Avengers 2.24 - Avengers #118-#119

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Once again we turn to The Defenders—Issue Ten, to be precise—for the next chapter of our ongoing crossover.  Here we see Hulk and Thor reviving their old rivalry, but they don’t get the chance to finally determine who’s stronger before the Defenders and the Avengers show up, together at last and ready to get to the bottom of how their feud began.
 

The Hulk is reluctant to follow orders any more but is eventually persuaded to give up the Evil Eye.  The Silver Surfer has brought along the other pieces, but before they can do anything with them, one of Dormammu’s lackeys sweeps into our dimension just long enough to scoop up the Evil Eye and deliver it to his master.  Dormammu promptly puts it to bad use, shifting Earth into his own dimension so he can conquer it and turning New York into a ghoulish monster-ridden hellscape.  I was gonna make a joke about that last part, but… nah.  Too easy.  Gotta draw the line somewhere.
 

Avengerous Tales 2.23 - Avengers #116-#117

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Before I start discussing the Avengers today, we need to discuss another comic: The Defenders.

See, the previous issue of The Avengers was basically a set up for a big crossover with The Defenders, which focused on the adventures of another set of heroes who defend instead of avenge, I guess?

 

Oh well exCUSE ME.  P.S. Namor, Ken called, he wants his magic earring back.

Avengerous Tales 2.15 - Avengers #100-#101

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I am going to need so many tags for this.
 

Avengerous Tales 2.9 - Avengers #88-#89

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You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been seeing Thor and Iron Man around more than we have for the past few years.  The comic never made an official announcement that these two were back to being full-time Avengers—they just started showing up on the regular all of a sudden.  I wonder how that played out in-universe, like did Thor’s socks just suddenly start appearing in the laundry while Iron Man left notes on the fridge complaining that they’re out of straws?

Avengerous Tales 1.30 - Avengers Annual #2

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Wow, is it time for another Annual already?  The year just flew by, didn’t it?

Like with the first Annual, we’ve got Don Heck doing the artwork, this time with Werner Roth as well.  Apparently, he’s best known for his work on X-Men and Lorna the Jungle Girl, which explains why I’m not familiar with him.  If you just gave me the name ‘Werner Roth’ with no context, I’d assume he was a German explorer and imagine a dude in jodhpurs and a pith helmet.

Avengerous Tales 1.3 - Avengers #5-#6

 

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Hey there, everyone, and welcome to the third post in my new Avengerous Tales review series.  Before we begin, I think these issues need a wee bit of introduction. 

If you’ll recall the end of the last review, Banner’s confidante Rick Jones worried that the Hulk would be upset about his running off to be Captain America’s Replacement Bucky.  In Fantastic Four #25, which is an Avengers crossover along with Fantastic Four #26, we find out that ‘upset’ is an understatement, and even as the Avengers fly to New Mexico to try to track the Hulk down, the Hulk bounds off to New York to kick the Avengers’ butts for treating him so badly.  Dontcha hate it when you go all the way out to see someone and it turns out they’re not home?  That’s what you get for not calling ahead.

In FF #25-#26, in which the Hulk is referred to as “Bob Banner” for no discernable reason*, the Hulk and the Thing spar a little before the Avengers finally show up to try to take responsibility for their ex-member.  In the resulting fight, Hulk of course gets away again, but not before thoroughly trashing Tony Stark’s (one day to be Avengers’) mansion.  And that’s where Avengers #5 picks up.

Avengerous Tales 1.2 - Avengers #3-#4

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Ya gotta love the font on these old covers.  It makes The Avengers look like the title to a sitcom starring Marlo Thomas, not a superhero comic.

Avengerous Tales 1.1 – Avengers #1-#2

 

Hey, kiddies!  This post marks the beginning of a whole new adventure for this blog.  It’s the very first part of my way-too-many-parts-to-count series of Avengerous Tales!  Uncreatively titled it may be, but hopefully we’ll have some fun as I try to review every single Avengers comic ever made from the team’s debut in 1963 straight on through Busiek and Pérez’s run in the 1990s/2000s.  I might also take a peek at Marvel Adventures: The Avengers just because it looks adorable.  Regardless, I’ll be stopping before Civil War because I don’t want to have to deal with it or any of the garbage that came after (I’ve already reviewed Civil War if you would like to find out why I feel that way).

Let’s start the party.