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Marvel Action: Avengers #3
Marvel Action: Avengers, Vol. 3: The Fear Eaters
A new era of all-out Avengers action continues in these young reader friendly graphic novels!
Heroes and villains alike prepare for an incoming threat from the cosmos! Will someone from Black Panther's past be friend or foe? And what sinister plan is M.O.D.O.K. preparing?
These graphic novels are the perfect starting point for new fans looking for more stories of the adventures of Black Panther, Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Black Widow! Collects issues #7-9 of the Marvel Action: Avengers series.
Heroes and villains alike prepare for an incoming threat from the cosmos! Will someone from Black Panther's past be friend or foe? And what sinister plan is M.O.D.O.K. preparing?
These graphic novels are the perfect starting point for new fans looking for more stories of the adventures of Black Panther, Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, and Black Widow! Collects issues #7-9 of the Marvel Action: Avengers series.
72 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2019
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About the author
Matthew K. Manning
229 books40 followersMatthew K. Manning is the author of over eighty books and dozens of comic books. He has written books for Scholastic, Disney Press, Abrams, Amazon, Capstone, DK Publishing, Insight Editions, Andrews/McMeel, and Running Press, dividing his time between writing original chapter book series and coffee table books. His chapter books include the six-book series Xander and the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns (Capstone), the four-book Drone Academy series (Capstone), Backstories: Batman and Backstories: Batgirl (Scholastic), and Artemis Fowl: How to be a LEPrecon (Disney Press), released in both paperback and on Audible. Many of his books have reached best-seller status on Amazon, including DC Comics: Anatomy of a Metahuman, DC Comics Encyclopedia, and Batman: A Visual History. In addition, Manning specializes in comic books, writing for the titles Beware the Batman, Teen Titans Go!, The Batman Strikes!, Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, Justice League Adventures, Scooby-Doo, and Looney Tunes for DC Comics, Marvel Action: Avengers for IDW/Marvel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures and TMNT: New Animated Adventures for IDW, and the top-selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures for DC/IDW, nominated by the Diamond Gem Awards for comic of the year. Manning’s work has received acclaim in Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and The Washington Times. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and his daughters Lillian and Gwendolyn.
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July 12, 2024
And we’re back with great storytelling! I was a little worried after the flop that was The Ruby Egress, but my worries were in vain as this one delivered with a great story, good character conflicts and team dynamics, and best of all no melting graffiti art!!! Yes, despite the cover still having that design the inside art is a good graphic novel type style (same as The Living Nightmare, actually) that does the characters beautifully and is nice to look at, so that was a wonderful surprise when I opened my copy!
We focus mostly on Black Panther in this one though we also get the other Avengers’ stories woven in as well with everyone having a significant role and place, though I will say Iron Man and Captain America were the other more focused on team members, which makes sense with Tony and T’Challa’s similar father issues (of a sort) and that Steve’s story with the Fear Eaters carries into The Living Nightmare.
One thing I find incredibly funny is that every time I’ve seen M.O.D.O.K so far he’s running away from something he caused or refuses to stop—guess giant heads aren’t too brave, huh? 😆
Great action, fantastic humor, wonderful team dynamics, strong story, and even stronger characters; this was a great adventure that definitely outshines The Ruby Egress and made me understand how The Living Nightmare was so good in comparison!
‼️Content‼️
Violence: fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG); a vaporous person goes down a character’s throat and is coughed out; a character has a hallucination that they destroyed a whole city; snake/dragon like creatures pull out of characters’ backs
Other: giant snake/dragon like creatures that create and live off fear; superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; characters see hallucinations of their worst fears
We focus mostly on Black Panther in this one though we also get the other Avengers’ stories woven in as well with everyone having a significant role and place, though I will say Iron Man and Captain America were the other more focused on team members, which makes sense with Tony and T’Challa’s similar father issues (of a sort) and that Steve’s story with the Fear Eaters carries into The Living Nightmare.
One thing I find incredibly funny is that every time I’ve seen M.O.D.O.K so far he’s running away from something he caused or refuses to stop—guess giant heads aren’t too brave, huh? 😆
Great action, fantastic humor, wonderful team dynamics, strong story, and even stronger characters; this was a great adventure that definitely outshines The Ruby Egress and made me understand how The Living Nightmare was so good in comparison!
