Avengers #17

Avengers #17 does a great job of wrapping up the events of Blood Hunt while getting the reader excited for what is to come. What is to come looks to be one wild ride! This is a great jumping on point for anyone who has not been picking this book up. I highly recommend it! Read Full Review

Schiti offers some beautiful imagery throughout the issue. The art is vibrant and beautifully detailed both in its characters and the action. Read Full Review

An overall great issue and the next issue is going to up the stakes, especially with who Storm and the Avengers are facing off against. Overall, Avengers #17 works as both the start of a new story arc and as a character piece. Read Full Review

Avengers #17 is a worthy introduction for the team's newest member, giving Storm's recruitment a grand sense of importance for humans and mutants alike, while showcasing the other Avengers at their most vulnerable. Read Full Review

It's a little hard to suspend disbelief about the heroes' self-recriminations, given the real world drivers of big crossover stories, but it makes for some well-written, well-drawn drama Read Full Review

Count me among those fans thrown off by the change to Valerio Schiti's art style. Or perhaps its just having a different colorist. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Aug 07, 2024

Plot After the fallout from Blood Hunt #5, Captain Marvel warns that the Avengers failed to stop Varnae before he blocked the sun from the sky, Black Panther, Iron Man and Wanda think she's being hard on herself and everyone, but Carol says something key, Blood Hunt is one of the Tribulation Events that Kang warned them would come, he called it the Eternal Night. So far the Avengers have been unable to prevent two cataclysmic events of this nature. Carol makes it clear that beating Varnae was not a true victory as many human losses occurred, vampires can now walk on the sun, Miles Morales is a vampire and Doctor Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme, the world has changed into unfavorable conditions that apparently cannot be reversed. Black P anther finds solace in the Impossible City, however it seems this living city cannot access memories of the Twilight Court warrior team, who started the Tribulation Events. Sam agrees with Carol and decides that the Avengers need to have contacts with the mutants, because they are a key group to help them stop threats before they happen, so he recruits Storm, she is the leader and perfect link with the X-men. But the new threat is Hyperion, who returns confused and dazed after the Heroes Reborn event, where he lived in a perfect alternate world, where he was the leader, but our reality is the complete opposite, so he launches a threat on the planet where he promises to destroy this world and turn it to his liking. Exciting starting point for new readers (who will surely buy the previous volumes after reading this issue) of this new story arc where the Avengers want to stop the threats so they don't have to avenge and deal with apocalyptic consequences. Art Full of details that are elevated to another level of quality with different textures, where it successfully shows the scales of the dangers that the Avengers are about to face, with mind-blowing landscapes full of futuristic technologies such as the Impossible City. Summary Captain Marvel and Captain America are concerned that the Avengers have not arrived in time to stop cataclysmic events, she needs her team to get ahead of the events, for that she needs new sinegrants more

Jawnyblaze

Aug 13, 2024

Great issue with good art and a nice breather for self reflection after Blood Hunt. Storm is one of my favorite characters in comics, so adding her is a great idea. The recruitment, and the way Sam flips the debrief about Blood Hunt into an apology for failing mutants during the Fall was really well done. T'Challa's discussion with the City was interesting as well. Very very good issue and quite the cliffhanger ending. Looks like it's only getting better from here, and it was already really good.

KittyNone

Aug 07, 2024

A wonderful little character-focused downtime issue. Superhero comics don't have enough of those these days, and this is a textbook example of how to do a good one

derbycomics

Aug 07, 2024

Jed MacKay's script is well paces, with pieces of plot foreshadowing and balanced character development. He expertly weaves together multiple storylines, paying off simmering tensions and setting the stage for a new direction as individual team members struggle with the losses they incurred during the events of Blood Hunt. Each Avenger is forced to confront their own limitations and how they view their role as a superhero and you can’t help but feel there will be tough decisions made that will have significant repercussions for the Marvel Universe. The various argument laid out by our heroes was very reminiscent to the build up towards Marvel’s iconic ‘Civil War’ storyline, where heroes where forced to choose between two very di fferent perspectives. Sam’s reaction is likely to be one of the most consequential as his visit to Storm is what causes her to become the newest Avenger. It was a great way to tie in what happened to mutants during and after the fall of Krakoa and made a strong case as to why Storm joining the team makes perfect sense. Schiti's artwork is simply stunning, bringing the Avengers to life with dynamic energy and emotional depth. His action sequences, while tame compared to what Earth’s Mightiest Heroes went through during Blood Hunt, are frenetic and beautifully choreographed, while his character designs are expressive and nuanced. As usual for any book he’s on, Schiti provides a sense of cinematic scale that few comic book artists can capture. The visuals are further elevated by Federico Blee's vibrant colors, which add an extra layer of depth and atmosphere to the panels. Avengers #17 includes top-notch storytelling from MacKay and new series artist Schiti makes an instant statement with knockout visuals. The issue is the start of a status quo-changing period that marks a pivotal moment in the series’ run, as the Avengers deal with the fallout from Blood Hunt and are clearly emerging transformed as individuals, and a team, forever. more

fzanca

Aug 13, 2024

I really dislike when McKay has to do a study of all of the ccharacters. He does the same thing with Moon Knight and all of them having to spend time at the psychiatrist, which always feels like page filler. He did the same thing here, but they all went off to their little corner to talk about their feelings. I'm also not a fan of the Impossible City. It feels like McKay wanted the Avengers to have their own JL Watchtower and created one for them. Falcon America goes to Storm (who is one of my favorite characters and the reason I bought this issue) and tells her they need mutant representation, when they already have a mutant -- Wanda. This issue was bland. I hope they make use of Storm in an interesting way, but I'm not holding my breath. My Comic Review Channel -https://youtu.be/pSHBRGPH-1g more

Kenjamin

Nov 11, 2024

Art: 3.5/5 Story: 3/5 Total: 6.5/10