence. A one-panel scene between Hank and Hawkeye all but erased years of pointless ugliness engineered by Chuck Austen’s wrongheaded writing. It felt like a big screen, rousing Avengers adventure and it was what the book really needed. Khoi Pham and Sean Chen split the art duties, both turning in big, bold and clean work that served the story well. This was a great way for Mighty Avengers to end the 2000s, its last significant story before Siege would bring the title to a close. It’s definitely worthwhile for fans of classic-style Avengers sagas to check this out.
A version of this review originally appeared on www.thunderalleybcp.com
April 14, 2012
The Mighty Avengers team consists of old Avengers members that are no longer welcome on Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers team.
They run into problems with the Scarlet Witch and the unfinished business of the Inhuman royalty.
The Chinese super team joins in on the fun.
Notes
Hank Pym gets a big promotion!
Learning Curve
Moderate: New readers will likely be confused.
They run into problems with the Scarlet Witch and the unfinished business of the Inhuman royalty.
The Chinese super team joins in on the fun.
Notes
Hank Pym gets a big promotion!
Learning Curve
Moderate: New readers will likely be confused.
June 11, 2013
There's a lot to like here, including interesting Inhumans backstory, a nice bringing together of all of the Avengers, and a pretty neat Hank Pym storyline. If there wasn't so much fighting, it'd be great rather than just good.
August 23, 2023
Clint Barton: “Listen, if that gizmo works the way you say, you could use it to give yourself the clean slate you've always wanted.”
Hank Pym: “It occurred to me. I could wipe away my sins... and everything I've learned from the experience. I'll pass, Clint. No more going backwards.”
The Inhumans once had a machine called the Slave Engine which bore the power to turn all humans and mutants into Alpha Primitives, the Inhuman slave race. Before it could be used, the king of the Inhumans stole the Slave Engine and hid it. As punishment he was exiled to Earth and his name was excised from all records. He is now known only as the Unspoken.
After many years of wallowing in his guilt and shame and anger, the Unspoken has decided to redeem himself. He will unearth the Slave Engine and use it to transform the entire human population of the Earth into Alpha Primitives, atoning for his sins and allowing him to return to Attilan.
This comic, if it wasn't obvious from the above, is about guilt and regret. No Marvel Character is blamed more for his mistakes than Hank Pym, creator of Ultron who infamously once hit his ex-wife Janet. Dan Slott and Christos Gage clearly have a lot of love for Hank. They portray him as an eccentric visionary who is not quite in tune with normal life and as someone who almost certainly has bi-polar disorder (this is never stated in this comic, but I think it's implied; it's revealed in later runs).
It's a beautiful comic that made me love Hank Pym. It reminded me a lot of The Unstoppable Wasp, Vol. 2: Agents of G.I.R.L., about Hank's daughter Nadia and I suspect was an inspiration for it.
Is this perfect, no. Some of the writing is clunky, some of the characterization is off, and there are a few too many big action scenes. Some could also accuse it of being cheesy but that's what I loved about it. As someone who lives with a lot of self-criticism and guilt and who often finds it difficult to live in this world, this comic meant a lot to me.
Hank Pym: “It occurred to me. I could wipe away my sins... and everything I've learned from the experience. I'll pass, Clint. No more going backwards.”
The Inhumans once had a machine called the Slave Engine which bore the power to turn all humans and mutants into Alpha Primitives, the Inhuman slave race. Before it could be used, the king of the Inhumans stole the Slave Engine and hid it. As punishment he was exiled to Earth and his name was excised from all records. He is now known only as the Unspoken.
After many years of wallowing in his guilt and shame and anger, the Unspoken has decided to redeem himself. He will unearth the Slave Engine and use it to transform the entire human population of the Earth into Alpha Primitives, atoning for his sins and allowing him to return to Attilan.
This comic, if it wasn't obvious from the above, is about guilt and regret. No Marvel Character is blamed more for his mistakes than Hank Pym, creator of Ultron who infamously once hit his ex-wife Janet. Dan Slott and Christos Gage clearly have a lot of love for Hank. They portray him as an eccentric visionary who is not quite in tune with normal life and as someone who almost certainly has bi-polar disorder (this is never stated in this comic, but I think it's implied; it's revealed in later runs).
