Avengerous Tales 2.18 - Avengers #106-#107

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It seems the Avengers are having trouble pinning down a regular artist: Issue 106 brings us the combined work of Rich Buckler and George Tuska, while 107 is by Jim Starlin, George Tuska, and Dave Cockrum.  I’d say I miss having a regular artist, but with my luck, when they DO get a regular artist I won’t like him and will yearn for the days when Marvel just threw The Avengers at whoever was available.

Avengerous Tales 2.17 - Avengers #104-#105

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We have lots of goodbyes to say in this review.  I hope you brought your Bat-hanky. *sniff*

Avengerous Tales 2.16 - Avengers #102-#103

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And we’re back to the floating head covers.  Great.  Also, like the last story, Roy Thomas is responsible for the script but not really the story idea.  That credit goes to Chris Claremont, who we’ll be talking more about down the road, although the comic just says this is “based on an idea from Chris Claremont,” so I don’t know if he provided Thomas with a full synopsis or just turned to him one day over coffee and was like “hey, wouldn’t it be cool if…?” and then let Thomas run with it.

Avengerous Tales 2.15 - Avengers #100-#101

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I am going to need so many tags for this.
 

Avengerous Tales 2.14 - Avengers #98-#99

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A brief sojourn to Thor #196-#197 before we begin this Avengerous Tale:

Asgard was under attack from a being called Mangog, which Odin himself created because he’s a genocidal a-hole, but that’s a long story and we’re not going to get into it right now.  The point is, Mangog’s on a rampage, and to protect the rest of the universe, Odin breaks the Rainbow Bridge and whisks Asgard away to a separate dimension.

Avengerous Tales 2.13 - Avengers #96-#97

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Diggin’ the new title font, but why is Namor naked?

Avengerous Tales 2.12 - Avengers #94, Avengers Annual #5, Avengers #95

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It’s my first Avengerous Tale of the new year, but we’ve still got to resolve the plotlines started back in the old one, so let’s get a-movin’.