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AVENGERS: MIGHTY ORIGINS
Collects Avengers: Season One, Avengers (2016) #1. The early days of the Avengers - as you've never seen them before! A hidden foe manipulates the newly assembled team from the shadows, meticulously sowing the seeds of discord and mistrust - and causing the new allies to question the very ties that bind them together as they hunt for the fugitive Hulk. Thor - a shape-shifting alien with a secret agenda? Captain America - a hoax? Iron Man - an enemy conspirator? Their confidence in each other shattered, will the heroes destroy each other before the enemy is revealed? Only the smartest among them will see through the deception...and it's not whom you think! Plus: The modern-day Avengers come together to stand against their deadliest foe! Captain America, Thor, Vision, Wasp, Spider-Man and Hercules face Kang War One.
152 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2018
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Peter David
3,693 books1,377 followersaka David Peters
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
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November 23, 2019
The Kang filler was better than the main story...
February 14, 2026
A solid retelling of the first dozen Avengers adventures mixed in all together with a fresh modern take on the whole origin of the team. A solid read with nice artwork. Definitely better than the dated stuff that are simply nostalgia at best to read, but not that good to leave any trace of excitement or something to remember (except maybe for the fight between Thor VS Hulk+Grey Hulk).
April 2, 2021
Iron Man. Thor. The Hulk. Ant-Man and the Wasp but don’t worry about them. Together, they are the Avengers. The Avengers were formed to combat Loki, the God of Mischief and eternal thorn in his brother Thor’s side. After Loki’s defeat the team, sans the Hulk, decided to continue their working relationship to do more together than they could alone. Shortly thereafter, the team stumbled across the frozen Captain America and he immediately found a place among their ranks.
This story takes place shortly after the founding of the team, and almost immediately after Cap signs on. Loki, who is still smarting from his trashing, believes the best way to overcome the Avengers is to divide and conquer, and the best way to do that is by trickery so that the Avengers cause their own downfall.
Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are faced with Loki’s illusions and eventually the Hulk becomes involved. Ant-Man and the Wasp arenot in the movies at the time of this story so they were written out on a cruise, so Loki leaves them be. The main story is fine. It’s nice to see the tenuous relationships between the nascent Avengers be tested and come out stronger for it. Tony, Thor and Steve feel like co-workers still learning about each other opposed to the friends they will eventually become. I especially liked Steve’s part of the story, which begins with the question of where he belongs in the modern world that will be prevalent for a lot of his early universe characterization.
I haven’t read many comics with the Hulk in them yet, so I was surprised to see how… verbose he is. He was a lot of fun though, and I appreciated his exasperation with the whole situation. I’m a little sad that Hank and Janet weren’t involved, but them’s the breaks when a book comes out before you’re headlining a tent-pole summer blockbuster.
The art was very clean. I especially liked the way the Iron Man armor was drawn and colored. I found myself taking extra time to drink it in when it appeared on panel.
The second story featured comes out of left field, being in a far later point in the universe’s timeline and serving more as a preview to an event (the Kang War) than having any real connection with the main story in the book. It's beautifully drawn and well written, but there’s no context to this new group of Avengers or why we’re reading about them. It also helpfully leaves on a “read the rest of the story!” cliffhanger, encouraging you to find the book it actually belongs in. It feels more like a justification for the graphic novel price than anything else, and though it did the job of making me interested in that story, so I guess it worked. That doesn't change the fact it’s just a preview to be kind of annoying.
Instead of adding a second story without context, maybe there could’ve been a back-up feature just following Hank and Jan on their cruise. Maybe they had to don their suits for some reason, or maybe it’s just a short slice-of-life comedy. As a fan of them, especially Jan, it feels like a missed opportunity to tie the whole book together and show off the most oft-forgotten founding Avengers.
This story takes place shortly after the founding of the team, and almost immediately after Cap signs on. Loki, who is still smarting from his trashing, believes the best way to overcome the Avengers is to divide and conquer, and the best way to do that is by trickery so that the Avengers cause their own downfall.
Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are faced with Loki’s illusions and eventually the Hulk becomes involved. Ant-Man and the Wasp are
I haven’t read many comics with the Hulk in them yet, so I was surprised to see how… verbose he is. He was a lot of fun though, and I appreciated his exasperation with the whole situation. I’m a little sad that Hank and Janet weren’t involved, but them’s the breaks when a book comes out before you’re headlining a tent-pole summer blockbuster.
The art was very clean. I especially liked the way the Iron Man armor was drawn and colored. I found myself taking extra time to drink it in when it appeared on panel.
The second story featured comes out of left field, being in a far later point in the universe’s timeline and serving more as a preview to an event (the Kang War) than having any real connection with the main story in the book. It's beautifully drawn and well written, but there’s no context to this new group of Avengers or why we’re reading about them. It also helpfully leaves on a “read the rest of the story!” cliffhanger, encouraging you to find the book it actually belongs in. It feels more like a justification for the graphic novel price than anything else, and though it did the job of making me interested in that story, so I guess it worked. That doesn't change the fact it’s just a preview to be kind of annoying.
