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Collecting Avengers #164-177, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2.
Avengers #164 is co-written by Jim Shooter and John Byrne. Byrne is also the artist for the next three issues. Count Nefaria has gathered together three of the Avengers' enemies, the Living Laser, Whirlwind and the former Power Man to form a new Lethal Legion. The Avengers try to stop the villains from robbing a bank, but it is all part of Count Nefaria's plan.
Jim Shooter is writing solo from now on starting with Avengers #165. The only reason Count Nefaria gather the villains together is so his scientists can analyse their powers in order to endow himself with powers. Now the Avengers have to contend with an empowered Count Nefaria.
The story concludes in Avengers #166, Thor joins the fight against the empowered Count Nefaria. However, Nefaria now wants Thor's hammer, thinking it is the source of his immortality.
This is another collection in which the creative teams are all over the place. Until then, at least we have a three-issue story line with art by John Byrne. He will come back as artist in the next volume of Avengers masterworks, so I look forward to reading that one. As for the villains of this arc, I don't particularly care for Count Nefaria, but I do like the members of the new Lethal Legion well enough. At least the Swordsman isn't around this time.
Avengers Annual #7 is written and illustrated by Jim Starlin. Captain Marvel and Moondragon arrive at Avengers Mansion to tell the Avengers that Thanos is back and has gathered together the six Soul Gems.
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 is written and illustrated by Jim Starlin as well. The Thing and Spider-Man are plagued with dreams of a battle between the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Thanos for the fate of the entire universe. The Thing and Spider-Man are compelled to travel into space and join the fight against Thanos.
I used to really dislike Thanos, but after reading the other Thanos story in a previous Avengers Masterworks and now this story, I am starting to think that my opinion of him is starting to soften. Maybe it's because Thanos is turned to stone at the end of this story and I know it will mean that he won't be back for quite some time yet. Or at least until Jim Starlin returns to Marvel in the 90's and brings him back in the Silver Surfer's book. It will be a fair while until I get around to that story though, if I ever do decide to read it, that is.
Jim Shooter is back plotting for Avengers #167, with Roger Stern scripting and George Perez back on art. The Avengers are alerted to a giant space station having appeared high above the Earth and discover that its occupants are the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians have travelled from the 31st Century in search of the cyborg Korvac, who plans to alter history by killing a boy named Vance Astro.
Finally, Wonder Man gets a half-decent costume. Well, I say costume. His polo neck and safari suit look more like civilian wear, but it's much better than the last monstrosity he wore. I guess we can thank Count Nefaria for shredding it in the first place. Anybody expecting Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon will be sorely disappointed as these Guardians of the Galaxy are the ones from the future. I have to admit that I only have a passing familiarity with them, so I don't have a particularly strong opinion of them either way. Maybe I will have made up my mind once I have read this story arc.
Jim Shooter is back writing solo again from Avengers #168. Henry Peter Gyrich of the National Security Council arrives at Avengers Mansion to determine whether the Avengers should be allowed any further special treatment. Meanwhile, Starhawk of the Guardians of the Galaxy finds Korvac having settled down to a quiet life in suburbia. However, Korvac won't surrender without a fight.
Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy has a counterpart living in the modern day. We might know him better as Vance Astrovik, later to be known as Justice of the New Warriors. I'm not sure if the modern day Vance ever met his future counterpart. I guess future Vance kept away from his younger self in case it mucked up the time stream or something. We've all seen Back to the Future and know how meeting your past or future self can muck things up, right?
Avengers #169 is written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Sal Buscema. Jason Beere, a competitor of Tony Stark, attacks the Avengers and reveals that he has planted bombs around the world that will detonate should his heart stop beating. The Avengers must split up to find the bombs before they explode and destroy the world.
This issue came about because George Perez was falling behind on his art. He was the artist on Fantastic Four at the time and was having trouble keeping up with that as well as an epic Avengers story line with so many characters. Sal Buscema's art doesn't quite stand out as his later work, but he makes a worthy replacement for George Perez. It's a pity that the story was pretty forgettable. Then again, this was only a fill-in story so it probably wasn't meant to be particularly important.
