What do you think?
Rate this book
Avengers Academy (Collected Editions)
Academia Vengadores, Vol. 1: La Edad Heroica
Contiene Enter The Heroic Age y Avengers Academy 1-6 USA.
Una colección enmarcada en "La Edad Heroica". Hank Pym, uno de los fundadores de Los Vengadores ha creado una escuela en la que la siguiente generación de héroes podrán ser entrenados para, algún día, sustituir a sus mayores. El futuro está en sus manos... Y en las de seis jóvenes superhumanos que han sido elegidos para la primera promoción de esta Academia Vengadores... Lo que no sabe Hank es que todos ellos tienen en común un terrible secreto. ¡Descúbrelo en la más sorprendente de las nuevas series de Los Vengadores!
Una colección enmarcada en "La Edad Heroica". Hank Pym, uno de los fundadores de Los Vengadores ha creado una escuela en la que la siguiente generación de héroes podrán ser entrenados para, algún día, sustituir a sus mayores. El futuro está en sus manos... Y en las de seis jóvenes superhumanos que han sido elegidos para la primera promoción de esta Academia Vengadores... Lo que no sabe Hank es que todos ellos tienen en común un terrible secreto. ¡Descúbrelo en la más sorprendente de las nuevas series de Los Vengadores!
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 19, 2011
11 people are currently reading
876 people want to read
About the author
Christos Gage
1,535 books128 followersChris N. Gage is a writer for comic books and television.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 95 reviews
February 22, 2016
I first read an issue of Avengers Academy when my favorite teen group and BKV creation, the Runaways met with the teen Avengers for a two part story. I realized that there were parallels between the two groups. Both teams have villainous backgrounds, the Runaways from their parents and the Academy teens from Norman Osborn; and both also show a capability to be often more rational thinkers than their adult counterparts.
Chance favored me one weekday afternoon, finding a bargain copy of the first Avengers Academy premiere hardcover. It contained the first six issues and featured fantastic art from Mike McKone. Series writer Chris Gage used these first six issues to introduce the six newcomers by presenting a different character’s point of view, their origins and motivations. Gage has a great aptitude for a teenager’s psyche and has made characters that read and feel authentic. These characters have dreams, ambitions and angst, essentially a maelstrom of emotions and hormones as teenagers are.
Gage juggles the cast well, allowing page space for newcomers’ character development and their mentors to show their mettle as Avengers. I really like the guest instructor concept, allowing other Avengers, some of them major Marvel characters to show up for a class every now and then.
I find myself enjoying this title and I hope to find more of its premiere hardcovers on the bargain bookstore shelves. I may have to dig through the bins for back issues, and maybe get a Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited subscription as well.
Chance favored me one weekday afternoon, finding a bargain copy of the first Avengers Academy premiere hardcover. It contained the first six issues and featured fantastic art from Mike McKone. Series writer Chris Gage used these first six issues to introduce the six newcomers by presenting a different character’s point of view, their origins and motivations. Gage has a great aptitude for a teenager’s psyche and has made characters that read and feel authentic. These characters have dreams, ambitions and angst, essentially a maelstrom of emotions and hormones as teenagers are.
Gage juggles the cast well, allowing page space for newcomers’ character development and their mentors to show their mettle as Avengers. I really like the guest instructor concept, allowing other Avengers, some of them major Marvel characters to show up for a class every now and then.
I find myself enjoying this title and I hope to find more of its premiere hardcovers on the bargain bookstore shelves. I may have to dig through the bins for back issues, and maybe get a Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited subscription as well.
May 3, 2016
Following the events of Dark Reign, Hank Pym has opened an Avengers Academy. Norman Osborn had found and paid special attention to all the students of the Academy. He tortured the majority of them to enhance their powers.
It appears the members of the inaugural class are those most damaged by Norman Osborn's method which as a result has made them potentially dangerous.
Avengers Academy sounds like a better idea than it was in execution. The problem from my end was there were no regular characters I was particularly interested in. They went for bland characters who are normally part of the ensemble in Hank Pym, Tygra, Quicksilver, and Justice. I've never found myself compelled to read about any of them and trying to introduce six new key characters at once is a challenge they didn't meet in my opinion. All the characters are somewhat uncertain and whiny school aged kids which loses any appeal it holds since so many characters call into that category.
Permanent Record started off OK, but I lost interest by about the third issue in the six issue volume.
It appears the members of the inaugural class are those most damaged by Norman Osborn's method which as a result has made them potentially dangerous.
Avengers Academy sounds like a better idea than it was in execution. The problem from my end was there were no regular characters I was particularly interested in. They went for bland characters who are normally part of the ensemble in Hank Pym, Tygra, Quicksilver, and Justice. I've never found myself compelled to read about any of them and trying to introduce six new key characters at once is a challenge they didn't meet in my opinion. All the characters are somewhat uncertain and whiny school aged kids which loses any appeal it holds since so many characters call into that category.
Permanent Record started off OK, but I lost interest by about the third issue in the six issue volume.
