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U.S.Avengers (Collected Editions)
U.S.Avengers, Vol. 1: American Intelligence Mechanics
Collects U.S.Avengers #1-6.
In a world beset by danger, the United States of America needs a team of heroes they can rely on. Welcome to...American Intelligence Mechanics! A.I.M. will dare any danger - no matter how awesome that danger might be - to save their nation from the wildest, weirdest threats of all! The most patriotic super-group ever is here to save the day. And they'll do it all looking tried and true in the red, white and blue! Can you live without...the U.S.Avengers?
In a world beset by danger, the United States of America needs a team of heroes they can rely on. Welcome to...American Intelligence Mechanics! A.I.M. will dare any danger - no matter how awesome that danger might be - to save their nation from the wildest, weirdest threats of all! The most patriotic super-group ever is here to save the day. And they'll do it all looking tried and true in the red, white and blue! Can you live without...the U.S.Avengers?
130 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 18, 2017
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August 8, 2023
I'm a struggling with anything with Red Skull (with Xavier's brain!) related in this era; and the Roberto Da Costa (+Sunspot) U.S. Avengers do nothing for me, although Red Hulk, Enigma and the female Captain America made it just about readable. The Secret Empire crossovers towards the end of the book are the best stories. 5 out of 12, Two Star read.
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2017 read
November 22, 2017
Pretty good, but doesn't have an ending as it runs headlong into the Secret Empire crossover in issue six.
April 22, 2021
A cool intro to the new AIM Avengers, an extremely stupid crossover with Deadpool and mediocre Secret Empire tie-ins...
Just another series ruined by tie-ins.
Just another series ruined by tie-ins.
September 7, 2018
Continues the throughline Al Ewing started in New Avengers. The team is now working as a division of SHIELD. The opening stories are strong. I was having a lot of fun and then Steve Rogers came along and wiped his Secret Empire stank all over this book. Ewing writes Roberto Da Costa really well. He and Cannonball have long been my two favorite characters in the Marvel universe so I'll always take more.
May 27, 2024
The first two issues were pretty fun, at least...
July 16, 2017
[Read as single issues]
Al Ewing's New Avengers was one of my favourite books, and he continues the stories he started there with USAvengers; now working for the United States directly, Roberto and friends are called in to tackle some of the US's biggest threats - like the Golden Skull (like the Red Skull, but likes money more than murder), and the return of American Kaiju.
This one feels a bit...off though. I don't know if it's the loss of some of the characters like Wiccan and Hulkling, or the fact that Secret Empire is literally issues away from hitting and bulldozing over anything Ewing would want to set up, but we get a short, sharp arc (and a done-in-one which is perfectly executed) that doesn't really get to build any narrative momentum. The real stars are the characters themselves, as they continue on the paths that were set up for them in New Avengers and beyond.
The artwork is by Paco Medina and Paco Diaz, who pair off well and have before. Their visuals are bright and in your face, just as you'd expect star spangled Avengers to be.
A good premise, given no time to breathe by events. What else is new, Marvel?
Al Ewing's New Avengers was one of my favourite books, and he continues the stories he started there with USAvengers; now working for the United States directly, Roberto and friends are called in to tackle some of the US's biggest threats - like the Golden Skull (like the Red Skull, but likes money more than murder), and the return of American Kaiju.
This one feels a bit...off though. I don't know if it's the loss of some of the characters like Wiccan and Hulkling, or the fact that Secret Empire is literally issues away from hitting and bulldozing over anything Ewing would want to set up, but we get a short, sharp arc (and a done-in-one which is perfectly executed) that doesn't really get to build any narrative momentum. The real stars are the characters themselves, as they continue on the paths that were set up for them in New Avengers and beyond.
The artwork is by Paco Medina and Paco Diaz, who pair off well and have before. Their visuals are bright and in your face, just as you'd expect star spangled Avengers to be.
A good premise, given no time to breathe by events. What else is new, Marvel?
