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Marvel-Verse: America Chavez
In all the Marvel-Verse, there's no one quite like America Chavez - and she should know, as she can smash her way between realities! Now, join the dimension-hopping sensation in some of her wildest adventures! Sparks fly as America meets the teenage Loki and their soon-to-be allies in the Young Avengers! Then, the inspirational powerhouse goes to college! Her first assignment? A field trip…to the front lines of World War II…with Captain America as her wingman! And when she finally finds the family she's been searching for, a new life awaits - but Exterminatrix and the Midas Corporation have set their sights on America. Her newly discovered home teeters on the brink of implosion. And the biggest danger may be America Chavez herself! Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS (2013) #3, AMERICA #1-2 and #11-12 and material from MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE.
128 pages, Paperback
First published March 22, 2022
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Kieron Gillen
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June 23, 2022
I'm not really sure why this exists. (Yes, I know it exists because America was just in the Dr. Strange movie.) America Chavez has only been in a few comics. This collects selections from Young Avengers and her solo title, America. Just go read those and get the full stories instead of this truncated nonsense.
March 25, 2022
I don't get why this has such negative reviews. I read this to familiarize myself with the character before the new Doctor Strange movie. This book did just that.
May 9, 2022
I love Marvel, I love America, I love this comic, I love
June 12, 2026
'Marvel-Verse: America Chavez'
Yes, the comics chosen for this supposed character-introductory collection are messy and haphazard, and dying for context clues, but you know what? They're still entertaining, fun, thrilling, and colourful, and surprisingly heavy and complex. They're mini, compact action-packed superhero stories, and at times they're cosmically beautiful. Each issue contains bold, gorgeous artwork.
And oh yeah, they're about America Chavez, the queer, POC superheroine from the stars and beyond, who is one of the most powerful people in the Marvel Universe.
'Marvel-Verse: America Chavez' packs a punch, quite literally!
America Chavez is very much a punchy heroine - her punches are so powerful they can create portals to alternate universes! - and she is the aggressive, temperamental, brawn-over-anything-else, even reckless and irresponsible sort. But I find I've fallen in love with her character anyway, for how brazen, robust, snarky, and 100% herself she is, with an often-no-effs-given attitude and disposition.
She is a young queer woman of colour who is bold, daring and defiant - she lets nothing and no one get in her way, or tell her what to do and how to live her life; whilst respecting her family, friends, and places/planes/planets of origin. Now that is admirable and revolutionary.
She's out of this world - out of this universe. A transcendent, transdimensional, time-and-space travelling woman, a drifter, who can be grounded when she needs to be. She belongs nowhere in the multiverse, nor to any fixed superhero team. Nothing can keep her for long.
For all her flaws, America still manages to be interesting, endearing, and human (despite coming from another universe and planet(s) - a singular dimension, the Utopian Parallel, plus the Planeta Fuertona, where she is a Starling (whatever that is) - the tragic Utopian Parallel was her original home, where she was raised by her tragic, sacrificing two mums).
(Everything in the above is what is severely lacking in the comics collected for 'Marvel-Verse: Moon Girl', which I hated.)
America is a lost rebel and vagrant who is unapologetically herself, never doing things by halves. She is big. She is a literal star. Throughout her travels across the multiverse, she is trying to find her true home, where she belongs, and to find herself, destroying all limits and boundaries in order to reach her potential, which is in fact as endless as the cosmos.
America Chavez - again a queer woman of colour, and an immigrant and alien in every sense, who is not to be messed with - is a powerful being to be admired, not someone to be made into an object of fear, distrust and suspicion (by the white supremacist patriarchy, for example).
Before, I had only heard of this superheroine in bits and pieces all across the Marvel medium (other dimensions, hey!). I have seen all of her movie appearances (both animated and live action), but not so much in the comics. Now I have, and I am glad I finally gave her a chance there. This bold, brash, brass, mighty, "woke"-as-f*ck fighter deserves further mainstream recognition.
'Marvel-Verse: America Chavez' contains comics that are cosmic, creative, colourful and complex, if a little confusing (how much of the alliteration can I keep up?!). They are also diverse and inclusive as hell. So powerfully inspirational. America is surrounded by friends who are as cool, multidimensional, and diverse in rep as she is.
