We're hip-deep in the Heroic Age, and the reorganized Avengers series have all delivered their opening salvos. So, it's time to pose the totally irrational, yet highly entertaining question:
Which Avengers book being published right now is best? Why?
Name your favorite and give us your best sales pitch. Next week, we'll tally the results and I'll tell you the right answer.
Have at it.
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Thunderbolts
"I’ll tell you the RIGHT answer". Wow that’s really bad of a thing to say there Paul.
Secret Avengers for me though.
This is one tough choice for me but I have to steer towards Secret Avengers. Now you ask why?
So far out of all the books one it’s the strangest combo of characters put together and it actually manages to work. It really shouldn’t work but it does. The first storyline was a lot of fun to read too and the different characters playing off each other has been a treat. This book was just perfect for me. This was difficult further since I also like Avengers Academy but Secret Avengers hit me right off the bat while Avengers Academy I’m just seriously starting to get into.
AVENGERS ACADEMY. Outstanding character work by Christos Gage, blending old and new characters for a take on the ‘young team’ concept that feels genuinely original.
Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes. It tells fun adventure stories that revolve around the characters. Each issue is self-contained yet there is a larger plot at work in the background. It includes disaparate characters that are not normally given a chance to shine on their own (Invisible Woman for one) and it’s just an incredibly enjoyable read.
My vote is for New Avengers.
It’s bringing it with the Mystical Elements that I loved so much about Dr. Voodoo and of course, previously, Dr Strange. I really think the cast of the book lends itself excellently to Bendis’ brand of chit chat dialogue. Plus, Stuart Immonen is knocking out of the park on every issue. (Why do I love the new Iron Fist costume so much? Its just a different color.)
I know its a limited series, but the best Avengers book for me is Avengers Prime. I can’t really give an as to why other than that’s a fun book and the art is great.
@ Paul PS: I think someone missed the joke.
New Avengers will always have a special place in my heart but right now the book I always end up having fun with is Avengers. It’s just super fun and Romita is always great.
I can’t pick between New and Avengers. Both series are great, it’s just all in what you’re looking for. Both books have two of the best talents on the pencils right now in Immonen and JRJR and Bendis is helming both books. New Avengers makes me laugh while Avengers makes me think. New Avengers is deeply rooted in magic, while Avengers is deeply rooted in SCIENCE! I really can’t pick…
And so ends a paragraph of me being indecisive.
@TNC – We did this before with best overall title. I am merely following Conor’s template.
I’m going total dark horse on this one: SECRET AVENGERS.
I love the entire book. Glad to see Steve Rogers back; large & in charge. Esp. like the character work being done between him and Beast. Also, as a long time Captain America fan, anytime Sharon Carter’s in the room w/ Steve it’s good times.
That & MAX FURY! (What an awesome name.)
-J.
I like all the avenger titles, but New Avengers is slightly edgeing out Avengers for me.
gotta admit I’m not crazy about avengers academy, because I don’t like newbie teams that are given an a-list name like "avengers" , when there are only a couple of c-list actual avengers on the team. I do love gage as a writer, so I’m trade waiting.
that smacks of JLA Detroit, which I never got over as a kid.
I like Bru’s secret avengers, cause it’s an excuse for a fun Cap led spy team, and I like the line-up.
Avengers Academy. Interesting new characters, and a very different approach from all the other Avengers books. Both New and Regular Avengers have been fun and had strong moments, but have also hit me with a bit of Bendis fatigue, given all the quippyness. Secret Avengers hasn’t stuck with me–I found the first arc to be just okay and dropped it (though I did pick up the standalone issue #5 after hearing iFanboy rave about the LMD shenanigans, and it was a good time).
Two words. New Avengers. Two more words. Stuart Immonen.
I felt like New Avengers was kinda crushed under it’s own weight and floundered for a bit after Secret Invasion, but the most recent arc was a return to form in a big bad way. Great cast, great dialogue, great big mystical ideas.
And did I mention Stuart Immonen? Because that dude is killing it.
