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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. )

pyrotwilight

So this came out this week and as many might know featured the Runaways and the Avengers Academy kids meeting up. Lullz assuredly did ensue. So here's three pages of interest, though the first two are actually going further into Striker since his coming out a few issues ago.

( Oh you've got to be kitten me )

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 )

sherkahn

Newsarama has the wordless preview.

And we make get the next Sabretooth/Wolverine like rivalry. Or maybe the pic behind the cut could qualify for "context is for the weak."

I can't tell.

( Cat fight. )

shadowpsykie

( Sisters in Fashion )

proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

Here is a scene from Avengers Academy #15. It's a good addition to the off and on "Should heroes kill?" debate.

The Avengers kids 'port into Washington and enter the fray.

Enjoy!

( Read more... )

Current Location: Earth-616

pyrotwilight

Comicbookresources has the whole 5 page preview up on the site.

ogrebear just posted the cover so I was highly amused when I saw the contents of this issue which is the Academy's "School Dance"

( Two amusing pages under the cut )

terrykun

Five pages from Marvel Adventures Avengers 35. The girls are away, so what do the guys get up to?

( Cover story ideas, NOW! )

pyrotwilight

( Well, huh, wondered if Marvel would address that )

geoffsebesta

The panels with Tigra from issues one through four of West Coast Avengers volume II, published by Marvel in 1985. Steve Englehart wrote it, Al Milgrom did breakdowns, Joe Sinnott the finishes on 1, 3, and 4, Kim DeMulder finishes on 2. Lettering and coloring was by a rotating team of Bullpen regulars; this was a product of mid-80s Marvel house style; Mark Gruenwald was editor and Jim Shooter editor-in-chief. Issue one was 40 pages, the others 24. These excerpts come to quite a bit less than a third of that.

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proteus_lives

Greetings True Believers!

This is a delightful one-page story from I Am An Avenger #2.

The Avengers always go all-out, especially at BBQs. Enjoy this reserve member's moment of glory!

( Read more... )

Current Location: Outer Dark

angelophile

One unlettered page from the preview for Tim Seeley's Ant-Man and the Wasp miniseries, taken from the preview on CBR.

( Hank apparently likes to think big. )

geoffsebesta

It didn't start out bad.

The West Coast Avengers first miniseries, issues #1 through #4*, only the panels with Tigra.

Roger Stern wrote this, Bob Hall pencilled it, Brett Breeding inked it, Mark Gruenwald was the editor and Jim Shooter was the Editor in Chief.

( Read more... )

terra

So I've been trying to post scans of the early days of some Marvel ladies. I've kinda fallen behind on that, but someone requested Tigra a while ago, and her story is really interesting. I have a feeling that today many readers see Tigra as furrry fetish fuel, given her stint on the West Coast Avengers where animal lust made her work her way through the team, and the fact that this is the internet. But Tigra's origins can be traced back to 1972, arguably the first Year of Women at Marvel.

And I mean, just look at her culturally relevant zingers!

( Beware...the Claws of the Cat! )

neuhallidae

You all knew I was gonna do this one. Yes, it's time for another post of (pre-reboot) Marvel Adventures awesome! There've been pages posted already from some of these issues, but after checking tags, I think I'm still under the limit. Still a very image-heavy post.

( Read more... )

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