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Invaders: Miniseries
Invaders Now TP
The greatest super heroes of World War II blaze into action - this time in the modern world! For the first time in decades, the original Invaders are alive and active at the same time! But what mysterious force has drawn them all together, and how does it relate to the darkest moment in Invaders history - an event so horrifying it threatens all life on Earth today? Featuring Captain America! The Sub-Mariner! The original Human Torch and Toro! The Golden Age Vision! Spitfire! Union Jack! And Steve Rogers! Collecting INVADERS NOW! #1-5.
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First published March 1, 2011
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August 25, 2021
This story sees the original Invaders reformed in the present day and having to revisit the scene (and do their best to right the wrongs) of one of their World War II adventures. There's not much room for serious character development in a five-issue team book, but it's always fun to see Cap swinging at Nazis. There's an evil team of super-powered villains back, too, led by the cool, classic headless Zola, complete with his face on a television on the chest. The Ross covers are gorgeous, but the actual story art just average. It's a fast, fun story.
July 14, 2021
A story which shows that with the victories comes teh defaets and regrets in the life of a superhero. With a message I feel was, that the past may come back to haunt us but can also provide us clues on how to obtain a better future. The dialogue of each character kept true to their contemporary and golden age persona's, a credit to the knowledge of the authors. The comics inner art was great, with brillant line and colour work except for one double spread page I didn't like with the big bad, and the cover pages by Alex Ross are gorgeously detailed. The story arc was great and built tension well and delivered with action panels but it's culmination felt rushed towards and I think would have made a larger impact if given more issues than a miniseries can provide. A great introduction/homage to Marvel's WW2 era superheroes.
October 9, 2019
I don’t think this is for everyone, but I really loved it. I’m pretty much guaranteed to like stuff that evokes that Golden Age aesthetic or draws from Golden Age comics. What we have is a pretty cut and dry, getting the band back together type adventure. It’s fun to see The Invaders come back, especially knowing the history they share. Namor is totally #livinghisbestlife when he’s with Torch and Toro. I love how these old characters interact.
The story takes a dark (but welcome) turn as our heroes have to once again face down their old villains. That means Master Man, Zola and the rest of those nasty Nazi bastards are back.
The art is seriously awesome. Add to that the fact that none other than Alex Ross drew the covers, and we have a visual smorgasbord of awesome. The very last page is an epic splash that left me feeling hyped up and excited.
Thrills! Chills! Excitement! Do you miss comics being fun? This one is for you!
The story takes a dark (but welcome) turn as our heroes have to once again face down their old villains. That means Master Man, Zola and the rest of those nasty Nazi bastards are back.
The art is seriously awesome. Add to that the fact that none other than Alex Ross drew the covers, and we have a visual smorgasbord of awesome. The very last page is an epic splash that left me feeling hyped up and excited.
Thrills! Chills! Excitement! Do you miss comics being fun? This one is for you!
November 24, 2016
Ever since I started reading and collecting comics in the late `80s, I've been fascinated by the Invaders, the WWII era superteam featuring Captain America, Namor and the original Human Torch (plus Toro, Bucky and a few others). Due to recent events in the Captain America series, the Invaders are alive and well in the modern era, and Marvel has given them a handful of limited series, including this one, called Invaders Now.
Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Caio Reiss (with plot assist and covers by the legendary Alex Ross), Invaders Now finds the original Invaders (Steve Rogers in his non-Cap persona, Bucky as Captain America, the Human Torch, Toro, Spitfire, a new Union Jack and a character called the Vision that apparently pre-dated the one in the Avengers) summoned back to Europe to face the fallout of one of their greatest `40s era failures.
The story is pretty weird. Red Skull lackey Arnim Zola unleashed a plague that turned people into what are essentially zombies, and someone with a grudge (and access to black magic) decides to make everyone pay. It's convoluted, and worse it lacks the authenticity of the Invaders stories Ed Brubaker writes. It read a lot like some weird 1985 West Coast Avengers romp, and just didn't do the characters justice.
I hadn't previously seen Caio' Reiss's artwork, but it also disappointed. Instead of dark and realistic (which would have matched the characters, story and era), it's very bright and stylized like one of those `90s Youngblood spinoffs. Reiss isn't a bad artist, but his style is all wrong for this project.
Aside from the Alex Ross cover artwork (which is gorgeous as always), Invaders Now was a big disappointment. I'm glad the characters are back and there's renewed interest in them, but this series just wasn't very good overall.
Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Caio Reiss (with plot assist and covers by the legendary Alex Ross), Invaders Now finds the original Invaders (Steve Rogers in his non-Cap persona, Bucky as Captain America, the Human Torch, Toro, Spitfire, a new Union Jack and a character called the Vision that apparently pre-dated the one in the Avengers) summoned back to Europe to face the fallout of one of their greatest `40s era failures.
The story is pretty weird. Red Skull lackey Arnim Zola unleashed a plague that turned people into what are essentially zombies, and someone with a grudge (and access to black magic) decides to make everyone pay. It's convoluted, and worse it lacks the authenticity of the Invaders stories Ed Brubaker writes. It read a lot like some weird 1985 West Coast Avengers romp, and just didn't do the characters justice.
I hadn't previously seen Caio' Reiss's artwork, but it also disappointed. Instead of dark and realistic (which would have matched the characters, story and era), it's very bright and stylized like one of those `90s Youngblood spinoffs. Reiss isn't a bad artist, but his style is all wrong for this project.
Aside from the Alex Ross cover artwork (which is gorgeous as always), Invaders Now was a big disappointment. I'm glad the characters are back and there's renewed interest in them, but this series just wasn't very good overall.
February 13, 2023
I was probably the target audience for this book. A big fan of Golden Age characters, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Invaders, and an appreciative eye for a Alex Ross cover. The covers, for the record, are fantastic, and reprinted in this collection.
The story itself is a very mixed bag.
I like what Scripter Gage and Plotter Ross try to do, which is craft a story that combines past and present into one adventure. We get all the right parts, which is all Invaders present and correct, great enemies in Arnim Zola, Shula Gorath, and the UberKommando super Nazi’s. Yet, it doesn’t quite work. It underwhelms when it should impress, and no character really gets a chance to establish him or herself.
I was also very disappointed by the art of Caio Reis which was a little too simplistic for me, amateurish even. Next to the art Of Alex Ross it just looks vastly inferior.
Overall, a reasonable read, but borrow it rather than buy. There’s better books to be had.
The story itself is a very mixed bag.
I like what Scripter Gage and Plotter Ross try to do, which is craft a story that combines past and present into one adventure. We get all the right parts, which is all Invaders present and correct, great enemies in Arnim Zola, Shula Gorath, and the UberKommando super Nazi’s. Yet, it doesn’t quite work. It underwhelms when it should impress, and no character really gets a chance to establish him or herself.
I was also very disappointed by the art of Caio Reis which was a little too simplistic for me, amateurish even. Next to the art Of Alex Ross it just looks vastly inferior.
Overall, a reasonable read, but borrow it rather than buy. There’s better books to be had.
January 26, 2021
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book when I picked it up on sale, but what I did end up with was a modern-day story with pulp adventure sensibilities, which I ultimately enjoyed. The semi-mysticism of the story didn't bother me since Nazis dabbling with the occult is a classic pulp trope. And hope better than the (mostly original) Invaders to deal with this threat from the past, right?
The story has a lot of action while things moved forward at a fairly steady pace to make sure that the big twist would totally work. It was unexpected but not overly far-fetched and it still ended in a manner that was somehow consistent with both the original pulp era style stories and the modern Marvel adventures.
The story has a lot of action while things moved forward at a fairly steady pace to make sure that the big twist would totally work. It was unexpected but not overly far-fetched and it still ended in a manner that was somehow consistent with both the original pulp era style stories and the modern Marvel adventures.
October 22, 2018
The conceit of "superheroes fighting in World War II" is one of my favorite superhero tropes, and the Invaders are therefore one of my favorite superhero teams. This story reunites the team seventy years later via the usual comic book plot handwaving. The greatest Allied superheroes are taken to task for a decision they made in 1945, which cost the lives of Allied civilians to prevent an apocalypse that could have destroyed all of Europe (or the world). It does quite a good job of merging heroic fisticuffs with an examination by proxy of the moral issues that surround the Allied victory in World War II: are civilian deaths justified to stop a greater evil? Is acceptable to intentionally target civilians? Do the ends justify the means?
October 8, 2019
The Invaders were Captain America's team in WW2 and we see them here paying for a decision they made way back then in order to prevent great losses.
The instigator is a man who watched his family perish and wants them brought back to life and thinks the Invaders' death is the way to do it.
Most of the old team is coming together and they fought the being that was summoned.
Good story and introduction to some of Marvel's most special characters.
The instigator is a man who watched his family perish and wants them brought back to life and thinks the Invaders' death is the way to do it.
Most of the old team is coming together and they fought the being that was summoned.
Good story and introduction to some of Marvel's most special characters.