Avengers Academy without question. The writing has me interested in the new crop of would-be avengers and really makes second-tier characters like Tigra, Quicksilver, and Speedball shine. Not to mention the art team is clean and consistent. Runner-up is New Avengers because Bendis with Immonan is like peanut butter and chocolate.
Avengers Academy. Great writing, really classic Avengers soap opera feel. Just a lot of fun.
I forgot to give reasoning for my vote. Secret Avengers is a great series because it gives you everything you want in an Avengers title, Filled with great characters, a lot of action, and a good overarching enemy to deal with. Plus you have some really great artwork by Mike Deodato (who I think is doing better then the majority of artists on Avengers books….except for Immonen) and a few special guest artists with Aja and Lark.
@Paul: I’m just confused on why we’re doing a poll if we’re just going to be told the RIGHT answer next week.
Since I’m only reading Adjectiveless Avengers and New Avengers, I gotta say New Avengers is my favorite. Bendis’ dialogue doesn’t seem to work as well for the big guns, except maybe Iron Man. Luke Cage, Ms. Marvel, Mockingbird, the Thing, etc… These characters are perfect for that sensibility.
(Avengers Prime and any other Avengers series not pictured are perfectly eligible. Feel free.)
@TNC – It’s a joke, sparkplug. I’ll tally up the community vote, of course.
I have to say New Avengers – the story has been a lot of fun, and the art by Immonen. Wow.
I like them all but, New and Secret stand out a little more for me.
This article couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I recently decided I’d make the rounds with Marvel again, giving every major character/title another shot. So far all I’ve only visited the newest issue of Avengers and was rather unimpressed.
@wordballoon Pym & Quicksilver are not C-list!
Secret Avengers.
Jason1749- You are absolutely right.
Well said.
If you are including the Prime mini in the mix, then for me it has to be:
1-Prime
2-New
2a-Adjectiveless
I would step over all of them to read the prose pieces running at the back of these titles as an ongoing though.
New Avengers.
Avengers Academy. Easily the most excting, most interesting, and most complex of the titles.
Has to be Secret for me. The writing on New, Avengers and Scarlet has been so terribly bad that I dropped all of my Bendis books. I don’t keep a book cause it’s "fun". If I want "fun" I’ll play a video game, so sorry but his touch has disappeared and is caught in betweeen a giant monologue and too many not so funny jokes. Don’t know why people are still on that train but it’s time to get off folks. Bendis is all out of Avengers ideas and need to hand over the reigns for a bit to someone else and go after a new book. I am hoping that Black Panther is that book BUT unless he stops trying to write the entire Marvel universe by himself, it won’t be. I better go hide now cause if not, Bendis’ giant ego will hunt me down through the internet and crush me.
THE PET AVENGERS!
I’ve not read any regular Avengers, so this is only based on the other three.
Third Place) Avengers Academy was a bit of a let down. I found some the characters very flat and uninteresting. I dropped it before the first arc finished. I like McKone’s art, but not enough to keep reading – I picked up a Teen Titans trade instead.
Second Place) New Avengers I thought had the strongest opener, and a good conclusion but there was some filler in the middle. The opening arc was too long. Definately the best artist.
First Place) The only one I’ve not dropped, so I must be liking it. I like the team, its very unusal. There’s obviously a bigger plot at work, and if Aja and Lark guest art every once in a while I’ll be happy, though I like the regular artist too.
New Avengers.
Children’s Crusade. Strong character moments with potential to be a big gamechanging event.
Avengers Academy and Avengers Prime.
"Thunderbolts, it’s a hip modern style of comics storytelling, full of great action and even some tender moments"
Honestly I was loving Thunderbolts before shadowland. I dropped it because I don’t care about Shadowland. The last 96-page spectacular was great. So for me "Thunderbolts" is #1.
If I had to pick one of the Avengers titles, it would have to be New Avengers because of Immonen. My favorite issue of all Avengers titles has been the one-shot in Seceret.
Secret Avengers..only cause its the onlt book i stayed on after the relaunches
New Avengers.