September 14, 2017
Compared to New Avengers, the series that this is a follow up to, it was missing something. Maybe it's because Hulkling and Wiccan are gone, and I miss them. But really, the stories here are... meh. The Gold Skull fell entirely flat for me, the Deadpool crossover dull, and I couldn't possibly have less interest in anything related to Secret Empire, so that's an entire collection down the drain for me. I love the idea of Roberto buying out AIM, but this book just doesn't make the most of it.
April 4, 2019
Sadly, the weakest of Ewing's Avengers/Ultimates comics to date. Oh, it's still got a lot of great writing and some cleverness, but it's not up to the heights of his previous volumes, while the characters seem much less well characterized (with the exception of the Red Hulk).
But, a lot of the individual plot lines are problematic too.
The first plot (#1-3), about the Golden Skull, runs a bit too long and it undercuts the immersion in the story by its Skull=Trump metaphor. Oh, Ewing is much more subtle than most writers with this sort of satire, but as soon as you see it you're evaluating every thing that the Skull says.
The fourth issue is really just a Red Hulk and Deadpool team-up, and it tries way, way too hard to be clever, to the deficit of the story.
Then we close out (#6) with a good enough story about Secret Empire that's also totally inconclusive. Yay, buy the the next book, I guess.
But, a lot of the individual plot lines are problematic too.
The first plot (#1-3), about the Golden Skull, runs a bit too long and it undercuts the immersion in the story by its Skull=Trump metaphor. Oh, Ewing is much more subtle than most writers with this sort of satire, but as soon as you see it you're evaluating every thing that the Skull says.
The fourth issue is really just a Red Hulk and Deadpool team-up, and it tries way, way too hard to be clever, to the deficit of the story.
Then we close out (#6) with a good enough story about Secret Empire that's also totally inconclusive. Yay, buy the the next book, I guess.
March 26, 2018
Spun off from Ewing's last Avengers series, this one continues the story of Sunspot (now the new Citizen V) and his friends as they continue to remold A.I.M. into a good-guy organization. Fun and entertaining. Ewing is quickly becoming a favorite of mine of consistently delivering solid stories with good characters and interesting plots.
April 2, 2024
Zaskakujące, jak w specyficzny sposób można de facto zniszczyć jakaś serię. W tym przypadku w jednym tomie upchnięto dwa tie-iny plus dwie niezależne opowieści, które były całkiem nieźle. Zresztą ten zespół był nawet sympatyczny...
Nie miałem tu niestety poczucia spójności, kiedy skaczemy od Gold Skulla, do kilku stron Monsters Unleashed, aż po Secret Empire, gdzie znaczną rolę odegrał sam Steve Rogers... któremu się zmieniły nieco priorytety.
Trzymałem kciuki za ekipę da Costy. Dziwił mnie tylko widok Red Hulka, którego formę można wywołać poprzez przycisk w ręce. No i inny wojskowy wąsacz niż Ross włada tymi mocami, a jednak wygląda jak kropla wody do starego wojaka... Coś mi chyba umknęło...
Całość wygląda naprawdę dobrze, zwłaszcza w pierwszej części. Potem też jest nieźle, ale miałem wrażenie lekkiego, aczkolwiek zauważalnego downgrade'u. Niemniej Ewing dał nam coś ciekawego. Szkoda tylko, że tak poszatkowanego.
Nie miałem tu niestety poczucia spójności, kiedy skaczemy od Gold Skulla, do kilku stron Monsters Unleashed, aż po Secret Empire, gdzie znaczną rolę odegrał sam Steve Rogers... któremu się zmieniły nieco priorytety.
Trzymałem kciuki za ekipę da Costy. Dziwił mnie tylko widok Red Hulka, którego formę można wywołać poprzez przycisk w ręce. No i inny wojskowy wąsacz niż Ross włada tymi mocami, a jednak wygląda jak kropla wody do starego wojaka... Coś mi chyba umknęło...
Całość wygląda naprawdę dobrze, zwłaszcza w pierwszej części. Potem też jest nieźle, ale miałem wrażenie lekkiego, aczkolwiek zauważalnego downgrade'u. Niemniej Ewing dał nam coś ciekawego. Szkoda tylko, że tak poszatkowanego.
April 1, 2018
Excellent, adventurous and utterly brilliant, mad series. Fun and funny. Best current Avengers book.