Jim Shooter and George Perez are back starting from Avengers #170. People associated with the Avengers, such as Quicksilver and the Two-Gun Kid, are starting to disappear. Meanwhile, Ultron's robot mate is being moved into Avenger Mansion for study when she reactivates and makes her escape.
In Avengers #171, Ms. Marvel lends a hand as the Avengers follow Ultron's mate in hope of finding Ultron himself.
It seems weird to have an Ultron story interrupting the bigger Korvac story line. I'm not complaining, I am always up for an Ultron story, it's just that it seems like there might be more important things for the Avengers to do than fight robots again. Oh well, at least we get more of Jocasta. I always liked her, so I was glad to see her again. I was also happy to see Ms. Marvel make an appearance. She doesn't join the Avengers officially yet, but she does stick around for a bit.
Sal Buscema is on art starting from Avengers #172. Hawkeye returns to Avengers Mansion just in time to hear Henry Peter Gyrich strip the Avengers of their privileges. The Avengers don't have time to let that sink in as the Atlantean villain Tyrak is attacking the harbour.
George Perez had to step back from doing the art for the rest of this story arc due to delays again. I am always happy for Sal Buscema's art, so it wasn't too disappointing. It seemed like he was the go-to person whenever an artist fell behind. The Korvac story line seems to be forgotten once again and instead we get a story about the Atlantean villain Tyrak. I can't be too upset that writer Jim Shooter is stringing out the Korvac story as he became Editor in Chief at this point and was maybe too busy to concentrate on the bigger story.
Avengers #173 is plotted by Jim Shooter and scripted by David Michelinie. Iron Man calls in some reservists to help search for the other missing Avengers. Meanwhile, Korvac begins to suspect that somebody close to him is thinking of betrayal.
Jim Shooter became Marvel's Editor in Chief around this time, so his responsibilities meant he might not be able to fully write a regular monthly comic book and that is why he has David Michelinie and Bill Mantlo scripting his plots. At least we are making some progress with the Korvac story line. It was nice to have the Ultron story, but I would have preferred it if we got a move on with the Korvac business. At least we have had the sub-plot about the missing Avengers to get on with.
Avengers #174 is plotted by Jim Shooter and scripted by Bill Mantlo. David Wenzel becomes the regular artist as well. The Collector is revealed to be the person behind the disappearances of the various Avengers. His original plan was to protect them against the impending threat of Thanos, but then detected an even greater threat, Michael Korvac!
The Collector's craft is said to be the size of a phone booth, yet it is much larger inside than it is outside. Could it possibly be a Doctor Who reference? Was Doctor Who all that well known back in 1977 when this comic was first published? Tom Baker was still the Doctor back in 1977 and he is arguably the most famous version of the Doctor, so who knows whether this was a reference to the show or not.
David Michelinie is back scripting Shooter's plots from Avengers #175. With the Collector defeated, the Avengers return to Earth to plan their next step against Korvac.
The Two-Gun Kid returns to his own time in this issue. It's not like anything particularly exciting was ever done with him. Steve Englehart left before he had a chance to do anything with the character. Two-Gun spent most of his time hanging out off-panel with Hawkeye. I really would have liked to have seen him try to adjust to life in the modern day, but I suppose it wasn't to be.
In Avengers #176, the Avengers detect strange energy signals coming from Forest Hills Gardens and head out to investigate to find Michael Korvac waiting for them.
It's a pity that George Perez never got to draw the rest of this story line as he always does such wonderful work whenever there are so many characters in a story. Remember the JLA/Avengers limited series? For the cover of the third issue Perez drew everybody that had ever been an Avenger or a member of the Justice League. It's no wonder that the cover for the issue after that was just Superman holding Mjolnir and Captain America's shield. I would have thought he needed a rest.
Jim Shooter is writing solo once again for Avengers #177. The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy fight an impossible battle against the godlike Michael Korvac. Does Korvac only want to help mankind, or is he planning something more sinister?
I have mentioned before that I don't like stories where the heroes have to fight an unstoppable foe where nothing they do can stop the villain. The fight with Korvac is no different. Korvac and Carina end up killing all the Avengers because they are just so powerful. I shouldn't be too upset though because the Avengers are brought back to life shortly after that. I guess that would just make all the deaths feel cheap. At least we had a fun Ultron story and the Lethal Legion before all that.
My rating: 3 stars.
