Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers, Vol. 7

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #7

by Roy Thomas (Writer), Jhn Buscema (Penciller)

Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble once again under the banner of the crème de la crème of comics collections-the Marvel Masterworks. Joined by the titanic talents of John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Barry Windsor-Smith, AVENGERS scribe, Roy Thomas, elevates the intrigue to fever pitch in yet another watershed collection. Featuring Hank Pym's first turn as Yellowjacket, Hawkeye's metamorphosis into Goliath, the wedding of Giant-Man and the Wasp, a solo adventure with the Black Panther, and building to a boil with a battle against the one and only Ultron, we dare to catch your breath while reading this classic collection! And to top it all off, we're including Roy Thomas and Howard Purcell's rare Black Knight tale from the pages of MARVEL SUPER-HEROES! Reserve that copy today, True Believer!

Collects The Avengers #59-68, Marvel Super-Heroes #17

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Reviews

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah..

Lots of great moments throughout Avengers history...

and lots of bad bad BAAD dialogue, and long as fuck thought bubbles, and always stating the obvious, same thing that basically every 60s-70s story back then was falling a victim of. Being a a no shit sherlock situation 90% of the time.

Other than that the worst thing in Avengers history is Hawkeye since his 1st appearance, bitching and crying about EVERYTHING.. worst character E-V-E-R... and considering I like Hawkeye in general since the 90s, of course it's the 60s-70s treatment that's at fault here. So yeah.

Hawkeye decided to be Goliath with the worst costume ever, and being the 70s and saying it's BAD imagine how bad it is since pretty much every costume back then was crap. REALLY bad.

Oh well!

[Christopher Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these top quality collections. Expensive but gorgeous. Roy writing my favorite book. Gotta have this collection.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 7 of the Avengers Masterworks contains a slight lull in the comic book's run. After all, what could top the Vision and Ultron's debuts at the end of the previous volume?

Yellowjacket's arrival and forthcoming wedding are fun to read, but hardly ground-breaking, and the following issues featuring Ymir, Surtur, Man-Ape and Egghead feel a bit underwhelming in comparison to what came before (even if they are still well-written and drawn!). Thankfully, the volume finishes with a three-part story featuring Ultron's return. This time around, he's even deadlier as he's made of adamantium! (Issue #66 contains Marvel's first ever mention of the metal! Talk about historical milestones!)

Also included is a Black Knight story from Marvel Super-Heroes #17, documenting how the character acquired his famous Ebony Blade.

Overall, Roy Thomas' writing remains solid and the art from from John & Sal Buscema, Gene Colan and Barry Windsor-Smith is gorgeous (although sometimes Windsor-Smith seems to draw eyes a little too far apart for my liking. It makes the characters look odd.)

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Marvel Masterworks volumes are fantastic reprints of the early years of Marvel comics. A fantastic resource to allow these hard to find issues to be read by everyone. Very recommended to everyone and Highly recommended to any comic fan.