Avengers Academy and Thunderbolts
I’m gonna have to go with Avengers Academy — each character is distinct and unique and we learn a bit more about them with each passing issue. Ripe with potential. But, that said, I’ve gotta tell you that I’m actually enjoying each of the main titles for different reasons.
I like the tone and the line-up of Brubaker’s Secret Avengers. I like that in the latest issue you’ve got Shang Chi and the Prince of Orphans (is that the right name?) from Bru’s Iron Fist series. Its offbeat, pulpy spy adventure, and I’m digging this new arc.
I like New Avengers for the team interaction. The Thing, Cage, Spidey, Ms. Marvel. I don’t know who is exactly going to be on the team in the end, but I’d love it if Hellstrom or Dr. Strange stick around. but Luke and Jessica are still one of my favorite couples to read about.
Avengers is fun, too. Bantery interaction, while remaining bigger and cosmic-er. 😉 And JRJR draws the characters like they’re larger than life.
For me, the Avengers family of titles is probably one of the most consistently enjoyable franchises right now. The Batman family is probably close, but while i’m super-stoked for Batman Inc., Snyder’s Detective, and Batgirl, the other titles are really kinda blah for me.
New Avengers…
I’ve never been an Avengers fan and tried a crossover the last time there was a status quo change. However, the art, story, and collection of characters here has really won me. I tried to read the adjective-less Avengers book, but thought there were too many characters and it was just too over the top. I like the New Avengers model for someone just getting into it.
Prime prime prime!
New Avengers – Bendis’ words fit best in the street level characters.
The answer is clearly avengers academy, why continue this sham of a thread! I have spoken. You may all go home now.
Other than the limited series Prime, I say Avengers. I like Bendis style on this book, and I find the plot line more enjoyable compared to New Avengers. I am a real sucker for the whole time stream thing. Its nice to see Romita drawing Thor and the others again too. This stuff reminds of the Avengers title before Disassembled which is no bad thing.
New Avengers. Stuart Immonen is absolutely wrecking house with some of the best superhero art I have ever seen. No hyperbole. He’s making JRJR look bad, in my opinion.
Tie between Secret Avengers and Avengers Academy; Prime just behind. The Romita one is awful with that nonsensical future sotryline.
Secret Avengers, without question. Both the main title and New Avengers suffer way too much from sharing too many characters, too similar a story structure, and too little to differentiate one character’s voice from another. With Secret Avengers, Brubaker is digging slightly deeper into Marvel’s toybox to come up with characters who work and play well together. It’s nice to see Moon Knight interacting with someone like the Beast and realize that while both have been Avengers, they never served together. The other nice thing about the title is that (and I know this will make some people wince) while there’s a feeling of continuity, it doesn’t feel forced.
I don’t read Avengers Academy and I enjoy all three of the other books quite a bit, if I had to pick one and only one I guess I would go with New Avengers.
Avengers Academy. Christos Gage creates new characters that actually feel new and unique as well as taking second-string characters and making them shine so that you wonder if maybe the only thing holding them back was not having a writer who saw their potential before. His players are fleshed out whole people with complex interplay and distinctive voices.
I second the above commenter on "Bendis fatigue," which struck me so hard within the first arcs of Avengers and New Avengers that I dropped both of those like rocks. At first it bugged me how I couldn’t tell which character was meant to be saying which line a lot of the time, but then it bugged me way more when I realized it didn’t actually matter, because the lines were interchangeable, because they were all the writer’s voice rather than the characters’.
And for the why — New Avengers is the team I started reading Avengers for. Disassembled was the first Avengers story I read. I cannot bring myself to care about the five white guys who started Avengers unless they are being secret boyfriends on an Asgardian camping trip — and, even then, I skip all the bits with Thor, who is the most uninteresting-to-me Avenger in the history of ever. Hank Pym is more interesting than that guy, and I kinda think Pym should be put up against a wall and shot. New Avengers has the only Avengers I want to read about– Jess, Carol, Jess, and Luke, with side commentary from Peter.
