Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection, Vol. 5

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection

by Jonathan Hickman, Adam Kubert (Cover Art), Stefano Caselli (Artist)

Collects Avengers (2012) #35-44 and New Avengers (2013) #24-33.

Jonathan Hickman's acclaimed run reaches its epic conclusion as time runs out for the Avengers - and the world! For Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Illuminati, it's all been building to this. One by one, the realities of the Multiverse have collided and been destroyed, leaving the Marvel Universe as one of the last dimensions standing. Now the saga jumps forward eight months to the day of the Final Incursion! After the revelation of the Illuminati's desperate, world-shattering actions, the Avengers are fragmented. While one group seeks out the Illuminati for a confrontation, another takes the fight to the vicious new Cabal! But what has become of Tony Stark and Doctor Strange? Will all the battles they've endured - and all the sacrifices they've made - prepare the Avengers for the inevitable end of everything.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

515 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2022

About the author

Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia

Reviews

[José · Rating 5 out of 5]

90/100.

De nuevo me he encontrado con el problema en el volumen anterior: está jugando con tantas ideas, con tantos personajes a la vez que en muchas ocasiones, al no tener conocimiento de quién es quién y qué ha pasado antes que justifique sus acciones, es algo más difícil seguir la trama.

Este volumen me parece más redondo que el anterior porque finaliza todas las historias, siendo el preludio a un macroevento que creo que leeré en papel a finales de año cuando lo saque Panini en sus Marvel Essentials.

La verdad es que ha sido una experiencia divertida que volveré a repetir, dosificándola mucho más, cuando me ponga mucho más al día en Marvel. Aun así, Hickman sabe lo que hace y, la verdad, es que me fascina cómo ha manipulado este universo.

Vengo desde sus publicaciones futuras, sobre aquello que comenzó con el nuevo Universo Ultimate, así que estoy muy contento de haberme retrotraído a esta etapa, que tantas ganas tuve de leer cuando comencé a leer cómics hace tantos años.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Hickman Avengers reading is done and my consensus: phenomenal. I don't even like reading Avengers comics, I'm more of a Fantastic Four/X-Men fan but this story was amazing. Everything fits into its place with the ending of his run, and it makes for a very satisfying conclusion where you can see everything that's been built up come to fruition. The fact it leads to my favorite event is just icing on the cake. All the players feel like they belong there, and Hickman definitely knows how to write the many characters. A badass run.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hickman’s one thousand competing ideas come to a head and he doesn’t quite stick the landing.

[AviChaim Snyder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this volume overall, and there were definitely some very fun aspects to it. That said, this book clearly feels like a “let’s get the ball rolling, no more setup, let’s get to the event” moment. The time jump from the previous volume to this one was a bit jarring. It felt like a lot was missing, and in truth, it was. So much happens off the page that if this is the only series you are reading, it can be confusing. The commitment required just to understand what occurred between volumes is pretty significant.
Putting that aside, this volume very much serves as a wrap up of certain storylines while positioning all the pieces for the upcoming Secret Wars event. There is a heavy amount of exposition and explanation focused on what is happening and why it is happening at this point. My favorite parts easily involved Doom and Molecule Man, as their storyline was consistently engaging. Hickman has an excellent voice for Doom, and those moments were always a highlight.
The tension between Captain America and Iron Man felt somewhat like a retread of earlier storylines, though that conflict does seem inevitable for these characters. The art was fine overall, with some sections standing out more than others, and its quality really depended on whether the focus was on the Avengers or the New Avengers portions of the volume.
I do recommend this book, but mainly as the conclusion of Hickman’s Avengers run and the starting point for the Secret Wars event. As a standalone volume, it would be very difficult to fully understand what is going on.
Grade: B-

[Alexpaps1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just an absolute blast, packed with epic ideas that really have some scope to them
Admittedly found myself lost a bit as it stretched out into the most abstract of cosmic dimensions, but basically loved everything about this
Some phenomenal artwork throughout, and that ending is so bleak

[Dylan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The epic conclusion of Hickman’s Avengers run as time runs out did not disappoint. It started a little slow than expected, with him fitting even MORE setup in, but it all wraps up so perfectly to lead right into Secret Wars. The fallout of the previous volume was excellent and the staggered release of information from the 8 month time jump made it so much more scrumptious. So full of great tension and twists.

I of course knew the ultimate universe would have involvement eventually, but turning the page and being greeted with Miles Morales suddenly was so lovely, as well as the Maker business that ensued.

Even with the multiverse collapsing, there’s still time for smaller conflicts and they’re handled so well — from Avengers infighting, to the attempted destruction of earth, and wrapping it all up so well with two men, one life and one death. Big fan of the much smaller use of the “Everything dies” motif, makes it being the ending dialogue hit even harder.

