Mighty Avengers

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i dropped this a while ago but i heard a lot of people like it now. should i pick it up again?

I think it's better than Slott's first few issues, but it's still not great.

I think it's planting seeds towards something wonderful. I'm currently reading Avengers Assembled circa 98ish-2002ish? and a lot of these stories in M.A. reminds me of those books. Perhaps a little talky, perhaps too much conflict for the sake of it without much crossover appeal.

The Seige is bound to do something with this title and I feel these ongoing stories right now (i.e. The Unseen) will make an impact later on.

Ahh...and as predicted (after this issue), the Mighty Avengers appear in the cosmic universe.

Mighty Avengers #31

Let's get this straight: this is a fun book if you are a fan of the silver age stories or the bronze age Avengers: Assemble run from Busiek. Basically, there's either a scientifical or supernatural threat and a bunch of ham-hackneyed b-listers join together (remember Triathalon? Hah!) for the better of the universe and all of mankind. If you're solely into the graphic novels of today, or the widescreen wam-bam that be the Ultimate line, steer clear of this run of Mighty Avengers. It's basically all the heroes who don't sell toys, don't sell movies, and probably would not sell solo books well on their own. How many of you knew Geoff Johns wrote the Vision's solo series? Me either.

As for this chapter, it's the fallout of The Unspoken. We saw it coming. Hank Pym to the rescue. More importantly than the battle itself, are the underlying variables within the Mighty Avengers family. It's important to see where the cast is going amongst their quabbles, as there are a mixture of New, Young and Mighty aligned right here. We even see Ronin sporting the bow & arrow. I wish more was said--or rather shown--about the Scarlett/Loki saga, but I guess that's left for another day. Having Quicksilver, who used to be a pretty huge character for the Marvel line, take reigns here and make an impact was just as important.

Even if this arc of The Unspoken wasn't your cup of tea, it transitions well enough into both Realm of Kings & the upcoming Seige to make things matter.

3.5/5 Unspoken Darkseid Action Dolls - Thoroughly Enjoyable

Mighty Avengers #31

I love this book, its got that classic Avengery feel to it. The nonstop action and hilarious dialogue this issue is a great change of pace from the more intense Avengers books. Every character seemed to get a cool moment: Cassie riding Clint's arrow, Cho figuring out the slave machine, Pym showing up to take on the Unspoken. And it was great to see Pym getting all psychological with the Unspoken, they both seem to suffer from the same past guilt problems, except Pym has moved on. But I really hope we get to see the Unspoken again, maybe he shows up with the Inhumans sometime in the future.

Plus I liked how the end tied back to the Inhumans perfectly too. Pietro is one sneaky bastard with that Skrull story lol...can't wait to see him, Crystal, Ronan sit down for a chat now that she's Mrs. Accuser.

ha ha

LOOSECANNON wrote:ha ha

This book is borderline for me. I have a hard time respecting any book that features Hank Pym as the lead. "Scientist Supreme" or not.

Metal Misfit wrote:This book is borderline for me. I have a hard time respecting any book that features Hank Pym as the lead. "Scientist Supreme" or not.

I actually feel the same way

I thought the writing was well enough, I actually would have liked to see more from the Unspoken tying him into Realm of Kings returning to the Kingless Inhumans to rule them. I guess this worked out in the end, but I think it could have been more. Also seeing them come into the Realm of Kings story but not have their title listed in the RoK solicit in the back left me underwhelmed about their true level of involvement with that story. All together though, I like the series and for a b-lister to make it big someday, you have to have a stage. This is their stage.

Mighty Avengers #31

Meh. It wasn't horrible, but I still don't love it. Some of the dialogue felt off. I did like the art though.

I'm glad this arc is over. I'm not a fan of the Inhumans. I didn't like nor know anything about the villain in Slott's first arc either. I think I'll like this book more if they fight a villain I like.

One thing that irked me was that in the recap (I hate those Facebook like recaps I just want a regular recap) Cassie says that Jonas dropped the THE in The Vision yet he's called The Vision in the entire book. WTF?

