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Avengers (2018) (Single Issues)
Avengers (2018-2023) #1
Thor Odinson. Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. The Big Three of the Avengers are reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet: the 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials. Behold the coming of the Final Host. Who will answer the call to assemble for a wild new era of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Hint: one of them has a flaming skull for a head. And what strange, world-shaking connection exists between the Final Host and Odin’s ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers?
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2018
About the author
Jason Aaron
2,345 books1,702 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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May 2, 2018
I am... tentatively hopeful about this series.
The Good:
- The boys are back! Marvel's Big Three (Thor, Iron Man and Cap) are reunited and it feels so good! I've been waiting to see them on a team together for quite some time now.
- I liked getting a look at the older teams. Especially the older Iron Fist! That was awesome.
The Eh:
- this is just the first issue but Robbie, Jen and Carol weren't in this a whole lot. I guess that's to be expected
The Bad
- Aaron is wonderful at writing Thor and associated characters. I liked the way Odin and Thor were written (although Odin was a jerk). However, I'm still not 100% sold on the way he writes Cap or Tony. I think this is the first I'm ever reading him touch Tony as a character because Tony was in a coma during Legacy. In this, I felt as though Tony's lines weren't quite right. I can't picture Tony calling Steve and Thor "Old farts". As for Cap, Tony being brain dead and in a coma was a huge deal; even on iffy terms, I find it hard to believe Cap would say "For what? Two weeks? Big deal." What?
That being said, I am hopeful for the future, provided we don't fall into the same old patterns where they all bicker for no good reason. It's been years, I feel safe in saying we don't need ridiculous comments about Tony's ego because he's progressed way past that (and honestly, I feel like that shift towards everyone hating Tony happened with Bendis), we don't need rehashing of Civil War. We will have to deal with Carol's actions during Civil War II though (as out of character as those were).
I think there's a wonderful opportunity here with Tony trying to get back into the swing of things and being on a team again and Cap trying to clear his name after Spencer dragged it through the mud. So, I'm cautiously hopeful. I hope Tony's dialogue gets a lot better, though.
The Good:
- The boys are back! Marvel's Big Three (Thor, Iron Man and Cap) are reunited and it feels so good! I've been waiting to see them on a team together for quite some time now.
- I liked getting a look at the older teams. Especially the older Iron Fist! That was awesome.
The Eh:
- this is just the first issue but Robbie, Jen and Carol weren't in this a whole lot. I guess that's to be expected
The Bad
- Aaron is wonderful at writing Thor and associated characters. I liked the way Odin and Thor were written (although Odin was a jerk). However, I'm still not 100% sold on the way he writes Cap or Tony. I think this is the first I'm ever reading him touch Tony as a character because Tony was in a coma during Legacy. In this, I felt as though Tony's lines weren't quite right. I can't picture Tony calling Steve and Thor "Old farts". As for Cap, Tony being brain dead and in a coma was a huge deal; even on iffy terms, I find it hard to believe Cap would say "For what? Two weeks? Big deal." What?
That being said, I am hopeful for the future, provided we don't fall into the same old patterns where they all bicker for no good reason. It's been years, I feel safe in saying we don't need ridiculous comments about Tony's ego because he's progressed way past that (and honestly, I feel like that shift towards everyone hating Tony happened with Bendis), we don't need rehashing of Civil War. We will have to deal with Carol's actions during Civil War II though (as out of character as those were).
I think there's a wonderful opportunity here with Tony trying to get back into the swing of things and being on a team again and Cap trying to clear his name after Spencer dragged it through the mud. So, I'm cautiously hopeful. I hope Tony's dialogue gets a lot better, though.
May 3, 2019
Story - 3.5 stars
Graphics - 3 stars
Graphics - 3 stars
May 10, 2018
Could be fun
January 27, 2019
Ancient superheroes!
Ancient Avengers!
I like this new series of Avengers!
Ancient Avengers!
I like this new series of Avengers!
