The Mighty Avengers, Vol. 1: The Ultron Initiative

The Mighty Avengers (2007)

by Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Cho

The wait is over! The Mighty Avengers assemble!
Gathered together to be the greatest Avengers team ever, but who picked them - and why!? And which A-list Avengers villain returns, revamped and reloaded for the ultimate revenge? Big super-hero adventures from the multi-award winning team of Bendis and Cho.

Collecting: Mighty Avengers 1-6

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Fiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published April 2, 2007

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

If it’s Tuesday, and this is an Avengers title, then the villain must be…?



Yes. Yes it is. ULTRON!

Let’s back track a little. This is post-Civil War and the world needs some Avengers and jerk-face Tony Stark, Director of SHIELD, wants to assemble a team, led by Carol Danvers, Ms. Marvel.



(Please pick Deadpool. Please pick Deadpool. Please pick Deadpool. Please pick Deadpool.)

The team they select is heavy with big guns and loopiness but, short on subtlety – so, Black Widow and, for old time’s sake, the Wasp are thrown in as an afterthought. Part-time actor and former villain, Wonder Man; the poster guy for nutso superheroes and more powerful than a thousand solar powered locomotives, the Sentry; and because they needed a combo Wolverine/Thor - Ares, God of War are added to the roster.

First mission: Battling crazy weather and an attack by Mole Man…



…but something happens to Tony Stark and he’s transformed into a She-Ultron that looks like the Wasp with bad hair.





Okay, technically, it is a reconfigured Tony Stark because he implanted himself with some cyber-stuff (see Matt Fraction’s Iron Man run) and has no one to blame but himself, still…

Ms. Ultron, no surprise, is bent on a world take-over, but first, some good old fashioned taunting.



Woah Nellie Fox (obligatory old-time baseball reference) and…



…kiss your organic asses goodbye.

Bottom Line: It’s Bendis’s witty dialogue and his terrific use of the strategically placed ancient thought balloon device that greases the plot along and makes this an entertaining read. Recommended for Avengers fans!!



Hey, wait!! Tony Stark’s in there somewhere.

On second thought, let ‘er rip!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Grab your gear and meet us on the flight deck. You're an Avenger again." - Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man

"Spasibo, baby." - Natasha Romanova, a.k.a. Black Widow (offering thanks in her native Russian)

I'd like to offer mucho 'spasibo' to author Bendis and artist Cho for delivering such an adventurous, high energy, and fun graphic novel with their Vol. 1: The Ultron Initiative. Set in the aftermath of Marvel's 'Civil War,' Iron Man tasks Ms. Marvel with assembling and leading a new line-up for the Avengers, and it's a pleasant mix of veterans (Black Widow, Wasp, Wonder Man) and newbies (the sensitive Sentry, as well as Ares . . . yes, the Greek god of war). In what seems like mere seconds after their formation they're already fighting giant angry creatures erupting from the streets of New York City, but then the real threat arrives - a new slinky bombshell version of Ultron. Can you say 'va-va-voom'? (Or maybe the better query is 'smackfoom,' that inspired onomatopoeia used to depict said villainess deflecting the stout punches thrown by our superheroic squad.) Maybe it's because I have unfortunately read several lackluster comics in the last month, but this just seemed to hit all of the necessary marks for me - great illustrations, a narrative that kept the suspense (and my interest) til the very end, punchy and amusing dialogue, and thought bubbles that endearingly portrayed our super-powered title characters as often having some all-too-human concerns and doubts.

[Sesana · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was ok. The team representing the Avengers here is less than inspiring. The story itself seemed lackluster to me. Weather control? No thanks. The complete and total lack of damage control by the Avengers was interesting to me. I'm not sure if it was a conscious decision or not, but it seemed to me like an accurate reflection of the screwed up priorities Civil War gave the "official" heroes. And Bendis really needed to tone down the thought bubbles. They got distracting, and most of them were pointless. Definitely not the best possible representation of the Avengers.

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now that the Civil War has ended Tony Stark is in charge of SHIELD and the Avengers. One of his first choices is to make Ms. Marvel the leader of the Avengers. Together they put together a new Avengers team.