March 30, 2021
You can pretty much think of this as an extension of Avengers: The Initiative. Most of the same teachers are involved. After Dark Reign, it's discovered that Norman Osborn tortured and experimented these kids to bring out their powers. They are all in danger of breaking bad. Each issue focuses on a different student revealing their backstory and personality. I like Mike McKone's art and character designs quite a bit. I also like Gage's focus on character over fights.
June 22, 2013
A good little series, but here's a HUGE problem with comics and the amount of big crossover events going on.
In order to read this series in trade paperback form, here's what you have to do:
1) Read vol. 1
2) Read vol. 2
3) Read Fear Itself: Avengers Academy, the AA portion of the large storyline Fear Itself. So that means you could JUST read the AA portion, OR read the entirety of Fear Itself.
4) Read vol. "Second Semester"
5) Read the Avengers vs. X-Men crossover issues collected in the Avengers vs. X-Men trade paperback, which means probably reading all the Avengers vs. X-Men trades.
6) Read AA vol "Final Exams"
This is warping my goddamn brain.
I know that big crossover events can be fun, and they work. Sometimes. But sometimes I want to be able to pick up a series where I can start at the first issue and read through without knowing the last 50 years of Marvel history. It's a very difficult line to walk, I know. How do you build on a story without including pieces of the past?
But isn't there room for the fan of comics like myself who loves reading them, but who loves reading the ones he loves? I don't give a fuck about the West Coast Avengers and what they're doing in space. I don't really care about X-Force because there's some different incarnation every couple months. I'm sure there are people who don't give a damn about Avengers Academy who were forced/tricked into reading the portions that cross over with the other big Marvel events.
It's a total business move, which to me, is the ultimate downfall of comics. The problem with comics isn't going to be solved by creating these big events and forcing people to buy multiple titles just to get the whole story. How about this novel idea: WRITE GOOD COMICS. Instead of trying to make it seem like I can't read one without reading three others, put out four legitimately good comics that I WANT to read. I WANT to throw my time and money into comics, but only if they're good.
In order to read this series in trade paperback form, here's what you have to do:
1) Read vol. 1
2) Read vol. 2
3) Read Fear Itself: Avengers Academy, the AA portion of the large storyline Fear Itself. So that means you could JUST read the AA portion, OR read the entirety of Fear Itself.
4) Read vol. "Second Semester"
5) Read the Avengers vs. X-Men crossover issues collected in the Avengers vs. X-Men trade paperback, which means probably reading all the Avengers vs. X-Men trades.
6) Read AA vol "Final Exams"
This is warping my goddamn brain.
I know that big crossover events can be fun, and they work. Sometimes. But sometimes I want to be able to pick up a series where I can start at the first issue and read through without knowing the last 50 years of Marvel history. It's a very difficult line to walk, I know. How do you build on a story without including pieces of the past?
But isn't there room for the fan of comics like myself who loves reading them, but who loves reading the ones he loves? I don't give a fuck about the West Coast Avengers and what they're doing in space. I don't really care about X-Force because there's some different incarnation every couple months. I'm sure there are people who don't give a damn about Avengers Academy who were forced/tricked into reading the portions that cross over with the other big Marvel events.
It's a total business move, which to me, is the ultimate downfall of comics. The problem with comics isn't going to be solved by creating these big events and forcing people to buy multiple titles just to get the whole story. How about this novel idea: WRITE GOOD COMICS. Instead of trying to make it seem like I can't read one without reading three others, put out four legitimately good comics that I WANT to read. I WANT to throw my time and money into comics, but only if they're good.
June 27, 2013
I have to admit straight away that I pretty much hated the Heroic Age of Marvel, which came just after the Secret Invasion (methinks). It felt like a whole bunch of mess fixing and silly assed rationalization, but then I've not read anywhere near all of the titles from that period, so perhaps my bias is not founded in the reality of the time. Regardless, I've not been a big fan of what I have read from the Heroic Age, so I was pleasantly surprised that I actually enjoyed the first volume of Avengers Academy.
I've only gone back to these books because I've been sucked into Avengers Arena -- my guilitiest pleasure in the Marvel Now!-plosion -- and I wanted to see the origins of these strange little Avengers I've grown so fond of, and I am glad I did.
Mettle is the only guy who can get close to the poisonous Hazmat (the girl whose body emits every form of radiation you can imagine), and when this comic begins they can't stand each other. That won't last, as we now know, but the opening salvos of their classic love/hate dynamic were fun to witness. Reptil, the lamest of the young Avengers in the Arena, turns out to be extremely likable and kind of compelling, which should add to my enjoyment of him in Murder World for as long as he survives, but the best part of the book are those kids who don't make it to Avengers Arena.
Veil and Striker, gaseous-girl and electro-boy, add plenty of teen drama, and their emotional messes are a bit like watching Degrassi, which is oddly fun. The best of the academy is Finesse, however. She might be the daughter of Taskmaster; she was certainly trained by Taskmaster; she is actively blackmailing Quicksilver to train her the way Magneto trained him; she is a bad ass polymath who can learn anything in mere seconds, just by watching it done (just like her maybe Dad), and she is an unemotional psychopath. She is the "potential villain" the Avengers Academy was set up to turn into a hero instead, and I'm guessing it just ain't going to work.
