"It's An Internet Comment Section Come To Life," Avengers vs. Atlas #4, by Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman (artist), Elizabeth Breitweiser (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer)
In between the end of Agents of Atlas and Atlas, Marvel released two mini-series starring the team to try and drum up a little more interest in them. One two-issue mini with the X-Men (which we won't get to for years at this rate), and the other with the Avengers.
It starts with what were the current day Avengers at the moment, but through time-travel shenanigans, ends up with the earliest Avengers. Kang is involved, but is not the actual architect of the problem. Or not the sole architect at least.
It's not essential by any means, but it is a fun little story. Parker knows how to write fight scenes, to play up characters' personalities. Iron Man and M-11 have a beam struggle going, and when Stark (in his earliest red-and-gold armor) wonders why M-11's power isn't declining, Gorilla Man shouts out that it's because M-11's insides are full of more machinery instead of boozy millionaire.
There's also a bit where Marvel Boy transmitted something important he learned to Hank Pym telepathically, and Tony does this slump-shouldered, sad complaint that Bob could have sent it to him, because he was a scientist, he'd have understood it. Plenty of good dunking on Stark in this.
Hardman's art is expressive and clean, it makes me think a bit of Russ Heath (his work from the Our Army at War comics from my dad's collection). The motion and energy is there, fights flow smoothly. His style works for robots, gorillas, and characters in bright costumes, and what more do you need?
It's not essential by any means, but it is a fun little story. Parker knows how to write fight scenes, to play up characters' personalities. Iron Man and M-11 have a beam struggle going, and when Stark (in his earliest red-and-gold armor) wonders why M-11's power isn't declining, Gorilla Man shouts out that it's because M-11's insides are full of more machinery instead of boozy millionaire.
There's also a bit where Marvel Boy transmitted something important he learned to Hank Pym telepathically, and Tony does this slump-shouldered, sad complaint that Bob could have sent it to him, because he was a scientist, he'd have understood it. Plenty of good dunking on Stark in this.
Hardman's art is expressive and clean, it makes me think a bit of Russ Heath (his work from the Our Army at War comics from my dad's collection). The motion and energy is there, fights flow smoothly. His style works for robots, gorillas, and characters in bright costumes, and what more do you need?
2 comments:
You can't go wrong with gorillas.
I think this Gorilla Man is maybe the only gorilla character in comics I really like. Primates have never been something I was too interested in.
Mustelids on the other hand. . . We need more badger and otter-based characters, is what I'm saying.
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