AVENGERS ACADEMY #5

Review by: BrianBaer

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325
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Avg Rating: 4.2
 
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WRITER: CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS: JORGE MOLINA
COLORED BY: JEROMY COX
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC
COVER BY: MIKE MCKONE

Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99

Let’s face it
– story-telling has evolved.

Ever since
Alan Moore stopped shaving, the comic world has been obsessed with making
simple things complex. We have been deconstructing superheroes for decades now,
and it doesn’t always work. When you break down established characters, you
find the pieces are much less interesting than you hoped.

Avengers Academy is a promising title for one reason –
new superheroes. Teenaged characters like Veil and Mettle are vital,
vulnerable, and utterly three-dimensional. They are rife with the complex
emotions and motivations you can only find in the young (and especially the
young who shoot lightning bolts out of their eyes).  These intricacies never feel tacked-on or forgettable,
and this book is 100% character driven. It’s refreshing as hell.  

Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 3 - Good
 

Comments

  1. Avatar photo Toadmeister says:
    October 6, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Great review and agreed. Very refreshing storytelling. I don’t recall ever reading about “booty call” or “hooking up”. In an Avengers book before, but I liked it.

    I didn’t enjoy the pencils by Molina as much as the previous artist – some faces were off and some scene plotting was odd with the dialog, but stii solid art wise.

    I’m making this my puck of the week in a week if some very good books because it was so much fun.

  2. Avatar photo ScorpionMasada says:
    October 7, 2010 at 10:39 am

    My pick of the week as well.

    Hope this book is selling well enough to keep going.

    Cats claim they want new super heroes, strong characterization and thoughtful writing, but books like this are often dismissed.  

    Thanks for the review.

  3. Avatar photo optra08 says:
    October 7, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Great review for me POTW and the best marvel book out there

  4. Avatar photo dkbrain says:
    October 7, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    This is a great book.  The angst with the characters seems very real.  The connection with Osborn makes the issues feel contemporary.  Peter Parker’s teen oriented issues have been ongoing for 40 years and doesn’t have the same freshness as it does with these characters.  Good review. 

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