May 8, 2018
This is written well and it is definitely intriguing BUT, I have no interest in this million years ago Avengers and I’m really frustrated that they even went as far as speaking to me through Cap to tell me that they need to abandons the All-New All-Different that I love and go back to their roots instead of having any development and legacy.
May 8, 2018
I’m not sure what’s tryna pass for Tony Stark here is my mans but when he ordered a non alcoholic drink at the bar my heart went whoosh ❤️💛
April 29, 2024
Set in 1.000.000BC
*Only reading the Flashback scenes*
Great issue, solid story and artwork. The first Avengers team against the odds. The odds being the Celestials, and it doesn't look good. The only downside is that we get glimpses of this team and not a full blown story with everything you'd want in it.
"I will fight until the final twilight. Until the end of all that ever was. And then, once it's all laid to waste.. my spirit will find yours in the void my lady. And make love to you in the ashes of infinity for a billion years. And we will build creation again. You and I." - Odin
*Full review of the whole issue will come once I get there chronologically in the near future*
*Only reading the Flashback scenes*
Great issue, solid story and artwork. The first Avengers team against the odds. The odds being the Celestials, and it doesn't look good. The only downside is that we get glimpses of this team and not a full blown story with everything you'd want in it.
"I will fight until the final twilight. Until the end of all that ever was. And then, once it's all laid to waste.. my spirit will find yours in the void my lady. And make love to you in the ashes of infinity for a billion years. And we will build creation again. You and I." - Odin
*Full review of the whole issue will come once I get there chronologically in the near future*
May 7, 2018
Bei Marvel und DC gibt es ja (fast?) mehr Relaunches als Kontinuität, aber dieser Neustart hat mir sehr gut gefallen; eine Serie, die ich gerne weiter verfolgen möchte.
May 25, 2018
Odin's...declaration to Phoenix about his post-dying plans. Remember Aunt Linda on SNL? Her 'Whaaat?' face? That was my face reading that panel. I'm not sure why I was so viscerally grossed out by it, but there it is.
Beyond that ickiness, I wasn't able to stop myself from comparing pretty much all of the characters and the events in this issue to Justice League: No Justice. The mounting similarities left me frustrated and underwhelmed. I think what I need to know the most is why the current Ghost Rider is (basically) Jason Todd?
Beyond that ickiness, I wasn't able to stop myself from comparing pretty much all of the characters and the events in this issue to Justice League: No Justice. The mounting similarities left me frustrated and underwhelmed. I think what I need to know the most is why the current Ghost Rider is (basically) Jason Todd?
May 9, 2018
Look like a promising new-series. Kind of a new start for the Avengers as they will face a big an ancient enemy. Good and many characters, storyline that look promising, pretty illustrations, and I liked the idea of the very old «Avengers» versus the new one, the two-time-zone story. I enjoy it and I can't wait to see #2.
May 4, 2018
Surprisingly bland outing from Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness. Story is boring, eschewing the evolution of the Avengers team in recent history. Art is uninteresting and features character designs that are uninspired. Not a good start. Hopefully this is just a first issue dud.
May 8, 2018
I just don't really care tbh. Bottom line, cut and dry, I just don't care about a majority of the Marvel heroes. I might check out the new Thor series coming out, but that'll probably be it for the new non-x-men title Marvel books.
November 15, 2018
Kind of a snore...could it have been better? I’m not quite sure...
May 9, 2020
Me encanta ver a Tony, Thor y Steve juntos! Y me encantan el resto de los personajes.
May 5, 2018
Great start
This was a great start to the series. Definitely looking forward to seeing where this goes. I love the chemistry that they play into right from the start.
This was a great start to the series. Definitely looking forward to seeing where this goes. I love the chemistry that they play into right from the start.
May 2, 2018
Setup. Setup. Setup. I know arcs and reboots both need to be set up, but I got to the end of the issue and still feel like I know too little.
I expect to buy #2, but this certainly wasn't an issue that made me run to subscribe. (To be fair, nothing makes me think I won't either…I need to see more of what happens before I can decide in either direction.)
