Siege: Young Avengers #1

by Sean McKeever, Marko Djurdjevic (Cover Art), Scott Hanna (Inker)

The Young Avengers fight alongside Captain America and the Asgardian Gods against Osborn and his insane allies.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, LGBT, Comics Manga

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 2010

About the author

After writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on Sentinel, Inhumans, Mystique, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Birds of Prey and Teen Titans.

Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.

In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.

Reviews

[TinTin Kalaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a 26-page one-shot, this was pleasantly filled with character and relationship developments! Billy and Teddy (Wiccan and Hulkling) are my #1 gay OTP in Marvel. Kate and Eli (Hawkeye and Patriot) had one hell of an interaction. And last but not the least, the change in Tommy (Speed), your resident fun, "good" bad boy with a juvie record to a true hero. You can really feel his despair when he thought what he was doing was not enough to help to fallen Asgardians. And this people, is why I love Speed.

[Mols · Rating 3 out of 5]

teddy my beloved

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent issue during the Siege event on what the Young Avengers were doing during that event. Watching Wiccan flip his shit was great for sure.

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting character bits, plus I always enjoy seeing the aftermath of Marvel Universe cataclysms -- I guess Asgard got dropped on the Midwest? Who can keep track of these implausible crossovers. But I can't get past how illogical this whole scenario is: in previous Young Avengers volumes, we've established that Wiccan's powers including locating people and teleporting to them, so the notion that some of their teammates are lost in the rubble just doesn't make any sense. From what I understand, his reality-warping powers will finally get acknowledged and addressed in the next few story arcs, which is great, since writers up until this point have really been ignoring the scale of his powers.

[I read this, plus all the other Young Avengers stuff, via the "Marvel Unlimited" service.]

[cabbag3 · Rating 3 out of 5]

tommy was amazing in this

[Anna the Comic Goblin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billy and Teddy were cute, my girl Kate FINALLY got some quality screen time in one of these team ensembles, and most importantly- Speed got some focus. Watching Tommy work so hard and reveal so much of how he was feeling about the Asgardians was incredibly satisfying. He’s gone from a very laissez-faire character to one who revealed actual hero qualities.
The cameo of my beloved Clint Barton giving him a pep talk didn’t hurt this rating at ALL.

[kay ⁉️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I MISSED READING YOUNG AVENGERS. I MISSED MY TEAMMMMMMM. no offense to mighty avengers (offense) but im so glad to reading them again.

teddy teasing billy. billy’s story about his dad reading him old norse stories and him feeling bad because he told him off once and hasn’t forgiven himself (he’s so me). kate and eli’s kiss. tommy pressuring himself. oh my GOD tommy pressuring himself and not feeling like he’s good enough. i missed them so much i need to give them all a hug.

[Meredith Katz · Rating 4 out of 5]

(I'm doing a Young Avengers reread! See my reading guide to the Young Avengers, which also links to my other Young Avengers reviews, over here.)

A nice contemplative one-shot in the events of Siege and after the fall of Asgard. Each character gets a good moment to worry about survivors, try to survive, try to be enough after such a cataclysmic event. Billy probably gets the best of it, since he was of course once 'Asgardian', and norse mythology is personal to him. Art is lovely, writing is thoughtful, and pacing is good.

[juliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was fun and short. It’s more about the character interactions and development than the action, which was great. Plus, I know it’s dumb but, I really enjoy the smooth transitions between scenes. It took me like five minutes to read and I’d recommend it.

[Vera · Rating 5 out of 5]

tommy goodboy...

[jeremi · Rating 4 out of 5]

billy really is his mother’s son.

[Alex Rankine · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Kate (Comics) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little short story, you don't really need context either, it's fairly easy to understand. Doesn't really add much but I liked the energy of it.

[Yasmin🌀⭐️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wiccan and hulking are so Charlie and nick coded I can’t take this shit

[CapesandCovers · Rating 3 out of 5]

definitely brief and will make v little sense without previous knowledge of Siege, but it's a nice peek into what the young avengers were up to during it.

[malgida · Rating 3 out of 5]

no całkiem całkiem ale krótkie i trochę bez akcji

[Bárbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super fun. Billy's adorable, and Teddy's so sweet. Also Tommy's becoming more and more awesome. Kate is a badass, as usual. I love them all.

Merged review:

Short but sweet. I liked this one. Man, these characters are amazing!

[Syd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very important plot wise for the Young Avengers, more of an update on their relationships.

[Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and fun. I'll eventually get to read the entire Siege storyline... maybe, right now I'm trying to read everything Young Avengers I can find.

[Kylie]

..that...hug...tho...

[Diogo Engrácia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adoro o desenvolvimento que as personagens têm ao longo dos vários volumes.