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Avengers (2018) (Collected Editions) #1-2
Avengers, Vol. 1
Jason Aaron, red-hot writer of THOR, takes over the Avengers - and assembles a power-packed lineup for the ages! The Avengers' "Big Three" of Thor, Captain America and Iron Man are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, the female Hulk and the newest Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes! But even with Doctor Strange lending a hand, can this new team save the world from the 2,000-foot-tall space gods known as the Celestials? And what role does Loki, Prince of Lies play in the reforming of the Avengers? A furious Namor strikes and Russia's new Winter Guard make their presence felt, and the Avengers enter the future with a new HQ that you won't believe - but in the far past, prepare to meet the Avengers of One Million BC!
Avengers (2018) 1-12, Free Comic Book Day 2018 (Avengers/Captain America) 1 (Avengers Story)
Avengers (2018) 1-12, Free Comic Book Day 2018 (Avengers/Captain America) 1 (Avengers Story)
328 pages, Hardcover
Published March 30, 2021
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,352 books1,678 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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April 12, 2023
"Believe me, there are plenty more morons out there with roles to play, even if they don't yet fully realize it."
This was alright. It felt like it was all over the place most of the time.
This was alright. It felt like it was all over the place most of the time.
March 30, 2021
The first 12 issues of Jason Aaron’s Avengers builds on his run on Thor and leads in to an epic clash and rumblings of dangerous foes.
What I liked -
This Avengers is made up a decent team. With the exception of Ghost Rider (who feels like a poor stand in for Spider-man) it’s built up of heavy hitters. Having the Celestial’s appear early on worked as it helps establish the level of foes a team this powerful would have to taken on.
What I disliked -
The reason to why the Celestial’s are featured/ Odin’s relation to the story is told numerous times within the first 6 issues. At one point I thought I’d read the same issue twice by accident. The first arc is fun and sets up some stuff and establishes the team but the second arc is heavy with other character introductions and a lot of exposition. A big annoyance for me is how Captain Marvel is drawn with short hair in one issue, long hair the next and back to short. This is due to different artists doing the art but I find it always takes me out of it.
Favourite panel/ moment -
Having Cap finally get to say ‘Avengers Assemble’ once the team officially agreed they were in fact a team was fun.
3/5.
What I liked -
This Avengers is made up a decent team. With the exception of Ghost Rider (who feels like a poor stand in for Spider-man) it’s built up of heavy hitters. Having the Celestial’s appear early on worked as it helps establish the level of foes a team this powerful would have to taken on.
What I disliked -
The reason to why the Celestial’s are featured/ Odin’s relation to the story is told numerous times within the first 6 issues. At one point I thought I’d read the same issue twice by accident. The first arc is fun and sets up some stuff and establishes the team but the second arc is heavy with other character introductions and a lot of exposition. A big annoyance for me is how Captain Marvel is drawn with short hair in one issue, long hair the next and back to short. This is due to different artists doing the art but I find it always takes me out of it.
Favourite panel/ moment -
Having Cap finally get to say ‘Avengers Assemble’ once the team officially agreed they were in fact a team was fun.
3/5.
May 6, 2022
I've read these stories... multiple times, now. And I still cannot, in good conscience, say that they are inarguably "good". But they are relentlessly compelling, entertaining, and easily digestible in a mid-tier "Michal Bay actioner" kinda way. And that's... that's not a bad way to be.
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December 17, 2025Zbiórka!
Pod koniec swojego poszatkowanego runu Thora Jason Aaron zaczął kolejny – Avengers. Obie serie prowadziły razem do Wojny Światów. Jednak Aaron nie byłby sobą, gdyby dodatkowo nie bawiłby się lore świata Marvela i tutaj również musiał dorzucić swoje trzy grosze.