Next time: Batman- Cataclysm
Avengers #164 is co-written by Jim Shooter and John Byrne. Byrne is also the artist for the next three issues. Count Nefaria has gathered together three of the Avengers' enemies, the Living Laser, Whirlwind and the former Power Man to form a new Lethal Legion. The Avengers try to stop the villains from robbing a bank, but it is all part of Count Nefaria's plan.
Jim Shooter is writing solo from now on starting with Avengers #165. The only reason Count Nefaria gather the villains together is so his scientists can analyse their powers in order to endow himself with powers. Now the Avengers have to contend with an empowered Count Nefaria.
The story concludes in Avengers #166, Thor joins the fight against the empowered Count Nefaria. However, Nefaria now wants Thor's hammer, thinking it is the source of his immortality.
This is another collection in which the creative teams are all over the place. Until then, at least we have a three-issue story line with art by John Byrne. He will come back as artist in the next volume of Avengers masterworks, so I look forward to reading that one. As for the villains of this arc, I don't particularly care for Count Nefaria, but I do like the members of the new Lethal Legion well enough. At least the Swordsman isn't around this time.
Avengers Annual #7 is written and illustrated by Jim Starlin. Captain Marvel and Moondragon arrive at Avengers Mansion to tell the Avengers that Thanos is back and has gathered together the six Soul Gems.
Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 is written and illustrated by Jim Starlin as well. The Thing and Spider-Man are plagued with dreams of a battle between the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Thanos for the fate of the entire universe. The Thing and Spider-Man are compelled to travel into space and join the fight against Thanos.
I used to really dislike Thanos, but after reading the other Thanos story in a previous Avengers Masterworks and now this story, I am starting to think that my opinion of him is starting to soften. Maybe it's because Thanos is turned to stone at the end of this story and I know it will mean that he won't be back for quite some time yet. Or at least until Jim Starlin returns to Marvel in the 90's and brings him back in the Silver Surfer's book. It will be a fair while until I get around to that story though, if I ever do decide to read it, that is.
Jim Shooter is back plotting for Avengers #167, with Roger Stern scripting and George Perez back on art. The Avengers are alerted to a giant space station having appeared high above the Earth and discover that its occupants are the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians have travelled from the 31st Century in search of the cyborg Korvac, who plans to alter history by killing a boy named Vance Astro.
Finally, Wonder Man gets a half-decent costume. Well, I say costume. His polo neck and safari suit look more like civilian wear, but it's much better than the last monstrosity he wore. I guess we can thank Count Nefaria for shredding it in the first place. Anybody expecting Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon will be sorely disappointed as these Guardians of the Galaxy are the ones from the future. I have to admit that I only have a passing familiarity with them, so I don't have a particularly strong opinion of them either way. Maybe I will have made up my mind once I have read this story arc.
Jim Shooter is back writing solo again from Avengers #168. Henry Peter Gyrich of the National Security Council arrives at Avengers Mansion to determine whether the Avengers should be allowed any further special treatment. Meanwhile, Starhawk of the Guardians of the Galaxy finds Korvac having settled down to a quiet life in suburbia. However, Korvac won't surrender without a fight.
Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy has a counterpart living in the modern day. We might know him better as Vance Astrovik, later to be known as Justice of the New Warriors. I'm not sure if the modern day Vance ever met his future counterpart. I guess future Vance kept away from his younger self in case it mucked up the time stream or something. We've all seen Back to the Future and know how meeting your past or future self can muck things up, right?
Avengers #169 is written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Sal Buscema. Jason Beere, a competitor of Tony Stark, attacks the Avengers and reveals that he has planted bombs around the world that will detonate should his heart stop beating. The Avengers must split up to find the bombs before they explode and destroy the world.
This issue came about because George Perez was falling behind on his art. He was the artist on Fantastic Four at the time and was having trouble keeping up with that as well as an epic Avengers story line with so many characters. Sal Buscema's art doesn't quite stand out as his later work, but he makes a worthy replacement for George Perez. It's a pity that the story was pretty forgettable. Then again, this was only a fill-in story so it probably wasn't meant to be particularly important.
Jim Shooter and George Perez are back starting from Avengers #170. People associated with the Avengers, such as Quicksilver and the Two-Gun Kid, are starting to disappear. Meanwhile, Ultron's robot mate is being moved into Avenger Mansion for study when she reactivates and makes her escape.
