Preamble It is a big world out there with many dangers. Nick Spencer and Frank Barbiere take us into the day of a life of the Avengers fighting for that big world in Avengers World: Next World as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes face three world altering events. Will our world turn into an Avengers World or […]
Avengers World: Ascension (Comic Files)
Preamble Nick Spencer likes big stories. He is the master of the long game as shown in Secret Avengers and his creator owned Morning Glories. But then someone had to go and give him the keys to the Avengers! Situation Report Avengers World: Ascension continues to build three seemingly unconnected stories. First, an Avengers […]
Avengers: Adapt or Die (Comic Files)
Preamble Infinity is over, so Jonathan Hickman and Salvador Larroca can let the Avengers just sit back and relax right? Nope, there are still potential global killing problems to face. And Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are reviewing if the team has the right mix. It is kind of like Avenger draft day. Oh, and […]
Avengers World: A.I.M.PIRE (Comic Files)
Preamble I really came to love Nick Spencer’s run on Secret Avengers. I loved his A.I.M. vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. storyline and it felt like a big spy movie every month. But he abandoned me for Avengers World with Jonathan Hickman as co-writer and Stefano Caselli as artist. As I sat with pen in hand reading Avengers […]
Secret Warriors: Wheels Within Wheels (Comic Files)
Preamble Jonathan Hickman’s and Alessandro Vitti’s Secret Warriors: Wheels Within Wheels brings this series to an end. The series has been S.H.I.E.L.D. fantasticness, despite the fact that Fury has at times been an agent of nothing. Would Hickman give his readers a satisfying end to this saga? Situation Report The volume opens in 1961 […]
Secret Warriors: Night (Comic Files)
Preamble Everybody has bad days. But the last six months for Nick Fury starting with Secret Warriors: The Last Ride of the Howling Commandos has been exceedingly rough. And sadly for good old Nick, Jonathan Hickman is not done ruining his days in Secret Warriors: Night. Situation Report Six months have passed since Howling […]
Infinity (Comic Files)
Preamble Earlier I gave Jonathan Hickman’s a three-issue ride, before I stopped reading. My main complaint was there was enough going on between issues in other connected titles that I was not reading that the story often did not make full sense. But I did provide it a second chance recently in the collected, Infinity. […]
Secret Warriors: Wake the Beast (Comic Files)
Preamble Secret Warriors: Wake the Beast chronicles the open phases of a war! Two super villain organizations prepare their forces for the ultimate evil conflict. And since Nick Fury has been a traditional enemy of each and sees himself as a guardian of peace, he cannot sit on the sidelines. To meet the challenge, the Secret […]
Avengers: Prelude to Infinity (Comic Files)
Preamble Infinity is coming, Infinity is coming! Actually it came and if you follow this crossover monthly, well likely over. Infinity did not work for me in single issues. Most of that had to do with the feeling I was not getting all of the story since I was not reading all of the issues beyond the […]
The Avengers: The Last White Event (Comic Files)
Preamble With a title like The Avengers: The Last White Event, you know it has to lead to something big, or at least the last. And having read the first 3 parts of Infinity written by Jonathan Hickman who also wrote this volume, well I just knew the path was going to be laid out […]