I don't know that I would have liked this had I read it before Avengers Arena, but I sure like it now, as my own little personal prequel, so I recommend reading these books in the order I have: Avengers Arena #1-10, then Avengers Academy vol i; I promise it is a good way to read them.
I've only gone back to these books because I've been sucked into Avengers Arena -- my guilitiest pleasure in the Marvel Now!-plosion -- and I wanted to see the origins of these strange little Avengers I've grown so fond of, and I am glad I did.
Mettle is the only guy who can get close to the poisonous Hazmat (the girl whose body emits every form of radiation you can imagine), and when this comic begins they can't stand each other. That won't last, as we now know, but the opening salvos of their classic love/hate dynamic were fun to witness. Reptil, the lamest of the young Avengers in the Arena, turns out to be extremely likable and kind of compelling, which should add to my enjoyment of him in Murder World for as long as he survives, but the best part of the book are those kids who don't make it to Avengers Arena.
Veil and Striker, gaseous-girl and electro-boy, add plenty of teen drama, and their emotional messes are a bit like watching Degrassi, which is oddly fun. The best of the academy is Finesse, however. She might be the daughter of Taskmaster; she was certainly trained by Taskmaster; she is actively blackmailing Quicksilver to train her the way Magneto trained him; she is a bad ass polymath who can learn anything in mere seconds, just by watching it done (just like her maybe Dad), and she is an unemotional psychopath. She is the "potential villain" the Avengers Academy was set up to turn into a hero instead, and I'm guessing it just ain't going to work.
I don't know that I would have liked this had I read it before Avengers Arena, but I sure like it now, as my own little personal prequel, so I recommend reading these books in the order I have: Avengers Arena #1-10, then Avengers Academy vol i; I promise it is a good way to read them.
February 22, 2013
Six teens with super powers are in the Avengers new training program, but will they become heroes or villians? Only time will tell, and well with the proper training. Excellent story introducing these new characters to the Marvel universe.
October 21, 2012
A great and deep introduction to six new characters with real dilemmas and problems. I'm very eager to see where this goes.
September 29, 2025
Been super into comics / hero stuff again with the new season of Gen V. This comic came to mine—it’s one I picked up for a bit in high school, but I never read the beginning.
The pacing is really great. Each issue is from a different POV of one of the six members of the academy. They’ve all been tortured to the point where their powers are either killing them or difficult to control. Their origins are all really sad.
They’re invited to this academy because they’ve been told they’re the most promising group to be the next Avengers…but the truth is, they’re so powerful / have such a bad background…they could be the next group of super villains.
Vol 1 really sets the storyline up well, so I’m excited to read more!
The pacing is really great. Each issue is from a different POV of one of the six members of the academy. They’ve all been tortured to the point where their powers are either killing them or difficult to control. Their origins are all really sad.
They’re invited to this academy because they’ve been told they’re the most promising group to be the next Avengers…but the truth is, they’re so powerful / have such a bad background…they could be the next group of super villains.
Vol 1 really sets the storyline up well, so I’m excited to read more!
October 10, 2021
This was the comic that really made me a comic fan as a kid, I remember reading the first issue about a hundred times. Years later it’s still as great as I remember it, one of the best marvel comics I’ve read.
May 17, 2019
Very interesting with multiple plot lines developing. The authors and illustrators work seamlessly to generate a cohesive story. This cohesion of simple phrases (mostly) and well drawn pictures add to the darker theme of the graphic novel in a way that is best portrayed in a "comic book" style. The art is dark and often uses a lot of shading, complementing the gloomy, twisted, and mature themes of the comic. The comic often focuses on the internal struggles of our heroines, and this is done in a good manner, but nothing spectacular here.
November 30, 2012
Comic books involving teen heroes are some of the most fun team books to read. Why? Because well written teen heroes are full of doubts, angst, hormones, humour and lessons. One of the greatest series of teen heroes I've read was Brian K. Vaughn's Runaways.
No one writes angst and fun like Brian did with his two year or so run. There have been ones that got close such as Allan Heinberg's Young Avengers
and Geoff Johns's Teen Titans.
So when it comes to team teen books I always compare to these three on whether or not I'll keep reading.
Avengers Academy's set-up is an interesting one. Kids left over from the recently ended Avengers The Initiative
comic as well as some brand new ones are introduced in a newly formed training facility for young people with super powers. Most of them were put though various headships and torture both mental and physical under Norman Osborne. I think he became President or something after Secret Invasion
for killing a skrull queen. Heck, if that's all you have to do, I could have gotten Barak Obama re-elected in no time. Anyhow in the Seige
mini series he was ousted and these kids are part of the fallout.
Anyhow, it's a good mix of students and the first 6 issues collected in Permanent Record is told mainly from the point of view of the young heroes-in-training of which there are, you guessed it, six!. Roll Call: Veil-Takes on gaseous form. Finesse-eidetic memory. Mettle-strength and durability but marred by a horrific visage. Striker-electrical-based powers. Hazmat-poisonous emissions and a danger to those around her, must be kept in a containment suit and Reptil-quasi-shapeshifter of the dinosaur species.
