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Avengers 1959 #3 Review

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Nov 222011
 

by Nick Walden, CMRO Contributing Writer

Avengers 1959

Issue #3

Written by Howard Chaykin

Published: January 2012

This series is a love/hate relationship for me. I love the concept. Much like Gotham by Gaslight or other similar ‘back in time’ series it is very fun to create a plot that incorporates events from an early period and also allows foreshadowing of events that truly do take place in the “future”. Howard Chaykin does a great job using characters found elsewhere and adding more of a back story to them. For example having Kraven the Hunter being a good guy is a brilliant move. I really wish we would get more mini- series in this fashion for this reason. It allows more history instead of the need to create new characters. For readers like myself, who have been reading for years, this added history is just fun. Is that a Howard Stark cameo?

The hate aspect is the art. In one of the more rare feats, Chaykin is doing the story and the pencils. But I just do not like his style, particularly of facial close-ups. All of the men have these giant square jaws like Superman in the 50′s and 60′s. Is he doing this on purpose? Maybe he is but the end result just looks silly with these big square heads making the bodies seem smaller in comparison. Honestly after a while I was just focused on the plot and dialogue so much I started to ignore the art. Which is a shame since it is a comic book. But at the same time it is a testament to the story that I want to read the rest of the series regardless of my dislike for the art.

I recommend this series as a fun read. If the artistic element is more important then you should skip the series, but it is an interesting storyline.

Avengers 1959 #1 Review

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Oct 212011
 

by Joshua Frank, CMRO Contributing Writer

Avengers 1959

Issue #1

Written & Drawn by Howard Chaykin

Published: December 2011

Wow! What did I just read? I’m at a loss of words! What a jumbled mess of nothing. Seriously this isn’t how you start out a new series.  You don’t go throwing the readers into an environment that resemble the same things with a group of characters who you wouldn’t think could coexist with one another.

In “Avenger 1959” I had a hard time following the plot of this comic, if you can call it that. Someone reading this please tell me what happened in this comic. I get that it must have been setting up the over all story arc but this is so disjointed that you want to take it back to your comic shop and ask for your money back.

You’ll find it hard to follow the conversations because it seems like the narrator talks over the characters and that makes it especially hard to follow. I had to read this comic twice, once for the conversations, and once for the narration. I felt lost while reading this as the comic jumped from one avenger to another. You tend to be scratching your head wondering why none of this is being explained to you.

The art style, oddly enough, is very pleasant to look at. You will not have any trouble telling the characters apart and you can really tell a lot about their personalities by the way they are drawn. These are not the mainstream avengers you think you would be reading about and that makes you feel like you are reading about the ‘B’ team. Just so you know I am not calling them that, but this is a team that I have not seen together before. I am curious to see where this comic is going and I will be picking up the second issue when it comes out. For other readers I will leave it up to you on weather or not you will want to read this comic.

 

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