Avengers: No More Bullying

by Sean Ryan, Jody Houser, Jeff Loveness

THE MARVEL SUPER HEROES MAKE BULLYING A THING OF THE PAST! The Avengers have always stood up for those who cannot stand up for themselves, but this time they're in for a bombastic adventure of the highest order! Plus, swing along with Spidey and a gathering of his amazing friends as they take on this important social issue in the inimitable Mighty Marvel Manner! Featuring guest stars from across the Marvel Universe including Spider-Man and The Guardians of the Galaxy!
NO MORE BULLYING 1, THOR (1966) 356, PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ON BULLYING PREVENTION 1, MATERIAL FROM DAREDEVIL (2011) 28; STOMP OUT BULLYING COVER GALLERY

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

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2015

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those public service comics. It isn't bad. Actually, considering it starts with the Avengers and thier relationship to Hawkeye, it's pretty cool. It's just that with one exception, every single story features men and boys. Black Widow is in the background but she doesn't really do anything. There is a girl who is vic of bullies, but that is one story and she is an alien. Every human victim is male and the male superheroes are the ones who set things to rights.

And why couldn't it be Sam Wilson on the cover? Why does it have to be a bunch of white people helping a black kid?

[Millie Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this is the lowest rating I've ever given a graphic novel. It wasn't really bad considering it was a group of stories. The message was great - don't be a bully, help others that are being bullied, etc. That was why I grabbed this book. However, the writing left a lot to be desired. The only superhero that didn't come across as being a whiny little booger was Spiderman. I think it's because he was a nerd and was bullied himself. The other superheros were written in such a way that you didn't feel like they related to the storyline at all. That and there were a few that I felt shouldn't have been in there at all. I love the Avengers and I'll see about reading more of them again, just not this book.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Message books are hard to do well. And this book did not do it well. Basically it just came off lame and annoying. And everything was disconnected uninteresting one shots. Though the Daredevil story seemed to be something I've seen before - I think it was used as a piece of something bigger. Hawkeye was especially off but in general most of the characters weren't themselves. Not worth reading.

[Josef Ploski · Rating 2 out of 5]

I work as a youth counselor and was intrigued when I found this volume. I genuinely applaud Marvel trying to address this issue, but the majority of the stories were heavy handed tales for bullying. The Daredevil story is the exception. Then there is Avengers vs. stories put in the back for filler with no correlation to bullying I could see.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure that these stories really helped with comforting kids that get bullied or do bullying. Do kids still get bullied for being bookish anymore? It would seem that skin colour, sexual orientation and other things are more targets for bullying. It was strange that the rating in this book was T+ despite it having really juvenile stories (who is the target audience?)

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a lot of snippets. None really worth reading except maybe the classic Hercules story at the end. Also, it's hard to tell a bullying story with superheroes without the heroes implicitly bullying others. Power dynamics are hard.

[Elliot · Rating 2 out of 5]

A little repetitive with its bullying motif (obviously - it is in the title) but the Avengers Vs. issues at the end are quite fun.

[Sheldon Wiebe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection of anti-bullying tales featuring several of Marvel's best loved characters is perhaps a bit too message heavy, but still a reasonably satisfying bit of work.

[Alice-Ginevra Micheli · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5
A cute collection of anti-bullying message stories. Would be more effective for the intended audience I’m sure - but cute.

[Katiuscia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un insieme di breve storie con protagonisti i famosi supereroi in lotta, questa volta, contro il bullismo.
All'inizio del volume una breve prefazione di J-Ax, famoso rapper che da sempre lotta contro queste ingiustizie, avendole subite in prima persona da bambino.

[Vail Chester · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could you get ANY more obvious?
While I'm not denying it is a serious issue that has only gotten worse since I was a young lad, COMIC BOOKS will not be the game changer that will rectify this particular issue.

[Hermione · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5