W jego ramach skakał bardzo w wątkach i settingach: od prehistorycznych Avengers, przez wampiry („Walczymy z wampirami zabijającymi wampiry u boku wampira zabijającego wampiry”), po Celestiale. Trochę mnie to szczerze zmęczyło. Pierwotnie chciałem doczytać do Wojny Światów i może dalej, ale zostałem przy pierwotnym planie (do zeszytu 21, tj. 4 tomu zbiorczego). Po prostu czytam też dużo lepszego „Absolute Supermana” (na pewno jest poważniejszy) i nie chce przejeść się granulatem Jamesa Aarona.
Trzeba przyznać, że Aaron potrafi pisać drużynówkę. Mamy budowanie relacji, ale przede wszystkim – pozwala wybrzmieć postaciom. W końcu Ghost Rider, którego mocą jest ognisty samochód i efekty specjalne, nie może się równać z Iron Manem, Kapitanem Ameryką, czy Thorem. Prawda? Cóż, takie wrażenie stara się stworzyć James Aaron, ale kto choćby oglądał Agentów Tarczy, ten wie swoje.
Mimo tego Ghost Rider dostaje na początku jeden z najbardziej ekscytujących momentów. Krótko mówiąc – bez niego nie uratowaliby świata. Równie ważna jest She-Hulk randkująca z Thorem, albo frenemies Starka i Danvers. Ale jedną z najlepszych scen pokazujących relacje wszystkich jest finałowa scena Wojny Światów – główne trio Avengers odpoczywa sobie w saunie i rozmawiają. A gdy kończą, dołącza do nich cała drużyna.
Ciekawe jest też ułożenie w tych Avengers w świecie Marvela. S.H.I.E.L.D. larpuje zakon jezuitów i została kolejny raz rozwiązana. Ich miejsce zastępują Agenci Wakandy, a na ich czele Czarna Pantera. To on w chwili potrzeby zostaje liderem nowych Avengers, a poza tym prowadzi konsultacje lekarskie z Doktorem Strangem.
Ta dziwaczna drużyna okazuje się dziwnie przypominać Prehistorycznych Avengers, których losy również poznajemy. Najmniej odpowiadającą postacią w obu drużynach jest Kapitana Ameryki zamiast Żelaznej Pięści. Jednak wątek tych dawnych Avengers jest rozłożony chyba na cały run i trudno coś więcej powiedzieć, niż że jest ciekawy.
Warto zapewne napisać coś o warstwie graficznej. Tutaj najłatwiej porównywać do rysowników towarzyszących Aaronowi przy Thorze. No i oczywiście, choć pięknie rysowanej Thor nic nie przebije, to Ed McGuiness chyba nie jest najbardziej typowym rysownikiem w Marvelu. By to zaprezentować, najlepiej przedstawić okładkę i pierwszą stronę, które co zaskakujące bardzo dobrze reprezentują styl graficzny w środku.
Avengers
Prehistoryczni Avengers
Poza podziwianiem stylu graficznego można od razu porównać sobie też obie drużyny. Najśmieszniejsze, że chyba w tych Avengersach pojawiają się jeszcze z dwie drużyny – Rosyjska i Amerykańska patriotyczna będąca podróbą JLA (w końcu nowi Avengers to obca siła z Afryki, tj. Wakandy). Ta mnogość postaci potrafi dodatkowo męczyć, kiedy nie do końca jeszcze wiadomo, po co ich tyle.
Jeśli zatem oczekujecie odrobiny humoru („Jeśli to inwazja Atlantydy, pozwolimy prezydentowi zbombardować wszystkie oceany”), wymyślnego światotwórstwa czy ciekawych relacji, to „Avengers” Jamesa Aarona może się wam spodobać. Oczywiście warto raczej przeczytać wpierw jego „Thora”, ale można skończyć jak ja – z potrzebą odwyku od jego lżejszego stylu, który pojawia się w obu seriach.
Komiks czytany dzięki życzliwości Biblioteki na Koszykowej (Biblioteki Głównej Województwa Mazowieckiego).
