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Avengers, Vol. 2: The Last White Event (2013)

by Jonathan Hickman(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0785168249 (ISBN13: 9780785168249)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Marvel

series

Avengers (Marvel NOW!)

review 1: Bullet Review:That's it! No more buying trades just because Captain Marvel is on the cover!Seriously, what did I spend the last two days agonizing over? WHAT THE FRAK HAPPENED? I though Volume 1 was inscrutable enough, but this...this was absolute gibberish!Characters barely act like themselves. Mostly they are bland beings walking around, blathering techno-babble or philosophical musings. Sometimes they punch things. Most of the time NOTHING HAPPENS. Nothing is explained. The plot goes into a black hole of nothingness. All excitement and intrigue goes absolutely NOWHERE.And then there's the final "where the frak did you come from?" issue of this comic, a somewhat decent undercover casino plot. But once again - boring, colorless characters, inscrutable plot, meandering "de... moreep" musings that repetitively repeat themselves over and over again and absolutely no frakkin' resolution.I've had enough. I don't care if Captain Marvel is enormous on the cover of Volume 3, my brain can't suffer anymore of this...this...whatever this THING I spent reading.NOT recommended.
review 2: Still on the fence. Deodato's work shines in this volume and the first, and the stories have potential although they're only story seeds so far. If I were buying this at the comic store instead of checking out in trades from the local library I'd keep buying, but mostly because I was still hoping for a pay off of some kind. These first volumes are all promises. Still, if Hickman delivers on the potential of the new characters and these early plot seeds--heroes Smasher, this Universe lady, side characters like Adam and Kevin Connor/Starbrand, the new villains/cosmic characters that are in the garden on Mars, the potential problems/plotlines of the various quarantine zones, etc.--then it could still be awesome. But I'm still withholding final judgment. All the team has done so far is tease. Good teasing, effective teasing, but they have yet to hit with a hard firm story that really delivers. less

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