They are being mentored by various C and D list heroes (which are my favorite kind as more can be done with them). But there is a catch. Seems the Avengers didn't just take these wannabe heroes in as future prospects, the real reason isn't as shocking as oh, say the end of Thunderbolts #1. But it does add another layer to their being together and whether they decide to stay or not. Not going to spoil it here although the synopsis may do that on the back cover, but I'll err on the safe side and keep it zipped.
Written by Christos Gage who has a good handle on teenager behavior and intriguing character building stories and wonderfully drawn by Mike Mckone a vet of teen books as he penciled most of Geoff's Teen Titans. This book is not without a lack of talent.
What I like most about this is even though it follows after some previous series and events, you really do not need much prior knowledge to get into it. The concept and characters are all introduced in the first few issues and it gets the ball rolling right away. Possibly one of the most entertaining Avenger title I've read in awhile. This first trade is a very promising start and I am looking forward to the second collection.
No one writes angst and fun like Brian did with his two year or so run. There have been ones that got close such as Allan Heinberg's Young Avengers
and Geoff Johns's Teen Titans.
So when it comes to team teen books I always compare to these three on whether or not I'll keep reading.Avengers Academy's set-up is an interesting one. Kids left over from the recently ended Avengers The Initiative
comic as well as some brand new ones are introduced in a newly formed training facility for young people with super powers. Most of them were put though various headships and torture both mental and physical under Norman Osborne. I think he became President or something after Secret Invasion
for killing a skrull queen. Heck, if that's all you have to do, I could have gotten Barak Obama re-elected in no time. Anyhow in the Seige
mini series he was ousted and these kids are part of the fallout.Anyhow, it's a good mix of students and the first 6 issues collected in Permanent Record is told mainly from the point of view of the young heroes-in-training of which there are, you guessed it, six!. Roll Call: Veil-Takes on gaseous form. Finesse-eidetic memory. Mettle-strength and durability but marred by a horrific visage. Striker-electrical-based powers. Hazmat-poisonous emissions and a danger to those around her, must be kept in a containment suit and Reptil-quasi-shapeshifter of the dinosaur species.
They are being mentored by various C and D list heroes (which are my favorite kind as more can be done with them). But there is a catch. Seems the Avengers didn't just take these wannabe heroes in as future prospects, the real reason isn't as shocking as oh, say the end of Thunderbolts #1. But it does add another layer to their being together and whether they decide to stay or not. Not going to spoil it here although the synopsis may do that on the back cover, but I'll err on the safe side and keep it zipped.
Written by Christos Gage who has a good handle on teenager behavior and intriguing character building stories and wonderfully drawn by Mike Mckone a vet of teen books as he penciled most of Geoff's Teen Titans. This book is not without a lack of talent.
What I like most about this is even though it follows after some previous series and events, you really do not need much prior knowledge to get into it. The concept and characters are all introduced in the first few issues and it gets the ball rolling right away. Possibly one of the most entertaining Avenger title I've read in awhile. This first trade is a very promising start and I am looking forward to the second collection.
April 21, 2016
AVENGERS ACADEMY ASSEMBLE!
A more than good teenagers superhero group series from Marvel, with well developed characters interaction, twists and nice references to classic Avengers stories.
Valkyrie's "girls training session" was just too funny!!! XD
A more than good teenagers superhero group series from Marvel, with well developed characters interaction, twists and nice references to classic Avengers stories.
Valkyrie's "girls training session" was just too funny!!! XD
July 26, 2011
A fantastic book that gives the Avengers titles exactly what they need- a break from the Bendis overload and an extraction from the constant heavy-hitters. A young teen book with as much intrigue as necessary to capture our attention as well as the humanizing factors of young teen romance. Let's see where it goes...
September 12, 2016
6 young people are selected to join the Avengers Academy, but there's a secret they are not being told. Each issue revolves around 1 character in the first volume, we learn the background of them and the challenges they are facing. It's not too bad of a read but the artwork could be quite inconsistent.
September 9, 2018
I thought that this book was pretty good. I liked that I got to know about more characters in the marvel universe. I love the way this one ended and I can't wait to read more.