November 16, 2021
Great book. Tore through it in one evening. Loved the combination of characters I knew and characters who were new.
May 20, 2018
This is sort of a continuation of the intial New Avengers: A.I.M. title that came out of "Time Out"/"Secret Wars." I found the getting to know you issue a bit annoying and repetitive, as except for the new Red Hulk these aren't new characters, but it quickly improved thereafter. And while The Golden Skull is a pretty pathetic character, I experienced the couple issue story around him as an excuse to spend time with a fascinating set of characters that work for me as a group. Then, skipping issue four, the book moves to a pair of "Secret Empire" issues, one prelude, one tie-in. The most interesting thing for me was watching Steve Rogers play with Da Costa (this is in hte pre-Secret Empire issue). It demonstrates Steve more firmly/openly in the grip of his cosmic cube rewritten hydra mind than I've seen him anywhere else, and it's really disturbing....Then the issue that follows is the first direct tie-in to the Secret Empire story-line proper that I've had the chance to read, and I enjoyed it.
The Deadpool issue was mostly a waste, but then I've felt most of what Deadpool's grown into to be a waste...he was pretty cool initially in the nineties as he appeared with some vague connection to Cable and Weapon X, but man he just comes across as horribly annoying now in my opinion. He turns every comic he's in into a joke in a manner that just doesn't work for me.
The Deadpool issue was mostly a waste, but then I've felt most of what Deadpool's grown into to be a waste...he was pretty cool initially in the nineties as he appeared with some vague connection to Cable and Weapon X, but man he just comes across as horribly annoying now in my opinion. He turns every comic he's in into a joke in a manner that just doesn't work for me.
March 28, 2024
I knew this book existed, with Roberto DaCosta having acquired AIM and converted it to doing good things, along with some kind of Avengers team. I think I even saw them in a crossover or two, but I hadn't read any of it before. Apparently, this isn't the beginning of that, which I now understand took place in a New Avengers book of some edition. Still, it isn't all that hard to get caught up here, despite opening in the middle of a fairly weird story featuring a floating volcano island, and the team fighting a giant monster. The issues were largely self-contained, with only a few elements connecting them, leading up to a tie-in with the Secret Empire event, though it ends sort of in the middle of that, with a bit of a cliffhanger. Overall, I would say I enjoyed it, though I didn't have much background with most of the characters. I liked that Squirrel Girl was closer to her vintage depiction, though still clearly the modern, wacky character. It featured characters from a variety of backgrounds, which I like in a Marvel book, personally, and those backgrounds actually seemed to matter in the story. I would say this was a good, solid comic story.
January 19, 2020
I'm here for the characters (though let's be real, Squirrel Girl is why I picked this up), but there's a lot to be desired. I'm not a giant fan of overt politics in comics, so the first bit I wasn't huge into, but that wasn't enough to really bring it down for me.
What were the biggest problems? The lame villains and the separation of the heroes. The Golden Skull is booooooooring, so who cares about him? Oh, and there's everyone's *favorite* Hydra member, barf. In a team comic, it shouldn't be too much to ask for lots of team action, right?? But a good chunk of this was people doing their own thing, like Cannonball (who is boring enough as is) off in space and Red Hulk having a surprise hangout with Deadpool.
But the art is fine and I didn't hate it. There was a lot more I wanted, but there were some things to be liked. Squirrel Girl is my favorite, I enjoy Red Hulk, and it was nice getting to know Future Captain America.
So meh? I didn't feel like my time was wasted, but it could have been a lot better.
What were the biggest problems? The lame villains and the separation of the heroes. The Golden Skull is booooooooring, so who cares about him? Oh, and there's everyone's *favorite* Hydra member, barf. In a team comic, it shouldn't be too much to ask for lots of team action, right?? But a good chunk of this was people doing their own thing, like Cannonball (who is boring enough as is) off in space and Red Hulk having a surprise hangout with Deadpool.
But the art is fine and I didn't hate it. There was a lot more I wanted, but there were some things to be liked. Squirrel Girl is my favorite, I enjoy Red Hulk, and it was nice getting to know Future Captain America.
So meh? I didn't feel like my time was wasted, but it could have been a lot better.
