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Avengers (2018) (Single Issues)
FCBD 2021: Avengers/Hulk #1
In a land beyond time, a shining tower stands, deploying its operatives across the Multiverse to hold against the encroaching darkness! Who is the mysterious Avenger Prime, and how will his advent impact on the past, the present, and the very future of the mighty Avengers? Plus, Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley present a story that leads into their upcoming run on HULK.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 18, 2021
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,677 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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August 23, 2021
More previews for upcoming books, and that Cates/Ottley take on Hulk post-Immortal sounds intriguing.
August 22, 2021
3.5 stars. The Avengers story was cool. Seems like it could be interesting. The Hulk story got me excited tho. Definitely down to see the Hulk take that journey.
August 19, 2021
Every time I read a Marvel comic now it’s confusing. They’re constantly changing everything just to increase the wow factor or make things new and interesting. How about writing better quality stories instead? The whole direction of the Marvel universe has been disjointed and without a clear vision for several years. Just another intro to mediocrity here.
January 2, 2023
Paradise lost
Two great stories. The Avenger Prime has sensed something he dispatches him "men" to investigate. A great lead into Avengers 50.
I really like the new direction if the Hulk shows here. I also like that the showed punching and a bit of blood as well. It did its job it hot me interested in to series.
Two great stories. The Avenger Prime has sensed something he dispatches him "men" to investigate. A great lead into Avengers 50.
I really like the new direction if the Hulk shows here. I also like that the showed punching and a bit of blood as well. It did its job it hot me interested in to series.
September 5, 2021
The point of these Free Comic Book Day comics is to entice you to check out the regular books, and as such, this one is a resounding success. That said, I’m already reading Avengers and probably won’t start picking up Hulk, but still…
This is really just two short teasers for each of the books. The Avengers introduces us to the Multiversal Masters of Evil, which is rather exciting. Apparently #50 of The Avengers sees everything that Jason Aaron has been working towards in Avengers finally come to fruition, and I’m very glad that he’s actually getting to do that.
Meanwhile, the Hulk story is basically a bit of silliness where Hulk fights MODOK and then decides he’s had enough and wants to go off into space.
All in all this is good stuff, and should whet your appetite for what’s to come.
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This is really just two short teasers for each of the books. The Avengers introduces us to the Multiversal Masters of Evil, which is rather exciting. Apparently #50 of The Avengers sees everything that Jason Aaron has been working towards in Avengers finally come to fruition, and I’m very glad that he’s actually getting to do that.
Meanwhile, the Hulk story is basically a bit of silliness where Hulk fights MODOK and then decides he’s had enough and wants to go off into space.
All in all this is good stuff, and should whet your appetite for what’s to come.
Get early access to all my reviews and read them a week before everyone else over on my Patreon!
June 7, 2022
Another automatic FCBD gimmie each year is the Avengers. This year’s story is a multi-verse tale (not typically a fav plot for me) and has cybernetic Deathloks who seem to have some hero characteristics. They are waiting in a space station for a signal and then all leave at once to head to different Earth dimensions where they encounter different types of situations. The second half is a Hulk story who is battling the very weird big-headed M.O.D.O.K. The Hulk seems to be tired of the same old shit and decides to strike out his own into space, obviously setting him up for brand new adventures. I was happy to see an ad for the Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord podcast that I recently listened to and liked in-between the two stories.
October 28, 2021
Every time I come across Hulk in Marvel comic books I feel like he needs and deserves a lot more love and credit than he usually does. There are different layers to discover and things to walk through and I think each time I seem to adore him even more. This was quite short(as they all are), but in the end, I was satisfied with what I got.
March 29, 2023
Sneaky Marvel...
First, free comic-Great, I don't have to pay...until Marvel start a storyline that sucks me in and stops with a "story continues in..." !! So I do have to pay sneaky story tellers! Nevertheless for a free comic it's great art and stories but be prepared to want to buy future comics! Which is where I'm going right now!
First, free comic-Great, I don't have to pay...until Marvel start a storyline that sucks me in and stops with a "story continues in..." !! So I do have to pay sneaky story tellers! Nevertheless for a free comic it's great art and stories but be prepared to want to buy future comics! Which is where I'm going right now!
April 26, 2023
This is sorta divided into half Avengers/half Hulk.
We’re shown a black hole, the God Quarry, the Infinity End, and the Avengers Tower. The Avengers are dead? Mostly? But Avenger Prime says there’s a threat.
The deathloks are acting as marshals for space and time. A deathlok encounters a hostile Wolverine.
Avengers portion is weak and poorly explained.
The Hulk story is much stronger.
He’s a cool dude and a straight shooter; he finally gets to do what he wants.