‼️Content‼️
Violence: fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG); a vaporous person goes down a character’s throat and is coughed out; a character has a hallucination that they destroyed a whole city; snake/dragon like creatures pull out of characters’ backs
Other: giant snake/dragon like creatures that create and live off fear; superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; characters see hallucinations of their worst fears
May 20, 2021
Com aquela desculpa "comprei para o meu afilhado, mas vou dar uma olhadinha para ver o que ele poderia achar", li mais essa edição dos quadrinhos da Marvel Action, que são produzidos pela IDW e voltados a um público bem mais jovem do que as publicações normais da Casa das Ideias. Neste encadernado "versão brasileira Herbert Richards" que reúne dois dos encadernados originais de Marvel Action: Avengers (respectivamente os de número 3 e 4) a luta dos Vingadores contra a I.M.A. continua. A primeira parte, os Vingadores lutam contra os Devoradores de Medo, seres alienígenas que se apossam do corpo dos heróis mais poderosos da Terra revelando seus piores medos. Na segunda parte, o Capitão América é assolado por pesadelos em que os Vingadores se aliaram à I.M.A.. Vale dizer que o primeiro encadernado vem com os competentes desenhos do brasileiro Marcio Fiorito, mas o roteiro, por sua vez, não empolga um leitor "tradicional", mas é possível que empolgue uma criança que acompanha somente seus heróis no Universo do cinema. Essa é a minha esperança, já que o Arthur adora o Pantera Negra e ele está na capa do quadrinho.
February 19, 2020
When the peaceful arrival of the villainess Madam Masque is the most normal part of your day, you just know that you are in for trouble!
The nightmares of the world's greatest superheroes are coming true! Captain Marvel has lost her powers! Thor lost control of his Asgardian powers which have lain waste to New York City! and Black Panther's father has returned to claim the throne of Wakanda! It's all part of MODOK's master plan to take over the world! But has the leader of AIM tapped into mysterious powers in which he truly has no control over?
Marvel Action Avengers Book 3: The Fear Eaters collects issues 7-9 of IDW Publishing's all-age take on Earth's Mightiest Heroes. As part of it's restructuring plan, Marvel COmics has been outsourcing most of it's kid friendly properties to IDW or Dark Horse. I've been very happy with some previous books based on the icons of the House of Ideas. But I was quite disappointed with this book.
I'm normally a big fan of work of Matthew K. Manning (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures). Manning's work is often full of swashbuckling adventure with some great lighthearted moments between the heroes and some vile episodes starring the villains. Having AIM as the big baddies here just isn't cutting it for me. MODOK works better as a buffoonish bad guy. And with their beekeeper outfits, the only thing scary about an AIM agent is being reminded of the disappearance of the honey bee. And man, were these Marvel heroes dull when it came to trying to be humorous!
I really wanted to enjoy this volume. I hoped that it would have an essence of all the great Avengers cartoons released by Disney over the past decade. Sadly, this was a confusing mess. Madam Masque was needed to help move along some of the dialogue. But her team of U-Men was pretty much used to fill about 5-6 pages with that ubiquitous fight scene. After that segment was over, the U-Men are basically forgotten.
Then there's the character development of some of the heroes. Tony Stark and the Black Widow were great. But I thought that the Black Panther's obsessive nature just wasn't how T'Challa would really act. I have never thought that Thor was ever afraid of losing control of his powers. In fact, if anyone was going to have daddy issues, if it wasn't going to be Tony. It would definitely be Thor.
I also felt that Captain Marvel's fear of losing her powers was wrong. Doesn't she always lament having these mysterious Kree powers all the time? I would think that Carol Danvers' greatest fear would be losing control of herself instead of the Odinson.
I also wasn't happy with the artwork either. Captain America's head looked like it was 25% too small for his body. The U-Men were quite generic. And if you weren't a main character in the story, it felt like the illustrator just didn't seem to care. On more than one panel, the background characters of the citizens of New York looked unfinished as if Marcio Fiorito felt that younger readers wouldn't catch the lack of detail in the background art.
Other than the basic fight scenes required for any superhero comic book, there's really nothing objectionable for parents and guardians. However, both Iron Man and Black Panther get rather technical when they talk about their power suits. So, readers under the age of 9 might have trouble with some massive $5 words.
On the surface, you'd expect a title like Marvel Action Avengers to be fun. But for a book aimed at elementary schoolers, that fun is lacking. This wasn't the best example of work from a modern comics great like Matthew K. Manning. If you were expecting the second act of Avengers: End Game- sorry. This is more like those boring trade treaty scenes in the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace!
For those super fun all-ages reads starring Iron Man and friends, I recommend anything from the Marvel Adventures imprint. Dozens of volumes can be found Amazon for some really nice prices!