They did so just in time because a new version of Ultron has returned to wreak havoc on the world.


Before I say anything else I have to say I'm surprised to see a sexed up half naked half metal version of Ultron. It seemed as though the artist really wanted a lot of provocative looking drawings of the female characters in this issue and it seemed jam packed.

So I decided to read this to get an idea of the immediate fallout after Civil War. The main reason I did this was to get an idea of what filmmakers may try to adapt in the MCU films following Captain America Civil War. This volume leaves a lot to desire though. Ultron returns in a strange fashion and takes over technology because that's what Ultron does. The rest of the volume is spent trying to defeat the best computer ever built.

The Ultron Initiative was an average at best story.

2.5 out of 5 stars

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, there have been so many Ultron stories over the years. It's one of those plotlines that Avengers writers keep coming back to. That said, this one pulls out all the stops and takes the reader on one heck of a ride!

There are so many touches that make this great, like Ultron’s first appearance on the scene … the relationship between Hank and Jan ... the desperate last ditch plan to save the world … and of course that final moment that hints at Ultron’s possible return.

There was a bit that made me roll my eyes. Without spoiling anything, let's just say it was a Women In Refrigerators thing. I partially forgive Bendis for it, because he turned it into a moment that hints at interesting future storylines, but still …

I’m also not sure how I feel about his new technique of interspersing thought and speech balloons. I get what he's trying to do, and there are moments when it works, but mostly it just strikes me as weird.

Overall, I really liked this. Recommended!

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a pretty okayish volume.

It starts with Tony and Carol forming anew team of Avengers from the initiative and then we have them facing off against Mole man and like dealing with volcanic eruptions but before that they have to deal with the constant volcanic eruptions and well turns out Ultron takes over Tony's body and it becomes a woman resembling Janet and from there is the Avengers fight to stop him/her and like also foil her plans and like save their friend? In the process maybe big things await for Ares, Hank Pym and one of the biggest moments for Sentry.

Its an alright volume and like one problem I have is the corny dialogue which was annoying and like the art was not the best. Some moments are there where all character sounds the same and like this Ultron story could have been done better. And yeah it just felt like there were things tosses around that didn't matter but the ending wow. I can see how this volume could be off putting but by no way does it hamper the overall Avengers grand idea that Bendis is shooting for. Its a one time read.

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ultron Initiative reads like one action-packed blockbuster flick, just pure dumb fun start-to-finish, with kickass art by Frank Cho, starring a newly formed Avengers team composed of powerful characters that are not quite there yet in their teamwork department, yet another one of those dysfunctional teams that is always so much fun to read.

[The Ghost's Library · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thought bubbles. There were thought bubbles everywhere. Slowed the story down, ruined Bendis' usually stellar pacing of dialogue and the art in the second half of the collection did little to help.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

You would think this would have been a bigger epic story than it was. An okay read....

[Audrey Hacker · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know this was written only in 2007 but MAN IF IT AINT DATED

[Brad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Iron Man gets to pick his own Avengers team (of heroes that were all on his side of the Civil War) and he picks Ms. Marvel to lead Wasp, Wonder Man, Black Widow, The Sentry... and Ares. It's not quite the all-star lineup the New Avengers had, but the team works. The team fights a new, Braniac-like Ultron that's causing lots of natural disasters.
The whole first issue is dedicated to selecting the team, and Iron Man/writer Brian Michael Bendis get it right. Wasp and Wonder Man get on a little too easy: Iron Man and Ms. Marvel agree that they're the two best Avengers ever. That might be true if you exclude characters that are dead, crazy, or wear an Iron Man suit. Black Widow offers another link to SHIELD. The Sentry and Ares are Bendis' personal reclamation projects, and they largely work. Bringing back the Sentry from Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee's almost Elseworlds-like story still seems like a questionable move, but it's interesting to see a guy with Superman-like abilities that doesn't have nearly the stability and character of Superman. Ares (the god of war) is one of those weird gods like Hercules and Loki that somehow mingle amidst the Marvel universe. Bendis recasts him as a combination of Wolverine and Thor, and makes him a compelling, entertaining character.
This is a really fun, action-centric book. Ultron's reappearance isn't especially gripping; she's just another robot that wants to take over the world.
The other neat trick that Bendis brings back in this book is thought balloons--he was one of the main guys that got rid of thought balloons in favor of more narration boxes. Since they've been gone for a while, thought balloons seem novel and fresh, and Bendis uses them mostly for comedic effect. He's always been a dialogue-heavy writer, so giving him the extra word space keeps the book flowing quickly.
Frank Cho, best known for drawing pretty ladies, does a fine job, though his art looks a lot like Steve McNiven.