I expect to buy #2, but this certainly wasn't an issue that made me run to subscribe. (To be fair, nothing makes me think I won't either…I need to see more of what happens before I can decide in either direction.)
May 4, 2018
steve and tony fighting like an old married couple after so long makes me cry tears of joy, bless (also thor and stephen look so fucking good omg)
May 3, 2018
Coinciding with the big screen release of the latest MCU epic 'Avengers: Infinity War', Marvel tries to capitalize on the momentum with the latest re-numbered first issue of the world's most popular super team. And the amazing 'Jason Aaron' gets his chance with the team this time, who is known for playing a very well-planned long game in terms of story-telling. So while this issue in itself wasn't that promising it does show hopes for a grand future, specially regarding the history of this great creative team.
The story opens with the Avengers team from one million years ago that was introduced in 'Marvel Legacy' one shot as they prepare to engage some massive foes, and then we travel to the present to witness a chat between the big three heroes (Captain America, Iron man & Thor to be precise) who are reminiscing about their recent bad patches and debating whether they need to keep on fighting the good fight with so many new blood to protect the earth now. Then Aaron slowly introduces us with the rest of the members of his incarnation of the team as each member prepares in their own way to prepare for the coming of the Final Host!
The story telling is fast paced yet never really reaches the dizzying pace you come to expect from some of these crossovers now-a-days, which is a good thing. But the story in itself never really catches attention as the big villains are not yet introduced properly yet, but rather is bogged down with trying to introduce the members of the team. Some of the banter between the big three is quite enjoyable, but the including of the other characters, both new and well loved is yet to be justified. As Aaron is known for telling a story slowly and in his unique way and his plots have a tendency of getting better as the story progresses, I have some hope for redemption in the future.
Another small issue for me is that new readers would be quite lost in this first issue, as it has some background to be known to really understand and appreciate it, which in my opinion is never a good vibe for a number one issue.
The art is quite eye catching and the coloring does its job in creating the atmosphere of epicness. But yet again, it seems the creative team never took its chances here, as they never tried to do anything new. I would have loved a bit more old school themed art style which in my opinion would have given the comic a bit more retro feel which in my opinion would have pushed the point Marvel tried to establish with their 'Legacy' numbering.
I will give this issue 3 out of 5 stars, which is not totally based on this issue but rather on the hope of what this creative team can offer in the long run.
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The story opens with the Avengers team from one million years ago that was introduced in 'Marvel Legacy' one shot as they prepare to engage some massive foes, and then we travel to the present to witness a chat between the big three heroes (Captain America, Iron man & Thor to be precise) who are reminiscing about their recent bad patches and debating whether they need to keep on fighting the good fight with so many new blood to protect the earth now. Then Aaron slowly introduces us with the rest of the members of his incarnation of the team as each member prepares in their own way to prepare for the coming of the Final Host!
The story telling is fast paced yet never really reaches the dizzying pace you come to expect from some of these crossovers now-a-days, which is a good thing. But the story in itself never really catches attention as the big villains are not yet introduced properly yet, but rather is bogged down with trying to introduce the members of the team. Some of the banter between the big three is quite enjoyable, but the including of the other characters, both new and well loved is yet to be justified. As Aaron is known for telling a story slowly and in his unique way and his plots have a tendency of getting better as the story progresses, I have some hope for redemption in the future.
Another small issue for me is that new readers would be quite lost in this first issue, as it has some background to be known to really understand and appreciate it, which in my opinion is never a good vibe for a number one issue.
The art is quite eye catching and the coloring does its job in creating the atmosphere of epicness. But yet again, it seems the creative team never took its chances here, as they never tried to do anything new. I would have loved a bit more old school themed art style which in my opinion would have given the comic a bit more retro feel which in my opinion would have pushed the point Marvel tried to establish with their 'Legacy' numbering.
I will give this issue 3 out of 5 stars, which is not totally based on this issue but rather on the hope of what this creative team can offer in the long run.
