Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Avengers Legends Vol. 1: Avengers Forever by Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern, Carlos Pacheco ISBN: 0-7851-0756-8 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dense with Marvel history, but an awesome read nonetheless
Comment: AVENGERS FOREVER can be a little daunting for the uninitiated. The modern Marvel Universe dates back to the 1961 release of FANTASTIC FOUR #1. Since then, thousands of monthly Marvel comics have painted an epic tableau of colorful heroes, villains and settings. AVENGERS FOREVER writer Kurt Busiek and artist Carlos Pacheco delve into this tableau without apology, digging out all kinds of obscure Marvel historical factoids, obscure characters and events.
The result is one heck of an awesome story. Seven time-lost members of the Marvel super team, the Avengers, are called upon to save history as they know it. Their old adversaries, Kang and Immortus (the same guy from two different periods in his life--told you it was dense!) are seeking to manipulate history to their ends, Immortus by killing Rick Jones, a normal human who has long been associated with the Avengers and who poses a threat to Immortus' plans.
The Avengers chosen for the mission are an eclectic group. Two from the present of the team (Giant Man and Wasp), three from the past (Yellowjacket, a weary Captain America taken from a pivotal point in his career, and Hawkeye) and two from the future (Captain Marvel and Songbird).
The heroes embark on a long journey through time to several crucial moments in Marvel and Avengers history. To the Old West, where they meet several of Marvel's long-forgotten western heroes. To a post-apocalyptic future where they meet a band of freedom fighters (led by an old, wise Black Panther and the brash Killraven, hero of an obscure 70's sci-fi comic series) battling an alien invasion. To the 50's in the McCarthy era. To the distant future. Ultimately the Avengers must do battle with a group of enigmatic beings who have made a judgment that flies directly in the face of the Avengers' very reason for existing.
It's a great story that I think any fan of comics would enjoy tremendously. I know a lot about Marvel history, but I'm no completist. Even though I'm not a walking Marvel Encyclopaedia, I still enjoyed this story tremendously. It's one of the best comic series of the past several years and not to be missed. If you enjoy epic tales and quests with the exploits of heroes and diabolical villains, AVENGERS FOREVER is the book for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Simply Beautiful
Comment: In Avengers Forever, Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern and especially Carlos Pacheco explore a rich and accurate story of the fabled Avengers. Basically it starts of a little confusing but it wraps itself up so well. You honestly get a great sense of character development even if you haven't been reading the book for the past 30 years. And if you have, the surprises are abundant! *Spoiler Part* It pretty well focuses on the the Time Keepers conning Immortus into eradicating the human race to preserve their own survival. Your basic hypocrisy there. We're led to believe that Rick Jones posseses the Destiny Force. A force that allows humans to reach their full potential. And because of this a good chunk of humanities realities become tyranical universe expanding empires. This doesn't bode well for the preservation of the Time Keepers so they decide to kill Rick Jones and the entire human race in all realities. To defend himself from this, Rick Jones uses the Destiny Force to summon seven Avengers to help him. Yellow Jacket (a split personality of they young Hank Pym), a disillusioned Captain America, future versions of the new Captain Marvel & Songbird, Present incarnations of Hank Pym (Giant Man) and the Wasp, and Hawkeye after his days as Goliath. Basically they are there to protect Jones in the timestream with the help of the most unlikely of allies Kang (who is fighting from turning into Immortus in the Future), the Kree Supreme Intellegence and the mysterious Libra. The Avengers take a run through time and limbo to defeat Immortus and end up altering the face of their destinies forever. This series also spawned the spectacular new series Captain Marvel. So if you're looking for a classic Avengers tale with stunning art and beautiful scripting take a gander at Avengers Forever. Pacheco keeps his storytelling clean and easy while Busiek & Stern pull together the Avengers rich history to make a monumental stroke of sequential genius. Definitely a must for any Avengers fan!
Rating: 3
Summary: Good for the historian; poor for the reader
Comment: Busiek attempts to disentangle the many confusing appearances and motivations of essential Avengers villain, Immortus. Or Kang. Or Pharoah Rama-Tut. Or the Scarlet Centurion. The time-traveler has shown up so many times, in so many times, and under so many names that Marvel Comics had to call in Avengers guru Busiek to craft an independent series just to set things straight. The result was so thorough, so meticulously aware of Avengers' history, that it required pages of actual footnotes. Take that either as impressive, a series with its own bibliography, or as daunting as one of those old textbooks one ditched for the escape of comic books. Even though Busiek's knowledge of Avengers' history is monumental, his story sure isn't. It's impressive to pull from so many sources across Marvel history in an attempt to reconcile continuity concerns. But, if you lose the reader in the process, you're overlooking the fundamentals of comic books. Be they literary or be they fluff, comics are still tools of recreation. They must work with the readers and never against them. To correct continuity errors, there are better options than Byzantine 12-issue series.
 |
Title: AVENGERS: ULTRON UNLIMITED by Kurt Busiek, George Perez ISBN: 0785107746 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War by Neal Adams, Roy Thomas ISBN: 0785107452 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 30 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
 |
Title: Avengers Defenders War by Steve Englehart, Bob Brown, Sam Buscema ISBN: 0785108440 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: The Avengers: Under Siege ("Marvel's Finest" Series) by Roger Stern, John Buscema, Tom Palmer ISBN: 0785107029 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
 |
Title: The Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes : Supreme Justice by Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid, George Perez ISBN: 0785107738 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
