#5568307 - 04/01/1207:29 PMThe Modern Marvel Reader
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Since I'm reading the New DC I thought I might as well give the modern Marvel titles a go as well.
The Avengers: 13-24, Annual 1 A lot of these issues cross-over into the Fear Itself event which I have yet to read, so they don’t quite have the impact that they should, even though you learn about the ‘deaths’ of two major Marvel characters. Still, we have the return of the Vision, Storm joins the team and the Avengers getting their backsides kicked by Norman Osborn and his new band of cronies. A good read all round.
New Avengers: 11-22, Annual 1 Some Avengers from 1959, some more Fear Itself stuff, Squirrel girl goes nuts, Daredevil with a big mother mucker machine gun and the new Dark Avengers. A lot of enjoyable issues.
Secret Avengers: 12-22 Some more Fear Itself, a number of one-off issues looking at individual Avengers and some science fiction based Warren Ellis stories that don’t really work for me. Not even some pretty art can stop this from being the weakest of the Avengers titles but with Rick Remender taking over the writing and Captain Britain joining the team things may improve. I'll add to this as I go through the books.
Avengers Academy: 12-27 Possibly my favourite Marvel book at the moment. The best Fear Itself tie-ins, some new members, the old West Coast Avengers headquarters, Magneto, X-23, Dire Wraiths, Tigra in her bikini (meowww) and even a time travel story that works. Issue #27 where they meet the Runaways ( not the 70’s girl group) is pure genius.
Avengers 1959: 1-5 Some terrible art but a decent story of Marvel’s previous unwritten past.
Captain America – Man Out of Time: 1-5 A trip through Cap’s history, which would have been more poignant if we didn’t know that Bucky actually survived that plane blowing up in 1945. And the art is terrible.
Captain America – Reborn: 1-5 & Who Will Wear the Shield A trip through Cap’s history, a glimpse into his future and then he comes back to life.
I think the only one of those that I read was Cap: Reborn... that series was the beginning of my eventual decision to stop reading Cap at all...
Sure would like to see that DD issue tho... I hate that he joined the Avengers as I really really don't want to be involved in all that stuff, but I just may have to search those out...
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Avengers Academy: 12-27 Possibly my favourite Marvel book at the moment. The best Fear Itself tie-ins, some new members, the old West Coast Avengers headquarters, Magneto, X-23, Dire Wraiths, Tigra in her bikini (meowww) and even a time travel story that works. Issue #27 where they meet the Runaways ( not the 70’s girl group) is pure genius.
Read Daredevil. It's the best current Marvel, IMHO.
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