Instead of adding a second story without context, maybe there could’ve been a back-up feature just following Hank and Jan on their cruise. Maybe they had to don their suits for some reason, or maybe it’s just a short slice-of-life comedy. As a fan of them, especially Jan, it feels like a missed opportunity to tie the whole book together and show off the most oft-forgotten founding Avengers.
June 3, 2018
My rating is solely based on the main story arc in this graphic novel. The second story... felt like it was just added to try and pique interest in that series. And it was okay, but since I've not been reading anything preceding it, I was mostly just confused. But the real story--an early Avengers adventure in which Loki manipulates Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man into distrusting each other, and the Hulk (of all people) has to talk some sense into them--wow. That was a well-written, interesting, and at times downright compelling story. Peter David paid special attention to give all four characters time to grow; I really felt like I was getting into their minds--which, of course, was an integral part of the plot. In short, well-played, Mr. David, well-played. I'm also a sucker for any Loki story: diabolical and manipulative as always, this was a great take on Loki's more villainous side. I also liked the call-back at the end to actual Norse mythology. And super-kudos for making Iron Man likable! I was first introduced to him in the movies. He became my favorite character because he was presented as a likable jerk who was always evolving away from that "jerkiness." But the comics I've read with him... just jerk. But in this one: he was funny, interesting, and just the right amount of cocky. So... THANK YOU!!! In short, even though I'm a bigger DC fan, this comic had me loving the Avengers the same way I do in the MCU. I would definitely recommend it.
May 7, 2018
Picking up right after the classic Avengers origin story (Loki tricks Thor into fighting the Hulk, hoping Hulk will beat him; Iron Man, Wasp, and Ant-Man are drawn into the fray; after sorting out the deception, Loki is banished and the group discovers Captain America's frozen body), this book has Loki scheming to bring down the Avengers. He is mad that as the god of chaos he's united a bunch of heroes to prevent mischief and evil on Midgard. Loki hatches a new scheme to divide the Avengers against each other. They are just learning to trust each other; Loki will undermine that trust and have them fighting in no time.
The story is entertaining even in its predictability. The author has a good sense of the characters and has some natural humor with each of them. I was also happy to see it wasn't just a retread of the classic origin story but a sequel showing the bond of Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America getting stronger.
The book also contains the first issue of The Avengers after Civil War II where they have to regroup and fight Kang the Conqueror, who travels through time and causes trouble. That story was less interesting, mostly because it's a teaser for another graphic novel.
Recommended for some classic Avenger action and storytelling.
The story is entertaining even in its predictability. The author has a good sense of the characters and has some natural humor with each of them. I was also happy to see it wasn't just a retread of the classic origin story but a sequel showing the bond of Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America getting stronger.
The book also contains the first issue of The Avengers after Civil War II where they have to regroup and fight Kang the Conqueror, who travels through time and causes trouble. That story was less interesting, mostly because it's a teaser for another graphic novel.
Recommended for some classic Avenger action and storytelling.
April 12, 2018
PL
Czy tylko ja trafiam na tak beznadziejne tomy? Chciałem jakiś krótki event i bez sprawdzenia o czym będzie wybrałem ten o bardzo chwytliwym tytule no i się rozczarowałem.
EN
Is it only me who get such hopeless volumes? I wanted a short event and without checking it I chose the one with a very catchy title and I was disappointed.
Czy tylko ja trafiam na tak beznadziejne tomy? Chciałem jakiś krótki event i bez sprawdzenia o czym będzie wybrałem ten o bardzo chwytliwym tytule no i się rozczarowałem.
EN
Is it only me who get such hopeless volumes? I wanted a short event and without checking it I chose the one with a very catchy title and I was disappointed.
February 26, 2020
A story of the Avengers' early days, in a more modern setting (with touches of MCU influence). Not the most innovative of Peter David's stories, but solidly written and reasonably entertaining. And there are a few memorable moments, mainly centered around the Hulk... (Also included is 2016's Avengers #1, for what I assume are promotional reasons.) (B)
May 7, 2018
Let's do something we've never done before- let's make the heroes distrust one another and fall for the oldest tricks in the book... oh wait, we've done that? Let's do it again then. Yawn.
Good artwork though.
Good artwork though.
May 12, 2018
Good mix of avengers comics
Overall a quick good read and it has my fav the Incredible Hulk the strongest there is. l say this is a definite read at the price of a dollar c'mon don't be cheap when it comes to greatness.
Overall a quick good read and it has my fav the Incredible Hulk the strongest there is. l say this is a definite read at the price of a dollar c'mon don't be cheap when it comes to greatness.
December 28, 2019
After watching Endgame I need to read a book about the Avengers to make me feel better and this totally helped.
February 24, 2020
First marvel comic book I've ever read. Pleasantly surprised!
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