What better way to celebrate Free Comic Book Day then by assembling Earth's Mightiest-and most popular-Heroes? Iron Man! Captain America! Thor! Black Widow! Hawkeye! Hulk! Vision! Everyone's favorite heroes take on a dangerous new threat!
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It seems Marvel just couldn't wait to provide a sneak peek of a post Secret Wars World, but the results are interesting particularly in the Avengers.
So the new Avengers team has long time Avengers like Iron Man and Vision with a cast of more recent characters. Sam Wilson as Captain America, our Lady of Thunder Thor, Young Nova, and the two most enjoyable new characters Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) and Spider-Man (Miles Morales). It appears the All-New All-Different world may be a blend of the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe, but even if it isn't Miles survived the Secret Wars.
The other FCBD comic in this edition, that gets no love, is The Uncanny Inhumans. Medusa and the team seem to be following the Terrigen Cloud and protecting anything Inhuman that comes out. It seems the creative team plans on taking the challenge of differentiating between The Human Torch and Inferno when they are fired up head on since it appears Johnny Storm has incentive to hang with the Inhumans.
One large difference I like between the Inhumans and Mutants is the age of transformation. Mutants have almost exclusively been locked into their powers manifesting as teenagers. The Inhumans however have no such restrictions. The Inhumans have shown men like Frank McGee undergo Terrigenesis as well as youngsters like Gorgon's son. The Inhuman series even had a newborn with a blue rocky hand who clearly experienced Terrigenesis.
I'm definitely excited for the All-New All-Different Marvel Universe and the main reasons The Inhumans, Miles Morales, and Kamala Khan are all featured in this comic.
I have to say, I was sort of ho-hum about this one, mostly because I didn't know half the characters. I got Ms. Marvel, and the new Spiderman, new Captain America, and Lady Thor, but I was unclear on some of the others. Yes, this was more of a sneak-peek than anything but what I got from it was that there were a few of the new Avengers who were a little more in control of their powers than others. Not sure what Ms. Marvel's problem was here but she seemed a little useless - I don't even know what her powers are.
The second half, a bit from The Uncanny Inhumans (or Secret Wars?) I couldn't really follow at all.
Then there were a few pages from the new Maximum Ride comics, which frankly I'm not sure how many other forms of media this particular story can turn into. It's already been made into a manga, so I don't see the need for a comic book as well. Please stop trying to squeeze blood out of the corpse.
All New Avengers - basically the old Avengers but slightly not! Only the most popular ones this time - Ms Marvel, Milo-Spidey, Vision, Iron Man, lady Thor because let's chase what's popular today!
This Free Comic Book Day comic definitely did its job getting me interested in this upcoming series -- an Avengers featuring Iron Man, Vision, Nova, the female Thor, the Miles Morales Spider-Man, the Sam Wilson Captain America, and the Kamala Khan Ms. Marvel.
This comic book has two one-shots. One has the Avengers training recruits. The other has people from India being exposed to Terrigen Mist.
The first story has the new Avengers going with the Avengers on their first mission. They let the bad guy get away since one of their team mates got injured. They are then welcomed onto the Avengers.
The other story has Ajay Ray promoting his new movie. While there, he is exposed to Terrigen Mist. Ray turns and starts attacking people. He is stopped by one of his guests. Hydra comes to capture them but is stopped by the Inhumans. The Inhumans promise to help them with their powers.
I enjoyed these stories. Nice to be able to see the Avengers again. Hope the kids will do well on the team. Also hope that the new Inhumans will be okay. Interesting that Medusa and Human Torch are now a couple. Where's Black Bolt?
This issue of FCBD 2015 is the English version of All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven (All-New, All-Different Avengers (2015-2016)) which I just previously reviewed (see my reviewed shelf)
Nice to see the new Avengers, but comic was way too short and there was nothing to the story. The Inhumans story was better, but not enough to make up for the Avengers portion.
I found this on my bookshelf and decided to give it a read as I didn't remember reading it before, must have bought it at Supanova or Comic Con.
There were three short stories.
The first one was Avengers, where I recognized Ironman, Lady Thor, Captain America/Falcon, Ms. Marvel, Vision, and Spiderman/Miles Morales but there were a few I didn't know others but that's ok, this short story or sneak peek was still fun to read and easy to follow.
As this story illustrated that there were a few of the new Avengers who had better control over their powers than others. But I'm a bit confused about Ms. Marvel, cuz even though I recognize her as a character, I can't remember what her abilities are 🤷♀️
The second sneak peek was a glimpse into the Uncanny Inhumans Secret Wars as I've never READ anything about the Inhumans. I had NO clue what was going on but that was ok couldn't really follow at all, but that's ok, it was still enjoyable to read.
What I did manage to follow, was another mutant, who somehow got his abilities from Terrigen's rampage, and with his presence, people's abilities are activated?? um ok? ok, I roll with it 🤷♀️ and again detailing a newly activated mutant learning to control his abilities. The only characters I recognized were the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four and the red-haired lady but couldn't remember her name until the story told me it was Medusa, but that's all I knew.
Then the last sneak peek was from the Maximum Ride comics, which I've heard of but never read any of the books or comics about this series. Again, it was a fun and easy read 😊
I love the artwork throughout, very appealing and kudos to the artists 😍
Consta de tres partes: Inhumans, Vengadores y Secret Wars, está entretenido pero las historias son muy cortas y pueden crear función, por lo menos en mí caso me quedé 🤔 ok! Se terminó la historia y qué pasó? No sé! Me faltó esa chispa que te deja con ganas de saber más, mis 3 estrellas es porque el dibujo tiene mérito pero la historia en sí no me engancho, no sé si se debe también a que es la primera vez que leo cómic en digital y siempre estoy acostumbrada a disfrutar de ellos en papel.
La verdad le doy 5 estrellas porque no sé qué calificación darle... Obviamente aquí me hace falta mucha más información pero es que quizás hice mal en no leer la sinopsis, porque pensé que era el comienzo de una historieta, pero creo que no es así, y es por esa razón que no puedo bajarle ni una estrella pese a mi gran confusión y mi completa falta de entendimiento.
En realidad es la colección de 3 cómics en uno. El primero de inhumanos, el segundo de los nuevos ave gres y el tercero fue futurista. Son como muestras de series más famosas
Amo los cómics, y todo lo que tenga que ver con el universo de Marvel, me encanta. Desde pequeña sigo su mundo, y aquí hoy he leído otro igual de grandioso, con ilustraciones impecables.
This was a good start for this new group of Avengers. Nice to see how characters interact. Also a good setup for the villain. Interested in seeing where things go next.
These mini stories seem to show a nice new direction for Marvel comics. I've been a fan since the very early 70's. Sometimes things need to change. Hero's need to retire or pass on. Sometimes we need to see them in a whole new light.
Muy creativo y entretenido. Me gusta el hecho de que deja un final abiertos aunque hubiera preferido qué estuviera algo más cerrado para no quedar con este sabor de boca tan en el vacio
I didn't like the "All-New", "All-Different" Avengers. Much prefer the original Avengers. However the Uncanny InHumans I thought was interesting and wouldn't mind reading more.
Los gráficos son muy buenos pero son historias dispersas asi que no se de que se tratan... y como dicen: A caballo regalado....... no se le mira el diente!!!