February 7, 2021
Bueno, recuperamos las relecturas, que con los regalos navideños y las últimas publicaciones de la Biblioteca Morrison se nos habían quedado atrás, y lo hacemos empezando una nueva colección y volviendo de nuevo atrás en el tiempo, hasta aquellos días lejanos en los que se producía la caída en desgracia de Norman Osborn después de la saga Asedio. Academia Vengadores, con guión de Christos Gage, que en aquellos momentos era una especie de chico para todo de Marvel, hunde sus raíces precisamente en la época oscura en la que Norman Osborn era el primer hombre del Universo Marvel, y nos presenta un puñado de nuevos personajes, todos ellos jóvenes con habilidades especiales y que han sido utilizados o torturados de alguna manera por Norman Osborn, al parecer decididos a entrenarlos para convertirse en futuros vengadores. Y es que en planteamiento y parte del plantel, Academia Vengadores es la heredera directa de Vengadores: La Iniciativa, pero a priori sin skrulls de por medio, y es que el equipo directivo serán Hank Pym, Tigra, Justicia, Speedball y Mercurio, la mayoría de los que ya habían tenido un papel en el entrenamiento de los cadetes del Campamento Hammond. De los seis miembros de este nuevo equipo de alumnos, cinco son nuevas creaciones, todos salvo Reptil, que ya había aparecido también en La Iniciativa, y con el poder de transformar parte de su cuerpo en extremidades de dinosaurios. Junto a él estarán Velo, una chica capaz de transformarse en diferentes tipos de gas; Tóxica, que envenena todo lo que toca o a lo que se acerca; Estilo, capaz de aprender y memorizar cualquier tipo de movimiento; Temple, cubierto de acero orgánico; y Relámpago, capaz de manipular grandes cantidades de electricidad. Pero todos y cada uno de ellos tienen sus problemas: Reptil no controla del todo sus poderes, Velo va perdiendo su cohesión; Tóxica es responsable de la hospitalización de gran parte de su familia y tiene que permanecer lejos de todos; Estilo no comprende lo que es un sentimiento; Temple no puede recuperar su forma humana; y Relámpago tiene un gran complejo de inferioridad que compensa de forma extravagante y llamando la atención.
Y es que tras esta premisa, se esconde otra, que los chicos no tardan en descubrir: los Vengadores no les han reunido por su carácter heroico, sino porque temen que el próximo Cráneo Rojo salga de entre ellos.
Con este planteamiento, Christos Gage se pone a los mandos de esta nueva serie de Marvel, acompañado por Tom Raney a los lápices, y la verdad es que como todo lo que hacía Gage en aquel momento, de forma bastante eficiente. Quizá no brillante, pero si eficiente. Y eso es lo que marca este primer tomo de acercamiento al nuevo equipo, estableciendo relaciones, presentaciones y los hilos argumentales que va a seguir la historia...
Así que nada, un cómic bastante animado.
Y es que tras esta premisa, se esconde otra, que los chicos no tardan en descubrir: los Vengadores no les han reunido por su carácter heroico, sino porque temen que el próximo Cráneo Rojo salga de entre ellos.
Con este planteamiento, Christos Gage se pone a los mandos de esta nueva serie de Marvel, acompañado por Tom Raney a los lápices, y la verdad es que como todo lo que hacía Gage en aquel momento, de forma bastante eficiente. Quizá no brillante, pero si eficiente. Y eso es lo que marca este primer tomo de acercamiento al nuevo equipo, estableciendo relaciones, presentaciones y los hilos argumentales que va a seguir la historia...
Así que nada, un cómic bastante animado.
December 13, 2011
La verdad que sólo por la tapa esperaba encontrarme un cómic genérico del montón bastante malo y me terminé sorprendiendo con un cómic genérico pero con varios tintes de originalidad y bastante entretenido. No sólo es el primer cómic de Gage que me gusta verdaderamente sino que creo que si el dibujante fuera mejor (como el de X-Men/Spiderman) quizás hasta llegaba a las cuatro estrellitas y todo. Los progatonistas son un grupo de adolescentes acomplejados, o creídos, o que simplemente tratan de vivir lo más normalmente que les sea posible, todos los protagonistas tienen un toque de personalidad que los hace particulares y, aunque algunos de ellos maman de estereotipos bastante evidentes, el saldo es netamente positivo. También lo es la idea de que empiecen a desconfiar de sus tutores casi por insinto (y lo bien que hacen). Y que los propios tutores tengan bastante trapitos sucios que esconder. Y que una de ellos extorsione a uno de ellos. Y que Valquiria aparezca como profesora adjunta para las chicas y les termine hablando de consoladores. Una onda Nextwave, que acabo de reseñar, pero cambiando treintañeros desencantados por adolescentes inseguros. Esperemos que el tomo 2 mantenga el nivel o, si cambia de dibujante, que mejore más todavía.
June 30, 2016
This was actually much better than I expected--not a ton of teenage uberdrama, which is nice, and yet these characters are legitimately younger and just growing into men and women. While the secret purpose behind the team has been done before--original Thunderbolts anyone? It is an interesting dynamic and I like how it's used to investigate the characters we're reading about instead of just being a gimmick to make them into angry rebels. There's way too much "You lied to me, and that's the worst thing ever" in the comic genre of late. Nobody seems to recognize that the sharing of truth is done in all kinds of shades of gray by people all the time for good reason, and so the reactions often read--to me at least--as over the top. That's not the case here.
I actually ran into these character backwards, starting with Avenger's Arena but that book was intriguing enough for me to look back for this one, and I'm glad I did.
I actually ran into these character backwards, starting with Avenger's Arena but that book was intriguing enough for me to look back for this one, and I'm glad I did.
September 17, 2012
I have serious problems with books where the author focuses so much on trying to make the characters human that it stops being a super hero story and is simply a soap opera with characters who have super powers. This is an unfortunate example of this problem. The writing itself is fine, for what it is, but my personal taste is not for this type of writing. The artwork is also rather well done, and while it spruces up the book it can't make up for the problem I have with the writing being more soap opera than super hero story. The fact that the writing and the artwork were actually well done is the only reason the review gets two instead of one star in the ratings.