Mighty Avengers #32

Again, meh. I just don't care much for this book. I think the only reason I keep buying it is because I hope it'll get better. Well that, and I like Pym.

I still kinda like the idea of having a team that is like the classic Avengers. Granted I like the idea of the New Avengers (having the best/most popular characters on the team) better, but since we still have that team I'm fine with having a classic feeling team. I just wish it was written better.

Norman Osborn felt so off in this issue. He wasn't portrayed as ruthless, cunning, or psychotic like he is in other books, but rather as a bumbling, petty oaf. It's wrong.

Mighty Avengers #32

Highly enjoyable return to solidity for Pym's group. Seeing this group more involved within the main Marvel status quo--that be Dark Reign/Seige--is refreshing. While some have shunned this group as b-list and irrelevant, you got to give Slott credit for building up Loki. While his/her appearances as Scarlett Witch was more or less a background thread, that thread comes true into what is now known as the Seige. Loki's a major player with as much relevance to Seige as Norman, so it should be further interesting to see how the Mighty Avengers work with the New Avengers and the other Asgardians into detering this threat. This title is no longer second class, especially in the art department (see the wonderful montage splashes). If you haven't been following, here's your chance.

4/5 - One of the week's best.

Mighty Avengers #32

This book is easily one of my favorite reads right now, just cuz its so fresh and different. I really love what Slott has done with Hank Pym. It was cool when Karnak told Pym that he used to see him riddled with weaknesses, but now he finds hardly any. That was a great way of demonstrating how far he's come to reforming himself since Janet's death. Plus its hilarious that he's calling himself the "Scientist Supreme" any chance he gets now...including his business cards.

Then I like how Pietro duped the Inhumans so badly by making them think all his bad deeds in the past were a Skrull. Brilliant move lol. Plus it was good to see the Absorbing Man back in this issue.

MA #33 is another 4/5....really enjoyable battle between the Mighty and the Dark that leads up to Seige without doing so simply for doing so. Definitely builds a solid case for Pym joining the Avengers team post-Seige, as well as builds up Loki as the MAIN villain. We all know he's pulling the strings....

Mighty Avengers #33

I just didn't care for this. It had silly dialogue, and just felt way too old school. The only thing I really enjoy about MA is Pym. I like him as Wasp, and his current costume is, IMO, by far his best.

I was going to drop this, but since it's being canceled I'll stick with it till it's done.

The "silly" Silver Age-driven dialogue is what I like best. Characters like Cho, Herc, US Agent and Pietro make this team interesting with their ongoing inner-quables. Without Dan Slott's constant use of facetiousness and b-movie personalities in his script, it'd just be limited to another SERIOUS version of the Avengers that only clowns around when Spider-Man's present.

I just don't like Silver Age type dialogue. That's why I can't read old comics. The people sound ridiculous.

LOOSECANNON wrote:The "silly" Silver Age-driven dialogue is what I like best. Characters like Cho, Herc, US Agent and Pietro make this team interesting with their ongoing inner-quables. Without Dan Slott's constant use of facetiousness and b-movie personalities in his script, it'd just be limited to another SERIOUS version of the Avengers that only clowns around when Spider-Man's present.

Yeah I agree, he doesn't overdo it either.

It was awesome to see Iron Lad again. I was hoping he would somehow fully return and rejoin the Young Avengers...

Mighty Avengers 34, aka. the Hank Pym show rolls on.

I love this book, silver age style campy dialogue and all.

This issue was a little bit of a departure from the last arc as Pym goes all Scientist Supreme on Loki after finding out about his manipulations last issue, but I love the classic Avengers feel to this, like there's always a larger purpose for the team no matter who the members are, Jarvis even says something to that extent. What other book gives you the Avengers battling trolls, much to Herc's delight, Quicksilver and Pym vs. Thor, and dialogue that will literally make you laugh out loud mixed in with all of that?

Pym continues to steal the show issue after issue, Slott has taken a character that was essentially broken and turned him into one of the most enjoyably unstable characters in the MU, and this issue it seems that the rest of his Avengers are starting to catch onto it as well, but is he really as cracked as he appears to be? Probably, but it should be fun to see where Slott takes us in the last couple of issues of the book.

