These two books were quite an undertaking, but oh so rewarding. So, great follow-up to a great Avengers, with some editorial and continuity issues.
Did all of these events really occur in the modern Marvel universe, including heroic recriminations and even deaths? Sellings of souls? Or did the big reset button get hit sometime along the line? And why are most Marvel comics afraid to follow-up on this series? (Al Ewing's various Avengers and Contents of Champions titles seem like the exception.) Worse, it's not clear how much of this story ended up continuity. Because it ends on the edge of the last incursion with a big to-be-continued for Secret Wars. The problem with this volume is inevitably the ending. It was occasionally disappointing, since these outré new concepts codified as Marvel icons, but Hickman did it so well that you had to enjoy it. And all the answers of these volumes are awesome: who the Black Swan's god is, who the Black Priests follow, what the Ivory Kings are. As we're heading toward what seems like certain doom, the tension just keeps climbing. Then in the second half we get a great jump forward eight months, which was really startling at the time as we learned about all kinds of upcoming changes to the Marvel universe, and we also get a great breakdown of the Avengers, as they're split into three teams (including the first appearance of Bobby's AIMvengers).
We also get other fun stories like a romp through potential Avengers futures. The second volume of Jonathan Hickman's amazing, science-fiction-focused Avengers answers most of the questions of the original but is weaker primarily thanks to editorial requirements.Įarly off, things are great, because the first third of the comic mashes together Avengers and New Avengers as the one team learns about the other. Their desperate, world-shattering actions will leave the Avengers at each other’s throats - and give rise to the Cabal! And as the realities of the Multiverse collide, time runs out for everyone!Ĭollecting Avengers (2012) issues #24-44 and New Avengers (2013) #13-33, Written by Jonathan Hickman, pencilled by Salvador Larroca, Leinil Francis Yu, Stefano Caselli, Mike Deodato Jr., Mike Mayhew, Kev Walker, Simone Bianchi, Rags Morales, Valerio Schiti, Szymon Kudranski, Dalibor Talajic & more, with cover artwork by Esad Ribic.
Meanwhile, as the Incursion crisis worsens, the members of the Illuminati struggle with the weight of the burden they’ve shouldered. And the collision of the Avengers and the Illuminati is imminent! But as teammate faces teammate, the Time Gem takes the Avengers on a peril-filled journey into days-to-come - ultimately sending Captain America 50,000 years into the future to witness a true Avengers world! AIM brings a corrupt version of the Avengers into the Marvel Universe. Jonathan Hickman’s epic Avengers run builds to the end of all things! A runaway planet is on a collision course with Earth.
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