December 29, 2012
6 young superheroes/supervillains get rescued when the dark reign of Norman osborne is stopped. They get drafted into an avengers acadamy to make sure they turn out right, and learn to deal with their powers. The teatchers at the scool are adult (and established) superheroes with a dark past. Like Quicksilver of Hank Pym.
The story is decent enough, with some humor, some teenage drama, lots of action and some twists. The art is in the typical modern flashy marvel style, but still very nice to look at. cool book
The story is decent enough, with some humor, some teenage drama, lots of action and some twists. The art is in the typical modern flashy marvel style, but still very nice to look at. cool book
January 3, 2019
Je to tak 8 let, co jsem naposledy četl Avengers Academy, a furt mi ta sérka přijde strašně fajn. Budu si ji muset dát komplet.
April 20, 2015
There was lots of excitement and I thought the book was really amazing.
April 16, 2025
Una de las necesidades conceptuales del Universo Marvel con el cambio de siglo, tenía que ser el encarar de alguna forma un relevo generacional en los superhéroes de la Casa de las Ideas. Por supuesto, entendiendo que aunque existiesen los personajes difícilmente saldrían del estatus de jóvenes y "sidekicks". Aún con todo, algo de "sangre fresca" siempre viene bien. Y es cierto que previamente existían personajes como los Nuevos Guerreros, pero es tras los eventos de Vengadores Desunidos que ya se da como tal una verdadera formación de superhéroes juveniles con aupe conceptual con los Jóvenes Vengadores. El caso, es que visto a día de hoy queda muy claro que ese cómic y formación parecían un pretexto para que el retorno de la Bruja Escarlata tras esos años de psicosis mágica y genocidio conceptual sorprendiese más al desarrollarse en esa cabecera "oculta" mediante esos dos personajes que se revelaban como "receptáculos" de las almas de aquellos hijos de Wanda y Visión empleados por un pérfido villano infernal. Motivante de toda la situación con la Bruja en la Marvel de principios de los 2000.
Otro momento oscuro fue justamente Reinado Oscuro. Con la fama mediática de ver a Norman Osborn "salvando" la tierra de la Invasión Secreta Skrull. se le fue entregado el control de una nueva "SHIELD" que ayudó a que Osborn empezase un ambicioso plan de calculada dominación del país. Aunque entre medias se reuniese con sus villanescas amistades y contactos ya fuese en concilios secretos o formaciones de pretensiones heroícas (cosa complicada con el Escorpión potenciado por el simbionte Venom, por ejemplo). Pero todo se abocaría al desastre con su lado oscuro volviendo a emerger y despegar en su planeador murciélago. De todo esto deriva esta Academia Vengadores. Pues es en parte del Reinado Oscuro de Osborn que este había inaugurado una especie de programa de enseñanza de jóvenes superhéroes. Por supuesto, ocultando planes más insidiosos y métodos de control más inhumanos. De esto pasamos a la verdadera Academia de Héroes con Hank Pym a la cabeza y esos dispares alumnos que de una u otra forma han sido rescatados de ese Reinado Oscuro. Con la oportunidad de ser el futuro de los Vengadores y la justicia en el mundo... ¿o no?
En este contexto de la Edad Heroíca post Reinado Oscuro. Academia Vengadores cobra muy buen sentido. Más si como descubre el guionista Christos Gage, estos nuevos personajes no resultan los "alumnos modelo" que podrían hacer aburrida una trama "escolar" con super héroes. Todos los personajes muestran habilidades increíbles pero en muchos casos que atentan contra una juventud normal y convencional. Incluso en algún caso, se presentan como una cuenta atrás a un destino peor que la muerte física. Y quien no está en esta circunstancia, como la joven Estilo o Relámpago, tienen sus agendas ocultas queriendo aprovechar esta situación de estar junto a parte de los Héroes Más Poderosos de la Tierra.
Gage logra que estos nuevos personajes lleguen con buena simpatía o cuanto menos interés. La narrativa sabe encajar a lo largo de estos primeros capítulos, enfoques y narraciones que van centrándose en cada uno de los jóvenes en el momento justo. Empezando por la cruel situación de la que escapa Reptil o Velo del yugo de Osborn. Hay tiempo también para las esperables interaciones y momentos de anti romance de una época de frenesí hormonal. Desde luego, un buen Avengers Creek.
Gusta que Christos Gage tampoco vea en la oportunidad de ir contando con personajes más o menos conocidos como Mercurio o Luke Cage en su etapa con los Thunderbolts, como un salvavidas para la fanaticada. Todo personaje que llega tiene un gran sentido en el método de enseñanza de Pym para estos adolescentes. E incluso la integración de Speedball post Civil War y Thunderbolt del Reinado Oscuro se presenta como un gran motor argumental para tener en todo momento presente lo frágil que puede ser pasar de héroe a villano con mal uso o consencuencia de los superpoderes y lo que siempre hay que luchar por ser un héroe por poco que el público general te vea así.
Es cierto que el estilo de dibujo tira a hierático pero funcional. Pero los diseños logran cierta gran iconicidad. Y se entiende que no era la cabecera por la que más se apostaba en su día... Pero a falta de completarla, me parece que es un diamante en bruto.