Also included are Loki (*sigh* of course, not like he's overused or anything), Scarlet Witch's kid Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, his boyfriend Hulkling, aka Teddy Altman, Monica Rambeau (called Spectrum here), Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, aka Adam Bernard Brashear, Storm, Captain America/Steve Rogers (the latter four are very brief cameos), Hawkeye/Kate Bishop, Prodigy, aka David Alleyne, Peggy Carter, Moon Girl, aka Lunella Lafayette (who is as much an arrogant, self-important, self-obsessed, obnoxious, rude, disrespectful, unpleasant brat as she is in 'Marvel-Verse: Moon Girl', sadly, and yet we're still expected to adore her, with how much the other characters shill her!), Devil Dinosaur, and Lisa Halloran (America's ex, and a paramedic and doctor, who I have also seen as a friend of Jane Foster in other Marvel comics).
Not sold yet?
America punches Hitler in this.
Hopefully I don't need to sell you on anything else.
I've recently been collecting the 'Marvel-Verse' comics that showcase Marvel's superheroines, and so far 'Captain Marvel', 'Ms. Marvel', 'She-Hulk', 'Jane Foster, The Mighty Thor', and now 'America Chavez' are my favourites.
America Chavez - what an awesome, awestriking star!
Final Score: 3.5/5
Yes, the comics chosen for this supposed character-introductory collection are messy and haphazard, and dying for context clues, but you know what? They're still entertaining, fun, thrilling, and colourful, and surprisingly heavy and complex. They're mini, compact action-packed superhero stories, and at times they're cosmically beautiful. Each issue contains bold, gorgeous artwork.
And oh yeah, they're about America Chavez, the queer, POC superheroine from the stars and beyond, who is one of the most powerful people in the Marvel Universe.
'Marvel-Verse: America Chavez' packs a punch, quite literally!
America Chavez is very much a punchy heroine - her punches are so powerful they can create portals to alternate universes! - and she is the aggressive, temperamental, brawn-over-anything-else, even reckless and irresponsible sort. But I find I've fallen in love with her character anyway, for how brazen, robust, snarky, and 100% herself she is, with an often-no-effs-given attitude and disposition.
She is a young queer woman of colour who is bold, daring and defiant - she lets nothing and no one get in her way, or tell her what to do and how to live her life; whilst respecting her family, friends, and places/planes/planets of origin. Now that is admirable and revolutionary.
She's out of this world - out of this universe. A transcendent, transdimensional, time-and-space travelling woman, a drifter, who can be grounded when she needs to be. She belongs nowhere in the multiverse, nor to any fixed superhero team. Nothing can keep her for long.
For all her flaws, America still manages to be interesting, endearing, and human (despite coming from another universe and planet(s) - a singular dimension, the Utopian Parallel, plus the Planeta Fuertona, where she is a Starling (whatever that is) - the tragic Utopian Parallel was her original home, where she was raised by her tragic, sacrificing two mums).
(Everything in the above is what is severely lacking in the comics collected for 'Marvel-Verse: Moon Girl', which I hated.)
America is a lost rebel and vagrant who is unapologetically herself, never doing things by halves. She is big. She is a literal star. Throughout her travels across the multiverse, she is trying to find her true home, where she belongs, and to find herself, destroying all limits and boundaries in order to reach her potential, which is in fact as endless as the cosmos.
America Chavez - again a queer woman of colour, and an immigrant and alien in every sense, who is not to be messed with - is a powerful being to be admired, not someone to be made into an object of fear, distrust and suspicion (by the white supremacist patriarchy, for example).
Before, I had only heard of this superheroine in bits and pieces all across the Marvel medium (other dimensions, hey!). I have seen all of her movie appearances (both animated and live action), but not so much in the comics. Now I have, and I am glad I finally gave her a chance there. This bold, brash, brass, mighty, "woke"-as-f*ck fighter deserves further mainstream recognition.
'Marvel-Verse: America Chavez' contains comics that are cosmic, creative, colourful and complex, if a little confusing (how much of the alliteration can I keep up?!). They are also diverse and inclusive as hell. So powerfully inspirational. America is surrounded by friends who are as cool, multidimensional, and diverse in rep as she is.
Also included are Loki (*sigh* of course, not like he's overused or anything), Scarlet Witch's kid Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, his boyfriend Hulkling, aka Teddy Altman, Monica Rambeau (called Spectrum here), Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, aka Adam Bernard Brashear, Storm, Captain America/Steve Rogers (the latter four are very brief cameos), Hawkeye/Kate Bishop, Prodigy, aka David Alleyne, Peggy Carter, Moon Girl, aka Lunella Lafayette (who is as much an arrogant, self-important, self-obsessed, obnoxious, rude, disrespectful, unpleasant brat as she is in 'Marvel-Verse: Moon Girl', sadly, and yet we're still expected to adore her, with how much the other characters shill her!), Devil Dinosaur, and Lisa Halloran (America's ex, and a paramedic and doctor, who I have also seen as a friend of Jane Foster in other Marvel comics).
