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| Cover Art: Ed McGuiness |
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Title: "Make Mine Avengers"
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Stefano Casell
Letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Erick Arciniega
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Associate Editor: Alanna Smith
Editor-in-Chief: C.B. Cebulski
SYNOPSIS
While Iron Man finds himself in a strange, snowy environment, other events are happening in the world. Namor and his Defenders of the Deep fight the Squadron Supreme of America on an oil rig while a group of Avengers are in deep space investigating a planet emblazoned with the Starbrand symbol. At Avengers Mountain, Robbie Reyes asks Blade and Black Panther to help exorcise his demon possessed car, and finally, Iron Man realizes he has traveled back in time when he is confronted by Odin and his team of prehistoric Avengers.
ANNOTATIONS
The scene in this issue with Robbie Reyes, Black Panther, and Blade confronting the possessed Hell Charger references the events of Avengers (2018) # 22.The Avengers of 1,000,000 B.C. first appeared in Marvel Legacy (2017) # 1 and have been a major part of the current Avengers series.
This Free Comic Book Day one shot also featured a preview of Savage Avengers # 1.
REVIEW
Avengers receives the spotlight for Free Comic Book Day for the second year in a row, providing a glimpse of where Jason Aaron is taking the series in upcoming stories.
This is actually a very solid primer on the current Avengers series, in which are a ton of juggled subplots of various levels of interest. I can't say I'm overly thrilled by more stories about Namor or the Squadron Supreme, I didn't find them all that engaging in their previous stories in recent issues, but they're obviously a major part of the larger tapestry that Aaron is weaving. I'm surprised the Winter Guard didn't make an appearance as well, considering how much focus has paid them so far.
The more interesting parts of this comic are the ones that tease upcoming stories. The space pages are curious just for the sheer shock value of what's happened to the characters (Brood Thor?), but I can't say I'm all that excited about revisiting the Starbrand. The more immediate parts are, of course, the brief tease about Robbie exorcising the Hell Charger, which is a lead in to the Challenge of the Ghost Riders arc and Iron Man meeting the 1,000,000 B.C. Avengers. The latter group has seen a lot of attention from Aaron as well in the last year of comics, but theyre novel enough still that having them interact with the modern day. At least no Celestials showed up this time.
Stefano Caselli shows up to strut his stuff before jumping on board as the replacement artist for the departing David Marquez. I've always been a fan of Caselli, he has a clean and dynamic style that fits the aesthetic of this series perfectly, as he's not too many shades away from Ed McGuiness. Getting to see him handle stuff like the Hell Charger and the prehistoric Avengers definitely makes me eager to see what else he can do on the series.
This is a free comic, so I can't really complain about any of it. It does exactly what it sets out to achieve and does it well.
Grade: B+
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