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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! )

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 )

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. )

icon_uk

The origins of this posting came about when I saw this image on e-bay

I thought that this was a lovely sketch-card of Aurora and Northstar by an artist named Sara Richard.

and wanted to see more of her work...

( When I saw THESE images I knew I had a new artist to keep an eye on )

salinea

Three panels from Avengers Academy #20

( Read more... )

salinea

I did like how this story dealt with the theme of fear.

( sometimes a lot of narration boxes do work )

icon_uk

I pondered a while back whether this was the start of a sort of redemption for Miriam Sharp, looks like it sort of is.

( One page from Fear Itself - The Home Front #3 )

icon_uk

I found these uninked, unlettered pages from "Fear Itself - The Homefront" over at Mike Mayhew's CAF page and thought it'd be interesting to share them. Besides I LOVE seeing pencil art.
( MU Civilians... A proud tradition of being ungrateful buggers since 1963 )

starwolf_oakley

FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT has a seven part story by Christos Gage and Mark Mayhew starring Speedball. After helping the Avengers Academy take down from crooks, Jocasta shows Speedball a debate between Trish Tilby and Miriam Sharpe.

( And Marcy Pearson too! )

badficwriter

fredneil.livejournal.com comments,

"Was there ever a story featuring those two that didn't have the basic plot of "Spider-Man fights criminals, Daredevil tries to stop him, Spider-Man thinks Daredevil has switched sides, Spider-Man and Daredevil fight, Daredevil reveals that letting those criminals go was part of a greater plan, Spider-Man feels stupid?" That seems to have turned up a lot in this series."

Why yes, fredneil! There are also stories about Spider-man being framed, with Daredevil being the only one willing to believe in his innocence (as long as he took the lie detector test) and fight for him!

Like this one...(thanks for the segueway!)( Read more... )

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

dorksidefiker

Also kinda combining this with my Friendship post, because real life kept me from posting it yesterday.

( Read more... )

angelophile

Making the pick on my favourite male character was probably a little easier for me than picking a female favourite. There's lots of characters I love, but only one I love and would love to ding round the earhole as well, which elevates this character to a special place in my heart.

I'm talking about Jonothon Evan Starsmore. Or as he's otherwise known, Chamber.

Scans from Generation X issues 1, 4, 10, 11, 41, 42, 44, 50 and Marvel Icons: Chamber #2.

( A whole bunch of scans under the cut. )

angelophile

A brief, set up page from Generation X #2 and then 4 pages from Generation X #3, which finds Chamber in one of those rare moments where his awesomeness isn't tempered by his being a Jerky McJerkface elsewhere in the issue.

( Read more... )

icon_uk

( It's worrying when an apparent loser seems to have found their niche )

( One Ring too rule them all... oops, wrong franchise! )

( Honesty is rarely the best policy )

( Will the fearsome battlecry of Booooing! ring out in the MU again? )

Suggested tags: title: avengers academy, char: speedball/penance/robbie baldwin, medium: webcomic, title: evil inc, title: ctrl alt del, title: dilbert, creator: brad guigar, creator: tim buckley, creator: creator: scott adams

terrykun

To hell with this "Leonard's not here" evil alter-ego bullshit for War of the Hulks. This right here... THIS is my Doc Samson. (Well, this and his own mini, which I'll dig up later.)

( Oh trust me. It's ALL gamma-enhanced. )

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Avengers Academy Part 5: Meeting New Friends and Classmates

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 4: Fear Itself

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 3: Side Stories

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 2: Half Cocked Plans

Avengers Academy Retrospective Part 1: Class is in Session

And in my second "new artist" highlighting post - Sara Richard

Alias Part 4: The Underneath

Context is for the week

4 pages from Feart Itself the Home Front

Fear Itself - The Home Front - Redepemtion, or backpedalling?

The Redemption of Miriam Sharp? Fear Itself - The Homefront #2

FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT #1: Miriam Sharp vs. Trish Tilby

Spider-man/Daredevil: Bouncing Back

30 Days of Scans: The Character I'd Bring Back from the Dead

30 Days Meme Day 2 - Favourite Male

One Perfect Moment: Chamber and Penance

A few webstrips I've rather enjoyed recently, and a Marvel character returns

You don't #$%^ with Leonard Samson

Avengers: The Initiative #29

Avengers: The Initiative #28

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