In Avengers #171, Ms. Marvel lends a hand as the Avengers follow Ultron's mate in hope of finding Ultron himself.
It seems weird to have an Ultron story interrupting the bigger Korvac story line. I'm not complaining, I am always up for an Ultron story, it's just that it seems like there might be more important things for the Avengers to do than fight robots again. Oh well, at least we get more of Jocasta. I always liked her, so I was glad to see her again. I was also happy to see Ms. Marvel make an appearance. She doesn't join the Avengers officially yet, but she does stick around for a bit.
Sal Buscema is on art starting from Avengers #172. Hawkeye returns to Avengers Mansion just in time to hear Henry Peter Gyrich strip the Avengers of their privileges. The Avengers don't have time to let that sink in as the Atlantean villain Tyrak is attacking the harbour.
George Perez had to step back from doing the art for the rest of this story arc due to delays again. I am always happy for Sal Buscema's art, so it wasn't too disappointing. It seemed like he was the go-to person whenever an artist fell behind. The Korvac story line seems to be forgotten once again and instead we get a story about the Atlantean villain Tyrak. I can't be too upset that writer Jim Shooter is stringing out the Korvac story as he became Editor in Chief at this point and was maybe too busy to concentrate on the bigger story.
Avengers #173 is plotted by Jim Shooter and scripted by David Michelinie. Iron Man calls in some reservists to help search for the other missing Avengers. Meanwhile, Korvac begins to suspect that somebody close to him is thinking of betrayal.
Jim Shooter became Marvel's Editor in Chief around this time, so his responsibilities meant he might not be able to fully write a regular monthly comic book and that is why he has David Michelinie and Bill Mantlo scripting his plots. At least we are making some progress with the Korvac story line. It was nice to have the Ultron story, but I would have preferred it if we got a move on with the Korvac business. At least we have had the sub-plot about the missing Avengers to get on with.
Avengers #174 is plotted by Jim Shooter and scripted by Bill Mantlo. David Wenzel becomes the regular artist as well. The Collector is revealed to be the person behind the disappearances of the various Avengers. His original plan was to protect them against the impending threat of Thanos, but then detected an even greater threat, Michael Korvac!
The Collector's craft is said to be the size of a phone booth, yet it is much larger inside than it is outside. Could it possibly be a Doctor Who reference? Was Doctor Who all that well known back in 1977 when this comic was first published? Tom Baker was still the Doctor back in 1977 and he is arguably the most famous version of the Doctor, so who knows whether this was a reference to the show or not.
David Michelinie is back scripting Shooter's plots from Avengers #175. With the Collector defeated, the Avengers return to Earth to plan their next step against Korvac.
The Two-Gun Kid returns to his own time in this issue. It's not like anything particularly exciting was ever done with him. Steve Englehart left before he had a chance to do anything with the character. Two-Gun spent most of his time hanging out off-panel with Hawkeye. I really would have liked to have seen him try to adjust to life in the modern day, but I suppose it wasn't to be.
In Avengers #176, the Avengers detect strange energy signals coming from Forest Hills Gardens and head out to investigate to find Michael Korvac waiting for them.
It's a pity that George Perez never got to draw the rest of this story line as he always does such wonderful work whenever there are so many characters in a story. Remember the JLA/Avengers limited series? For the cover of the third issue Perez drew everybody that had ever been an Avenger or a member of the Justice League. It's no wonder that the cover for the issue after that was just Superman holding Mjolnir and Captain America's shield. I would have thought he needed a rest.
Jim Shooter is writing solo once again for Avengers #177. The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy fight an impossible battle against the godlike Michael Korvac. Does Korvac only want to help mankind, or is he planning something more sinister?
I have mentioned before that I don't like stories where the heroes have to fight an unstoppable foe where nothing they do can stop the villain. The fight with Korvac is no different. Korvac and Carina end up killing all the Avengers because they are just so powerful. I shouldn't be too upset though because the Avengers are brought back to life shortly after that. I guess that would just make all the deaths feel cheap. At least we had a fun Ultron story and the Lethal Legion before all that.
My rating: 3 stars.
Next time: Batman- Cataclysm
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