Fun little guest appearance by Thor, tell me that first scene with Loki and Blake/Thor wasn't Slott chaneling his best inner Stan Lee or Roy Thomas, made me chuckle anyway. I thought Slott did a good job with his interpretation of modern Thor and his reaction to all of the goings on in the book seemed spot on.

And the twist ending, honestly I didn't see that coming at all, and the results were just awesome:

Spoiler:

Again, the book continues to ask the Gods vs. Marvels question, exactly how relevant are these "Gods" in the modern Marvel U, are they even Gods, and how exactly do these modern heroes and villains stack up against them?

It's a shame this book is ending, I've loved what Slott has been giving the fans, hopefully he'll get another book staring Pym in the near future so he can continue to explore all of the concepts he's been delving into here. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Mighty Avengers #34

This is easily the second best Avengers title right now. Following closely behind Dark Avengers. The timing is awesome, the characterization is flawless and it is just exciting to read. This one definately will through you for a loop when you see who Pym offers membership too.

Fresh03 wrote:Mighty Avengers 34, aka. the Hank Pym show rolls on.

I love this book, silver age style campy dialogue and all.

This issue was a little bit of a departure from the last arc as Pym goes all Scientist Supreme on Loki after finding out about his manipulations last issue, but I love the classic Avengers feel to this, like there's always a larger purpose for the team no matter who the members are, Jarvis even says something to that extent. What other book gives you the Avengers battling trolls, much to Herc's delight, Quicksilver and Pym vs. Thor, and dialogue that will literally make you laugh out loud mixed in with all of that?

Pym continues to steal the show issue after issue, Slott has taken a character that was essentially broken and turned him into one of the most enjoyably unstable characters in the MU, and this issue it seems that the rest of his Avengers are starting to catch onto it as well, but is he really as cracked as he appears to be? Probably, but it should be fun to see where Slott takes us in the last couple of issues of the book.

Fun little guest appearance by Thor, tell me that first scene with Loki and Blake/Thor wasn't Slott chaneling his best inner Stan Lee or Roy Thomas, made me chuckle anyway. I thought Slott did a good job with his interpretation of modern Thor and his reaction to all of the goings on in the book seemed spot on.

And the twist ending, honestly I didn't see that coming at all, and the results were just awesome:

Spoiler:

Again, the book continues to ask the Gods vs. Marvels question, exactly how relevant are these "Gods" in the modern Marvel U, are they even Gods, and how exactly do these modern heroes and villains stack up against them?

It's a shame this book is ending, I've loved what Slott has been giving the fans, hopefully he'll get another book staring Pym in the near future so he can continue to explore all of the concepts he's been delving into here. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Agreed. This issue was great. I really liked how Slott kind of put things in doubt about Pym's whole Scientist Supreme thing. Maybe Eternity did give him the title, or maybe it was Loki messing with Pym and Pym ran with it to help his confidence. I kinda like not knowing the definitive answer to that. And it looks like he's lost his marbles a little and the whole team abandons him for it lol. Plus he has Ultron about to show up...I really wonder where Pym will be during the Heroic Age. He better not bite it.

I didn't like this issue. It may have been the campy-ness or something but the dialogue was baaaaaaaaaad. I stopped reading halfway because it was that bad but forged on, unhappy that I decided to. This was bad and I felt bad for reading it. And yeah, I'm well aware I'm overusing the word "bad" but this thing was so bad I can't think of any other word. My brain is so full of fuck now. So bad....

Dr. Wade Fucking McNasty wrote:I didn't like this issue. It may have been the campy-ness or something but the dialogue was baaaaaaaaaad. I stopped reading halfway because it was that bad but forged on, unhappy that I decided to. This was bad and I felt bad for reading it. And yeah, I'm well aware I'm overusing the word "bad" but this thing was so bad I can't think of any other word. My brain is so full of fuck now. So bad....

Yeah the dialogue was very "Silver Age-y" but that's kinda been the M.O. of this book.