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S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects Of Forever (2011)

by Jonathan Hickman(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0785148949 (ISBN13: 9780785148944)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Marvel

review 1: I really liked the idea of a conspiracy spanning back thousands of years about the beginnings of Shield. Sadly this book just did not deliver.It basically is all exposition with no actual story or character development to speak of. And if you want to set up a great conspiracy typ story than things have to be as least a bit mysterious at the beginning instead of just dumping exposition at the reader. Almost every great inventor/genius of history is somehow shoehorned into the "story" (there is really not much of a story, the protagonists doesn't do anything and has no personality to speak of, he is just dragged from one place to the next by other people) with no payoff and in the end I ask myself why I should care about any of this.One other thing that really bugs me person... moreally: There is not a single female character in the whole story (well, there is one, she has maybe two lines). It's all white males all the time and the retelling of history through the great Shield conspiracy is annoyingly eurocentristic.
review 2: I suppose I shouldn't judge this premise based on this volume alone (I'm assuming there are others, or going to be? I should research), but it left me a bit disappointed. The idea of ancient figures in history being in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D back in the day is pretty cool, and makes sense in the comic book universe. However, the young guy who seems to be the potential hero is a bit too vague and uninteresting. What's the meaning of his galaxy jeans? I hope things get better in a future volume. I did love the artwork. Da Vinci was buff and totally hot. less

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