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This took for-gorram-ever to get together. Photobucket was giving me a hard time.

Here, we cover Avengers Academy #21-27 as the kids adjust to the West Coast Campus, meet some old foes, older foes and make new friends.

And I complain about things Arena dropped the ball on, because we all know that's entertaining.
( Avengers! Runaways! Subversions! )

kevinroc

Bendis has released Marvel's internal document about how the loss of Hank Pym before he built Ultron in Age of Ultron should effect the space-time continuum.

It's a rather long list.

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auggie18

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majingojira

Despite being a tie in to an event comic, Avengers Academy's tie in to Fear Itself is honestly one of the best things to come out of both. I'll also be posting another honestly good thing to come out of Fear Itself, an issue of Secret Avengers written by Nick Spencer. Because it's taking place in Washington DC like the events here, and is just that awesome.

This arc serves as a culmination of a lot of what Academy was about and may just be the best arc in the entire series. Yeah, it's downhill after this. But it's one hell of a high note.

Get your hankerchiefs ready, this is gonna be one hell of a tearjerker.

It also continues the trend these posts have had of "Academy showing up Arena at its own game" as we see death handled maturely and with peak drama.
( For those that managed to miss this event (lucky you), )

majingojira

Now, back to the fun of Avengers Academy. The series as a whole did not have a lot of tie in material. Some of the kids appeared in Wasp & Ant-Man, and they also played a role in Marvel Universe vs. Avengers. We already covered the former, and we're not touching the later for several reasons: 1) It's honestly very bad, 2) It's an AU, 3) They barely do anything there, 4) the art is horrible, 5) They keep drawing the wrong Hazmat (yes, there are two characters named Hazmat at Marvel, the other one was created for the crappy Rise of the Imperfects video game.

But there are a few others, and we'll be going through them here. Avengers Academy Giant Size #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #661-662. Also, we have #13, 14 and 14.1 of Academy. Most of these are just side-stories and setup for what's to come.

Oh, and a dance. Because stress.

( Back to School )

propagandor

I'm sure you're all following Bendis' epic farewell to the Avengers?

Some of you?

If not then you're missing out on some... something

This week has everyone's favourite character, Wolverine, decide to take matters into his own hands

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azure_flame_god003

( Send in the machines... )

majingojira

I know I said it would be a month before part two, but damnit, I'm on spring break and a bit bored. Part 2 comes now and will probably eat my Bandwidth to nothing.

This posts will cover #7 through 12. it skips over one extra issue because there's so much going on here.
( So many stupid plans its hard to keep track of them )

majingojira

I dislike dwelling on the negative things in life. I'd rather revel in the good things we had, to celebrate them, even in their absence (which is when I usually realize I really like something). That was the case with Avengers Academy. I'd didn't realize I was hooked until It was too late.

So I'm going to do a retrospective posts. This covers Avengers Academy #1 through #6 and includes their psuedo-Crossover with Thunderbolts (#147) and one appearance in the Ant Man-Wasp mini. To be honest, Academy wasn't the best of series, but it had heart and an underlying theme which slowly revealed itself over it's run. Mostly? Thumbing its nose at mainstream comic conventions. That'll become more obvious later.

Let's get the ball rolling.

( A lot behind the cut. )

mrosa

Everyone has heard about the infamous story when Hank Pym slapped Janet Van Dyne. But few care to read it to learn how full of great character moments it is. One of them is a lovely sequence with Hawkeye and She-Hulk.

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Current Mood: rejuvenated

blackruzsa

Remembering Janet Van Dyne.

Which is worse than it sounds.

( DAREDEVIL #16, one page from the CBR preview )

grey_bard

The Avengers vol 1 got pretty dire in the 90's - six months were spent on a plot about Russian Ninja Pirates vs. The Avengers vs. Russian superheroes vs. Alpha Flight vs some random Atlanteans which was mostly punching people, for example - but it did have some bright spots.

I was chugging through the whole massive bulk of the thing because I wanted to add all the 1990's issues of Avengers vol. 1 to my issue by issue guide to the Avengers, which I've been working on over the years to help fellow ficcers figure out if an issue is worth reading or not, when I came upon these little gems.

( No, context doesn't make it better. Prepare for a blast from the past! )

auggie18

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ar_feiniel

In 1963 someone at Marvel decided that Ant-Man needed more soap opera in his life. Tales to Astonish 44 not only introduced Janet Van Dyne as his partner, it also established an angsty backstory for Hank: the death of a former wife.

At first I was only going to post the flashbacks of Maria's death, but as I was reviewing the issue, it seemed relevant to include bits with Jan. The way Hank and Jan form a partnership driven out of their respective losses (Hank's wife, Jan's father) gives more insight into the impact of Maria's death on Hank. It's also a rather good story.

( Also, Hank talks to a floaty head )

brooms

CBR has previews up for Marvel comics on sale next Wednesday, November 16, 2011!

And some X-people pay the Academy a visit.

( WELCOME HONORED GUESTS! )

proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

AA is quickly becoming one of my favorite Marvel books.

Angst! Generational conflict! Hawkeye joins the staff!

Enjoy!

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The Marvel Universe without Hank Pym

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Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 4: Fear Itself

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 3: Side Stories

Age of Ultron 6 & Wolverine and the Xmen AU

The Aftermath of Age of Ultron

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 2: Half Cocked Plans

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 1: Class is in Session

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Avengers Academy #38

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Great Moments in The Avengers Vol. 1 (The 90's)

Hank Pym: Woobie?

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