June 24, 2019
A nice mix of Joe Casey's WildCats 3.0 ambitions, the zaniness of Warren Ellis' Next Wave and the World Building potential of Dan Slott/Cristo Gage's Civil War: Avengers The Initiative.
Superhero comics an expression of the American ideal/dream on a very low-brow level. (Individualism, militarism, etc.) as such, I've always had a bit of interest in superhero jingoism. It's been explored ironically in Mark Millar's Ultimates and more sincerely in Marvel Knights Captain America after 9/11.
This comic is by a Brit, but kind of fits between the two. I never want to read an alt-right comic such as "Jaw Breaker" or the poorly informed "Holy Terror" so this is kind of a fun approach to the all-american hamburger comic. It's got corporate espionage, future version of heroes, multiverse travels, etc.
Superhero comics an expression of the American ideal/dream on a very low-brow level. (Individualism, militarism, etc.) as such, I've always had a bit of interest in superhero jingoism. It's been explored ironically in Mark Millar's Ultimates and more sincerely in Marvel Knights Captain America after 9/11.
This comic is by a Brit, but kind of fits between the two. I never want to read an alt-right comic such as "Jaw Breaker" or the poorly informed "Holy Terror" so this is kind of a fun approach to the all-american hamburger comic. It's got corporate espionage, future version of heroes, multiverse travels, etc.
March 17, 2018
I didn't know what i was going into reading this one but i am very impressed.
Pros
The Norwegian character is by far the best one in this series.
Great art
Great concept, i wasn't expecting it to completely work, but it amazed me.
All the character's worked except some where duplicated.
Cons
Not a lot of violence but i understand it's a teen comic and not one that is parental advisory.
A few duplicated characters, Iron Patriot is a female and then there is Captain America female from 20XX, Yes they are different people but you can't say there superhero ID is one already created.
In Conclusion
Great comic overall love to see where this series goes i was impressed very much i thought it was going to be a flop and not a success.
Pros
The Norwegian character is by far the best one in this series.
Great art
Great concept, i wasn't expecting it to completely work, but it amazed me.
All the character's worked except some where duplicated.
Cons
Not a lot of violence but i understand it's a teen comic and not one that is parental advisory.
A few duplicated characters, Iron Patriot is a female and then there is Captain America female from 20XX, Yes they are different people but you can't say there superhero ID is one already created.
In Conclusion
Great comic overall love to see where this series goes i was impressed very much i thought it was going to be a flop and not a success.
February 1, 2018
Okay...I loved just about all of this. It's fun. It's silly. It's serious at times. It does a great job of showing us where everyone is within the story and the universe. Only one complaint. My daughters like Squirrel Girl because she's so silly and because she, not to be crass, looks like a 'normal girl' (with the exception of the giant tail) in her comic. Within this one she looks far too 'model' like and what a teenage boy would think of as ideal. Her body shape is exactly the same as the other two women on the team and I just feel like she'll become another throwaway 'cheesecake' and I don't think any of us want that.
March 25, 2018
Easy-to-read, interesting bunch of characters, and decently fast-paced. I'm not a fan (at all) of the and wasn't aware it was going to be a plot line when I picked this volume up at random. That did influence my opinion of this volume a bit. I was happy to read more adventures with characters I did know and meet some of those I didn't! It's a unique group of heroes and I would have liked to see more team interactions between them all. Good introduction to the team though and I liked the plot all right. I enjoyed the A.I.M. rebranding (?) I guess you would call it, that was interesting.
April 6, 2018
I very much enjoyed this six issue collection of American themed patriotic insanity which is written by a Englishman about a Brazilian American immigrant and his mostly non-American collection of superheroes. IN AMERICA. They're fighting against the Golden Skull with the help of Hope Cage a.k.a CAPTAIN AMERICA FROM THE FUTURE. It's pretty much nonstop red, white, and blue explosions and that just makes it all the more enjoyable. This was clearly written tongue firmly in cheek and I applaud Ewing for coming up with it.
Mind you, I still find the idea of AIM being bought and turned into a good guy organization to be as ridiculous as someone buying and re-branding ISIS but that's just me.