I’m so excited to finally read Secret Wars next this weekend. The way this run wraps up is so unbelievably tense that I can’t wait to see how universes may try band together for the final incursion, and how ideas like for the lack of a better term that Noah’s Ark thing may be used. And of course DOOM. Such a big fan of the expanded usage of Doctor Doom here, he’s so fucking awesome, and Hickman is so awesome at writing him. I can’t wait to meet the God Emperor.

[Omar Gómez · Rating 2 out of 5]

. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: the Complete Collection Vol. 1, calificación 3.5/5 estrellas.

. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: the Complete Collection Vol. 2, calificación 2.5/5 estrellas.

. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: the Complete Collection Vol. 3, calificación 2.5/5 estrellas.

. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: the Complete Collection Vol. 4, calificación 3.5/5 estrellas.

. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: the Complete Collection Vol. 5, calificación 2.5/5 estrellas.  

  Sólo es bueno The New Avengers
la historia de los Iluminatis hasta que se arruina poco a poco.

  Todos los tomos se fueron convirtiendo en propaganda militar intervencionista de Estados Unidos salvando no sólo el planeta Tierra sino el Universo de amenazas de invasiones alienigenas.

  Fue desagradable algunas relaciones con tintes inmaduros y de fanatismo de Hickman por algunos personajes como Sunspot-Cannoball, la relación de amor Thor-Hyperion, amor odio de entre Black Panther-Namor, así como Captain America-Iron Man, por ultimo Reed Richards-Doctor Doom que continuó en Secret Wars.

  Y la mayoría de los personajes heroes o villanos en la versiónes de Hickman no me engancharon y me fueron irrelevantes, solo recuerdo las versiones de parodia de la Justice League que fueron muy ingenuos y como dio Hickman inmenso poder por su fanatismo a Doctor Strange.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

🌟 4.5/5

I loved that this collection included stories from across the Marvel Universe. Appearances from the X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and even individual heroes I don’t hear much about such as Captain Britain. Overall, a very good book, I was just hoping for a major climactic moment (which I guess did happen with a certain intergalactic battle). I was more so hoping to see the incursion tale place, but that’s where Secret Wars comes in. This novel definitely helped expand on some knowledge around the multiverse, incursions, and the various players in the multiverse.

[Blaine McGaffigan · Rating 4 out of 5]

As we barrel towards the final two earths it gets more and more exciting. But was really confused at why Tony is an absolute madman. The end fight which is basically Civil War again just didn't feel right for their characters. I get why Cap would be pissed at Tony but my guy, you gotta focus on the incursions first.

The Doom explanation of what he has been up to is infinitely confusing. I'm going to need to read that again.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't really go wrong with a ton of great big superhero fun, and I love how in love Hickman is with Sunspot. The only thing keeping this from being five-stars is the severe lack of an ending as this leads directly into Secret Wars, which is a great book in its own right, but probably could have been included in this collection to give the overall arc more impact for the reader.

[Joey Amorim · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I had a nickel for every time Tony Stark turned evil in a shitty event, died fighting his friends, and then the universe proceeded to explode and reboot before he could get a proper redemption, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s very funny that it’s happened twice to Tony, specifically!

[Emily]

Because I enjoyed both Ultimate Spider-Man and his run on Fantastic Four, I decided to read the Jonathan Hickman Avengers run but tbh by the end of this last volume I was completely over it and didn’t even finish the last few issues (Avengers 43-44 and New Avengers 31-33) even with the Maker storyline coming into play I’m just going to go with and it all worked out in the end🤷🏼‍♀️

[Judah Lind · Rating 5 out of 5]

It feels like every little detail from the last 4 books was called back to and culminated and WOW. Just wow. Hickmann is a great storyteller, especially when we realize who has been pulling the strings the whole time. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟

[Frank Wu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Epic

[Kirk Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dude comics are so wacky this got me so excited to read Secret Wars for a third time now actually knowing what directly lead up to it

[Conor Doherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

It all comes together, and everything dies.

[Cristina Mercado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally ready to dive into secret wars with all the context I need

[Matteo Gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible conclusion to a legendary run by Hickman.

[violetDelights · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bunch of ideas coming together, and unfortunately I just couldn't follow what was going on half the time. When it makes sense it's great, but also a frustrating read.
★★★★☆☆☆

[Juha Soininen · Rating 3 out of 5]

too messy ending for me

[Jo Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

It speaks to Hickman's skill as a writer that Deodato's art doesn't ruin this book.

[Robert Acosta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need a cigarette.
And I don’t even smoke.