Otro momento oscuro fue justamente Reinado Oscuro. Con la fama mediática de ver a Norman Osborn "salvando" la tierra de la Invasión Secreta Skrull. se le fue entregado el control de una nueva "SHIELD" que ayudó a que Osborn empezase un ambicioso plan de calculada dominación del país. Aunque entre medias se reuniese con sus villanescas amistades y contactos ya fuese en concilios secretos o formaciones de pretensiones heroícas (cosa complicada con el Escorpión potenciado por el simbionte Venom, por ejemplo). Pero todo se abocaría al desastre con su lado oscuro volviendo a emerger y despegar en su planeador murciélago. De todo esto deriva esta Academia Vengadores. Pues es en parte del Reinado Oscuro de Osborn que este había inaugurado una especie de programa de enseñanza de jóvenes superhéroes. Por supuesto, ocultando planes más insidiosos y métodos de control más inhumanos. De esto pasamos a la verdadera Academia de Héroes con Hank Pym a la cabeza y esos dispares alumnos que de una u otra forma han sido rescatados de ese Reinado Oscuro. Con la oportunidad de ser el futuro de los Vengadores y la justicia en el mundo... ¿o no?
En este contexto de la Edad Heroíca post Reinado Oscuro. Academia Vengadores cobra muy buen sentido. Más si como descubre el guionista Christos Gage, estos nuevos personajes no resultan los "alumnos modelo" que podrían hacer aburrida una trama "escolar" con super héroes. Todos los personajes muestran habilidades increíbles pero en muchos casos que atentan contra una juventud normal y convencional. Incluso en algún caso, se presentan como una cuenta atrás a un destino peor que la muerte física. Y quien no está en esta circunstancia, como la joven Estilo o Relámpago, tienen sus agendas ocultas queriendo aprovechar esta situación de estar junto a parte de los Héroes Más Poderosos de la Tierra.
Gage logra que estos nuevos personajes lleguen con buena simpatía o cuanto menos interés. La narrativa sabe encajar a lo largo de estos primeros capítulos, enfoques y narraciones que van centrándose en cada uno de los jóvenes en el momento justo. Empezando por la cruel situación de la que escapa Reptil o Velo del yugo de Osborn. Hay tiempo también para las esperables interaciones y momentos de anti romance de una época de frenesí hormonal. Desde luego, un buen Avengers Creek.
Gusta que Christos Gage tampoco vea en la oportunidad de ir contando con personajes más o menos conocidos como Mercurio o Luke Cage en su etapa con los Thunderbolts, como un salvavidas para la fanaticada. Todo personaje que llega tiene un gran sentido en el método de enseñanza de Pym para estos adolescentes. E incluso la integración de Speedball post Civil War y Thunderbolt del Reinado Oscuro se presenta como un gran motor argumental para tener en todo momento presente lo frágil que puede ser pasar de héroe a villano con mal uso o consencuencia de los superpoderes y lo que siempre hay que luchar por ser un héroe por poco que el público general te vea así.
Es cierto que el estilo de dibujo tira a hierático pero funcional. Pero los diseños logran cierta gran iconicidad. Y se entiende que no era la cabecera por la que más se apostaba en su día... Pero a falta de completarla, me parece que es un diamante en bruto.
August 24, 2025
During his time in government, Norman Osborn took a special interest in kids who had extraordinary abilities, especially those who felt alienated from their parents and peers as a result. He would promise them that he'd help them control their powers and would meanwhile experiment on them to make those powers greater. After Osborn's arrest, Hank Pym selected the six of those students most likely to be Avengers and agreed to train them, or at least that's what Hank told them. In actuality, he took the six who were most likely to become supervillains and told them they'd be great heroes in the hopes of helping them find a better path.
Permanent Record acts as both an introduction and a character study of our 6 new students, each receiving their own dedicated chapter detailing their origin and how they feel in this scenario. They are all aware of what Hank thinks they'll become and that he doesn't want them to know that. Mettle had been in a surfing accident, which revealed the strange metal under his skin. Promising to help him, Osborn instead skinned him alive, turning him into a walking skinless metal man. He's also the most charming of the six. Hazmat emits a poison from her body, requiring her to wear a hazmat suit whenever in public. Reptil can turn parts of his body into dinosaur parts. Veil can change into gas, but at any moment that change will become permanent, effectively killing her. Finese, implied to be Taskmaster's daughter, can perfectly imitate any skill she sees, learning it instantly. And Striker is a fame hungry kid who can emit electricity from his body.
Years ago, I had the idea for an X-men team consisting of only people with seemingly useless powers. This isn't that, but it feels similar. Here are six kids with essentially supervillain powers and supervillain origins trying to become good guys.
Permanent Record acts as both an introduction and a character study of our 6 new students, each receiving their own dedicated chapter detailing their origin and how they feel in this scenario. They are all aware of what Hank thinks they'll become and that he doesn't want them to know that. Mettle had been in a surfing accident, which revealed the strange metal under his skin. Promising to help him, Osborn instead skinned him alive, turning him into a walking skinless metal man. He's also the most charming of the six. Hazmat emits a poison from her body, requiring her to wear a hazmat suit whenever in public. Reptil can turn parts of his body into dinosaur parts. Veil can change into gas, but at any moment that change will become permanent, effectively killing her. Finese, implied to be Taskmaster's daughter, can perfectly imitate any skill she sees, learning it instantly. And Striker is a fame hungry kid who can emit electricity from his body.