Avengers Academy is my second pick because it’s got diversity and all the smaller, side characters that make the Marvel U interesting
Dropped Academy after issue #2. It wasn’t bad, just wasn’t my thing. Of the remaining titles, Secret wins by default more than anything else. The opening Avengers arc was convoluted but was too much Bendisspeak from every character, which is also what hurts New Avengers, IMO, even though I love Immonen. At least Secret has a fresh lineup, and the characters at least have individual voices/personalities. If only I could switch Deodato with Immonen.
West Coast Avengers. Hands down! Hawkeye! Mockingbird! Tigra! IronMan! Wonderman! And that sick Al Milgrom pencils! Ama-ZING!
Secret Avengers for me.
Avengers. (I’m reading all the above books except Avengers Academy so no opinion on that one obviously.)
The books are barely out of the first arc, and such that’s all that I can really judge them on. Why Avengers? I’m really digging JRjr’s Art. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed this man’s skill until this book. Story wise: Time Travel Hulk > Eye of Agamotto story > Crown (now ninja story).
I remember something on a video show from a while back about it being difficult to and unnecessary to pick between things that are all readily available. we get all these books, and thus do not need to pick the best.
anyway, I assume Children’s Crusade and Prime are not in the running. if they are, I say Children’s Crusade.
other than that I would have to say Secret. I really enjoy Deodato’s art and Brubaker really knows how to make an interesting, to me anyway, superhero team story work. Academy is really good too, but I don’t care too much for "introducing the team" style stories. it’s a necessary evil, and Gage is doing it about as well as possible, but I’d rather just skip all of that. Avengers and New are both really good too, but at the moment Secret is beating them out.
no contest, Avengers Academy for sure
Dead Avengers!!!!!
Avengers Academy is not only the best Avengers books out , but one of the top comic books out period. Gage might be one of the best comic book writers out there. On a side note New Avengers has some of the best in all of comics right now.
sorry . new avengers has some of the best art in all of comics.
Started out with all of them, and Avengers Academy is the only one I haven’t dropped. It’s one of my most anticipated book any weeks it comes out. Fun artwork from McKone and some excellent character work from Gage make it the top of the Avengers titles.
Thunderbolts!?
I would say of the "real" Avengers books, New Avengers is the only one I haven’t dropped. That said, the best Avengers book I’m reading is Avengers: Children’s Crusade.
Avengers Academy is the best, the character work is strong since they are all new you get to learn about them in a Lost style Flashback way. plus the the adult avengers also shine in their small parts.
New.
I had been pretty much anti-Bendis since Secret Invasion, but he really suprised me with the NA relaunch
Secret or Academy, because they aren’t written by Bendis.
I really don’t care for most of Bendis’ Avengers work—but Prime has been incredible! It’s going to make an incredible graphic novel. Makes me wonder why the heck marvel doesn’t have an ongoing featuring those three characters?? Regardless, that’s been the most fun, classic, avengers story for sure.
New Avengers – The Bendis banter really works with the cast and the art blows my socks off every month.
I’d rank Avengers Prime in as #2, but mainly because it is both bimonthly and limited. If that were an ongoing monthly, it would be an unstoppable juggernaut of awesome.
Adjectiveless Avengers has the same banter as New… which isn’t working for those characters and settings. I’d say Bendis can’t write Cap, Thor, and Iron Man, except he is killing it in Prime. Also, JRJR is not the man for that job. I don’ t think he has the time to do that many characters justice, and just generally I don’t think big world pounding action is his thing… similarly I didn’t like his World War Hulk stuff.
And I never gave Academy a chance. It soudns intriguing though. I might get the trades later if I keep hearing good things.
New Avengers hands down. When you read it, it seems that this is the book that Bendis is most comfortable with and is having the most fun with. It’s got great characters in it, and the first story arc was a lot of fun. Also, Stuart Immomen is absolutely CRUSHING the art on this book. It’s so gorgeous.
AVENGERS PRIME. It’s not the only title kicking the old school flava, but its doing it the best. The interactions between Cap, Thor, and Tony really speak to the history between 3 sometimes friends, sometimes co-workers forced to work with each other. Bendis just seems very in his element in this title – all 3 of these icons act and speak like themselves; as opposed to a bunch of somewhat interchangeable characters doing interchangeable jokes.
