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ericthec's review against another edition
Like science fiction and the best in this set. Still the graphic novel is incomplete with out other tie-ins.
captwinghead's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars
Where to begin... where to begin...
So, Marvel was really feeling themselves with this one, huh? "Read our TOTALLY ESSENTIAL, WORLD CHANGING INFINITY ARC! All you have to do is buy 5 issues of Avengers, 5 issues of New Avengers, 6 issues of Infinity and pick up some of these tie ins as well". I'm going to say something I haven't said about any other arc save Civil War: you cannot get by just reading one of these trades. You have to read Avengers with Infinity, at the least! New Avengers is kind of a toss up. You don't really have to read that one to know what's happening here, unless you wanna know about the state of Wakanda and Iron Man. But you cannot understand Avengers without reading Infinity as it was released.
So, shell out over $100 (I believe) to read these 2 series just to follow what's going on. Or wait a while and read it all for $10 on Marvel Unlimited... which is what I did.
This is confusing to follow. Even reading it all concurrently, I am confused as hell. There's Builders who are sons of Alephs? Who are all children of the Universe... who is a person?
As I understand it, there are 2 plots:
1) Thanos attacks Attilan trying to find his son Thane and to kill him (for fucking what?)
2) The Builders are destroying earth... to save the universe? Because somehow, that's how this works?
Anyway, Avengers is about the Builders part of it. It follows the Avengers teaming up with the Shi'ar Empire, The Skrulls and other races I can't remember to fight the builders. With less of this really overdrawn plot, this could have been super intriguing because Hickman did something I really liked: he made Captain America a Captain.
I know, "what do you mean? he leads the charge in several books". But in this book, Cap is actually leading an army in a war for the fate of the world. He's negotiating with races he used to fight against and working with their leaders to lead a charge against the Builders. He's using war strategy, sending negotiators (Thor) and delegates to work together. It's nice to see because, outside of flashbacks to the 40s and Civil War (to an extent) I haven't really seen this side of him.
I really love Thor in these series. I'm reading them all at once so I can't pinpoint which one did the most with him but I think Hickman used Thor really well. Not just his hammer but his battle prowess and strategy.
Those are the only nice things I have to say about this. I hate the way women were drawn in this book. It's a shame because I absolutely adore the way Cap is drawn in it. Just FYI, when women know they'll have to do a lot of running and fighting, we don't wear suits that ride up our asses. Just a word fo advice when drawing asses, if it's not something you'd be comfortable running in, it's not something we'd be comfortable in either.
So, it's not really a recommend unless you're determined to read Infinity. Then, it's a must. I wish I could say it was super enjoyable...
Where to begin... where to begin...
So, Marvel was really feeling themselves with this one, huh? "Read our TOTALLY ESSENTIAL, WORLD CHANGING INFINITY ARC! All you have to do is buy 5 issues of Avengers, 5 issues of New Avengers, 6 issues of Infinity and pick up some of these tie ins as well". I'm going to say something I haven't said about any other arc save Civil War: you cannot get by just reading one of these trades. You have to read Avengers with Infinity, at the least! New Avengers is kind of a toss up. You don't really have to read that one to know what's happening here, unless you wanna know about the state of Wakanda and Iron Man. But you cannot understand Avengers without reading Infinity as it was released.
So, shell out over $100 (I believe) to read these 2 series just to follow what's going on. Or wait a while and read it all for $10 on Marvel Unlimited... which is what I did.
This is confusing to follow. Even reading it all concurrently, I am confused as hell. There's Builders who are sons of Alephs? Who are all children of the Universe... who is a person?
As I understand it, there are 2 plots:
1) Thanos attacks Attilan trying to find his son Thane and to kill him (for fucking what?)
2) The Builders are destroying earth... to save the universe? Because somehow, that's how this works?
Anyway, Avengers is about the Builders part of it. It follows the Avengers teaming up with the Shi'ar Empire, The Skrulls and other races I can't remember to fight the builders. With less of this really overdrawn plot, this could have been super intriguing because Hickman did something I really liked: he made Captain America a Captain.
I know, "what do you mean? he leads the charge in several books". But in this book, Cap is actually leading an army in a war for the fate of the world. He's negotiating with races he used to fight against and working with their leaders to lead a charge against the Builders. He's using war strategy, sending negotiators (Thor) and delegates to work together. It's nice to see because, outside of flashbacks to the 40s and Civil War (to an extent) I haven't really seen this side of him.
I really love Thor in these series. I'm reading them all at once so I can't pinpoint which one did the most with him but I think Hickman used Thor really well. Not just his hammer but his battle prowess and strategy.