Not sold yet?
America punches Hitler in this.
Hopefully I don't need to sell you on anything else.
I've recently been collecting the 'Marvel-Verse' comics that showcase Marvel's superheroines, and so far 'Captain Marvel', 'Ms. Marvel', 'She-Hulk', 'Jane Foster, The Mighty Thor', and now 'America Chavez' are my favourites.
America Chavez - what an awesome, awestriking star!
Final Score: 3.5/5
December 4, 2023
This is a 3-star DNF review.
I don't recall why I picked up this book. Someone was mentioning America Chavez as an underutilized character. I thought I'd give it a shot.
I enjoyed the artwork. It was pretty standard Marvel art. I enjoy standard Marvel art.
The story was OK. Not great, but enough that I'd usually keep moving on.
America has two moms. Ok.
Then there are two male characters that seem into each other. Ok.
Then America goes into a house flying a rainbow flag - to have a make-out session with her girlfriend.
A couple of those elements and I'd have continued on. Everyone has to make room for everyone else. But the book was turning into an identitarian screed bent on excluding non-gay characters while hiding behind the tatters of a superhero story.
Moving onto something better as quickly as possible. Dorothy Parker can have her fun.
I don't recall why I picked up this book. Someone was mentioning America Chavez as an underutilized character. I thought I'd give it a shot.
I enjoyed the artwork. It was pretty standard Marvel art. I enjoy standard Marvel art.
The story was OK. Not great, but enough that I'd usually keep moving on.
America has two moms. Ok.
Then there are two male characters that seem into each other. Ok.
Then America goes into a house flying a rainbow flag - to have a make-out session with her girlfriend.
A couple of those elements and I'd have continued on. Everyone has to make room for everyone else. But the book was turning into an identitarian screed bent on excluding non-gay characters while hiding behind the tatters of a superhero story.
Moving onto something better as quickly as possible. Dorothy Parker can have her fun.
May 25, 2022
I was hoping for a good introductory collection to show to people who only know the character from the new Doctor Strange movie. To some extent, it is that, but it's also a frustrating set of stories. Two of the ones included have cliffhanger endings not resolved in this volume, and for anyone who likes to read a complete-ish story, that's awkward.
On the other hand, the story does have some very good introductory material, and I love the fact that Lunella and her dinosaur are included. I just wish the selection of stories had been a bit more careful.
On the other hand, the story does have some very good introductory material, and I love the fact that Lunella and her dinosaur are included. I just wish the selection of stories had been a bit more careful.
January 16, 2023
1.5 stars
The start of the book was really good for a new reader trying to get accustomed to this character, with a quick backstory, then an encounter with kid Loki and followed by a pretty interesting Young Avengers issue. However, the solo title was simply bad, especially the first two issues = the way the characters speak and behave is way too cringy for me to follow or care. Instead of getting four issues of this crap, perhaps something from Ultimates should have been included in this book. we are told several times throughout how America was the leader of these Ultimates, yet nothing was included to showcase that.
The start of the book was really good for a new reader trying to get accustomed to this character, with a quick backstory, then an encounter with kid Loki and followed by a pretty interesting Young Avengers issue. However, the solo title was simply bad, especially the first two issues = the way the characters speak and behave is way too cringy for me to follow or care. Instead of getting four issues of this crap, perhaps something from Ultimates should have been included in this book. we are told several times throughout how America was the leader of these Ultimates, yet nothing was included to showcase that.
May 8, 2022
This one is a bit of a mess. Unfortunately there haven't been enough decent to good issues featuring this character. In time America Chavez could be a great character with a wide array of stories to keep readers entertained. It has not reached that point yet. The first story was good the last four issues were confusing and a bit dull.
September 18, 2022
Love the concept of a broad overview of some of America's stories. If you are not familiar with the early ensemble appearances it's a great introduction, although perhaps overwhelming not knowing all of the characters. It definitely made me want to go out and find the issues I'm missing that tell America's story!
June 3, 2022
There was a struggle with 'character continuity' over this volume (which isn't the author's fault since it's a collection of various comics) but it made it a struggle to read America as the same character throughout the volume
May 14, 2022
Super messy collected edition, that doesn‘t give the reader a good insight into who America is as a character. Plus the art in most of the issues is pretty meh.
December 6, 2023
i liked it, very imaginative and fun
October 8, 2024
This collection seems really disjointed. Normally when I buy these it’s a nice story arc but idk this seemed super random.
November 9, 2024
Treating her like the “woke” character is my least favorite comic book trend. She isn’t defined by her marginalized status y’all 😭😭
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