Years ago, I had the idea for an X-men team consisting of only people with seemingly useless powers. This isn't that, but it feels similar. Here are six kids with essentially supervillain powers and supervillain origins trying to become good guys.
April 5, 2021
It's a fun enough comic, nothing too special. Out of about 6 characters that they want us to focus on, not enough of them are charismatic enough to encourage me to keep on reading
Reptil is a home run, and easily the best part of the comic, Mettle isn't relatable, but he's charming and has some comic relief. Hazmat is extremely standoffish and while it is justified, we just don't get enough of her. Striker absolutely sucks and there doesn't seem to be any chance of him getting better, Veil is... Idk, I'm not a teenage girl in the 2000s so I'm not sure how relatable her struggles are, but she's just not that interesting
And Finesse is just sort of... A no from me? I have a general history of disliking characters who lack empathy and compassion, so this isn't exactly new, but she doesn't seem too likely to learn anything.
Overall while I'm sure there's room for growth, this isn't a series I'll be continuing, at least not purchasing, as it's just not doing it for me
2.5 stars
Reptil is a home run, and easily the best part of the comic, Mettle isn't relatable, but he's charming and has some comic relief. Hazmat is extremely standoffish and while it is justified, we just don't get enough of her. Striker absolutely sucks and there doesn't seem to be any chance of him getting better, Veil is... Idk, I'm not a teenage girl in the 2000s so I'm not sure how relatable her struggles are, but she's just not that interesting
And Finesse is just sort of... A no from me? I have a general history of disliking characters who lack empathy and compassion, so this isn't exactly new, but she doesn't seem too likely to learn anything.
Overall while I'm sure there's room for growth, this isn't a series I'll be continuing, at least not purchasing, as it's just not doing it for me
2.5 stars
May 9, 2022
This story of the beginning of the Avengers Academy is not what I expected. It comes out of the darkness that was Dark Reign and Secret Invasion. Osborne sick use of young teens for his own agenda and here, Hank Pym (Now the Wasp), Quicksilver (Deceitful as ever), Justice (Naive still), and Tigra (just doing her duty) take on these young people: Reptil, Striker, Veil, Mettle, Finesse, and Hazmat to train to be Avengers of the Future, but most everything is a lie and these kids are not what they seem, they are some dark and out for themselves, other too young to really get it, some angry at the world, and one trying to be a true Avenger.
Great writing and storytelling. I am not sure where it will end up, but I look forward to reading the entire series.
Great writing and storytelling. I am not sure where it will end up, but I look forward to reading the entire series.
June 17, 2023
Sériu Avengers Academy som začal čítať, keďže som mal chuť na niečo odľahčené, niečo teenage - ako boli napríklad Runaways. AA však nie je klasická teamovka a vo svojej podstate to nie je ani odľahčené čítanie. Cieľom akadémie je udržať šesticu mutantov na jednom mieste, keďže nikto nedokáže zodpovedne odhadnúť, či sú to potencionálny hrdinovia, alebo či ich schopnosti a mentálny stav nespôsobia katastrofu. V každom zošite sa dostávame do hlavy jedného z členov tímu a zisťujeme, aké traumy má za sebou a aká je jeho odvrátená strana. Každý niečo skrýva, každý má na duši jazvy, každého Norman Osborn zneužil a každý je doslova časovanou bombou. Čerešničkou na torte sú učitelia, ktorí toho majú na rováši tiež dosť. Silný úvodný book a obrovský potenciál na ďalší rozvoj príbehu.
December 28, 2023
First and least importantly, Hank looks phenomenal in this and I love his Wasp costume.
Okay, now that we've passed over my mandatory lusting for Hank Pym, onto the actual story.
For being relatively short, this did an amazing job introducing the main six students, their power-sets, and their backstories without coming off as clunky and gives each of them a compelling thread to follow--I can't wait to see where their stories go, especially with imminent death looming over one of their heads due to her unstable powers.
Okay, now that we've passed over my mandatory lusting for Hank Pym, onto the actual story.
For being relatively short, this did an amazing job introducing the main six students, their power-sets, and their backstories without coming off as clunky and gives each of them a compelling thread to follow--I can't wait to see where their stories go, especially with imminent death looming over one of their heads due to her unstable powers.
February 16, 2020
I liked this book better than I thought I would. I think the characters are interesting and I am really curious as to whatw they ill become. It was well written and very compelling. The art was overall great, but a few misses were there. Overall a very fun book and I am going to continue reading this series.
July 10, 2017
Norman Osborne has wormed his way into government. He's booted out and his 'experiments' are saved by some of the less savory Avengers: Hank Pym, Speedball, Tigra, and Quicksilver.
The kids: Hazmat, Reptil, Veil, Mettle, and Striker.
The kids: Hazmat, Reptil, Veil, Mettle, and Striker.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 95 reviews