For more reviews and stuff check out my blog -
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February 19, 2024
This review is for the first 8 issues. Aaron loves to write big stories, and this one is BIG. Goes all the way back to 1,000,000 BC to the first Avengers and then a Celestial Host attacking the present. The art is ok, but some characters benefit far more than others from the style. The story is fine, it actually suffers a bit from the scale. Character interactions are limited due to the amount of action. Celestials aren't the most compelling of villains, so it feels like Loki is thrown in to give the Avengers a foil who will monologue.
Edit: Now that I'm through issue 62 and reading the Avengers Assemble crossover to finish out Aaron's run I wanted to update my review. My initial complaint about the pacing and scale stands. This whole run is cool. It's fun. There are super-villain teams, and Celestials, and alternate versions of pretty much all the heroes, especially if you read Avengers Forever. There are big fights, plenty of hero on hero violence, and most everyone gets a chance to shine. But all that aside I don't find it particularly good. It's a summer popcorn movie. Everything is tied together, and there are tie-ins to soooo much through this run. War of the Realms, Heroes Reborn, and references to King in Black and Judgement Day. Then the Avengers Forever towards the end leading to the culmination. The various stories within the Avengers run (Squadron Supreme, WWSH, Winter Guard, Atlantean War, First Host, Death Hunt, Starbrand Rebirth, Ghost Rider Race, Konshu takeover, Phoenix Return/Tournament) are all super cool concepts. And they're all just a little yto short, and a little under developed. Everything feels like a race to get to this final showdown with the Multiversal Masters of Evil. These 62 issues feel like they have about 100 issues worth of ideas. I will say that the art for the most part has not been for me. McGuiness should be someone I love. He has a cartoon-y style that I would normally be drawn to, and on some characters I am, but overall it's not adding to the books for me.
I don't want to come across too negative here. These are fine books, but they are action comic books. They're the MCU, super inter-connected with eyes on the finish line the whole time. I think they may suffer some from me reading them late and knowing (to a degree) that nothing too big is changing. Also, I don't recommend binge reading these. I think that may also be hurting them.
Edit: Now that I'm through issue 62 and reading the Avengers Assemble crossover to finish out Aaron's run I wanted to update my review. My initial complaint about the pacing and scale stands. This whole run is cool. It's fun. There are super-villain teams, and Celestials, and alternate versions of pretty much all the heroes, especially if you read Avengers Forever. There are big fights, plenty of hero on hero violence, and most everyone gets a chance to shine. But all that aside I don't find it particularly good. It's a summer popcorn movie. Everything is tied together, and there are tie-ins to soooo much through this run. War of the Realms, Heroes Reborn, and references to King in Black and Judgement Day. Then the Avengers Forever towards the end leading to the culmination. The various stories within the Avengers run (Squadron Supreme, WWSH, Winter Guard, Atlantean War, First Host, Death Hunt, Starbrand Rebirth, Ghost Rider Race, Konshu takeover, Phoenix Return/Tournament) are all super cool concepts. And they're all just a little yto short, and a little under developed. Everything feels like a race to get to this final showdown with the Multiversal Masters of Evil. These 62 issues feel like they have about 100 issues worth of ideas. I will say that the art for the most part has not been for me. McGuiness should be someone I love. He has a cartoon-y style that I would normally be drawn to, and on some characters I am, but overall it's not adding to the books for me.
I don't want to come across too negative here. These are fine books, but they are action comic books. They're the MCU, super inter-connected with eyes on the finish line the whole time. I think they may suffer some from me reading them late and knowing (to a degree) that nothing too big is changing. Also, I don't recommend binge reading these. I think that may also be hurting them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 9, 2018
Great start
What a story! Cliffhanger ending and all, this really catches the attention. Great beginning to what promises to be an interesting and exciting series.
Apparently, I've missed a lot of the characters past stories. Don't remember Tony being in a coma and totally avoided the whole 'Hydra Cap' story line so this gave me a little bit of background.
