Customer Reviews

Avengers Vol. 1: World Trust

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Avengers World Trust is a collection of Geoff Johns first six issues on his too brief run on the monthly title. Johns has worked miracles over at DC with his great run on Flash and his resurgence of classic characters and plots on JSA. Sadly, the most he brings to World Trust is a standard adventure.

The first four issues deal with the Avengers battling a mystic enemy that is transplanting the capitals of the Earth to another dimension. Nothing new is really brought to the storyline, but Johns reestablishes members like Namor, The Falcon, and even government liason Henry Gyrich. The art is bad but the plotting and action are passable.

The fifth issue included sets up where Johns plans on taking the title by allowing the Avengers to operate within the United Nations. It's a nice paced story that allows us to reattach ourselves to the Avengers as people.

The final issue (the best), and a great example of what Geoff Johns is known for, deals with two new members Ant-Man and Jack of Hearts. This is an excellent story in duality that treats these two characters better than they have been handled since the 1970's. It's a must read for any Avengers fan and the art is solid throughout.

So, six issues...one possible classic story and five standard adventures.

This is the collection of Geoff Johns' first story arc in Avengers. The story is interesting, and his mix of first string, and traditionally second string Avengers makes for an interesting interplay. Of course, while the story is interesting and well executed, it is nothing all that epic. The most memorable part would be the fact that the Avengers Mansion is now considered a separate country.

The worst move Geoff Johns could make would be to succeed the Kang Dynasty arc with another epic in which the very fabric of reality is threatened (albiet this time on a mystic level). Splitting order and chaos and thereby turning the world topsy-turvy reminded me of many other apocalyptic scenarios common to comics. However, this collection is saved by Johns sensitivy for his characters and their iconic symbolism. This collection contains some decent dialogue as well an interesting sub-plot in which the UN invests the Avengers with world leadership.