[Alan Castree · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Not my Avengers” 😅

This is the “registered” team’s first book after Civil War and still feels like C-plot to the New Avengers (the real heroes).

Also, since Frank Cho is doing the art, very good art but lots of cheesecake and butt shots. Ultron shows up randomly and is now a naked hottie. New team fights naked chick Ultron and that’s the whole story! (Spoilers)

Seems like all the worst tropes compared to the graphic and expressive style portrayed in the parallel story of New Avengers 6.

So far, Mighty 0 - New 1




You know what, it does feel rewarding to see Carol say “#$*% Tony Stark” in this volume. + .5 stars for that!

[Gavin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. So lame.
All just big tanks, other than Widow and Wasp, and Widow isn't in half the story.
I hate hate hate Carol here, she's got a gigantic inferiority complex, and it makes her dumb and the worst kind of leader.
Ares is decent, Sentry is Superman in Orange with the problematic personality.
Wonder Man, as in I Wonder why he's even here in the team, as he does too apparently...
Wasp is OK.

Tony gets taken over by Ultron, in Janet form.

Turns out they need Hank Pym, and of course they still have to write him as an asshole, even though he gets pushed to it. Janet is no better to him...

Lame lame, punch punch harder, use a virus, yawn. That's lazy writing, and Bendis used WAY TOO MANY speech bubbles, agree with Seasana.

Don't bother. Leads into Secret Invasion.

[Brad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure how I feel about Brian Michael Bendis. I dig his dialogue, and he handles action well, but there seems to be an underlying lust for military that rubs me the wrong way, particularly when it informs characters I love, altering them in fundamental ways. Yet that seeming lust for military models makes perfect sense in the state of the contemporary Marvel Universe, reflecting as it does our own reality, so perhaps it is an unfair criticism.

Besides, whatever the reason, Bendis' engagement with the military model brought Ares (not a namesake but the actual Greek God of War) into the Avengers fold, and this Mighty Avengers arc is my first experience with the Greek badass.

Initiative is interesting enough. Hank Pym's longtime personal monster, Ultron, is back and using modern computing to take over and inhabit the body of the newly cybernetic Tony Stark, who Ultron morphs into the spitting image of Janet van Dyne, the Wasp -- albeit in a shiny, nude, silver metal form. And then Ultron comes within a whisker of taking over everything and ending the superfluous presence of humanity. It's the Sci-Fi AI nightmare nearly fulfilled. The action is fast and furious; Ultron is properly logical and ruthless; Hank and Janet spar as they should; Ms. Marvel is full of new leader angst; Wonder Man runs around doing his Fall Guy act; Black Widow is properly useless in the face of a "super"-threat, and it is nice to be without Tony Stark's ego for a while.

It's Ares, though, who made this comic worth reading for me. Of course, the Avengers beat Ultron in the last gasp, but it is the God of War who comes up with the winning plan and pulls it off. While everyone else is trying to come up with high-tech answers or are simply pummelling the ultimate robot (or absorbing the blast of a nuclear warhead. Nice job, Ms. Marvel!), it's Ares who figures out his own little Trojan Horse ruse. He has Pym shrink him to a cellular level, loads himself with an ancient, Commodore 64 virus, a virus Ultron will have no defence against, and flies right down Ultron/Stark/van Dyne's throat to deliver the virus into Ultron's brain.

