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Summary: Predictable Spandex Fare
Review: Kurt Busiek gives another 'I Can Learn To Read' story of the Avengers. It's predictable, and gives a weird echo of previous Avengers runs (especially Perez's first run on the team about twenty years ago). It's simple superhero stories, and the overall collection suffers because of the clumsy juggling of the characters and stories. The Triune story comes out of nowhere, as if it were more a convenient argument for Busiek's clear reluctance at developing minority characters (a long-argument in the Avengers). The Grim Reaper story seems to be rehashed from a few other Grim Reaper stories.
The art is easily the best thing about the book. Perez cares a lot about the team and is able to bring an extraordinary amount of detail and beauty to each page. While his character designs are a bit lackluster (Triatholon and the Triune look particularly dated), he still is able to show newer characters like Firestar and Justice in as good a spotlight as old favorites Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
I would recommend the Avengers Visionary book reprinting Perez's first run.
Rating:
Summary: Predictable Spandex Fare
Review: Kurt Busiek gives another 'I Can Learn To Read' story of the Avengers. It's predictable, and gives a weird echo of previous Avengers runs (especially Perez's first run on the team about twenty years ago). It's simple superhero stories, and the overall collection suffers because of the clumsy juggling of the characters and stories. The Triune story comes out of nowhere, as if it were more a convenient argument for Busiek's clear reluctance at developing minority characters (a long-argument in the Avengers). The Grim Reaper story seems to be rehashed from a few other Grim Reaper stories.
The art is easily the best thing about the book. Perez cares a lot about the team and is able to bring an extraordinary amount of detail and beauty to each page. While his character designs are a bit lackluster (Triatholon and the Triune look particularly dated), he still is able to show newer characters like Firestar and Justice in as good a spotlight as old favorites Scarlet Witch and the Vision.
I would recommend the Avengers Visionary book reprinting Perez's first run.
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Summary: GREAT GEORGE PEREZ WORK
Review: Perez has always been one of my favorite artists and he's never better than when he does the Avengers. This 208 page trade paperback collects issues #8 - 15 of Avengers vol. 3.Why can't Earth's Mightiest Heroes catch a break? First, New York City honors the Avengers - and the Grim Reaper spoils their parade! Then munitions master Moses Magnum sets his sights on our team! And then they're attacked by the awesome Avatars of Lord Templar! But even when Wonder Man, Triathlon and the Vision join the team, Hawkeye quits
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Summary: GREAT GEORGE PEREZ WORK
Review: Perez has always been one of my favorite artists and he's never better than when he does the Avengers. This 208 page trade paperback collects issues #8 - 15 of Avengers vol. 3. Why can't Earth's Mightiest Heroes catch a break? First, New York City honors the Avengers - and the Grim Reaper spoils their parade! Then munitions master Moses Magnum sets his sights on our team! And then they're attacked by the awesome Avatars of Lord Templar! But even when Wonder Man, Triathlon and the Vision join the team, Hawkeye quits
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Summary: Leaves something to be desired
Review: The highlight of this collection is the comeback of the Grim reaper, which was mostly handled well, while the guest star of the beast was an enjoyable story. However, overall, I must say that this collection isn't very impressive.
There is minimal character development, the villains are mostly inconsequential or annoying, the fights border on mundane, and the endings mostly predicatable. The most enigmatic of this collection is the Triune understanding, which you simply come out hating.
The Moses Magnum fights I thought were ridiculous, I hated them. The clashes between Pagan and Lord Templar got increasingly boring and repetitive, as they mostly ended as fistfights between the superstrengthed and the steroid pumped.
I'd avoid it unless you're on a hunt (like i was) to beef up your collection of Avengers past issues that you don't have. It doesn't add much to your collection.
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Summary: Review For Avengers: Clear And Present Dangers
Review: This is a collection of stories that have appeared in recent editions of the Avengers. The main storyline is a romance triangle between the Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Wonder Man with a Grim Reaper and Triune stories as backdrop. The Perez artwork is dazzling. He is truly the best Avengers artist of all time and his feel for the characters is remarkable. The stories are somehwat hard to follow. Busiek is a great writer but on the Avengers, he has a tendency to try to tell too many stories or too much story at once. When you have at least seven different Avengers to get into the book, it becomes very crowded. The Ultron Unlimited GN is a lot better because it concnetrates on Avengers vs Ultron, and doesn't have as many loose threads as this book.
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