Pod koniec swojego poszatkowanego runu Thora Jason Aaron zaczął kolejny – Avengers. Obie serie prowadziły razem do Wojny Światów. Jednak Aaron nie byłby sobą, gdyby dodatkowo nie bawiłby się lore świata Marvela i tutaj również musiał dorzucić swoje trzy grosze.
W jego ramach skakał bardzo w wątkach i settingach: od prehistorycznych Avengers, przez wampiry („Walczymy z wampirami zabijającymi wampiry u boku wampira zabijającego wampiry”), po Celestiale. Trochę mnie to szczerze zmęczyło. Pierwotnie chciałem doczytać do Wojny Światów i może dalej, ale zostałem przy pierwotnym planie (do zeszytu 21, tj. 4 tomu zbiorczego). Po prostu czytam też dużo lepszego „Absolute Supermana” (na pewno jest poważniejszy) i nie chce przejeść się granulatem Jamesa Aarona.
Trzeba przyznać, że Aaron potrafi pisać drużynówkę. Mamy budowanie relacji, ale przede wszystkim – pozwala wybrzmieć postaciom. W końcu Ghost Rider, którego mocą jest ognisty samochód i efekty specjalne, nie może się równać z Iron Manem, Kapitanem Ameryką, czy Thorem. Prawda? Cóż, takie wrażenie stara się stworzyć James Aaron, ale kto choćby oglądał Agentów Tarczy, ten wie swoje.
Mimo tego Ghost Rider dostaje na początku jeden z najbardziej ekscytujących momentów. Krótko mówiąc – bez niego nie uratowaliby świata. Równie ważna jest She-Hulk randkująca z Thorem, albo frenemies Starka i Danvers. Ale jedną z najlepszych scen pokazujących relacje wszystkich jest finałowa scena Wojny Światów – główne trio Avengers odpoczywa sobie w saunie i rozmawiają. A gdy kończą, dołącza do nich cała drużyna.
Ciekawe jest też ułożenie w tych Avengers w świecie Marvela. S.H.I.E.L.D. larpuje zakon jezuitów i została kolejny raz rozwiązana. Ich miejsce zastępują Agenci Wakandy, a na ich czele Czarna Pantera. To on w chwili potrzeby zostaje liderem nowych Avengers, a poza tym prowadzi konsultacje lekarskie z Doktorem Strangem.
Ta dziwaczna drużyna okazuje się dziwnie przypominać Prehistorycznych Avengers, których losy również poznajemy. Najmniej odpowiadającą postacią w obu drużynach jest Kapitana Ameryki zamiast Żelaznej Pięści. Jednak wątek tych dawnych Avengers jest rozłożony chyba na cały run i trudno coś więcej powiedzieć, niż że jest ciekawy.
Warto zapewne napisać coś o warstwie graficznej. Tutaj najłatwiej porównywać do rysowników towarzyszących Aaronowi przy Thorze. No i oczywiście, choć pięknie rysowanej Thor nic nie przebije, to Ed McGuiness chyba nie jest najbardziej typowym rysownikiem w Marvelu. By to zaprezentować, najlepiej przedstawić okładkę i pierwszą stronę, które co zaskakujące bardzo dobrze reprezentują styl graficzny w środku.
Avengers
Prehistoryczni Avengers
Poza podziwianiem stylu graficznego można od razu porównać sobie też obie drużyny. Najśmieszniejsze, że chyba w tych Avengersach pojawiają się jeszcze z dwie drużyny – Rosyjska i Amerykańska patriotyczna będąca podróbą JLA (w końcu nowi Avengers to obca siła z Afryki, tj. Wakandy). Ta mnogość postaci potrafi dodatkowo męczyć, kiedy nie do końca jeszcze wiadomo, po co ich tyle.
