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Avengers (1998) (Old Trades)
Avengers: The Morgan Conquest
1997 was the year that saw Marvel re-launch some of its most popular characters in a new series for a new generation of fans. The most popular of these new series was a new spin on the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers The Avengers has always showcased Marvel's most popular and powerful heroes, including Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. Returning to draw the new Avengers series was classic comic book artist George Perez, whose dynamic and finely detailed artwork has made him one of the most sought after pencilers in the business. His fine pencil work brilliantly interprets writer Kurt Busiek's tale of a world taken over by the villainous Morgan LeFey and returned to a medieval state, evocative of the Arthurian legends. Also included is the special issue that revealed the top-secret line-up that now comprises the Avengers' roster.
Collects Avengers vol. 3, #1-4
Collects Avengers vol. 3, #1-4
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Kurt Busiek
1,859 books626 followersKurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.
Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.
During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983).
Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series.
In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years.
In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel.
Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series.
Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,
Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.
During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983).
Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series.
In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years.
In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel.
Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series.
Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,
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February 22, 2022
The Avengers have returned from their year of purgatory in the Heroes Reborn universe. George Perez loves any excuse to draw as many heroes as possible onto the page so 39 former Avengers assemble to stop Morgan Le Fey. Then we get medieval versions of the Avengers before she's stopped. The last issue is one of those classic comic book issues where the Avengers decide who will remain as Avengers. It's solid stuff. The writing is definitely more wordy than modern comics. George Perez's art, however, is timeless.
January 3, 2022
Super fun book with insanely beautiful art and colors.
August 13, 2022
Your enjoyment of this four-issue collection will almost entirely depend upon your excitement of seeing classic Marvel superheroes done up as if they came out of the Middle Ages. Captain America literally becomes known as Yeoman America for a while. It's strangely surreal stuff. Considering how many words Busiek is able to cram into his panels, I found the plot to be largely uninteresting here. Then again, I would imagine it would be practically impossible to tell an engaging story with as many characters as this book has. The assemblage of characters is gargantuan, which makes the title of Issue #4 - Too Many Avengers - hilarious. Plot aside, the art is mostly sharp. The color is practically bursting off the page. Issue #4 contains the only bit of engaging suspense. I've heard this run gets better, but I can't say I'm overly enthused to read more.
November 23, 2020
This is an entertaining graphic novel for Avengers fans - the writers managed to create a story where pretty much all the group members from different eras participate. I enjoyed the novel and all the various aspects -the action sections and the "administrative" part when they decided who would get to be part of the team again. It's a decent book and I would recommend it for those who like the superhero graphic novels
May 15, 2020
avengers the Morgan conquest is the starting of heroes reborn, iron man , captain america and wasp ,Thor entry avengers mansion, spider man not join avengers , iron man and the avengers
travel to tintagel , the evil mordred and sorceress Morgan le fay battle the avengers, good read of
kurt busiek
travel to tintagel , the evil mordred and sorceress Morgan le fay battle the avengers, good read of
kurt busiek
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July 30, 2019
Calificación: 5
September 3, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
March 4, 2016
When I started reading Avengers, volume 3 was recommended to me as a good place to start. And I couldn't get into it. I think I read an issue and bounced off it. And I see that it is a starting place, but it's a starting place if you already know who these people are and you know that you're seeing them at maybe their best and shiniest and most nostalgia-inducing.
If you have never read Avengers before, this is going to be really confusing, because the plot here involves thirty-nine Avengers, most of whom you are supposed to know by name, fighting Morgan Le Fay, who you are supposed to know not just from Arthuriana but from Marvel history. She fought the Avengers before! (Also there was that one time Tony and Doom got trapped in Camelot.) By the last issue here the team has been formally selected and winnowed down to seven (very familiar) members and two reserve members and it's more manageable, but, yeah, this is not a good jumping-on place even though it looks like it should be.
This time around I knew who everyone was, though, and it was much more fun. Everyone being brainwashed into having weird medieval identities! Yeoman America and Iron Knight! Clint's general snarkiness! The team, coming together in the end! Yay!
If you have never read Avengers before, this is going to be really confusing, because the plot here involves thirty-nine Avengers, most of whom you are supposed to know by name, fighting Morgan Le Fay, who you are supposed to know not just from Arthuriana but from Marvel history. She fought the Avengers before! (Also there was that one time Tony and Doom got trapped in Camelot.) By the last issue here the team has been formally selected and winnowed down to seven (very familiar) members and two reserve members and it's more manageable, but, yeah, this is not a good jumping-on place even though it looks like it should be.
This time around I knew who everyone was, though, and it was much more fun. Everyone being brainwashed into having weird medieval identities! Yeoman America and Iron Knight! Clint's general snarkiness! The team, coming together in the end! Yay!
February 9, 2013
An aquaintance loaned this to my wife so I picked it up for a quick read.
It was only as I went to write this review that I realized the writer was Kurt Busiek. I'm glad a learned later or I would have been expecting an outing to compare to his efforts on Astro City Vol. 1: Life in the Big City.
There was very little in this volume that jumped out at me. With so many characters, there was little characterization aside from a sorting of Avengers based on who felt the strongest sense of belonging to the team and who is easily tempted by medieval tropes. I suppose there was supposed to be deep history with Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man and Vision, but I either needed deeper steeping in Marvel lore or more of a desire to care.
It was only as I went to write this review that I realized the writer was Kurt Busiek. I'm glad a learned later or I would have been expecting an outing to compare to his efforts on Astro City Vol. 1: Life in the Big City.
There was very little in this volume that jumped out at me. With so many characters, there was little characterization aside from a sorting of Avengers based on who felt the strongest sense of belonging to the team and who is easily tempted by medieval tropes. I suppose there was supposed to be deep history with Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man and Vision, but I either needed deeper steeping in Marvel lore or more of a desire to care.
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