Comments on: Review: Avengers: The Initiative #1

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:16:00 +0000

@ Mag X: While your take on Hydra’s presence makes sense, Slott & company’s execution of the scene implies the insurgent connection I and others picked up on. Whether intentional or not, in a storyline that’s clearly playing with real world issues, it was a bad idea.

By: Thatguy

Thatguy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:02:35 +0000

To substitute fake terrorists in an area overrun with real terrorists=stupid, at best in my book.

By: Mag X

Mag X — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:43:05 +0000

The issue didn’t say they substituted Hydra in for eithe r Queda terrorists or nationalist Iraqi freedom fighters or local warloads or religious sectarians – all of whom are currently fighting in Iraq. They merely suggested that Hydra would get involved and, getting involved, may target a target as good as Gyrich who may use a super as a guard. That makes some sense to me.

By: Thatguy

Thatguy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:47:51 +0000

Just my two cents, but yeah, substituting Hydra for islamic terrorists in the heart of Baghdad?

Wow. That’s a whole new kind of stupid.

By: bradpinder

bradpinder — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:20:19 +0000

I got a kick out of the first issue, I like all the points that the critics seemed to dislike. Im a fan of old military movies and this gave me that same feel, like full metal jacket, or heart break ridge. Just got a kick out of it. I think its a good read and a great venu to awesome stories

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:06:18 +0000

Your “logical plot point” is my “plot hammer”, and no matter how Marvel tries to spin Spidey’s unmasking, it makes no sense to me in the larger context of the story, especially in light of Gauntlet’s comments I quoted in the review. Not to mention Peter Parker’s legitimate concerns about protecting his “dumbass family” from the Sinister Six, et al!

It was a PR move, not organic character development (does Millar even know what that means?), dictated more by its real world potential for garnering attention than its relevance in the Marvel Universe.

We can, of course, agree to disagree. I’m a firm believer in there being a comic for every taste, whether those tastes reflect mine or not.

By: garrett

garrett — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:02:39 +0000

Marvel under JQ= Mundane. Asinine. Re-vamped. Vulger. Emotionless. Lump

By: Merai

Merai — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:59:52 +0000

A pity that comment above is, y’know, WILDLY inaccurate as it was made clear from day 1 you were never required to unmask publically and the reason Spider-Man was selected was because he was so high profile. I don’t think Cloud 9 saying “My name is Abigal and I’ve been CLoud 9 since last week!” would have quite as much impact.

The constant efforts of this website to take a logical plot point which makes perfect sense by Marvel and twist it until it doesn’t disconcerts me greatly.

By: Enigma_2099

Enigma_2099 — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:19:04 +0000

“On base, you will not reveal your name. Off base, you will not exhibit any powers without wearing a mask. Got that? There’re only three guys who need to know your secret identity… and that’s you, Tony Stark and God!

I don’t care who you really are! So don’t @#%*ing tell me! ‘Cause the last thing Uncle Sam needs… is to waste valuable tax dollars protecting your dumbass family from the Masters of Evil! Now suit up!”

Does this mean somebody realized Spider-Man’s well-publicized unmasking was a bad idea; and if so, whom? Tony Stark or Joe Quesada?

ZING!!!!!