It doesn’t hurt that the story is kick ass either
…ongoing title, I’ll take SECRET AVENGERS. Not typical Avengers fare, but a fun espionage take on the team.
Secret Avengers
Prime is the best one by far. but it’s not an ongoing. If it has to be ongoing i’d say Secret.
Avengers Academy due to originality.
Avengers Academy is, in my opinion, far and away the most engaging and entertaining of the Avengers books.
Avengers Prime or DnA’s Iron Man/Thor
Personally I have to go with Secret Avengers. For a lot of reasons but mainly because it isn’t trying to change the Marvel Universe as we know it, but it may end up doing it anyway. Instead of focusing on a lot of drama between the teammates it assumes that these people could work together without hating each other from moment one, and instead is giving us drama in the form of an all new secret organization with its own Nick Fury, unfortunately named Max Fury.
I haven’t seen a good Hydra plot in years, AIM is a joke, but the Shadow Council may be their equivalent for the modern age. A super secret organization that isn’t flashy and funny, but mysterious and scary.
And personally I think it has the best cast even though they haven’t had a chance to show their interaction too well. I am really interested in how they handle Nova’s death and Ant-man is pure awesome. Moon Knight, Valkyrie, War Machine, and the Beast? Awesome. And how can we forget Captain Steve! Black Widow I can take or leave.
I’m going to have to go with Secret Avengers. A more interesting and rotational cast. A clearer direction too.
Still enjoying New Avengers, but the main (adjectiveless) Avengers has not been working for me. The entire first arc and casting choice was so flawed, and illogical that it genuinely made me sad.
And Red Hulk? I mean seriously?
1. New Avengers. Stuart Immomen.
2. Academy. Getting better with every issue.
3. Avengers. Weak first arc. Flat art.
4. Secret. Steve Rogers sucks.
Thor : The Mighty AVENGER!!! ‘Nuff said.
Prime
Secret Avengers. Espionage Super-Heroes–What more can you ask for?
I dropped all Bendis avengers books last week…tell me when he leaves so I can come back, because I still love the characters.
I don’t read avengers academy.
Avengers Academy is the only one that has caught on with me, though I continue to read them all.
It’s New Avengers for me. Why? First off, I like Magic stuff, and I like the roster so far (Spidey, Wolverine, the Thing, Luke Cage, etc.) and I’ve never disliked an issue of it. Also, Stuart Immomen draws so damn well, it makes me happier whenever I see it.
Disclaimer? I only read one issue of Avengers Academy and Avengers, but I did give Secret Avengers the old college try before losing interest REAL fast
1. Avengers Prime – the most hard hitting story being told. A perfect Thor story as well, the best Thor has been written in the years he’s been back.
2. Avengers – so much excellent plot being told, very fun back and forth.
3. New Avengers – The stakes are always raised and the art is excellent.
4. Avengers Academy – was fun at first.
5. Secret Avengers – Bad plotting, ok characterization, outstanding art by Deodato.
Stuart Immonen.
My vote goes to Secret Avengers
Avengers Prime but if that doesn’t count then Secret Avengers for sure,
bendis and romita just ruined avengers with utter trash. secret avengers at least has a spine
Avengers Academy is my #1 Avengers book. Gage writes in-depth character that you want to care about even if they are new and he integrates them into the Avengers mythos well. After that I’ve enjoyed Avengers Prime and the Avengers titles. The only thing holding Avengers Prime back is I think there is too much focus on Thor and not enough on the relationship between Steve and Tony. I dropped New Avengers and I’ve been debating about doing the same with Secret Avengers. I love the art in Secret Avengers but I haven’t got behind the story yet. Brubaker is an awesome writer and there is still potential there but I don’t think he has juggled the cast in the book well.
AVENGERS ACADEMY by a mile
New Avengers is edging out Avengers Academy barely, but both of those books are far superior to the other ones. Just saw Immonen isn’t drawing the New Avengers issue in the newest solicitations so Academy may be number 1 soon.
#1) New Avengers has the best combination of story, art, and characters I love.