He battles Stark's cyberdefenses, now nearly perfected by Ultron, and finally plants the virus. Wasp shrinks and saves him, pulling the Axe-Weilding One free of Ultron's death throws, and somehow Tony Stark's systems put him all back together. Yay! Ares wins the day.

So why do I like this? Well, when the story starts, Ares seems like a bit of twit. He's certainly sexist, borderline psychotic (one of the Avengers describes him as a cross between Thor and Wolverine), bad tempered, and fairly dismissive of humanity, and his team mates don't seem to have any faith in his abilities, which all leads to a great moment when his plan and victory have come to fruition: those around him are properly thrilled by his tactical genius, and he dismisses their praise by reminding them that he is "The God of War." Exactly.

That moment raises my enjoyment of the whole arc, but ... hey ... I am easy to please. Still not sure about Bendis, though. I don't know if I'll ever be, but his work on Initiative was fun enough to keep me coming back for more. For now.

[Luke · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow! That’s really the only word that I could think of as I read this book. Coming right off the back of the Marvel mega-event Civil War and running along side the brilliant The New Avengers, Volume 1: Breakout, Mighty Avengers attempts to tell the story of a new new Avengers team assembled by Tony Stark (since most of the old New Avengers are now on the run).

So how does Mighty Avengers stack up against its older brother New Avengers? Not very well. Not even close. In fact this is one of the worst comics ever written. A bold statement, but true.

This book is so awful it actually manages to enter the realms of “so bad it’s good”. Plenty of times during reading this book could I not help but laugh at it’s awful story, art and writing.

The general plot is that Ultron comes back, this time as a naked woman, and kills Tony Stark leaving the new and inexperienced Avengers team to deal with it.

Sounds pretty important, but it really isn’t. This book is briefly mentioned in New Avengers for about one panel. I thought it looked interesting and I love Brian Michael Bendis so I came to check it out and, like I opened this review with, all I could think was wow!

The story has no stakes. Obviously Stark isn’t dead and Ultron certainly isn’t going to do anything of note in a random Avengers title, especially in the first volume and especially as a naked woman.

On top of the bad plot, the actual writing is atrocious. For some reason they decided to add in thought bubbles. THOUGHT BUBBLES! Like this is the 60’s, where every single thought a character may have is painstakingly written down, usually eclipsing the actual dialogue. Thankfully modern comics had evolved to not require such on the nose writing, until this book, where characters will end every speech bubble with a random thought explaining how their feeling, like this is a goddamn Sims game.



The art doesn’t help much either, with every female character's ass so shiny there’s practically a lense flair blinding the reader as they attempt to scan each page.



The art also looks a lot like some Android mobile game, with characters seeming extremely stiff in most scenes.



I genuinely believe that Brian Michael Bendis wrote this as bad as he possibly could just so he could get this book cancelled. It is truly a rarity to see a book fail on so many levels.



Bad plot, writing and art. A real hat trick. Worth a read if you want to punish yourself.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Following the events of Civil War, Brian Michael Bendis assembles yet another Iron Man assembles his own, pro-registration team of Avengers. Because as we all know there's enough former Avengers members out there to make at least 5 more teams, and people really can't wait to read about their adventures. NOT!

Anyway, back to the review of this new series' first story arc: The Mole Man must've taken a wrong turn in one of his dark tunnels because he ends up fighting the Avengers instead of his traditional foes, the Fantastic Four (That's just Bendis "shaking things up"). The Avengers hand him his ass and soon face the newest threat (and a super cool one, if you're Bendis): Ultron comes back - again (yes, yes, I know, but wait 'til you hear the "cool" part) - but he comes back looking like Janet Van Dyne (The Wasp - founding member of the Avengers way back in the swinging sixties and designated victim of "character death syndrome" in the upcoming Secret Invasion).

While also having for ultimate goal getting control over the planet's ballistic missile arsenals, Ultron takes over Tony Stark's seemingly innumerable extra Iron Man suits and uses them to fight the Avengers. Okay, now THIS last bit was cool. I like how the heroes take out Ultron. Ares was a blast.

