This is where the legend began! A look into the early, pivotal period of the Marvel Universe, when five fledgling heroes - Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man, the Wasp, and the Hulk - banded together to fight the foes no single hero could overcome! But how did the public react? How did the U.S. government react? Previously untold secrets surrounding the formation of the Avengers are revealed here. Five individuals must learn to work as a team and forge a legend! Collects Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1-8.
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Brilliant Characterizations,
By Walter J. Kovacs "comixscholar" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Hardcover)
That basically sums up this book: brilliant characterizations. The book goes through the first year or so of the original Avengers run, but instead of rewriting history with a new story or jsut retelling the same thing, this book goes behind the scenes. As other reviewers said, this book skips around, but I do not find this to be a problem. The book does not detail the big fights that happened. It only includes them if they help flesh out teh characters. Joe Casey makes each of the original Avengers feel like real people with real problems. This is perhaps the best characterizations of the team I have ever seen. I did not read the original run. I was not extremely familiar with the original plots. I knew enough history that I had some idea what the general progression of things would be (i. e. members leaving the team and such). This being said I had no problem with the jumps. I may not have known why the lava people invaded but I didnt care. I wa smroe concerned with how Iron Man was going to handle Thor temporarily takign charge. I actually cared about these characters. I knew they woudl win the fights. I didn't really care about the fights, but it definitely made me love the characters. It also has a g reat Captain America story too. For a barometer on my tastes, I like Watchmen, Sandman, Invincible, Strangers in Paradise, and early Savage Dragon among others. So I am into the Superhero action and the character driven stuff. This book is a melding of that.
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Avengers Begins,
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This review is from: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Hardcover)
This is a great book if you already know Avengers history. It fills in the gaps and fleshes out the characters. You get a close up look at the personality conflicts and politics that went on as this grand team went through its early growing pains.
This should not be the first Avengers book you read but if you become an Avengers fan and get familiar with their early history, you will probably enjoy this book enormously. It is a bit of a recon, so if you are a purist you may want to avoid it but you will be missing a treat.
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Earth's Mightiest Heroes deconstructed,
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This review is from: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Hardcover)
Joe Casey does a fantastic job of revisiting old Avengers stories and updating them to a modern setting. The main focus of this miniseries is not on the fighting and adventure - rather, it delves deeper into the characters of the Avengers. There are several subplots that all mesh together in the last few issues to form an engaging new take on the early days of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It works with an ensemble cast, giving almost everyone a moment to shine. Joe Casey absolutely nails the personalities.
The main subplots are: -Captain America attempting to adapt to modern society, with the help of Rick Jones, and dealing with his World War II archenemy Baron Zemo once and for all -Iron Man lobbying the government for a high-priority security clearance for the team -Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver reforming their criminal ways and joining the Avengers, whilst the others depart for various reasons The book is also interspersed with action scenes to keep the reader interested. As another reviewer noted, very little background is given on the battles, which can be troublesome for new readers. However, I had only a very basic understanding of early Avengers history and I found the book to be just as enjoyable regardless. The artwork suits the comic perfectly. Slightly cartoony at times, but clean and detailed. One of my personal highlights was the Hulk throwing a train at Giant-Man in the first issue. I would definitely recommend this book for any Avengers fan (also check out Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II, and Avengers: The Origin, told in a similar style). If you love Marvel Comics but do not own this, you are missing out on a lot!
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