Specieism in action at Marvel This has been the week that the big 2 comic publishers could do no right. DC horrendously killed (I’m assuming it’s horrendous because of the internet outrage; 10,000 people with keyboards can’t be wrong) some character or another I wouldn’t have known about because I don’t read comics about little [...]
Tags: Avengers, DC, fictitional outrage, Gorillas, Marvel
One of my favorite periods of Avengers history is when the West Coast Avengers were around. The rivalry between the two teams sparked off some great drama as the East Coast Avengers thought of themselves as the “true” Avengers while the West Coast Avengers (or “Wackos” as they were also called) suffered a serious inferiority [...]
Tags: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Dark Avengers, Jim Cheung, New Avengers
For a long time now, Bendis’s New Avengers has been on the cutting block for me but I’ve never gone through with it. Since the launch of the title, something’s never felt right but I always thought that the promise was there for something great. I enjoy the first story, gloss over the whole Sentry [...]
Tags: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, New Avengers, Secret Invasion
The Mighty Avengers feels like it is supposed to be the “widescreen” version of The Avengers. After Brian Michael Bendis has spent the last few years redefining the team in the pages of New Avengers, Mighty Avengers feels like it should be the big action, larger-than-life team that New Avengers really never was. There’s no [...]
Tags: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Doctor Doom, Mark Bagley, Mighty Avengers, Skrulls, Venom