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Chaos War (Collected Editions)
Chaos War: Avengers
The Vision, Captain Mar-Vell. Yellowjacket. Deathcry. Swordsman. Dr. Druid. All lost their lives in the line of duty...or in disgrace. When Earth's Mightiest Heroes are themselves laid low in the carnage of the CHAOS WAR and the graves give up their dead, these six find themselves mysteriously returned, to RE-ASSEMBLE against the CHAOS KING's most fearsome ally--one of the Avengers' greatest foes! It's a final chance at redemption, a second life and, most importantly, to prove--once and for all, tht they are worthy of the name...AVENGERS.
COLLECTS: Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1-3, Chaos War: Ares #1, Chaos War: Thor #1-2 And Material From X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Spotlight.
COLLECTS: Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1-3, Chaos War: Ares #1, Chaos War: Thor #1-2 And Material From X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Spotlight.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
About the author
Fred Van Lente
1,382 books323 followersFred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.
Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.
Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).
He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.
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March 2, 2021
Si las grandes sagas de Marvel eran los platos principales, hubo unos años cuando yo todavía coleccionaba cómics en los que entre la comida y la cena, había que merendar, así que de vez en cuando recurrían a "pequeñas" sagas que permitían surtir el mercado de una notable cantidad de eventos al año, y una de estas meriendas fue La guerra del Caos. Al frente del evento principal estuvo Greg Pak, que después de encargarse de historias como Planeta Hulk y Hulk War, había comenzado una fructífera y divertida etapa al frente de Hércules. Y sería precisamente en las páginas de Hércules donde se centraría esta guerra contra el Caos, en la que se revela que uno de los dioses que formara parte del Escuadrón de Dioses que luchara contra los dioses skrull en Invasión Secreta, era realmente algo más que un dios. Y es que Amatsu-Mikaboshi se revela como el señor del Caos primordial que existía antes de la propia creación. En las páginas de la Guerra del Caos, veíamos como Mikaboshi destruía el propio reino de la muerte y lanzaba una cruzada contra los dioses de todos los panteones, y en este tomo vamos a poder ver las consecuencias de la destrucción precisamente del reino de los muertos.
Y es que mientras la mayor parte de la humanidad está dormida en el sueño de Mikaboshi, y probablemente viendo el éxito que en DC había tenido el regreso de los muertos en La Noche Más Oscura, varios héroes muertos van a regresar a la vida con diferentes objetivos, y aquí en España, Panini recogió estos regresos en este tomo. Así, podremos asistir a tres historias diferenciadas: el regreso de los Vengadores muertos, el de Alpha Flight y el de varios mutantes, siendo la historia principal del tomo la primera. Aquí vamos a ver como unos regresados Chaqueta Amarilla (la olvidada Rita DeMara), Grito de Muerte, el Doctor Druida, el Espadachín, la Visión y el propio Capitán Marvel van a regresar para hacer frente a la amenaza del Segador y Nekra, aliados con el propio Caos para destruir para siempre las almas de los resucitados. Por otro lado, en Canadá, Sasquatch va a llegar a un acuerdo con las Grandes Bestias, lo que va a permitir que los héroes muertos en el encuentro del equipo con el Colectivo, vuelvan a la vida para hacer frente al Caos junto a sus compañeros que sobrevivieron. Y por último, Chris Claremont y Louise Simonson van a volver en una historia que parece mentira que hayan escrito ellos, porque es aburridísima, a pesar del dibujo de Doug Braithwaite, del que soy bastante fan. En ella, John Proudstar (sí, después de X-Necrosha vuelve otra vez), Banshee, Moira McTaggert, algunos dobles de Madrox y las cuclillos Esmé y Sophie regresan para hacer frente a una especie de cosa pájaro.
El nivel de las historias, especialmente la de Alpha Flight y la de los X-Men es más bien bajito, así que la verdad es que es un tomo muy pasable.
Y es que mientras la mayor parte de la humanidad está dormida en el sueño de Mikaboshi, y probablemente viendo el éxito que en DC había tenido el regreso de los muertos en La Noche Más Oscura, varios héroes muertos van a regresar a la vida con diferentes objetivos, y aquí en España, Panini recogió estos regresos en este tomo. Así, podremos asistir a tres historias diferenciadas: el regreso de los Vengadores muertos, el de Alpha Flight y el de varios mutantes, siendo la historia principal del tomo la primera. Aquí vamos a ver como unos regresados Chaqueta Amarilla (la olvidada Rita DeMara), Grito de Muerte, el Doctor Druida, el Espadachín, la Visión y el propio Capitán Marvel van a regresar para hacer frente a la amenaza del Segador y Nekra, aliados con el propio Caos para destruir para siempre las almas de los resucitados. Por otro lado, en Canadá, Sasquatch va a llegar a un acuerdo con las Grandes Bestias, lo que va a permitir que los héroes muertos en el encuentro del equipo con el Colectivo, vuelvan a la vida para hacer frente al Caos junto a sus compañeros que sobrevivieron. Y por último, Chris Claremont y Louise Simonson van a volver en una historia que parece mentira que hayan escrito ellos, porque es aburridísima, a pesar del dibujo de Doug Braithwaite, del que soy bastante fan. En ella, John Proudstar (sí, después de X-Necrosha vuelve otra vez), Banshee, Moira McTaggert, algunos dobles de Madrox y las cuclillos Esmé y Sophie regresan para hacer frente a una especie de cosa pájaro.
