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100 Things Avengers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
With extensive backstories and comic lore, this lively, detailed book explores the characters, storylines, and facts every Avengers fan should know. This guide covers the history of how the group went from Justice League knockoff to billion-dollar franchise; the history of Ultron, Thanos, and the Infinity Gauntlet; and the series’ seminal storylines, writers, and artists. It includes information on everyone’s favorite Avengers, including Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow, as well as members of the Secret Avengers and the New Avengers. Author Daniel Casey has collected every essential piece of Avengers knowledge and trivia, including why the Avengers went out for shawarma, as well as must-do activities, such as how to make the most of your Comic-Con experience and how to properly preserve your comic book collection, and ranks them all, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans of all ages.
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256 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2015
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May 20, 2015
This was an awesome book about the Avengers. As a semi-new fan who is obsessed with the MCU movies, particularly Age of Ultron which was amazing, and who is just getting into the comics (mostly X-Men to start out with) through Marvel Unlimited, this book provided a lot of back story to the Avengers. I loved hearing the details behind some of the most popular characters and events, and also the behind the scenes stuff that went into making the movies and comics. Dan Casey, who I watch on Nerdist every week, provides an interesting and very readable account on the Avengers and throws some jokes in as well. There were a few minor things that bothered me however. I read this book in less that two weeks but some of the chapters repeated the same thing over. This is only a problem if you read everything all at once like I did and it did not detract too much from my enjoyment. I also noticed that there was a lack of X-Men in it. I know it is for Avengers not X-Men, but some X-Men are honorary members of the Avengers (Wolverine, Storm, Beast) and I thought they should get some mention. Also there are crossover events like Avengers vs. X-Men that seem important but weren't mentioned. These are just minor things and I think Mr. Casey should just write another book about the X-Men to make up for it!
December 11, 2015
While Dan Casey suggests that if I find any errors I should mail a mirror to myself and "take a long hard look before asking [myself] what [I'm] doing" (301), I have to say it, there are a few errors, a couple of problems with continuity (ha! see what I did there?), and oftentimes the writing seemed repetitive. Maybe I'll be mailing that mirror to myself tomorrow.
That being said, I think this is a great source for Marvel fans to have. In reflection, this book is not necessarily meant to be read in one sitting but you can (and probably should) read the chapters on their own in order of interest (and thus my "joke" about continuity dies), which also solves the organizational problem (I am still not over the fact that important terms are defined quite late in the book).
However! If you are into Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I think this is a very fun, nerdy, and highly informative reading from one of our own.
That being said, I think this is a great source for Marvel fans to have. In reflection, this book is not necessarily meant to be read in one sitting but you can (and probably should) read the chapters on their own in order of interest (and thus my "joke" about continuity dies), which also solves the organizational problem (I am still not over the fact that important terms are defined quite late in the book).
However! If you are into Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I think this is a very fun, nerdy, and highly informative reading from one of our own.
May 27, 2019
Finally... after 5 months, I finally finished this book.
The reason it took me so long to read? Well... busy life, multiple other books being checked out from the library and being read, and mostly because of all the books I was and have been reading, this is the one I was least interested in.
As an Avengers fan who has not read any of the comics, I thought this would be an interesting read. It was insightful with all the information it contained about past storylines and summarizing major events in the last 50+ years in the Marvel comic universe, but the writing was bland, repetitive, and the humor was forced. I liked that each topic was it's own section, but Casey wrote it as if the reader would only be reading a handful of sections and often would summarize the section prior to the next one, making things very redundant. This happened quite a bit and I found myself getting annoyed to be reading the same information over and over again.
The last few "things to know" also felt like a stretch.. like he didn't actually have 100 ideas and needed to start pulling random things out of nowhere. Was it really necessary to have two sections about shawarma? No... those could have easily been one topic. The cosplay section and info could have been part of the Con section. Some sections just seemed like a far stretch.
While I liked this book for the information given and found it slightly interesting, the writing could have been better, the repetitive nature was unnecessary, and some of the 100 things to know are not important and are rather just fillers.... which collectively made me feel very MEH about this book as a whole and why it took me so very long to get through it.
The reason it took me so long to read? Well... busy life, multiple other books being checked out from the library and being read, and mostly because of all the books I was and have been reading, this is the one I was least interested in.
As an Avengers fan who has not read any of the comics, I thought this would be an interesting read. It was insightful with all the information it contained about past storylines and summarizing major events in the last 50+ years in the Marvel comic universe, but the writing was bland, repetitive, and the humor was forced. I liked that each topic was it's own section, but Casey wrote it as if the reader would only be reading a handful of sections and often would summarize the section prior to the next one, making things very redundant. This happened quite a bit and I found myself getting annoyed to be reading the same information over and over again.
The last few "things to know" also felt like a stretch.. like he didn't actually have 100 ideas and needed to start pulling random things out of nowhere. Was it really necessary to have two sections about shawarma? No... those could have easily been one topic. The cosplay section and info could have been part of the Con section. Some sections just seemed like a far stretch.
While I liked this book for the information given and found it slightly interesting, the writing could have been better, the repetitive nature was unnecessary, and some of the 100 things to know are not important and are rather just fillers.... which collectively made me feel very MEH about this book as a whole and why it took me so very long to get through it.
October 25, 2017
Great book. Every superhero fan definitely needs to read this to keep up to date on all Marvel movies that have already come out and ones that are due out in the next couple of years. Very informative.
August 9, 2016
If you are just getting into the Avengers' fandom because of the movies and have little to no knowledge of the comic books that led us there, then this is a good book to read.
Not only does the author provide background on the Avenger's comic book histories, there are histories of the comic book creators and people with influence at Marvel. It also takes a look into the cinematic universe, taking in Robert Downey Jr's affiliation with the MCU, how The First Avenger almost didn't happen, and other cinematic references.
It answer a lot of questions I didn't even know I had about the Avengers, and awakened a keen interest in the comic book side of the MCU.
This book is an asset to all Avenger's fans and I recommend reading it at least once.
Not only does the author provide background on the Avenger's comic book histories, there are histories of the comic book creators and people with influence at Marvel. It also takes a look into the cinematic universe, taking in Robert Downey Jr's affiliation with the MCU, how The First Avenger almost didn't happen, and other cinematic references.
It answer a lot of questions I didn't even know I had about the Avengers, and awakened a keen interest in the comic book side of the MCU.
This book is an asset to all Avenger's fans and I recommend reading it at least once.
July 2, 2016
This book was both informative and funny. Informative because of all the things that even I didn't know about the Avengers, and funny because of the way these facts were presented. (Thor brings Loki back to Asgard, "probably to craft services.")
August 13, 2016
This would make a great reference book, but as a straight read it's a bit clunky. This is not the author's fault though. Trying to put fifty plus years of story in one book is just going to be clunky.
January 11, 2016
Some great nuggets that I did not know about. A fast read.
December 29, 2020
will i complete all of these things? absolutely not, but its nice to know whats out there
November 29, 2015
Amazing book for anyone who wants to learn about the comic and movie worlds of the avengers
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