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Acts of Vengeance
Acts of Vengeance Omnibus
Two dozen of Marvel's top talents set more than 40 super heroes against at least as many super villains in the premier crossover event of the 1990s! Plus: the debut of the New Warriors! The destruction of Avengers Island! Spider-Man's cosmic power and the madness of the Scarlet Witch! A three-headed monster, a three-faced robot, a trip through the worlds of What If? and more! Special guest-appearance by Abraham Lincoln! Collects Avengers (1963) #311-313, Annual #19, Avengers Spotlight #26-29, Avengers West Coast #53-55, Captain America (1968) #365-367, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, Quasar #5-7, Thor (1966) #411-413, Cloak & Dagger (1988) #9, Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #326-329, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #158-160, and Web of Spider-Man #59-61.
744 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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John Byrne
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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March 9, 2025
Quando vi que o Omnibus de Atos de Vingança da PaniniTM não iria publicar histórias como as dos X-Men, do Demolidor, do Quarteto Fantástico, fiquei hashtag chatiado. Depois entendi o motivo: existem dois omnibus de Atos de Vingança. Um deles, que é este, traz o núcleo das histórias da saga, que são aquelas que giram em torno da aliança de vilões formada pelo Lacaio (Rei do Crime, Mago, Mandarim, Magneto, Doutor Destino e Caveira Vermelha). No outro, são apenas trocas de vilões enfrentando heróis que não se relacionam com o núcleo de vilões (apesar de Psylocke virar Lady Mandarim). Mas essa desambiguação de omnibuses a GloboTM não mostra, a GloboTM não explica. A TM não precisa se explicar nem se comunicar, né?! De toda forma, a grande maioria das histórias, com exceção de algumas histórias enroladas do Homem-Aranha Cósmico (que são chataaas), são muito divertidas e cheias de aventura, com destaque para as dos Vingadores. O troféu cata-piolho vai para uma menção de Cristal (Dazzler) grafada como Crystal, que é o nome da Cristalis em inglês. Também é o nome da água mineral da Coca-Cola. Enfim... Muitas dessas histórias eu não tinha lido e valei a pena a compra com desconto que fiz.
August 20, 2021
Personalmente, reputo questa storia importante non tanto per l'esecuzione, quanto più per il fatto che esista. E' un testimone storico e concreto che annuncia quel periodo di stanca del genere supereroistico che è arrivato dopo un trentennio di incredibile climax positivo e in continua crescita (dove negli anni '70 e '80 si sono raggiunti apici ancora oggi difficilmente eguagliabili): gli anni '90, penso il periodo peggiore attraversato dall'industria delle tutine dello Zio Sam.
"Atti di Vendetta" non è il peggior prodotto di quello scandaloso decennio - anzi, direi che rispetto a quello che uscì dopo (non mi riferisco necessariamente alla "Saga del Clone" ma la "Saga del Clone" è un ottimo esempio) è abbastanza anonimo come crossover; però rappresenta in maniera cristallina quella che sarà la situazione dell'industria del fumetto USA in quegli anni. Dozzine e dozzine e dozzine e dozzine di storie dalla premessa interessante, però aventi o una esecuzione altalenante, oppure incredibilmente confusa e poco chiara anche a chi si è occupato di svilupparla. Oppure anche storia con una premessa del cazzo e sviluppata peggio.
Ecco, "Act Of Vengenace" aveva del grande potenziale: far scontrare gli eroi contro villains che di solito non affrontano. Poteva essere l'occasione per tirar fuori grandi cose, scontri davvero spettacolari o anche conversazioni impegnate. E invece, è stato puro e semplice calciomercato. "Facciamo scontrare questo con quest'altro e poi improvvisiamo". Si, penso sia andata così. Di tutta questa osservazione si salva davvero ben poco, giusto qualche scontro. Tipo Thor contro il Fenomeno, o Magneto contro il Teschio Rosso. Oh e qualsiasi cosa scritta e disegnata di John Byrne.
"Atti di Vendetta" non è il peggior prodotto di quello scandaloso decennio - anzi, direi che rispetto a quello che uscì dopo (non mi riferisco necessariamente alla "Saga del Clone" ma la "Saga del Clone" è un ottimo esempio) è abbastanza anonimo come crossover; però rappresenta in maniera cristallina quella che sarà la situazione dell'industria del fumetto USA in quegli anni. Dozzine e dozzine e dozzine e dozzine di storie dalla premessa interessante, però aventi o una esecuzione altalenante, oppure incredibilmente confusa e poco chiara anche a chi si è occupato di svilupparla. Oppure anche storia con una premessa del cazzo e sviluppata peggio.
Ecco, "Act Of Vengenace" aveva del grande potenziale: far scontrare gli eroi contro villains che di solito non affrontano. Poteva essere l'occasione per tirar fuori grandi cose, scontri davvero spettacolari o anche conversazioni impegnate. E invece, è stato puro e semplice calciomercato. "Facciamo scontrare questo con quest'altro e poi improvvisiamo". Si, penso sia andata così. Di tutta questa osservazione si salva davvero ben poco, giusto qualche scontro. Tipo Thor contro il Fenomeno, o Magneto contro il Teschio Rosso. Oh e qualsiasi cosa scritta e disegnata di John Byrne.
