Avengers #32

It's not for everyone - but for those who "get it," it's terrific! Read Full Review

The art in Avengers is consistently some of the best in Marvel. Leinil Yu continues to astound with sweeping galactic vistas, appropriately portioned characters, and framing that would make a cinematographer weep. The only downside is some of the background faces are left blank, probably due to the pressures of time constraints. The sacrifice is forgivable; given the sheer size, and scope of the book. Read Full Review

This is one tie-in definitely worth checking out, and Jonathan Hickman should win an award for least-boring-massive-amount-of-exposition. Read Full Review

Avengers #32 is a heavy issue that is very Hickman-esque, for lack of a better term. This is time travel with all it's excitement and, depending on your tastes, pitfalls, but I will say that Hickman is doing time travel right. The inclusion of the guest star makes this issue soar for long time Hickman readers, and there are small moments in this comic that will make you laugh despite yourself. Get your thinking cap on and give this one a read, Avengers is most definitely building toward something big. Read Full Review

The art, unfortunately, is weirdly inconsistent in this issue. At times Leinil Yu's pencils and Gerry Alanguilan's inks merge in a scratchy, haphazard assortment of lines. But at other times, Alanguilan's inks smooth out and Sunny Gho's colors become more vibrant. Here the issue is at its best, and there are some definite shots of beauty as Franklin's garden blooms and he gives the Avengers a tour of the universe as it exists thousands of years from now. Read Full Review

How this issue fits into the series is all going to ride on the next issue, but as far as this single issue there's enough here, ideas mostly, to satiate Avenger and science fiction fans alike. Read Full Review

"Avengers" #32 is typical Hickman, which ambiguously will mean different things to different readers. In absolute terms, though, it's enjoyable enough, as Hickman throws in so many fascinating ideas that the issue is hard not to like, at least somewhat, despite the apparent aimlessness of the story. Yu makes both an alien forest and futuristic spacecraft look amazing, and combined the two creators generate enough of a wow-factor to offset the wha-factor. Read Full Review

cincyfan

Dec 17, 2022

Absolutely brilliant

Quirky Genin

Jan 19, 2022

Hickman reaches back and ties this one to his Fantastic Four run on the way to the build up for Secret Wars.

LeandroMDuarte

Jul 10, 2014

Another intriguing issue that creates more questions than it solves them. Most of the space is filled with info dump, leaving little space to explore how the characters are reacting to the information they are receiveng and the world they are visiting. On the other hand, it is fun to speculate about how this future will tie to the present and what that last page means. Inconsistent art throught the issue also hurts it. Leinil Yu excels at drawing the wide-scope scenes, but has problems at micro level, especially while trying to portray subtle emontions on the characters faces and poses. There is also a ridiculous and completely gratuitous Black Widow buttshot that ruins the storytelling in the page where it appears.

JBL Reviews

Jul 21, 2014

Too much murky Hickman

Psycamorean

Aug 30, 2020

Pretty rough still.

Synthozoid

Jul 23, 2014

I'm starting to wonder if Hickman can write an issue without using the words "temporal" or "atemporal."