#2) Avengers Prime, Avengers Children’s Crusade. As above, but they come out less frequently. 🙂
#3) Avengers Academy has a great story and great art. Gage is funny and McKone *rocks.*
#4) Secret Avengers has characters I love and great art. The story is good, but it’s a slow burn, so it doesn’t pay off as frequently
#5) Avengers. Least interesting story so far and certainly the worst art of all the Avengers books currently. There was a time when JRJR did awesome work on Daredevil and Uncanny X-Men, but lately, it just hasn’t been up to snuff. He’s still better than Lenil Yu, though.
Paul forgot to mention…winner gets cancelled
I have dropped every avenger’s book except Secret Avenger’s I think Brubaker’s Steve Rogers is the most interesting of the books.
PRIME. Hands down. No contest. Alan Davis = pure Marvel magic. And the smaller cast means more focused writing from Bendis than on his other books.
If I had to choose from the ongoings, Secret Avengers
Thunderbolts!
All of them are great but Gage is killing it on Avengers Academy right now. The writing is just phenomenal.
ok my cold black heart use to hate bendis ,after the last arc on new avengers i might just hug the man
Thunderbolts, followed by Young Avengers via Children’s Crusade.
For me it has to be New Avengers followed closely by Avengers Academy. Love Stuart Immonen and the magic angle and Love Gage, getting to know new heroes and McCone’s art is tasty.
Although, I’m not actually reading the other 2, I did give them both a try and weirdly found JRJR’s art off putting and the story felt to unfocused, compared to other Bendis work that I like.
Secret Avengers art also put me off, not weirdly though, as Deodato is not my cup of tea at all. Far too much t’n’a and everything is in shadow ALL THE TIME. Just really encapsulates a lot of what I think is wrong with comics. Also I disagree with nearly the whole line up of the team. Yes Nova is good enough for the Avengers, but he is also the head of a galactic police force. I think he has more important things to do.
Avengers Academy. Hank Pym being written well for a change, Quicksilver being written correctly, the new characters are all interesting (especially Finesse), it’s a great book.
New Avengers , is top dog, story is well written and the art is out of this world best of the best
New Avengers, because they’re MY Avengers and Stuart Immonen. He may be my favorite comic book artist. Its down to him or Ryan Ottley. SO fucking good looking.
Iron Man, Cap’n Steve, and Thor may be THE Avengers, but I came in at Disassembled, and the team i’ve watched grow has Spidey, Wolverine, Spider-Woman, Ms Marvel, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. Then you wanna throw the Winter Soldier in there too? Hell yea.
I vote for Secret Avengers, but my vote would be stronger if they would actually have Moon Knight do SOMETHING that impacts the story line.
Marvel Adventures SuperHeroes.
It’s fun.
It has a great line up: Cap, Thor, Vision, Black Widow, Invisible Woman. Iron Man. Nova.
It’s any age friendly, so I can give it to my neighbor’s kids when done.
Paul Tobin can really tell a story.
And it’s fun.
Just from a (VERY) informal tally I think the top 3 are
1. New
2. Secret
3. Academy
Avengers Academy without a doubt.
It’s simply the most refreshing of the Avengers books being published right now. While it may be tied to Dark Reign, the series benefits from not carrying the weight of the last five years of event comics. Casting off this burden seems inexorably hard in the other Avengers books and, in fact, may not be a goal of those creative teams. By tethering Academy to Dark Reign after the event came to a close I did not have to slog through these characters trials and tribulations for the past several years as an adjunct to a line wide bombardment. I was able to come to them fresh and focused because, while tied to the past, they are not fully within its grasp.
Avengers Academy is free of the sins of the father.
New Avengers just barely edges out Avengers. Bendis writing Spidey, Wolverine, Cage and the Thing…. It’s like watching a kid play with toys designed specifically for him. It’s that cast plus his writing that makes it edge ou JRJR’s book. I’m close to dropping Secret Avengers, and m not reading Academy or thunderbolts.
Secret Avengers. Tons of fun, great easy to follow story, beautiful art that fits the tone nicely.
