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Avengers Being Assembled 0

With this comic, superhero teams were redefined.  A mix of personality types and characters with both strengths and weaknesses were put together from the growing Marvel stable by the titanic team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. An issue this important almost defies criticism, but I'm going to try to tackle it anyway.  While it's great to see all these heroes on the same stage, one has to remember that both in terms of powers, and in terms of personality / characterization, these were all fairly new ...

3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

Innovative Key Issue 0

Back in the early 60s, Marvel had a great cast of characters that it wanted to bring together in a supergroup to compete against teams like the justice league. Avengers #1 does exactly that by bringing Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp and the Hulk together to fight the menace of Loki, god of mischief. I really like the way these characters interact with each other but they seem a little immature and vain at first glance. In reading this issue you would think that these characters are way too differ...

5 out of 5 found this review helpful.

Earth's Mightiest Heroes 0

The legendary first Avengers issue, from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, featuring the quasi-accidental formation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Released all the way back in 1963, how does it read today?  Well, it's fun stuff. Some of it is goofy fun, but it's still fun. Any Marvel fan knows the plot already: the evil Loki manipulates the Hulk to get revenge on his brother Thor, causing a chain of events that forces Ironman, Ant-man, The Wasp and the aforementioned Thor to join forces against the God of ...

6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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