El nivel de las historias, especialmente la de Alpha Flight y la de los X-Men es más bien bajito, así que la verdad es que es un tomo muy pasable.
April 9, 2020
A tie-in to the Chaos War event storyline, this book features three stories.
The first sees deceased Avengers who are brought back to life stepping in to protect their comatose living comrades, the second follows Ares as he confronts the Chaos King in the Underworld and the third has Thor battling an alien god called Glory.
Now this is the first and only Chaos War book I've ever read, so I went into it with very little knowledge of the set up for the story. To any other readers in the same boat, be prepared to have to accept things on face value because it picks up and ends amid events of the Chaos War, so we get little intro and no real ending.
Ares' story suffers in particular from this and therefore feels very disjointed. On the other hand, Thor's story is fairly self-contained but just failed to really connect with me and also was a bit too existential in its tone; trying to make serious points about prayer and God in a story about a Norse god fighting an alien god. Frankly, it just didn't work for me.
For me the highlight of this book was 'Chaos War: Dead Avengers'. I've always liked stories which feature B-list or underpowered heroes taking on challenges that should be dealt with by the A-listers and here we get a real team of misfit Avengers who all share the dubious honour of having been dead up until the Chaos War.
Whilst Captain Marvel (the Mar-Vell version) and Vision aren't B-list heroes, the likes of Deathcry, Swordsman, Yellowjacket and Doctor Druid are. Each of these heroes has to face their own shortcomings, as well as come to terms with the deaths and rebirths, whilst defending the comatose Avengers like Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine.
I would've been much happier if this entire book had focused on the Dead Avengers, instead of just the first half.
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The first sees deceased Avengers who are brought back to life stepping in to protect their comatose living comrades, the second follows Ares as he confronts the Chaos King in the Underworld and the third has Thor battling an alien god called Glory.
Now this is the first and only Chaos War book I've ever read, so I went into it with very little knowledge of the set up for the story. To any other readers in the same boat, be prepared to have to accept things on face value because it picks up and ends amid events of the Chaos War, so we get little intro and no real ending.
Ares' story suffers in particular from this and therefore feels very disjointed. On the other hand, Thor's story is fairly self-contained but just failed to really connect with me and also was a bit too existential in its tone; trying to make serious points about prayer and God in a story about a Norse god fighting an alien god. Frankly, it just didn't work for me.
For me the highlight of this book was 'Chaos War: Dead Avengers'. I've always liked stories which feature B-list or underpowered heroes taking on challenges that should be dealt with by the A-listers and here we get a real team of misfit Avengers who all share the dubious honour of having been dead up until the Chaos War.
Whilst Captain Marvel (the Mar-Vell version) and Vision aren't B-list heroes, the likes of Deathcry, Swordsman, Yellowjacket and Doctor Druid are. Each of these heroes has to face their own shortcomings, as well as come to terms with the deaths and rebirths, whilst defending the comatose Avengers like Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine.
I would've been much happier if this entire book had focused on the Dead Avengers, instead of just the first half.
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December 1, 2018
There’s nothing bad about this... there just isn’t really anything special about it either.
The winner is “Ares.” Awesome art, awesome action, badassery abounds... but that’s just one issue.
The Thor story plucks some interesting emotional notes. There are at least two really badass “I am Thor” moments. It’s a satisfying little arc.
The “Dead Avengers” stuff is painfully boring. I was so happy when it was over. Did it suck? Noooo... it was ok. It wasn’t offensive or shitty... but it was a bit of a waste of time. None of it moved me in any way.
Overall, I would say this is worth flipping through, but not worth buying.
The winner is “Ares.” Awesome art, awesome action, badassery abounds... but that’s just one issue.
The Thor story plucks some interesting emotional notes. There are at least two really badass “I am Thor” moments. It’s a satisfying little arc.
The “Dead Avengers” stuff is painfully boring. I was so happy when it was over. Did it suck? Noooo... it was ok. It wasn’t offensive or shitty... but it was a bit of a waste of time. None of it moved me in any way.
Overall, I would say this is worth flipping through, but not worth buying.
February 25, 2017
I have read the Chaos War storyline so, unlike other readers of this volume, I wasn't baffled by what was going on in the tie-ins.
This collection contains two miniseries and a one-shot. Of these I liked the one about the Dead Avengers best, both artwise (Tom Grummett is a bit underrated) and as a story about six Avengers characters that had died rather ignominiously over the decades and here get another shot at glory and/or redemption.
The Ares one-shot was also pretty decent, but the Thor two-parter I could have done without. I have read much better work by that author.
This collection contains two miniseries and a one-shot. Of these I liked the one about the Dead Avengers best, both artwise (Tom Grummett is a bit underrated) and as a story about six Avengers characters that had died rather ignominiously over the decades and here get another shot at glory and/or redemption.