The nightmares of the world's greatest superheroes are coming true! Captain Marvel has lost her powers! Thor lost control of his Asgardian powers which have lain waste to New York City! and Black Panther's father has returned to claim the throne of Wakanda! It's all part of MODOK's master plan to take over the world! But has the leader of AIM tapped into mysterious powers in which he truly has no control over?
Marvel Action Avengers Book 3: The Fear Eaters collects issues 7-9 of IDW Publishing's all-age take on Earth's Mightiest Heroes. As part of it's restructuring plan, Marvel COmics has been outsourcing most of it's kid friendly properties to IDW or Dark Horse. I've been very happy with some previous books based on the icons of the House of Ideas. But I was quite disappointed with this book.
I'm normally a big fan of work of Matthew K. Manning (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures). Manning's work is often full of swashbuckling adventure with some great lighthearted moments between the heroes and some vile episodes starring the villains. Having AIM as the big baddies here just isn't cutting it for me. MODOK works better as a buffoonish bad guy. And with their beekeeper outfits, the only thing scary about an AIM agent is being reminded of the disappearance of the honey bee. And man, were these Marvel heroes dull when it came to trying to be humorous!
I really wanted to enjoy this volume. I hoped that it would have an essence of all the great Avengers cartoons released by Disney over the past decade. Sadly, this was a confusing mess. Madam Masque was needed to help move along some of the dialogue. But her team of U-Men was pretty much used to fill about 5-6 pages with that ubiquitous fight scene. After that segment was over, the U-Men are basically forgotten.
Then there's the character development of some of the heroes. Tony Stark and the Black Widow were great. But I thought that the Black Panther's obsessive nature just wasn't how T'Challa would really act. I have never thought that Thor was ever afraid of losing control of his powers. In fact, if anyone was going to have daddy issues, if it wasn't going to be Tony. It would definitely be Thor.
I also felt that Captain Marvel's fear of losing her powers was wrong. Doesn't she always lament having these mysterious Kree powers all the time? I would think that Carol Danvers' greatest fear would be losing control of herself instead of the Odinson.
I also wasn't happy with the artwork either. Captain America's head looked like it was 25% too small for his body. The U-Men were quite generic. And if you weren't a main character in the story, it felt like the illustrator just didn't seem to care. On more than one panel, the background characters of the citizens of New York looked unfinished as if Marcio Fiorito felt that younger readers wouldn't catch the lack of detail in the background art.
Other than the basic fight scenes required for any superhero comic book, there's really nothing objectionable for parents and guardians. However, both Iron Man and Black Panther get rather technical when they talk about their power suits. So, readers under the age of 9 might have trouble with some massive $5 words.
On the surface, you'd expect a title like Marvel Action Avengers to be fun. But for a book aimed at elementary schoolers, that fun is lacking. This wasn't the best example of work from a modern comics great like Matthew K. Manning. If you were expecting the second act of Avengers: End Game- sorry. This is more like those boring trade treaty scenes in the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace!
For those super fun all-ages reads starring Iron Man and friends, I recommend anything from the Marvel Adventures imprint. Dozens of volumes can be found Amazon for some really nice prices!
June 16, 2020
Readers finally find out what A.I.M.'s end goal has been in this series and it isn't pretty. Fear eaters are on their way to Earth and it is a battle of mental and physical strength if they hope to win the day.
There's nothing better for writers to fall back on if they can't think of a new villain than to have superheroes fight their inner demons on top of physical bad guys. It is a decent plot and conclusion to one story arc. The end has a "To be continued..." but I can't find any evidence that the next book in this series has been published. There's enough of a conclusion readers should be mostly satisfied. Recommended to young adult Marvel fans (though approachable for middle graders too).
Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. Mental and physical battles, violence is implied but actually very little is shown on page.
There's nothing better for writers to fall back on if they can't think of a new villain than to have superheroes fight their inner demons on top of physical bad guys. It is a decent plot and conclusion to one story arc. The end has a "To be continued..." but I can't find any evidence that the next book in this series has been published. There's enough of a conclusion readers should be mostly satisfied. Recommended to young adult Marvel fans (though approachable for middle graders too).
Notes on content: No language issues. No sexual content. Mental and physical battles, violence is implied but actually very little is shown on page.
May 7, 2023
En la linea de los anteriores, bastante flojos en guión y dibujo.
February 27, 2024
found this on sale at my local bookstore a while ago & i just enjoy anything marvel related really
April 9, 2024
2,75/5
September 8, 2025
It is getting better... 🙈
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