Those are the only nice things I have to say about this. I hate the way women were drawn in this book. It's a shame because I absolutely adore the way Cap is drawn in it. Just FYI, when women know they'll have to do a lot of running and fighting, we don't wear suits that ride up our asses. Just a word fo advice when drawing asses, if it's not something you'd be comfortable running in, it's not something we'd be comfortable in either.
So, it's not really a recommend unless you're determined to read Infinity. Then, it's a must. I wish I could say it was super enjoyable...
murphyc1's review against another edition
3.0
This volume gets extra credit with me for being a lot of fun to look at and consisting of lots of two-page scenes that are really cool. The overall plot, however, I f0und almost impossible to follow. I found it necessary to consult the Wikipedia page for Infinity repeatedly, just to make basic sense of the Avengers' goings on. Also, I'm a sucker for anti-villains fighting true villains.
otherashley's review against another edition
2.0
2.5
I'll be honest, I skimmed the last few issues of this. Not really digging Infinity and I'm really ready to just be past it. I think from here on out I'll just be finishing New Avengers as the overall story line interests me more and I'm ready to move on to the new Secret Wars run.
I'll be honest, I skimmed the last few issues of this. Not really digging Infinity and I'm really ready to just be past it. I think from here on out I'll just be finishing New Avengers as the overall story line interests me more and I'm ready to move on to the new Secret Wars run.
shane_tiernan's review against another edition
4.0
I love "cosmic threats" and this definitely fit the bill. The art was good and the sense of dread was palpable. Good stuff.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
1.0
Don't buy this collection or Hickman's [b:New Avengers, Volume 2: Infinity|18483923|New Avengers, Volume 2 Infinity|Jonathan Hickman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409500319l/18483923._SY75_.jpg|26161832]. They're super unsatisfying ways to read this event. It's like buying a book and only getting either the odd or even chapters. Sure, you sort of kind of a little bit get the overall story, but it will appear that everybody dies at the end of chapter three, and there's no chapter four, and in chapter five, it's like that dramatic cliffhanger ending never happened.
It's a terrible way to collect this event.
Instead just get [b:Infinity|18513586|Infinity|Jonathan Hickman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1527103514l/18513586._SY75_.jpg|26644776] and read the entire story. I'm going to hold off on my read through until I get this volume, so I can actually, hopefully, enjoy this story.
I don't recommend this version of the story. Make the investment, get the complete book.
It's a terrible way to collect this event.
Instead just get [b:Infinity|18513586|Infinity|Jonathan Hickman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1527103514l/18513586._SY75_.jpg|26644776] and read the entire story. I'm going to hold off on my read through until I get this volume, so I can actually, hopefully, enjoy this story.
I don't recommend this version of the story. Make the investment, get the complete book.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
2.0
Stupid and kind of boring. It should have been sweeping high level adventure. But it wasn't even a swing and a miss. There were no worthwhile character moments. There was no real story. There was barely a plot. It should have been at least less bad.
gohawks's review against another edition
1.0
Dear Jonathan Hickman,
I have figured you out. You can no longer hide the fact from me that you are a cold, soulless robot writing from a satellite station above Earth. I'm sure it must be hard to write dialogue without any one else to talk to all day. However, you must stop. I resent that you have some how implanted an imperative in my brain to read all your work no matter how much I dislike each and every one of them. I have no idea why you have so many fans except perhaps, there may be many more cyborgs out there than I had previously accounted for here on Earth. You are great with graphic design. Please return to this.
Thank you,
Chad Jacobson
p.s. Lenil Yu, you have no business encouraging him.
I have figured you out. You can no longer hide the fact from me that you are a cold, soulless robot writing from a satellite station above Earth. I'm sure it must be hard to write dialogue without any one else to talk to all day. However, you must stop. I resent that you have some how implanted an imperative in my brain to read all your work no matter how much I dislike each and every one of them. I have no idea why you have so many fans except perhaps, there may be many more cyborgs out there than I had previously accounted for here on Earth. You are great with graphic design. Please return to this.
Thank you,
Chad Jacobson
p.s. Lenil Yu, you have no business encouraging him.
plaidbrarian's review against another edition
3.0
A bit hard to read since it's really a bunch of ancillary tie-ins to a larger event mini-series (which, admittedly, I have yet to read), so you never really get the full story, but its Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu, so it still reads and looks better than most other superhero comics out there, so there's that. The fact that there's no pay-off for the final issue in this collection, though (it presumably leads into the last issue of the Infinity mini-series) is frustrating, though.