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Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 2 - The Old Order Changeth
The stories that built the Marvel Universe, from the brilliant minds of legendary creators - now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! Brought together to fight the Marvel Universe's biggest menaces, Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp were heavy hitters. But Marvel heroes don't just fight crime - they live, dream, argue and even fall out! In an innovative twist that would come to define the Avengers, Stan Lee chose to have the team's original members depart, leaving Captain America to carry on with new Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch - all former foes, now conflicted and newly minted heroes who completed a dynamic, unpredictable and exciting new quartet! Featuring the menaces of Kang the Conqueror, Count Nefaria, Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil, the Swordsman and more! Avengers reassemble! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #11-20.
216 pages, Paperback
Published May 3, 2022
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Stan Lee
7,563 books2,348 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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May 19, 2022
This new reprinting features Avengers issues #11-20, a real mixed bag of stories. Jack Kirby had, for the most part, left this title with issue #8, and save for the covers (all uniformly great), he did layouts for only a couple of issues. Don Heck stepped in to take over the title, but he’s teamed here with some unsuitable inkers (for him, at least), including Dick Ayers and Chic Stone, both of whom did great work on Kirby. Wally Wood inks one issue, #20, the final issue in this collection, and once again Stan goes out of his way to praise the artist, with a “Special Note to Art Lovers” cover blurb. This was around the time Wood was pencilling Daredevil. As for Stan Lee’s stories and plots … well, let’s just say Count Nefaria isn’t going to go down in the Marvel Hall of Villainy as one of the greats. The big story in this run, though, is the changing of the Avengers line-up in issue #16, something that blew my 10-year-old mind when it happened back in 1965. Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, and Hawkeye—all bad guys up to that point—took over for Iron Man, Thor, and Giant-Man and the Wasp, all who had bigger fish to fry in their own titles. At the time, Lee lamented how difficult it was for someone like Thor to be undergoing “The Trial of the Gods,” and still be battling alongside The Avengers. It was an interesting experiment (all four characters would eventually return to the book, with Giant-Man undergoing yet another transformation into Goliath and eventually Yellowjacket), and something that certainly shook up the status quo of superhero books. Heck would draw the book for the next two years—his best work on the title is when he inks his own pencils—and eventually John Buscema would take over the book with Roy Thomas scripting, and The Avengers became an A+ Marvel again.
October 10, 2023
"ONLY ONE AS WEALTHY AND AS BRILLIANT AS ANTHONY STARK COULD HAVE CREATED ALL THIS! IT IS A PITY THAT HE HAS NO SUPER POWERS, FOR SOMEHOW I FEEL THAT HIS IS THE GUIDING GENIUS BEHIND THE AVENGERS!"
- Quicksilver, after visiting the training room in Avengers tower.
The first thirteen issues of The Avengers are a major slog. Stagnant crap. Suddenly, in issue fourteen, something changes. I'm not certain, but I think it was puberty. The corny-ass dialogue minimized, the pages went from 7-9 cells to 3-5, and the one-shot stories changed to multi-issue arcs. Essentially, it jumped straight from fifth to eighth grade without the voice cracking.
Iron Man, Ant-Man, and Yellowjacket go on a hiatus, while Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver are added to the roster.
Massive improvement. Three stars.
- Quicksilver, after visiting the training room in Avengers tower.
The first thirteen issues of The Avengers are a major slog. Stagnant crap. Suddenly, in issue fourteen, something changes. I'm not certain, but I think it was puberty. The corny-ass dialogue minimized, the pages went from 7-9 cells to 3-5, and the one-shot stories changed to multi-issue arcs. Essentially, it jumped straight from fifth to eighth grade without the voice cracking.
Iron Man, Ant-Man, and Yellowjacket go on a hiatus, while Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver are added to the roster.
Massive improvement. Three stars.
March 20, 2023
Finally the action gets going with the Avengers and they have fights with Zemo and the cast changes to Wanda, Pietro, Hawkeye and a disgruntled Cap.
No real muscle in the group, but they work together, snipping and doing the macho thing, but manage to fight some tough struggles.
Lee, of course, can't help but keep mentioning that this group is not as strong as the original group--even though Wasp was too interested in boys, make-up, and fashion to do much good at all. (Thank God over time, they let her do a lot more.)
The Swordsman was a great storyline, although he someone never mentions that Hawkeye was his protégé--Clint was called Hawkeye in the circus--not too hard to put two and two together.
Fun book.
No real muscle in the group, but they work together, snipping and doing the macho thing, but manage to fight some tough struggles.
Lee, of course, can't help but keep mentioning that this group is not as strong as the original group--even though Wasp was too interested in boys, make-up, and fashion to do much good at all. (Thank God over time, they let her do a lot more.)
The Swordsman was a great storyline, although he someone never mentions that Hawkeye was his protégé--Clint was called Hawkeye in the circus--not too hard to put two and two together.
Fun book.
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