drive-by readings |
Avengers Prime #1 (Marvel)
Brian Michael Bendis
Alan Davis
Mark Farmer
Javier Rodriguez
Chris Eliopoulos |
they sure are wringing every dollar they can squeeze out of the
Avengers relaunch, aren't they? and from a business point of view, Marvel can't avoid not to. and from the fans' perspective, big name creators + intriguing stories and angles = we will come.
set right in between
Siege and the actual relaunch of
Steve Rogers' private armies,
Avengers Prime tackles the long-awaited question of how to repair the
Avengers Big Three's fractured relationships, after multiple storylines since
Ragnarok (not Clor) and
Avengers Disassembled. though i don't think it can be done within one adventure, this is a good start. wait, i assume this happens even
before Tony and Thor talk about bridging that country mile between them. in that sequence, they talk as if
Avengers Prime hasn't happened yet (which gets confusing because of scheduling and deadlines). comments, fandom?
of course, thanks to
Mark Millar, we will have this inevitable scene:
Tony and
Steve's relationship (in the modern era, or the last 20 years) was anything except being buddy-buddy. although from my childhood, i do remember them being very best buds at least when they're having their
Avengers adventures. we all grow up and their characterizations grew up as well, putting in conflict and disagreements and all those things that feed and make a friendship mature. now a sizable decade or so since
Operation: Galactic Storm,
Tony and
Steve are once again at odds, considering things went into the toilet after Steve's death (in which Tony mourned him and said the whole thing wasn't worth it - but now, that memory's lost in history's dustbins, eh,
Matt Fraction?). but then again, its always a rite of renewal - they're still going to work it out like true friends always do.
i don't know if anyone noticed but from the opening scene,
Tony acts like a little boy (again) who wants to show off his toys and his smarts, trying to impress
Thor that they can rebuild anything. sounds a little immature, don't you think, in the light of the destruction of Asgard around them? is this the same guy who rebooted himself at Extremis 1.0 then was shocked by his douchebaggery during the events that led to
Civil War and later?
of course, the next cool scene - and this one is vintage
Alan Davis - is
Captain Rogers clearing out a roomful of elves.
not seeing one trademark splash page save the opener and closer, it was a pleasant visit nonetheless from old friends
Davis and usual collaborator
Farmer. although it seems weird that
Cap takes a bunch of arrows from the scene, but not a bow? unless he turned into
Bullseye all of a sudden?
with the reveal of a surprise villain in the end, keeping up with the theme in the recent Avengers-related titles, fans like me should be in for a treat.