[Nelson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wasn't a huge fan of this. It's not a bad arc by any means; the villain was cool, some of the character interactions were good, and the art was good. But at the end of the day, I just couldn't bring myself to care about most of these characters, especially coming from New Avengers where every single character is interesting. This roster is just so one-note. Seriously do we need 3 superman-types? AND Ares on top of that? How much super-strength do we need in one team? Not to mention most of these characters act the exact same. I really had to drag myself to finish this, and honestly I probably will read the rest of this run because not doing so would bother me a bit, but I think New Avengers is better in every way.

The dialogue was especially bad, and this is coming from someone who does generally like Bendis dialogue. That poor poor letterer. I don't know how he does it. He had to fit in so much text into each panel, and some of the panels were minuscule. It was just needlessly wordy and didn't end up actually saying much. Twice in this arc characters repeated themselves and twice another character told them "You already said that" as if Bendis is poking fun at himself. I just don't get it. This is even worse than his bad habit of having characters say "what?" and having the other one repeat what they just said (which is also present here). Also, thought bubbles?! What?! Thought bubbles jammed between word balloons? What? While I'm not a huge fan of thought bubbles, I can see their worth in some books. But wow, what the hell was Bendis thinking here? They were just unnecessary and lazy ways to have a semblance of characterization in these otherwise hollow characters. That poor poor letterer. I've never felt so claustrophobic reading a book.

The female Ultron was actually kinda cool, though perhaps a bit self-indulgent in its fanservice. I know it's Frank Cho's thing to draw voluptuous women, but when the hell did Janet Van Dyne have those curves? I can't complain too much because at least Black Widow was depicted as extremely muscular, which I found refreshing. Other than that, art was decent, and there were some actually really cool layouts here and there. Unfortunately, everything was also way too busy, which was exacerbated by the aforementioned wordiness and unnecessary thought bubbles.

I'll have to give this a 6/10. It really wasn't bad, and I wish I could give it a higher rating, but when compared to New Avengers, this team just isn't doing it for me.

[Elinor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pas trop mal. Par contre des bulles de pensée ? super chelou (et vieux jeu), mais je m'y suis habituée au fil du volume, pourquoi pas, pas à trop grande dose quand même.

[Ryan McNie · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting new twist on a classic villain whilst also fitting neatly into the current ongoing story arcs. It's interesting to see a completely new team with a completely different dynamic to the current new avengers line up. The cross overs between the two teams teased at the end also seem to pave the way for an intriguing story.

[Brian Poole · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Avengers franchised for the first time in years with the launch of this second ongoing series. Iron Man established a new team with Ms. Marvel as field leader and a membership comprising Wonder Man, Wasp, Black Widow, Sentry and, in a surprise choice, Ares.

The newly minted team struggled to gel as the Mole Man attacked the surface world with a horde of monsters and various natural disasters assailed the planet. That paved the way for a very different Ultron invasion that jeopardized Iron Man’s life and required Hank Pym’s assistance to unravel. The Sentry took a more disturbing turn, as well.

Brian Michael Bendis assembled a more classic “Avengers” team for this book, which many fans appreciated. The panoramic action of the first arc was a nice fit in that classic ethos. Bendis utilized thought balloons to play the contrast of the characters’ inner monologues against their verbalizations, with mixed results. Sometimes it produced entertaining interactions, while at other times it came off as juvenile and puerile. Characterizations were mixed. Tony Stark was still in “Blame Tony” mode, Wasp came off as a bubble-headed, oversexed sorority girl and Bendis found plenty of new scorn and disrespect to heap onto Hank Pym (who saved the day anyway). Black Widow, meanwhile, almost seemed like she was on the Autism scale. But Bendis handled Ms. Marvel really well and she made for a compelling focal point of the series. Ares was an inspired addition to the mix and Wonder Man (complete with his classic leisure suit) was a dependable anchor character. Frank Cho illustrated this first arc and was a great fit for the classic, widescreen adventure ethos of the series. Overall, this was an entertaining, well-produced book that pleased long-time fans. It’s worth checking out.