It's a beautiful comic that made me love Hank Pym. It reminded me a lot of The Unstoppable Wasp, Vol. 2: Agents of G.I.R.L., about Hank's daughter Nadia and I suspect was an inspiration for it.
Is this perfect, no. Some of the writing is clunky, some of the characterization is off, and there are a few too many big action scenes. Some could also accuse it of being cheesy but that's what I loved about it. As someone who lives with a lot of self-criticism and guilt and who often finds it difficult to live in this world, this comic meant a lot to me.
September 27, 2025
Book 6.
An immensely powerful renegade Inhuman, known only as the Unspoken, arises in Tibet and begins a plan to turn all of Earth's humans into Alpha Primitive slaves. Meanwhile, Stature and Vision have to recruit their teammates in the Young Avengers to confront the Scarlet Witch, who is not who she seems and has been manipulating the Mighty Avengers.
There is a lot to like in this book, with my particular favourite element being the way that various teams of Avengers, plus China's government superhero team, come together at the end to confront the Unspoken and foil his plans to destroy humanity. It was great seeing the reunions of such characters as Hank Pym and Clint Barton, as well as watching former villains like Radioactive Man and Quicksilver working hand in hand.
This is the kind of story where the otherwise overused 'Avengers Assemble!' actually feels like it means something.
I also liked seeing the Young Avengers take on Scarlet Witch because it shows their heroic potential, particularly since the Witch is actually Loki in disguise and it was Loki who the original Avengers first assembled to confront.
The one downside to this book was the subplot where Hank grows so large he transcends reality and has a one-on-one chat with Eternity, made even sillier when Eternity punches him in the face. Here Hank gets named as Scientist Supreme and, despite the justifications offered as to why that's not Reed Richards or Tony Stark, I just don't feel like the character's earned it.
In fact, this book leans way too hard on the 'isn't Hank Pym great' button, with him joining the battle as a founding Avenger given more weight than it really warrants and with even Clint Barton declaring his love for Hank (literally). Stop trying to pretend Hank Pym is anyone's favourite Avenger!
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An immensely powerful renegade Inhuman, known only as the Unspoken, arises in Tibet and begins a plan to turn all of Earth's humans into Alpha Primitive slaves. Meanwhile, Stature and Vision have to recruit their teammates in the Young Avengers to confront the Scarlet Witch, who is not who she seems and has been manipulating the Mighty Avengers.
There is a lot to like in this book, with my particular favourite element being the way that various teams of Avengers, plus China's government superhero team, come together at the end to confront the Unspoken and foil his plans to destroy humanity. It was great seeing the reunions of such characters as Hank Pym and Clint Barton, as well as watching former villains like Radioactive Man and Quicksilver working hand in hand.
This is the kind of story where the otherwise overused 'Avengers Assemble!' actually feels like it means something.
I also liked seeing the Young Avengers take on Scarlet Witch because it shows their heroic potential, particularly since the Witch is actually Loki in disguise and it was Loki who the original Avengers first assembled to confront.
The one downside to this book was the subplot where Hank grows so large he transcends reality and has a one-on-one chat with Eternity, made even sillier when Eternity punches him in the face. Here Hank gets named as Scientist Supreme and, despite the justifications offered as to why that's not Reed Richards or Tony Stark, I just don't feel like the character's earned it.
In fact, this book leans way too hard on the 'isn't Hank Pym great' button, with him joining the battle as a founding Avenger given more weight than it really warrants and with even Clint Barton declaring his love for Hank (literally). Stop trying to pretend Hank Pym is anyone's favourite Avenger!
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August 25, 2021
The current king of the inhumans has a name that is redacted in the text, hence unspoken. He is a powerful and feared man, yet some of the inhumans led by Prince Black Bolt dare challenge his position. The issue is the ownership of the slave engine, a device of great power that is traditionally the property of all the inhumans. After a battle, the unspoken is evicted from the realm of the inhumans and ends up in Tibet.