Mind you, I still find the idea of AIM being bought and turned into a good guy organization to be as ridiculous as someone buying and re-branding ISIS but that's just me.
August 13, 2021
Al Ewing uses a lot of his Avengers run here as Roberto DaCosta's metamorphosis continues. Here, he assembles a mash-up of AIM and SHIELD that equals U.S.Avengers. The team itself is quirky but okay. The "not" Red Hulk is terrible and lazy. I liked Enigma and Iron Patriot but the first arc was week. And then, sadly, you get thrown into Secret Empire. It wasn't bad but not was is needed from a first volume. Paco Medina does some really nice work on the artistic side. Overall, a fun at times but not substantial.
December 6, 2022
Following Ewing's New Avengers series, Roberto Da Costa's AIM is now part of SHIELD, which means he's taking orders from Hydra Cap. First the new team fights the Gold Skull, a guy from the future who just wants money. Then the new Red Hulk has a solo outing against Deadpool. Then a Secret Empire tie-in ends the book on a cliffhanger.
The writing is hit and miss. Ewing has a handle on the characters, and he can be funny, but sometimes he tries too hard and goes too over the top. The art was solid.
The writing is hit and miss. Ewing has a handle on the characters, and he can be funny, but sometimes he tries too hard and goes too over the top. The art was solid.
April 23, 2018
Bobby’s AIM has been a hoot since the Hickman days, and Bobby himself has transformed into some kind of badass genius super-spy with the deepest damn pockets. The other members of this new Avengers are great, and I’m especially glad Toni Ho and Aikku Jokinen are still around. And more Squirrel Girl is always a good thing.
December 26, 2018
This was a pretty good book until it ran off the rails. The AIM team was interesting and worked. Even with time travel. Even with a Hulk. But it didn't survive Captain America being a Hydra agent. But before that it could have used a bit more personal, a bit more backstory. A bit less obvious. 3.5 of 5.
January 4, 2022
This was a very weird spinoff from the Avengers stories, and I am a huge non-fan of Red Hulk, but otherwise the cast of characters made this pretty readable for anyone with a strong background in reading the Avengers or X-Men books.
I still can't see how anyone thought that the storyline was a reasonable one, but hey, it could be weirder.
I still can't see how anyone thought that the storyline was a reasonable one, but hey, it could be weirder.
April 6, 2025
Not bad.
Gets derailed by secret empire. Ewing obviously knew it was coming as he sets up stuff a few issues before.
I'm enjoying these characters I have little familiarity with - Tony/iron patriot, Aikku/enigma from Hickman's run, Squirrel girl, new red Hulk.
Art isn't bad, the story feels of it's time. Stuck in that era. Not sure I'd read again.
Gets derailed by secret empire. Ewing obviously knew it was coming as he sets up stuff a few issues before.
I'm enjoying these characters I have little familiarity with - Tony/iron patriot, Aikku/enigma from Hickman's run, Squirrel girl, new red Hulk.
Art isn't bad, the story feels of it's time. Stuck in that era. Not sure I'd read again.
October 1, 2018
Great art. But the writing is lukewarm & all of the characters are derivative - & you can only make so many jokes @ your own expense about how the writing is lukewarm & the characters are derivative before acknowledging it doesn’t make it any less of a flaw.
November 19, 2018
Funny and Cute but disjointed.
2.5 It's mostly enjoyable and I like the entire team but the Secret Empire stuff ruins it. You can tell this was written during an event. It has potential to improve though with its fun premise and spunky characters.
2.5 It's mostly enjoyable and I like the entire team but the Secret Empire stuff ruins it. You can tell this was written during an event. It has potential to improve though with its fun premise and spunky characters.
January 20, 2019
I'll give it a 3 star even though it's interrupted by some Deadpool nonsense and Secret Empire. The savior is the interesting cast like an Iron Patriot that protects, not defends... And Silver Daddy Red Hulk! That moustache is a star on It's own!
January 24, 2019
A fun thrill ride from page one! Squirrel Girl, a new Red Hulk, and a good crew of new and experienced Avengers fighting off only the most ridiculous threats Al Ewing couldn't get away with throwing into the main Avengers title.
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