Avengerous Tales 2.44 - Avengers Annual #6-Avengers #154

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Dangit, Yellowjacket, watch where you’re divebombing before you crash into Nuklo.

Avengerous Tales 2.43 - Avengers #152-#153

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CHICKEN HEAD!  BWAHH!

Avengerous Tales 2.42 - Avengers #150-#151

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Let’s just hope that the 150^th issue is more exciting than the 100^th.  Well, it certainly can’t be worse than the 200^th! 

Avengerous Tales 2.41 - Avengers #148-#149

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Cover by Jack Kirby!  COVER BY JACK KIRBY!  COVER BY JACK KIRBY!!! 

Also, bless both these cover artists for not putting the nose on Iron Man’s mask.  I don’t know if they forgot it or just straight-up refused to do it, but either way, I’m sure we’re all grateful.

Avengerous Tales 2.40 - Avengers #146-#147

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Just a reminder—the previous issue was created by Tony Isabella, Scott Edelman and Don Heck rather than the usual creative team of Steve Englehart and George Pérez.  In this first issue, we also get an art assist from Keith Pollard before returning to our regular folks.

Avengerous Tales 2.37 - Avengers #140-#141

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I’m sure you won’t be the least bit surprised to learn that one of these covers has a big fat lie on it.  Comics, amirite?

 

Avengerous Tales 2.36 - Avengers #138-#139

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Prescription: Death doesn't tell me very much.  How often am I supposed to take death?  How many deaths can I safely take at one time?  What are the potential side effects of death?  Does death have any contraindications?

I don't think Whirlwind has ever even seen a medical school...

Avengerous Tales 2.35 - Avengers #136-#137

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Before we dive in, I should explain something about Issue 136—it’s a reprint.  See, during the 1970s, Marvel’s creators seemed to have trouble meeting their deadlines from time to time.  When that happened, rather than delaying the book, Marvel would usually print a replacement story that had absolutely nothing to do with whatever ongoing storyline was happening.  In this case, however, they’re reprinting a story from Amazing Adventures #12, originally published in 1972, rather than giving us a new story.

Either way, it was kind of jarring and irritating.  Still, since it’s in an Avengers comic and features both an Avenger and a future Avenger, I’m going to review it anyway.
 

Avengerous Tales 2.10 - Avengers #90-#91

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EVOLUTION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!

Avengerous Tales 2.2 - Avengers #74-#75

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Hey look, John Buscema’s back!  And just in time for things to get extra stupid!

***The first half of this review contains depictions and discussions of racism and racially-motivated violence.  If you’d prefer to avoid all that, don’t start reading until it says “Whew…”

Avengerous Tales 2.1 - Avengers #72-#73

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Hello, all, and welcome to Avengerous Tales 2.0!  We’ve already covered the swinging sixties (here’s the masterpost if you want to get caught up), so now let’s dive right into the sensational seventies and see what this brand new decade has in store for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

***The second half of this review contains depictions and discussions of racism and racially-motivated violence.  If you’d prefer to skip all that, stop at “We get a new artist for the next issue.”

Avengerous Tales 1.37 - Avengers #70-#71

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Wait, why are we back to the old font?  I guess people didn’t like the new one…?

Avengerous Tales 1.36 - Avengers #68, Avengers Annual #3, Avengers #69

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We’ve got Sal Buscema, longtime artist for Captain America and The Incredible Hulk (and John Buscema’s brother), on art today.  Dang, the Avengers are going through artists faster than Harry Potter goes through Dark Arts professors.

 

Avengerous Tales 1.35 - Avengers #65-#67

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You get a triple feature today!  What fun!

Avengerous Tales 1.34 - Avengers #63-#64

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I don’t know why Hank would continue being Yellowjacket when that’s the identity he took in a weird fit of schizophrenic self-hatred, but those covers are awesome.  Much better than the Random Floating Head covers we’ve been getting lately.

***This review contains a tiny discussion of emotional abuse, so if that bothers you, skip the paragraph after I start swearing up a storm.

Avengerous Tales 1.32 - Avengers #59-#60

 

 

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Hey kids, remember when this comic thought it was competent enough to have a discussion about racism?  Remember how well that went?  Well today they’re going to try to tackle mental illness!  Won’t that be fun?!!

***This review contains depictions and extensive discussions of emotional and physical abuse, a couple of brief scenes that could be interpreted as attempted sexual assault, and gross misrepresentation of schizophrenia.  If you’d prefer to avoid that, feel free to enjoy some adorable fanart while slamming canon’s fingers in the door.  Actually, you’ll probably want to do that anyway.