Location then shifts to Hank Pym’s lab, where a collection of Avengers is being assembled. The building is the Infinite Avengers Mansion and after some oohs and aahs, they begin settling in. This is followed by a shift back to Tibet, where the People’s Defense Force group of superpowered beings has encountered the unspoken.
There are many battles between groups with powers as well as against the unspoken. There is a lot of “PZOW,” “KTAM,” “VOMP” and SHAKKAASSHH” action, even to the extent of being overdone. There is a victory at the end, but the dialog is not among the best of the Marvel genre. One of the most compelling aspects of the Marvel comics has always been the snappy and often irreverent dialog between the characters. That is somewhat lacking in this story.
While it is a good story, there is too much verbal sound effect action and not enough verbal embellishment interaction between the characters.
Location then shifts to Hank Pym’s lab, where a collection of Avengers is being assembled. The building is the Infinite Avengers Mansion and after some oohs and aahs, they begin settling in. This is followed by a shift back to Tibet, where the People’s Defense Force group of superpowered beings has encountered the unspoken.
There are many battles between groups with powers as well as against the unspoken. There is a lot of “PZOW,” “KTAM,” “VOMP” and SHAKKAASSHH” action, even to the extent of being overdone. There is a victory at the end, but the dialog is not among the best of the Marvel genre. One of the most compelling aspects of the Marvel comics has always been the snappy and often irreverent dialog between the characters. That is somewhat lacking in this story.
While it is a good story, there is too much verbal sound effect action and not enough verbal embellishment interaction between the characters.
April 5, 2022
A perfectly serviceable affair that fills slightly over-filled by its conclusion.
Kudos to Slott and Gage for trying to cram as much content in for the readers, but it sometimes leave each issue feeling like a soulless fan-fiction written by over-eager Marvel mavens.
With that slight criticism, the arc still lands solidly by the last issue, and while it has little to no impact on the Dark Reign series, there are still enough highlights to recommend it.
Kudos to Slott and Gage for trying to cram as much content in for the readers, but it sometimes leave each issue feeling like a soulless fan-fiction written by over-eager Marvel mavens.
With that slight criticism, the arc still lands solidly by the last issue, and while it has little to no impact on the Dark Reign series, there are still enough highlights to recommend it.
November 12, 2019
It was not bad perse, but also not very good. I like Hank Pym and the way they try to up his character and making him Scientist Supreme and stuff.. The story is about this old King of the Inhumans, since I know nothing about the inhumans (or Quicksilvers link to them) this story was just not as interesting to me.
July 5, 2024
Waitaminute, did my bus stop on the Bizarro planet? Bendis' Avengers were a better read than Dan Slott's?? Say what? I am serious, you guys. This time out, things were just decent in Slott's book, although artist Sean Chen (Issues 30 and 31) is pretty darn amazing with them pencils.
May 21, 2026
It jumped around a little too much for my taste but we got there in the end.
August 5, 2022
in this volume we follow two storylines and i am sorry to say that they both kinda sucked 💀
don't really understand why they used the Unspoken - a legendary figure tied to the history of the inhumans - as The Big Bad of this volume, it felt like he came out of nowhere and was just... there. his backstory was kinda interesting and it would have fitted perfectly had this been an inhumans comic
finally, the Avengers find out that the real scarlet witch is still missing and the one they've been interacting with is actually Loki in disguise. the fighting between them wasn't bad but was the kiss between Clint and """Wanda""" really necessary? "the lips don't lie" are you kidding me?? what is this, a soap opera?? 😭
AND at the end we find out that Hank knew all along that this wasn't the real Wanda and was just "waiting to confront her"? that's just... dumb. and incredibly dangerous. he's basically saying that he not only allowed his team to work with someone who he knew was an impostor but also that he did not even thought about mentioning it to literally anyone of them
don't really understand why they used the Unspoken - a legendary figure tied to the history of the inhumans - as The Big Bad of this volume, it felt like he came out of nowhere and was just... there. his backstory was kinda interesting and it would have fitted perfectly had this been an inhumans comic
finally, the Avengers find out that the real scarlet witch is still missing and the one they've been interacting with is actually Loki in disguise. the fighting between them wasn't bad but was the kiss between Clint and """Wanda""" really necessary? "the lips don't lie" are you kidding me?? what is this, a soap opera?? 😭
AND at the end we find out that Hank knew all along that this wasn't the real Wanda and was just "waiting to confront her"? that's just... dumb. and incredibly dangerous. he's basically saying that he not only allowed his team to work with someone who he knew was an impostor but also that he did not even thought about mentioning it to literally anyone of them
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 29, 2017
In spite of all of the various factions of Avengers making at least a token appearance in this trade, there really wasn't much to keep this storyline chugging along. It was primarily one big fight against a former Inhuman king, whose name has been erased from history and is now simply referred to as "the Unspoken," with lots of meaningless splash pages and little story.