December 26, 2022
The Invaders have returned to the modern world after being lost following WW2. Reunited with Steve Rogers they have to finish their worst battle from their past to save the world.
A bit hokey but it was a fun read. Lots of fun to see characters like Namor and the Vision battle Iron Cross, Uman and the like.
A bit hokey but it was a fun read. Lots of fun to see characters like Namor and the Vision battle Iron Cross, Uman and the like.
April 29, 2016
Invaders Now! isn't a bad read, but there are places in which it feels pretty rushed.
For nostalgia purposes it's great to see the Invaders back together, especially with Cap and Bucky working alongside each other.
But with only five issues to do it, there are times when it feels like characters just don't have enough time to be focussed on, and each issue seems to feel increasingly rushed through with no time to spare. But who knows maybe that's all intentionally keeping with the throwback feel, to the days of shorter Marvel comics and arcs.
Overall most of the characters are strong, if not the most explored, and the book definitely comes with a classic comic feel, which is exactly what you'd expect, although with some darker moments than classic Invaders might have. I can't particularly say you're missing much by not having Invaders Now! in your life, but I'd recommend it as a quick self contained read.
For nostalgia purposes it's great to see the Invaders back together, especially with Cap and Bucky working alongside each other.
But with only five issues to do it, there are times when it feels like characters just don't have enough time to be focussed on, and each issue seems to feel increasingly rushed through with no time to spare. But who knows maybe that's all intentionally keeping with the throwback feel, to the days of shorter Marvel comics and arcs.
Overall most of the characters are strong, if not the most explored, and the book definitely comes with a classic comic feel, which is exactly what you'd expect, although with some darker moments than classic Invaders might have. I can't particularly say you're missing much by not having Invaders Now! in your life, but I'd recommend it as a quick self contained read.
April 2, 2014
Christos Gage & Alex Ross - writers
Caio Reis - artist
Hey, look at that! The original Invaders have been transported from the 1940s to the modern age and, uh...resurrected...because, you know, comics. Now they're running around in the Heroic Age, struggling to figure out cell phones and microwaves and twitter, just trying to find a place for an artificially created, cybernetic life form that can fly and cloak itself in fire and shoot fireballs to fit in, gosh darn it!
Luckily(?) a monstrous act from the Invaders past reappears and forces the group to re-form, or else the world is doomed!
Very enjoyable stuff from Gage, Ross and Reis.
3/5
Caio Reis - artist
Hey, look at that! The original Invaders have been transported from the 1940s to the modern age and, uh...resurrected...because, you know, comics. Now they're running around in the Heroic Age, struggling to figure out cell phones and microwaves and twitter, just trying to find a place for an artificially created, cybernetic life form that can fly and cloak itself in fire and shoot fireballs to fit in, gosh darn it!
Luckily(?) a monstrous act from the Invaders past reappears and forces the group to re-form, or else the world is doomed!
Very enjoyable stuff from Gage, Ross and Reis.
3/5
March 27, 2014
Miniserie finale della trilogia di Alex Ross. Non male, tutto sommato, ma alcuni punti i sono sembrati un poco forzati. Ho apprezzato il richiamo ad Aarkus, la Visione della Golden Age, e al secondo Union Jack che tanto avevo apprezzato da ragazzino sulla pagine di Invaders di Roy Thomas. Perché questa è anche una storia che omaggia il suo operato sugli eroi degli anni '40 della Timely, poi Atlas, infine Marvel.
September 2, 2014
La mini che chiuse la trilogia dedicata agli Invasori prodotta dalla Dinamite di Alex Ross è una storia gradevole, ma nulla di più. Comunque è ben fatta e spicca tra la produzione supereroistica del periodo, carente di contenuti e tutta concentrata su scazzottate inutili e prive di spessore.
May 9, 2016
The Invaders are brought back together to correct there actions from the past in order to save the future.
Basically, I loved the novelty of seeing these Golden Age characters brought back into action.
Basically, I loved the novelty of seeing these Golden Age characters brought back into action.
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January 12, 2014I loved the Invaders when I was a kid so this was nostalgic, not bad, but not great. It didn't quite have that Roy Thomas/Frank Robbins experience that I was looking for.
August 9, 2016
A really good book bringing back the invaders!!!
July 23, 2014
漫画每本角色性格都有差。吧唧队长和冬冰吧唧是一样的还是说是平行宇宙？
February 16, 2016
Not gonna lie, it was pretty damn cool to see the invaders return. The plot is a little meh, but it was an entertaining read overall. Read it, if only for the great banter between the old fogies.
November 2, 2011
This just got to be a little too much of the "feel good" and preachy at the end.
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