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Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 2: World Tour
by Jason Aaron
Whoa, talk about a turn around. My first volume of [b:Avengers, Vol. 1: The Final Host|39739200|Avengers, Vol. 1 The Final Host|Jason Aaron|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1538413591s/39739200.jpg|61435217] was not good. I just didn't think it contained anything worth really mentioning. Confusing, pacing issues, dialogue issues, and so on. Volume 2? Fixed a lot of that.
So we have more down to earth stories. However, even before we get to that, we have a flashback of one of the first (or maybe the first ever) Ghost Rider. His vehicle? A fucking Mammoth. On top of that, riding on top of the elephant, we meet a familiar face who builds a truce with this old Ghost Rider.
Then we move back to modern day and everyone is doing their team working excerise. It's actually great to have smaller missions where we see the Avengers just being themselves. No huge mystic force or big bad, just heading down to the sea to find out why Namor is angry this time. After learning the truth it starts to become obvious that the Avengers might be in over their head even with one of the most powerful teams ever. When Squadron Supreme come back into play, things get very interesting. ON top of all that Black Panther becomes leader of the Avengers, and begins to gain all the intel he can for what's coming.
Good: Holy smokes Namor is a badass in this. I actually felt and understood his actions here. I'd be pretty fucking mad too. The art flows better here, with much easier fight scenes to follow this time around. How wonderful was it to see some down to earth moments with Robbie, Carol, Thor, and more? All worked well here to get to know them. The pacing and plotting is a lot better than volume 1 too, and even the humor works at times.
Bad: Now, saying that, the humor also feels a bit forced sometimes. Thor seems kind of "dumb as a bag of bricks" in this volume. Which is odd because never felt that way reading Aaron's Thor. I also thought the issue with Black Panther building Intel could have been done in a more interesting way.
This is a huge up from the last. Not perfect, or as epic as Hickman's, but a great surprise. A very high 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4.
So we have more down to earth stories. However, even before we get to that, we have a flashback of one of the first (or maybe the first ever) Ghost Rider. His vehicle? A fucking Mammoth. On top of that, riding on top of the elephant, we meet a familiar face who builds a truce with this old Ghost Rider.
Then we move back to modern day and everyone is doing their team working excerise. It's actually great to have smaller missions where we see the Avengers just being themselves. No huge mystic force or big bad, just heading down to the sea to find out why Namor is angry this time. After learning the truth it starts to become obvious that the Avengers might be in over their head even with one of the most powerful teams ever. When Squadron Supreme come back into play, things get very interesting. ON top of all that Black Panther becomes leader of the Avengers, and begins to gain all the intel he can for what's coming.
Good: Holy smokes Namor is a badass in this. I actually felt and understood his actions here. I'd be pretty fucking mad too. The art flows better here, with much easier fight scenes to follow this time around. How wonderful was it to see some down to earth moments with Robbie, Carol, Thor, and more? All worked well here to get to know them. The pacing and plotting is a lot better than volume 1 too, and even the humor works at times.
Bad: Now, saying that, the humor also feels a bit forced sometimes. Thor seems kind of "dumb as a bag of bricks" in this volume. Which is odd because never felt that way reading Aaron's Thor. I also thought the issue with Black Panther building Intel could have been done in a more interesting way.
This is a huge up from the last. Not perfect, or as epic as Hickman's, but a great surprise. A very high 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4.