The story starts off with a bang of a scene a million years ago and just gets wilder. The art is quite different from what I've been used to as the characters don't look much like their movie counterparts and Stark's not nearly as snarky as he used to be. I'll just chalk that up to him having been in a coma for several months and deal with it that way.
All in all though, it's pretty dynamic story and moves along at a good clip.
What a story! Cliffhanger ending and all, this really catches the attention. Great beginning to what promises to be an interesting and exciting series.
Apparently, I've missed a lot of the characters past stories. Don't remember Tony being in a coma and totally avoided the whole 'Hydra Cap' story line so this gave me a little bit of background.
The story starts off with a bang of a scene a million years ago and just gets wilder. The art is quite different from what I've been used to as the characters don't look much like their movie counterparts and Stark's not nearly as snarky as he used to be. I'll just chalk that up to him having been in a coma for several months and deal with it that way.
All in all though, it's pretty dynamic story and moves along at a good clip.
May 6, 2018
This was an interesting first issue, not entirely sure how I feel about that opening seen about the "Prehistoric Avengers" and the idea of "Dark Celestials" seems a bit silly in that doesn't quite fit with the tone of the rest of the book to me. But, the main tone and pacing was pretty good, I liked most of the characterizations and the idea of The Avengers "Reassembling" through the same bar conversation every collage band who's members are now in their 40s have when they decide to get back together is really inspired in my opinion. Not sure if I'll stick with this but I'll at least read the next issue.
May 17, 2018
Nothing particularly amazing, although the idea of is kinda clean and ominous. It seems too early to judge the overall set-up, as many threads are unconnected for now, but I'll definitely check out the next few issues to understand more of what's going on. The dialogues were maybe too prone to comedy (MCU style), while the art was at times beautiful, at times just decent.
I also want to note how similar this story felt to the "No Justice" storyline from DC being published in this same period... let's hope they diverge somewhat.
I also want to note how similar this story felt to the "No Justice" storyline from DC being published in this same period... let's hope they diverge somewhat.
May 21, 2018
If you don't know, Marvel has decided to reboot The Avengers comics and I was very excited for it. I have been trying to get into Marvel comics but wasn't sure how to go about it. With this I was able to. I would say that you may need to read or look up something about the Secret Omega comics to understand at least the beginning bit of this but other than that it was quite easy to follow. There is a lot of characters but I found that each one was really easy to understand and the visual of them helped a lot with that. This is definitely a solid start and set up to the new Avengers comics.
May 2, 2018
Tem comentários sobre as coisas horríveis que tavam rolando na marvel, de forma negativa, então é bom.
Mas o melhor é que simplesmente parece um quadrinho de super herói de novo, e não uma veiculo para ideologia de genérico ou politica.
Mas o melhor é que simplesmente parece um quadrinho de super herói de novo, e não uma veiculo para ideologia de genérico ou politica.
October 24, 2018
This issue is not the best . It sets up a new Avengers , plus harkens back to an earlier time , when Odin and company were a sort of " Avengers ." The old and the modern day Avengers are fighting the same villainy . It is somewhat of a " paint by the numbers " story .
March 8, 2025
The author killed this comic
The artwork was good/ok, colouring was good but the storyline took my time up on this comic putting me off the series. It's a shame but after reading a well written comic before I struggled with this writer's work.
The artwork was good/ok, colouring was good but the storyline took my time up on this comic putting me off the series. It's a shame but after reading a well written comic before I struggled with this writer's work.
May 8, 2018
Three stars for Thor, Tony, and Steve, but how the others fit in is to be determined. Ghost Rider is the most intriguing choice, and I’m curious to see where it goes from here.
May 24, 2018
A gente forma um trio e tanto. Capitão Hydra, Tony Coma e Thor Indigno…
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September 5, 2018
Nothing special
Average writing,average artwork.I quit buying comics a couple of years back for this very reason.I see that nothing has changed...Nice concept though.
Average writing,average artwork.I quit buying comics a couple of years back for this very reason.I see that nothing has changed...Nice concept though.
October 15, 2018
It started with a roar but ended with a whimper
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