914. The mighty Marvel Treasury Edition starring the Avengers review!

Here is the Holy Grail that I had in the mid-70s!  Somehow it never showed up in the local stores.

Villain of the Week- Ultron-7

Ultron, one of their most dangerous foes- (From Marvel Fandom):

When the Avengers, Fantastic Four and Inhumans prepared to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal, Maximus and an unnamed benefactor plotted to crash the wedding. Before the wedding could begin, the Alpha Primitives attacked the guests, and Crystal was captured by what appeared to be a revived Omega. However, it was soon revealed that it was not Omega, but a resurrected Ultron-7, who had come to get revenge against the Avengers.^[10]

During Ultron-7's attack on the heroes, it was revealed that following its last defeat at the hands of the Avengers, Ultron's head was recovered by Maximus, who helped rebuild him. With its tale of resurrection told, Ultron then unleashed a weapon that threatened to destroy the minds of everyone involved. However, this proved to be Ultron's undoing, as the weapon awakens young Franklin Richards from his coma, who used his powers to destroy the robot and save everyone.^[23] back to me:

669. KISS vs. Dr. Doom in 1977!

                 One more Ace tribute, but this is for the whole band from way back when.  What a comic book!

618. Avengers United until these last 4 episodes!

                  I so wish this had been a better cartoon.  It isn't terrible, but...

611. Avengers United etc 07-09

                OK, this show is OK.  That's the best I can do.  It tries too hard to be the X-Men cartoon, and the armor is dumb.

604. Avengers UTS 04-06!

                     I gotta admit, this show is growing on me, despite my dislike of the stupid armor on the heroes.

Avengers UTS- Tigra

 

Well, it is sorta Tigra.  She is named Greer, but she looks like a very young version of the character.  Also, if she wasn't called Tigra by the team, you wouldn't know who this character was at all.  She barely has any stripes.  I get that that would both simplify the character and give her a less revealing costume.  However, they changed her design so much that she's barely tiger related.  I don't hate this design, but this character looks more like Tigra, Jr, rather than the original.  Sure, the series takes place in the slight future, so that could have been an out right there.

597. Avengers: United They Stand 01-03

                     Wow, this isn't an easy series to review.  There is a lot to like, but...

The Avengers: United They Stand (1999)

From Wiki-  The Avengers: United They Stand (also known simply as The Avengers) is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Avengers.^[1] It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad. It was canceled on February 26, 2000.^[2]  The series features two founders of the team, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and introduces Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, Falcon, Vision and Scarlet Witch.^[3] Ownership of the series eventually passed to Disney following Saban Entertainment’s closure, which also includes Marvel Productions. 

Masked Avengers (1981)

 

This title had me thinking it was going to be about good guys being masked, but alas, it was not.  They were the bad guys.  I liked it OK, but it was not high on my list.  I have seen it a few more times and like it more, but it is not one of my top ten favorite Shaw movies.  There is betrayal, violence, a traitor or two, and lots of action.  There are a few too many characters as well.

459. Mrs. Peel, Reviews of Avengers books are Needed!

             Two books about the Avengers, and not one of them has a costumed superhero in it!  And yet, I love them.

400. Captain America 10 and 11

           We are about done with the Captain America run, 13 episodes fly by when you do two at a time!

393. Captain America 1966: 08 and 09!

             We review two episodes today, both of which come from the pages of the early Avengers!  The voice acting is quite good!

365. Captain America 04: His Revenge, in 1966!

                  In which we see an Avengers story without any other Avengers!

276. JLA/Avengers from the 80s!

                  

Avengers by Perez

Here is a lovely team portrait of the Avengers.  It is by the late, great George Perez.  It is kind of an amalgam of teams, or perhaps the version he did with Kurt Busiek.  I can't remember if the Beast was in that relaunch.  I always preferred the Beast in the Avengers, rather than the X-Men.  I liked the tie he gave both teams as well.  I do think Quicksilver should be in the picture, but it is rather crowded.  Some fans wanted the Hulk to be there, but he was hardly an Avenger for most of his published history.  I am glad the MCU went to Professor Hulk, since Hulk smash Hulk gets old and boring in a hurry.  Where is Triathalon?  I thought he was kinda fun.  At this point in time, everyone in Marvel has been an Avenger.  Including Wolverine and at least half of the Fantastic Four.

What If...? vol. 1

 

Late in 1976 Marvel Comics released a different comic book- What If?  The Watcher took the readers on journeys to different worlds (the multiverse) where heroes made some slightly different choices. The Distinguished Competition used to do these stories, but they were generally dreams, hoaxes or "imaginary stories" back then.  I enjoyed them, though generally they were tame.  I quite enjoyed the Superman Blue and Superman Red story though.  However, the trope had become a joke by the 70s, to both companies.  We would see cover blurbs proclaim that what we see on the cover was "not a hoax!  not a dream!  not an imaginary story!" constantly.

Secret Invasion 05- The Harvest

 

IN WHICH Fury decides to go old school.  He talks to G'iah, who is also a Super Skrull about her survival.  She goes to Priscilla to bury Talos.  Fury heads to Finland with Agent Sonya Falsworth (that last name, hmmm) and retrieves The Harvest from one of his graves.  Meanwhile, Gravik seems to have let power go to his head, and some minions try to kill him.  That does not go well.  Fury says he is going to give Gravik the Harvest.  Fury suits up, complete with his eyepatch, and says he is going to end this.

Secret Invasion 02- Promises

 

IN WHICH a lot of drama happens with little action.  Fury gets fired by Rhodey, on order of the president.  They won't call the Avengers in, since the Skrulls would make them all into traitors.  Since when can ordinary Skrulls imitate super powers?  I only know of one that can do that, and those powers are not quite official in the MCU at this time.  Be that as it may, things go so bad for Fury he returns to his wife.

HOTW- Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, Dr. Pym

 

From Wiki-

Biochemist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels "Pym particles". Entrapping these within two separate serums, he creates a size-altering formula and a reversal formula, testing them on himself. Reduced to the size of an insect, he becomes trapped in an anthill before he eventually escapes and uses the reversal formula to restore himself to his normal size. Deciding the serums are too dangerous to exist, he destroys them.^[6] Shortly afterwards, he reconsiders his decision and recreates his serums. Pym's experience in the anthill inspires him to study ants, and he constructs a cybernetic helmet that allows him to communicate with and control them. Pym designs a costume made of unstable molecules to prevent bites or scratches from the ants and reinvents himself as the superhero Ant-Man.^[7]