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AVENGERS #14

• “THE SIGNAL” – Prelude to Infinity

• All of the Origin Sites go active as the Earth begins to communicate with something much more ancient than human civilizations.

• The Terror scientists of A.I.M. unveil the S7 program.

• Prelude to INFINITY: Part One.

Story by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Spencer
Art by Stefano Caselli
Cover by Leinil Francis Yu

Price: $3.99
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  1. Avatar photo Scarlet-Batman says:
    June 17, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    Finally, we get to see what the heck all this infinity stuff is all about. Can’t wait, should be extra exciting.

  2. Avatar photo RileyArmpit32 says:
    June 17, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    Really excited about this whole build-up to Infinity & I am proper psyching myself up for this event that I fully will endorse mostly because it’s by Hickman!

  3. Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
    June 17, 2013 at 6:33 pm

    A 13 issue prelude to a 4 issue prelude to the big story, seems like way too much build up. But I’m down for the ride because of the great artists and Hickman writes great long form stories.

    • flapjaxx says:
      June 17, 2013 at 7:23 pm

      I don’t think the first 13 issues of this series really has MUCH to do with Infinity. I think after Infinity Hickman will go back and work more with what he’s laid down in the series so far. It’s my impression that, for the most part, Infinity is something new that’s coming in to the picture now, not something that’s piggybacking after the godlike aliens on Mars or whatever. Could be TOTALLY wrong!

    • Avatar photo RileyArmpit32 says:
      June 17, 2013 at 7:32 pm

      Infinity is partly related with The Avengers battling the Builders in space & the upcoming multiple Ex-Nihilo’s as well, so it all inter-links!

    • Avatar photo phess1">phess1 says:
      June 19, 2013 at 10:24 am

      People tend to forget that Hickman’s Fantastic Four run has little bits and pieces intertwined in the stories that built up to the epic conclusion. The stories and individual arcs have merit on there own but it forms into something more as a whole when everything is completed. It’s one of the reasons I think he is doing the best comic book work of the last couple years. It works on many different levels. What has hurt this run is expectations. Nobody realized what was going on in Fantastic Four until issue 600. We were able to look back on everything and realize how brilliant it was. Everyone knows that coming out the gate now and it’s much easier to defy expectations then meet them, especially when were talking about pop culture.

    • kcekada says:
      June 19, 2013 at 1:08 pm

      Frankly, I liked Hickman’s early issues but lost interest towards the end. Too much build up tends to make for a bloated story.

  4. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    June 17, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    I’m excited for Infinity. Cause it’s a story that has only one writer and Hickman has been secretly building it up his Avengers book for this. Unlike the previous events where it is room written and therefore has wildly inconsistent characterizations. Hope this issue starts some fun times for the rest of the year.

  5. Avatar photo player1 says:
    June 17, 2013 at 11:27 pm

    My subscription ends soon.

    See you at the pubic library!

  6. Avatar photo MutantSentry says:
    June 18, 2013 at 6:17 am

    S7? Did Marvel buy Sovergein 7 from DC?

    • Avatar photo KenOchalek says:
      June 18, 2013 at 8:20 am

      Nah, it’s probably a variation on DP7, which was one of the New Universe titles back in the 80s, like Star Brand and Nightmask.

    • Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
      June 18, 2013 at 7:09 pm

      S7 stands for site seven. There are 7 origin sites and the Avengers know about 6 of them, however the site seven belongs to AIM who are keeping it a secret thus they refer to it as S7. I thought it was pretty clear.

    • Avatar photo KenOchalek says:
      June 18, 2013 at 8:06 pm

      @kingjoeg: Ah, yes. That makes a lot more sense. Good call.

  7. Avatar photo slickman83 says:
    June 18, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    Does anyone know when/if Opena is coming back?

  8. Avatar photo phess1">phess1 says:
    June 19, 2013 at 10:27 am

    My big question is how will this run distinguish itself from Jim Starlin’s, somewhat definitive, take on Thanos and the actual meaning of an infinite universe in “The Marvel Universe” I really love Hickman but I’m hoping this doesn’t end up being a retread on a lot of stuff that happened previously.

  9. Avatar photo kingjoeg says:
    June 19, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Didn’t like this issue at all, it’s all incomprehensible and uninteresting. Who cares about the origin sites really?

    • Avatar photo WheelHands says:
      June 20, 2013 at 6:59 pm

      If you don’t care about the origin sites, I have a feeling you’ve got a long road ahead of you. In fact, I’m surprised you’ve lasted this long.

  10. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    June 19, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    This was ok, but these issues feel soooo disconnected from each other. 3/5.

  11. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    June 19, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    Good issue, but you can tell this will read much better when read in one huge chunk. Caselli’s art was good but nothing ground breaking.

    3/5

  12. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    June 20, 2013 at 7:02 pm

    This issue was a fast read. It wasn’t bad, just felt like an info dump. I thought Caselli did a nice job though.

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