Secret Avengers!(the only one I’m picking up in issues) Definitely trade waiting on the others though.
New Avengers disappointed me so bad last issue so its between academy or secret avengers. I think I will go with Academy, the new SA arc is not interesting me.
Avengers Academy
Avengers Prime was the book that felt most like an Avengers title. The characters interacting with each other and the sense of teamwork — that’s what I loved when I was a kid reading the Wolfman/Perez run.
(I really enjoy Avengers Academy, some of the best character work today. But the title feels like it will be short-lived in today’s market.)
Umm…I’m not reading any but can I vote for the Super Hero Squad comic on their website. That’s gotta count, right? Riiiighhhht??!!
Avengers has been my fav so far. Good story going on right now.
@RahUnique…if we’re going old school, I’m surprised you didn’t say the Busiek/Perez Avengers run.
As for the best Avengers book currently being produced….I would have to say adjectiveless Avengers by default. It has been an interesting story, but the pacing has been torturous. What Bendis dis in six issues really could have been maybe two issues back in the days.
Secret Avengers…the jury is still out on that one. Mike Deodato is a very some-timey artists.
New Avengers? Meh….
And what’s the other Avengers book?
And WHAT THE HELL is up with that crappy History of The Avengers prose back up in all the books?! Is anyone even reading this? Those extra pages could have helped Bendis tell his drawn out story in fewer issues.
@GeeSpot I don’t read those prose pages. As for the BusiekPerez run it was great. But EnglehardtMillgrom WCA run is what got me into comics! I loved it! That and ClaremontJRJr Uncanny X-Men. That is the foundation of my love for comics.
Most of it has already been said, but my favorite title is Avengers Academy. I dropped New and Avengers. Holding on to SECRET simply because of Moon Knight. Thunderbolts is close to getting dropped after the big 150 flop.
1. Avengers Academy
2. Avengers Prime
3. New Avengers
4. Avengers
5. Secret Avengers
Another vote for Avengers Academy! Great characters, great writing…fun comic.
Avengers Prime, by a wide margin.
In case the rules change about the limited series, New Avengers. GREAT art and it makes me laugh every time.
The only ones I am reading now are New Avengers and Prime, so I guess it’s New Avengers by default. But it’s the only one I’m reading for a reason: Immomen’s incredibly dynamic art is just page after page of awesome. Bendis is doing his usual good job with these characters as well, although magic is not my favorite kind of story. I’m glad this arc is over and we’re hopefully moving on soon.
New Avengers. While Avengers turned into a garbled mess almost immediately, ignoring some characters (Hawkeye) while focusing on characters being written boringly (Noh-varr), NA really feels like an old school avengers book. Team at the mansion, big problem to solve, and the addition of Ben Grimm in inspired. Love the magic stuff, and what can be said about Immomen that hasn’t already been said about two girls making out?
Academy lost me almost immediately. After issue 2 I realised that not only did I not care about any of these kids, I actively didn’t like them. Shame, because the teaching staff is a Who’s Who of my old favorites. Also, can’t stand McKone on the book. I like him in other places, but not recently.
Secret’s… OK.
New Avengers – Bendis and Immonen… what more can I say?
1. Thunderbolts
2. Iron Man/Thor
3. Avengers Prime
4.Children’s Crusade
5. Secret Avengers
Thunderbolts is not an Avengers title. Not sure where folks are getting that idea from.
Avengers. Jrjr and big old school threats, feels like the way avengers should be.
T-Bolts is the best team book Marvel has goin’ right now (alongside Hickman’s FF). It has easily outAvengered Bendis’ books.
Secret Avengers!
Thunderbolts. Everything else is too campy for my tastes. I liked it better when everyone was stressed, the stakes were high and I felt like this would actually be part of permanent continuity.
Marvel: Silly Silly Mangaman… nothing will ever change.
Yeah… great as it is, pretty sure T-Bolts isn’t an Avengers title. I’ll bet Cap’n Steve would have something to say about his brand being abused in such a way.
Thunderbolts is a Captain Steve sactioned group, as such, they’re Avengers.
Where are the results? I never saw hem.