Jeśli zatem oczekujecie odrobiny humoru („Jeśli to inwazja Atlantydy, pozwolimy prezydentowi zbombardować wszystkie oceany”), wymyślnego światotwórstwa czy ciekawych relacji, to „Avengers” Jamesa Aarona może się wam spodobać. Oczywiście warto raczej przeczytać wpierw jego „Thora”, ale można skończyć jak ja – z potrzebą odwyku od jego lżejszego stylu, który pojawia się w obu seriach.
Komiks czytany dzięki życzliwości Biblioteki na Koszykowej (Biblioteki Głównej Województwa Mazowieckiego).
December 26, 2021
This book is a lot of issues with a lot of contributors so I’m just calling this a lot of a lot and rounding my rating up into 3 stars.
Love the Ghost Rider stuff it’s convinced me to go back and read more or this iteration even though I’ve never been into the car.
Some of this feels contrived and out of character but I don’t have all the context from this time but don’t really want all the context because I’m over investing time and money into understanding stories I didn’t like that much in the first place.
I feel Marvel Legacy #1 should have been included as it’s referenced so many things and it’s not like it’s neatly slotting in another book.
The Cap and Ghost ridder dynamic felt unearned and Hulk and Thor’s make out in annoying and I don’t like the 1st kiss is a lifesaving kiss trope for a lot of reasons.
Had to take breaks from this book as it’s a lot of a lot and is almost definitely leading up to a lot of a lot that I’ll probably never have time to get round to. This is why I prefer following characters over teams or events.
One of the 1st Avengers book I’ve read “an actual avengers book and not a book that happens to have avengers in it” and it’s not sparking a burning desire to read more.
Making avengers some sort of cyclical destiny deal is just annoying and I’m going to just pretend this primordial goo business didn’t happen unless I have to.
Marvel can’t decide if earths position on the intergalactic totem poll so I’m just taking it on a story by story bases. There’s enough alien races also heavily populated by humanoids that have super citizens that the earth being exceptional kind or rings hollow, it’s just the planet we hear about most.
I’m probably going to go back to sticking to less established characters with less baggage for now and stick to figuring out most of the spider based lore before branching back out to maybe Wakanda, Asgard and Atlantis then eventually maybe Avengers.
Also I find the one panel where T’Challa’s face is to small in #11 hilarious
Apologies for any typos I’m dyslexic and on mobile.
TL;DR I Liked volume 2 more than volume 1 but this book has put me off avengers for a while.
Love the Ghost Rider stuff it’s convinced me to go back and read more or this iteration even though I’ve never been into the car.
Some of this feels contrived and out of character but I don’t have all the context from this time but don’t really want all the context because I’m over investing time and money into understanding stories I didn’t like that much in the first place.
I feel Marvel Legacy #1 should have been included as it’s referenced so many things and it’s not like it’s neatly slotting in another book.
The Cap and Ghost ridder dynamic felt unearned and Hulk and Thor’s make out in annoying and I don’t like the 1st kiss is a lifesaving kiss trope for a lot of reasons.
Had to take breaks from this book as it’s a lot of a lot and is almost definitely leading up to a lot of a lot that I’ll probably never have time to get round to. This is why I prefer following characters over teams or events.
One of the 1st Avengers book I’ve read “an actual avengers book and not a book that happens to have avengers in it” and it’s not sparking a burning desire to read more.
Making avengers some sort of cyclical destiny deal is just annoying and I’m going to just pretend this primordial goo business didn’t happen unless I have to.
Marvel can’t decide if earths position on the intergalactic totem poll so I’m just taking it on a story by story bases. There’s enough alien races also heavily populated by humanoids that have super citizens that the earth being exceptional kind or rings hollow, it’s just the planet we hear about most.
I’m probably going to go back to sticking to less established characters with less baggage for now and stick to figuring out most of the spider based lore before branching back out to maybe Wakanda, Asgard and Atlantis then eventually maybe Avengers.
Also I find the one panel where T’Challa’s face is to small in #11 hilarious
Apologies for any typos I’m dyslexic and on mobile.