Quicksilver proves his worth by knowing what's going on (due to his association with the Inhumans), and his barbs can be rather amusing, but he can't quite escape his past, no matter how he tries to cover up what he did after losing his powers. People finally begin to realize that something's amiss with the Scarlet Witch. Hank finally decides that maybe he shouldn't wallow in self-pity all of the time, even though he's still a class A creep, founding Avenger or not.
Quicksilver proves his worth by knowing what's going on (due to his association with the Inhumans), and his barbs can be rather amusing, but he can't quite escape his past, no matter how he tries to cover up what he did after losing his powers. People finally begin to realize that something's amiss with the Scarlet Witch. Hank finally decides that maybe he shouldn't wallow in self-pity all of the time, even though he's still a class A creep, founding Avenger or not.
June 10, 2010
I was disappointed to see that Bendis was no longer writing for the Mighty Avengers; however, Dan Slott does a great job with his writing, giving me an old school feel. His writing has an homage to the Avengers of old. He also does some interesting stuff with Dr. Hank Pym (who hasn't really had the best of runs with his actions).
Yes sir, I think I like.
Yes sir, I think I like.
December 17, 2013
The Mighty Avengers have a big problem, a forgotten King of the Inhumans is threatening Earth. Meanwhile, something is not quite right with the Scarlet Witch. This is a lot of fun, though I suspect any volume with Hercules would be. Quicksilver is also a stand out character in this volume, and it does finally finish a character arc for him. A good read.
July 20, 2010
While I wasn't that much interested in all the stuff involving the Inhumans (mostly because I have no idea who they are), I loved Hank Pym in this, and Clint Barton and the Young Avengers and Herc and Cho and all the other Avengers. Fun stuff!
January 11, 2013
Was meh okay. I like seeing different heroes getting featured other than the usuals. But was an okay story. I guess this is why I was never a big Avengers fan. And it always bugged me that they stole Beast.
March 15, 2013
Not a bad read, but a hard book to jump into unless you know a lot about the Inhumans. Some slippages in the art at times, but does the job. I prefer the New Avengers to this line-up. On the fence about the whole "new" Pym.
April 13, 2014
Una saga interessante con tutti gli ingredienti al posto giusto nel momento giusto. Certo, i disegni potevano essere migliori, ma Dan Slott conduce il suo gruppo bene, fa recitare i personaggi, gli stessi che su altre serie paiono le macchiette di loro stessi.
May 28, 2014
The overall story was ok, but the writing and the interaction between the characters made this a great read. Making me forget they are 2nd string heroes, And Making me a fan of the team, is a sign of a great writer.
March 11, 2023
Great Marvel Readthrough, pt 106
December 14, 2013
Individual issues on marvel unlimited
November 29, 2015
2.5 stars, very average.
March 19, 2016
Zázrak se nekoná a Mighty A. zůstávají nijak extra výraznou týmovkou.
March 18, 2022
Dan Slott's run with the Team. I really like the Scientist Supreme angle. It's a slight redemption arc for Henry Pym that started with Avengers: The Initiative.
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