Avengers Academy #21

[proteus_lives]

Greetings True Believers!

AA is quickly becoming one of my favorite Marvel books.

Angst! Generational conflict! Hawkeye joins the staff!

Enjoy!



Hazmat, Finesse, Mettle, Reptil and Striker are worried about the new students at AA. They think they're about to get canned. So when Pym, Cap and Cage call them over for a talk, it doesn't go well.



Fight scene is fighty.

Jocasta breaks them all up and tells the teachers they're being insensitive. Cap assures the crew they're not being replaced.



Hazmat and Mettle retire to her quarters where they try to snu-snu.



Later, everyone hugs it out.



The new faces are student-teacher Lightspeed and the new White Tiger.

I like this book.

Comments

[salinea]

Yup.

Also that thing with Hawkeye was adorable. :)

[q99]

Yea, they really need Hawkeye here. Those kids have had it pretty hard and the others aren't giving them much slack, Jocasta aside (I'm surprised how Luke's acting, not exactly impressive).

Lightspeed and Tiger seem like good additions too.

[starwolf_oakley]

Luke Cage always puzzles me. He says stuff and it sounds cool sometimes, but it never makes much sense.

[shadowpsykie]

what's even better... next Week, EMMA FROST and CYCLOPS guest star! SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!

[nefrekeptah]

Even better than that? There's going to be a two-parter with the Pride's Kids. Finally we get to see them again!

[akodo_rokku]

Also Magneto, if the preview image is to be believed.

I suppose he's a good example of how anyone can reform? And then unreform. And then reform again. And then unreform again. And then...

[thehood]

I wonder how They'll react when they see the kid with the Sentinel.

[big_daddy_d]

Striker...still a douche. Don't like him and still have yet to see why I should.

[proteus_lives]

I think they're trying for a "He's an asshole but he's our asshole" type of thing with Striker.

They did it better with Hellion in the New X-Men.

[crabby_lioness]

Every team's got one.

[theredhood]

This. "Hey old man! I read bad things about you on wikileaks!"

You read about the time he stared down Thanos then, kiddo? Or about how many times he's stopped Hitler from being reborn into the body of a robot / Superman / monster? I get the the MU is where everyone questions the heroes but jeez, you don't talk to Cap that way without it being ridiculous.

[long_silence]

I think we're supposed to feel sorry for him because he got molested as a kid. Seems to be a reoccurring theme in this book. Hazmat and Striker been through sooooo much trauma you have to feel bad for them, even though they aren't really interesting or likeable characters.

[biod]

Every school needs "the cool teacher". The one that will teach them about explosives and the embarrising anecdotes of other faculty members (Though it seemed Striker had that pretty much covered here, the prick).

[ian_karkull]

Oooh, low blow Striker.. really low blow. Hawkeye is a brilliant addition to the Academy. He wuld know better than anyone what those kids are going through.

Also, I'm thinking Janet's consciousness is manifesting itself in Jocasta somehow.

[biod]

Once she starts shipping, we'll know for sure.

[biod]

Anyone else reading Hazmat in Tali al'Zorah's voice?

[biod]

Guh, Tali'Zorah. Have to be more careful with checking my posts.

[jlbarnett]

I think I saw Boulder/Butterball in the preview and it had me thinking about something

Perviously they said he was slow because he was fat. But he's totally invulnerable to the point he doesn't even feel sensations, just about unkillable.

I'm out of shape myself and pretty slow. But I can sprint at a decent pace for a few seconds. I just rapidly get out of breath and tired and sore. But Boulder would never run out of breath or get sore. So why is he slow?

[devastron]

Lack of strength. As I recall they basically said with his invulnerability he has a static metabolism. He can't get any stronger then he currently is. He can run around all day, just not very fast. He could lift a certain wait all day, but he would build any additional muscle mass from it. Basically he is a totally average aside from his invulnerability and nothing they could do changed that.

[sinisterlink]

Oh, Hazmat and Mettle. You crazy kids. Honestly, I don't blame Hazmat for freaking out, though. I mean, the first time she ever tried to have sex, her powers sprouted up and nearly killed her boyfriend, so she's got that running through her head all the time. Plus, it probably wouldn't be brought up in comic world since it seems to be ignored when people like The Thing are in relationships, but Mettle's skin actually is made of some sort of metal and he's like twice as big as Hazmat. Put that together with the fact that Hazmat is a virgin and I can't imagine their first time as being all that awesome for her.

[proteus_lives]

Yeah.

Unless she's done some yoga and has a gallon of lube, getting Mettled isn't going to be fun.

[auggie18]

I read the first trade of Avengers Academy and it sorta failed to grab me. Everyone seems to like the book, so it get better, right? Because in the first trade, it felt like I could split the characters into two groups: boring and unlikable. (With the exception of Mettle, who seems pretty cool.)

[long_silence]

I still haven't warmed up to the unlikable characters, but most fans of the series seem to have so take from that what you will. Veil gets more annoying as the books goes on though.

[mullon]

"My daddy would say ain't nothin' wrong with those kids a few licks with a switch can't cure."

Looks like Mettle thought the same about you.

[big_daddy_d]

Looks like Mettle thought the same about you.

Ok that gave me a chuckle.

[kusonaga]

That's the perfect role for Hawkeye, much like when he joined the Thunderbolts.

[valtyr]

If I had a big red skull for a face, I'd try not to make sudden violent movements around Cap.

[pyrotwilight]

Heh. Don't worry. Steve's met him before.

[blackruzsa]

Oh god, I put this book down for one issue and it comes back to slap me in the face and demand WHY THE HELL I'M NOT READING THIS RIGHT NOW.

The drama is beautiful.

[darkblade]

How long before the inevitable full powers football game with Wolverine's new school?

[crabby_lioness]

It's in the school pamphlet.

[schmevil]

What even is this? That is not Luke Cage.

[thehood]

I really loved this issue and i love the new White Tiger Ava Ayala. But them i'm bias towards Puerto Rican heroes(We don't have that many.)