TL;DR I Liked volume 2 more than volume 1 but this book has put me off avengers for a while.
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August 18, 2021
These read well gathered together, especially in a slightly oversized edition like this one. I had read two or three individual issues or chapters, but, like a lot of superhero comics, they were written for the collection, not "done in one" issue, a phrase I first read in the review's of the late Don Thompson in Comics Buyers Guide. I like T'Challa being in charge, and Aaron's characterizations, of all but the current incoherent She-Hulk. However, flirtation between She-Hulk and Thor works really well. So, too, does the new Ghost Rider and his... car. The stone-age Avengers including a Ghost Rider on a mastodon are problematic but Aaron has some vision for this, the Celestial host, and the War of the Realms crossovers... so, time, as they say, will tell. Loki and Odin appear here, to good effect, as you might expect from Aaron's great work in Thor's title.
Recommended.
Recommended.
August 13, 2025
I've enjoyed Jason Aaron's writing in Scalped, Southern Bastards, and Thor but most of his Marvel superhero stuff has been average at best.
This versículo n of the Avengers has the original core members of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor with the addition of Black Panther, She-Hulk, and Captain Marvel. The newest members are Doctor Strange and Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider.
The first story arc deals with Loki and the Celestials and the 2nd story arc we have Namor.
The stories overall have been average fare in my opinion with a couple of instances that were a bit of a surprise.
The art work from all of the comic book artists are top notch especially Ed McGuiness who has a way of drawing very heroic characters.
This versículo n of the Avengers has the original core members of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor with the addition of Black Panther, She-Hulk, and Captain Marvel. The newest members are Doctor Strange and Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider.
The first story arc deals with Loki and the Celestials and the 2nd story arc we have Namor.
The stories overall have been average fare in my opinion with a couple of instances that were a bit of a surprise.
The art work from all of the comic book artists are top notch especially Ed McGuiness who has a way of drawing very heroic characters.
August 28, 2023
Jason Aaron does a heckuva job rebooting the Avengers, starting with the big three (Cap, Thor, and Tony) meeting to talk about starting over with some new recruits. Soon, Earth is under attack from giant Celestials and Loki may be the one behind it. Meanwhile Odin recalls his adventures millennia ago with a similar band of heroes as they fought a dying Celestial on Earth before life existed on the planet. Aaron is one of my favorite comic writers and this story does not disappoint! This omnibus edition collects the first two graphic novels in this series.
June 7, 2022
Prvá polovica bola ako splnený chlapčenský sen. Obrovské bytosti, obrovské bitky a mlátenie od začiatku do konca. Druhá polovica bola už pokojnejšia a dala by sa skôr prirovnať k stavbe šachovnice. Všetci chápu, že rozloženie je nutné, avšak je trošku nuda sa na to pozerať. Vzniklo množstvo tímov a konfliktov, tak uvidíme, čo sa z nich Aaronovi podarí vyťažiť. Vznik Agents of Wakanda ma ale neuveriteľne potešil. Celkovo ako Black Panther vedie Avengers je skvelé.
February 2, 2024
A promising start to a run in spirit of Aarons Thor (even if not that focused and intriguing yet like the start back then with "Godbomb"). Establishes classic avengers in their key roles, let them bounce of each other and starts building a world of avenger-level threats that hopefully get resolved in an entertaining menace in the coming book.
Functioning lift off with a few shakes, now lets see for the journey itself!
Functioning lift off with a few shakes, now lets see for the journey itself!
January 9, 2022
My first Marvel comic read. The last few years I have been reading DC comics. Mostly, if not all, Batman. I just finished Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline movies via Disney+. I was intrigued to check out Marvel comics. I enjoyed it. And, I’ll continue.
March 18, 2021
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June 19, 2021
A pretty solid start that weaves itself into a sprawling world of rebuilding and plots threads that I have a feeling will show itself way down the line.
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