April 4, 2011
Interesting premise (villains exchange their traditional foes with each other so as to confuse the heroes) but poorly executed. Quite enjoyed the Byrne Avengers West Coast issues and the McFarlane-drawn Spider-Man issues and that one story where Magneto, who is Jewish, traps the Nazi Red Skull in a dark pit with no light and little water. Classic. But the rest? Meh.
January 1, 2024
Stop me if any of this sounds familiar to you: Super villains unite to swap their foes in order to gain a strategic advantage over them. The Avengers' headquarters gets destroyed. There's a big supervillain prison breakout. The Government is trying to pass the Superhero Powers Act, which would make being a superhero illegal. Am I referring to Avengers Disassembled? The opening New Avengers arc, Breakout? Civil War? DC's Villains United? Nope. All of these things occurred here more than a decade before they were re-purposed (read: ripped off) and padded out to ensure maximum decompression. And here you kids thought that Avengers centric events were new!
Loki manipulates Doctor Doom, the Red Skull, the Mandarin, the Kingpin, Magneto, and the Wizard into forming a tenuous partnership where they will swap each others' enemies and catch them unawares. This results in some pretty cool brawls: Quasar vs. the Absorbing Man. Iron Man vs. the Wrecker. The West Coast Avengers vs. the U-Foes. Thor vs. the Juggernaut. The Avengers vs. Freedom Force (a/k/a the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants), my personal favorite battle in this crossover. There are lots of cool, fun moments throughout this book.
Spider-Man temporarily gets the power of Captain Universe, which helps him win some upsets over villains who clearly outclass his normal power range (i.e. Graviton, Magneto). This Omnibus also serves as a clear cut upgrade over the old Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures trade paperback from the '90s, as this has superior linework and color restoration.
Extras include the Marvel Age cover and article from issue 81, the pin-ups from Cloak and Dagger No. 9, the cover to the Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures trade paperback, the house ad for this crossover (which was used for this direct market variant cover that I bought), and the Alan Davis cover for the bookstore market version of this book.
Loki manipulates Doctor Doom, the Red Skull, the Mandarin, the Kingpin, Magneto, and the Wizard into forming a tenuous partnership where they will swap each others' enemies and catch them unawares. This results in some pretty cool brawls: Quasar vs. the Absorbing Man. Iron Man vs. the Wrecker. The West Coast Avengers vs. the U-Foes. Thor vs. the Juggernaut. The Avengers vs. Freedom Force (a/k/a the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants), my personal favorite battle in this crossover. There are lots of cool, fun moments throughout this book.
Spider-Man temporarily gets the power of Captain Universe, which helps him win some upsets over villains who clearly outclass his normal power range (i.e. Graviton, Magneto). This Omnibus also serves as a clear cut upgrade over the old Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures trade paperback from the '90s, as this has superior linework and color restoration.
Extras include the Marvel Age cover and article from issue 81, the pin-ups from Cloak and Dagger No. 9, the cover to the Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures trade paperback, the house ad for this crossover (which was used for this direct market variant cover that I bought), and the Alan Davis cover for the bookstore market version of this book.
November 3, 2017
Villains attack different superheroes than they normally do. The big bad guys meet up to arrange all of this. There's some fun confrontations, but what really made this story for me was Magneto confronting Red Skull. It was very poignant. A good read.
April 12, 2022
Ugh what a slog, 80s arc has baddies mixing it up with opponents they haven't fought or interacted with before. Poor writing and art.
August 14, 2014
Devadesátkové eventy byly právem zapomenuty. Základní nápad AoV je super a i když jsou příběhy docela průměrné, bavilo mě to a akce je tu dost. Co bohužel drhne jsou samotní hlavní záporáci - každý z nich si má údajně nějakou skrytou agendu, ale pořádně nevíme jakou (a nedozvíme se to) a jejich slibované "kill for kill" se neuskuteční ani jednou. Celé to bohužel domrví naprosto příšerné finále =(.
Přesto koupě nelituju, po "Crossoverech" už ale nejspíš nesáhnu.
Přesto koupě nelituju, po "Crossoverech" už ale nejspíš nesáhnu.
June 15, 2015
Fun marvel event that was just editorial coming up with a gimmick, switching villains around so they attack heroes they've never fought before, and just letting the individual writers go nuts.
They then set up a framing sequence, which was the 'big story' and that occurred in the Avengers titles.
Nothing earth shattering, very little in lasting effects on the MU. Just the fun of seeing the various match-ups.
They then set up a framing sequence, which was the 'big story' and that occurred in the Avengers titles.
Nothing earth shattering, very little in lasting effects on the MU. Just the fun of seeing the various match-ups.
April 21, 2015
The variety of issues in this omnibus would have made it hard to rate higher than 3 stars. The concept was great especially for when it came out and some issues rate a 4 or even 5, but there are more than enough to drag it down as well.
October 5, 2012
Felt contrived and and didn't get in depth about most of the characters. Spider-man being one of the lone exceptions. Overall I'm glad I read it and it was a good idea but not to impressive.
August 17, 2015
Avengers #312-313 3 stars
Captain America #366 2 stars, #367 3 stars, #368 2 stars
Web of Spider-Man #60-61 2 stars
Captain America #366 2 stars, #367 3 stars, #368 2 stars
Web of Spider-Man #60-61 2 stars
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