A version of this review originally appeared on www.thunderalleybcp.com

[Labyrinth Rossiter · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Mighty Avengers are a team of supposed "A-listers" chosen by Tony Stark and Carol Danvers in the wake of the Civil War as the officially sanctioned team. It's the first group that did not come together by fate like Cap always liked, a deliberate distinction in leadership. Overall, I felt like the team didn't have a lot of chemistry. I'm not a fan of Ares, or "Thor-Lite" as Pym thought sarcastically to himself. Sentry has never felt fully fleshed out to me. One interesting dynamic is there's bound to be a power struggle eventually as "Director" Stark, Maria Hill, Ms. Marvel, and even Romanov all shout orders at one point or another. The story does begin with Ultron and a lot of tense moments. Is Tony dead? Is Carol dead? Will the world survive? Bendis's humor doesn't really show up until the end when Tony is checking to see if all his parts are there. A shaky start, but it's Bendis... I'm willing to keep reading.

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

So what could make Bendis' extremely verbose storytelling even more unbearable, and yet help stretch the issues to pad a trade? It would appear that would be the return of thought balloons. Seriously, did no editor just have the moxie to stop and tell him it was overdoing it? One panel could have a character speak/think/speak/think/speak, and have it so each ballon connects to the next. Horrible idea. As for padding, I know it's a common complain amongst Bendis bashers, and it's one of the reasons I don't like buying his stories in single issue form, but even in trade form this one felt like it could have been compressed. It was a fairly standard Avengers versus new Ultron story, and just a means to showcase the new team fighting together.

Frank Cho's art was beautiful, though.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ultron Initiative (#1-6). Stark forms a new, somewhat unsurprising group of Avengers, and they somewhat unsurprisingly fight Ultron. Bendis does a good job of making this feel like epic, world-ending stuff, but the story itself is just OK.

But Bendis takes the whole comic to the next level with ... thought balloons. He adopts a new writing technique where he uses thought balloons to constantly undercut and expand on what the characters are actually saying. It's one part funny as heck and one part deconstruction of the superhero tropes that Bendis is basing the comic on. The result is brilliant [4+/5].

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me gusta bastante cuando meten humor en los comics de superhéroes. Vaughan y Whedon, por ejemplo, lo hacen perfectamente, sin perder en ningún momento el drama o la espectacularidad de sus batallas. Bendis, por otro lado, lo hace muy bien cuando puede meter puteadas y charlas mundanas, como en Alias. Pero acá que tiene que caretear con personajes ya de por sí caretas, y que la cosa más zarpada que se le permite decir es %#@~!, queda bastante pavote. El dibujo de Cho está bastante bien, pero aun así no llega a salvar el mamarracho argumental. ¡Queselevahacer!

[W.T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find Brian M. Bendis to be an amazing story teller; however, I've noticed that through out the Mighty Avengers series, he places too much emphasis on the thought bubbles with his characters. It appears that after a character says anything, a thought bubble follows with what that character is really thinking. It got to be a little tedious for me. That aside, two thumbs WAY up!

[guanaeps · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some wonderful art here by Frank Cho and Jason Keith. Lots of huge, epic moments that Cho captures brilliantly.

Bendis turns Tony Stark into a female Ultron. "World ending" events occur as the avengers have their "baptism of fire". The heroes prevail and we start the march towards secret invasion. Bendis keeps it entertaining.

[Carles Muñoz Miralles · Rating 1 out of 5]

Decepcionante inicio de la colección, con un grupo que hace aguas por todas partes, que no sabe encontrar su química y un villano (Ultrón) que lejos de parecer temible resulta un poco patético. El dibujo, eso sí, genial.

[Travis Duke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mighty avengers are not lacking any might with Ares, ms marvel, and wonder man. Although the story is not very deep it is entertaining. Bendis does a good job just not his best.

[Jedhua · Rating 3 out of 5]

ABSOLUTE RATING: {3+/5 stars}

STANDARDIZED RATING: <3/5 stars>

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good story minus the damn thought bubbles who thought those were a good idea?