The Ares one-shot was also pretty decent, but the Thor two-parter I could have done without. I have read much better work by that author.
October 28, 2024
I thought this was an old Avengers story when I bought it, not a crappy crossover companion.
The art for the Avengers story was good, but the story was silly and full of plot holes that made it hard to like despite a few good moments.
The Ares story showed once again that he is a weak-willed and very one dimensional character.
The Thor story has mediocre art and really drags as it tries to be thought provoking and spiritually deep, but manages to just be cliched and kind of boring.
The art for the Avengers story was good, but the story was silly and full of plot holes that made it hard to like despite a few good moments.
The Ares story showed once again that he is a weak-willed and very one dimensional character.
The Thor story has mediocre art and really drags as it tries to be thought provoking and spiritually deep, but manages to just be cliched and kind of boring.
June 9, 2018
These crossovers aren't any better than the main storyline. The Ares and Thor series drags, and while I was fascinated by the Dead Avengers three issue series, it didn't really have a point to it. It seemed like three issues of filler.
June 23, 2024
A character piece on these dead avengers as I don't really remember who they fight. Same with the two Thor issues, which deals with Donald Blake as much as Thor. You really gotta know what you're getting yourself into to even enjoy this, since it's not really essential to Chaos War.
August 11, 2021
Better than what I have come to expect from Marvel compilation books. The stories chosen fit together much more logically and created a better more understandable plot.
November 2, 2021
3.5 rating...the Thor story by JM DeMatteis is touching and action packed...a weird combo, but it works!
December 9, 2022
The Avengers story was surprisingly decent! Loved the 90s style art. The other two stories were so forgettable they’ve already left my brain.
July 9, 2012
The actual Chaos War limited series was not very good and this spinoff is of similar quality. First let me say that the art in this book, by all the artists was very good and can’t be faulted. All the issues with this book lie with the story and dialogue. The main chunk f the book deals with the “dead” Avengers. This being comics though and the only Avengers who have stayed dead are, for the most part, Avengers that you want to stay dead. Add that with the terrible Chaos King plot and you have a lot of new insight into characters that I didn’t care about and a ridiculous plot. The Ares story was very good but only one issue and the Thor portion was preposterous. This is not worth the time unless you just look at the art and read the Ares one-shot.
June 9, 2012
Every once in a while I forget how much I dislike modern Marvel. This time, it took a cover filled with a bunch of characters from back when I was really into Avengers - the Shooter/Stern years, to be specific.
What follows is a book that's borderline incomprehensible unless you've read the larger Chaos War storyline AND which requires you to already have an emotional connection to the characters, because this book doesn't provide you with any. Recommendation to avoid unless you have 20+ years experience with Avengers - but of course, if you have that, you'll likely be underwhelmed by the plot.
What follows is a book that's borderline incomprehensible unless you've read the larger Chaos War storyline AND which requires you to already have an emotional connection to the characters, because this book doesn't provide you with any. Recommendation to avoid unless you have 20+ years experience with Avengers - but of course, if you have that, you'll likely be underwhelmed by the plot.
July 8, 2011
With The Chaos King devouring all reality, the dead have returned to Marvel Earth. And some familiar faces must protect the living Avengers now helplessly locked in deathless sleep.
I gotta thank Fred Van Lente for the return of the second Yellowjacket. I felt poor Rita Demara got the shaft back in the Marvel collapse of the nineties, and it was nice to see her again. Especially a sad, poignant, and true comment on the worst part of her death: 'Nobody seemed to notice.' Nice one, Fred. I vote you keep her around.
The DeMatteis Thor story in this collection is neat, too.
I gotta thank Fred Van Lente for the return of the second Yellowjacket. I felt poor Rita Demara got the shaft back in the Marvel collapse of the nineties, and it was nice to see her again. Especially a sad, poignant, and true comment on the worst part of her death: 'Nobody seemed to notice.' Nice one, Fred. I vote you keep her around.
The DeMatteis Thor story in this collection is neat, too.
October 26, 2013
Having read the entire Chaos War--including all the cross-overs--I can say that there just isn't much here. The main story has a few good ideas, and the Hulk issues are fair enough, but most of the crossovers are just terrible. Even as an event, the idea seems sort of ok, but the execution is just really sloppy--the Chaos King pretty much takes over in issue 1, then 30 issues or so go by where nothing happens, then they save the day. It's just very hard to like.
January 14, 2012
I didn't care much for the Thor issues, but I enjoyed the Dead Avengers and Ares a lot. I wasn't actually familiar with any of the characters except for Vision (and Mar-Vell, of course, but he's before my time), but I'd really like to see more of now.
May 6, 2014
The story is a little jumbled and the art is on par just nothing more. I enjoyed the Thor story most of all and it is more of an after thought story to me.
May 16, 2014
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September 2, 2015
Anexo a la Guerra del Caos de título zombificante pero contenido tan cósmico y ultraterrenal como los demás de la saga. Un tomo con casi más resurrecciones que Brightest Day.
September 23, 2018
I really liked the central conceit of Dead Avengers, but it wasn't terribly well written. Worse were the confused DNS rambling Ares and Thor stories also included.
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