We’re shown a black hole, the God Quarry, the Infinity End, and the Avengers Tower. The Avengers are dead? Mostly? But Avenger Prime says there’s a threat.
The deathloks are acting as marshals for space and time. A deathlok encounters a hostile Wolverine.
Avengers portion is weak and poorly explained.
The Hulk story is much stronger.
He’s a cool dude and a straight shooter; he finally gets to do what he wants.
August 18, 2021
Looks epic.
Marvel comics freebie for fcbd. Suitable for teens and adults. Good color artwork. First story is about the Avengers and their new time and space war. The second story is about the hulk going into space again. Good stuff.
Marvel comics freebie for fcbd. Suitable for teens and adults. Good color artwork. First story is about the Avengers and their new time and space war. The second story is about the hulk going into space again. Good stuff.
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April 17, 2023This is great
Even this little snippet. This is enough for me to want to read on. The Hulk, finally giving up on earth from the human hatred of him instead of just letting him live in peace.
Even this little snippet. This is enough for me to want to read on. The Hulk, finally giving up on earth from the human hatred of him instead of just letting him live in peace.
August 23, 2021
Interesting stories. I wanted to know more about the atlantis avengers, they looked pretty cool.
September 21, 2021
A nice start on both stories
A free comic book worthy of perusing It caught my interests and have me a taste for some more of the story
A free comic book worthy of perusing It caught my interests and have me a taste for some more of the story
October 9, 2021
Great comic
It was very interesting and I love the art work and also it was free so that's a plus. I would recommend it to anyone who loves comics and marvel stories
It was very interesting and I love the art work and also it was free so that's a plus. I would recommend it to anyone who loves comics and marvel stories
November 28, 2021
I got this only because of Hulk, whose story was the best part of the book.
July 6, 2022
3.5 stars I didn't really have interest in the avengers story but really liked the hulk story
December 5, 2022
but honestly, you can’t believe you have any chance of hurting me, right?
i’m the hulk.
i’m the hulk.
November 16, 2025
2.5 Stars
February 7, 2025
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I gotta admit that this was far from being a good Marvel comic book, of course I haven’t read a lot of them yet but those I’ve read so far were so much better than this one.
We get two plot lines in this comic book, one is following the Avengers franchise continuation and the second it follows no other than Hulk.
This comic book had the potential to be very good because I found both stories to be fun and interesting. But I had a lot of problems with the pacing and coherence with both of those two storylines in this comic book.
There are times where both plots in this comic book feel disjointed in a way and they also feel like they somehow lack a clear direction of where they want to go with the plots presented in this comic book.
At the same time both plots feel very rushed in a way, and because of this some of the important and fun moments in the both plots are being glossed over rather than giving the readers a more in-depth experience if you will.
Because of those problems I mentioned about, both plots in this comic book makes it difficult for me at least to fully engage with the plot or get invested in the conflicts presented and invested in the characters we get in both plots.
I liked the artwork in both plots, but at times the artwork doesn’t quite elevate the both story in this comic book in a way. Which left me personally kind of disappointed. The artwork feels very dynamic with the plot and characters together, but there are times when the artwork feels very chaotic and cluttered especially if it comes to the hulk part of this comic book.
We all know at this point in 2025, that both Avengers and Hulk are pretty big and well established heroes. But this comic book makes them come off as superficial and as if they are lacking the depth and nuance that fans expect.
http://thebookcornerchronicles.com/20...
I gotta admit that this was far from being a good Marvel comic book, of course I haven’t read a lot of them yet but those I’ve read so far were so much better than this one.
We get two plot lines in this comic book, one is following the Avengers franchise continuation and the second it follows no other than Hulk.
This comic book had the potential to be very good because I found both stories to be fun and interesting. But I had a lot of problems with the pacing and coherence with both of those two storylines in this comic book.
There are times where both plots in this comic book feel disjointed in a way and they also feel like they somehow lack a clear direction of where they want to go with the plots presented in this comic book.
At the same time both plots feel very rushed in a way, and because of this some of the important and fun moments in the both plots are being glossed over rather than giving the readers a more in-depth experience if you will.
Because of those problems I mentioned about, both plots in this comic book makes it difficult for me at least to fully engage with the plot or get invested in the conflicts presented and invested in the characters we get in both plots.
I liked the artwork in both plots, but at times the artwork doesn’t quite elevate the both story in this comic book in a way. Which left me personally kind of disappointed. The artwork feels very dynamic with the plot and characters together, but there are times when the artwork feels very chaotic and cluttered especially if it comes to the hulk part of this comic book.
We all know at this point in 2025, that both Avengers and Hulk are pretty big and well established heroes. But this comic book makes them come off as superficial and as if they are lacking the depth and nuance that fans expect.
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