Avengers: The Initiative #8-now with even more hot Pym Particle on Pym Particle action! If that doesn't get your attention, I don't know what will! Maybe the cover of this comic, featuring two giant-sized heroes beating the living daylights out of each other while their hapless, normal-sized, peers run for cover? That should do it!
Seriously, if you haven't been reading The Initiative, by writers Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage and artist Stefano Caselli, you really should start now. As the smoke cleared from Marvel's Civil War, the big brains (Hank Pym, Tony Stark, and Reed Richards) who run the Marvel U got the bright idea to put a team of sanctioned heroes in every state. To make sure those heroes all knew their stuff, and could operate in perfect safety, they set up a training camp at the site of the Stamford disaster. Unfortunately, these guys aren't as smart as they think they are and things at Camp Hammond haven't been going very smoothly. The locals aren't really happy about having super-folks all over the place. The young, powerful heroes at the camp tend to disobey orders willy-nilly. And the guys at top have made some questionable staffing choices, such as a former Nazi scientist (awesomely named Baron Von Blitzschlag) and the super-villainous Taskmaster. Plus, anything with Henry Gyrich involved turns out badly.
Issue #8 starts a new story arc in which many of these bad choices come back to bite the Initiative in the butt. When the latest recruits show up, a fight breaks out between the Irredeemable Ant-Man (If you didn't read his recently canceled series, shame on you!), Cassie Lang (daughter of the recently deceased other Ant-Man), and Hank Pym, which is where the Pym on Pym action comes in. If a story where three giant heroes hit each other with busses doesn't pull you in, there's very little hope for you. That's only the tip of the iceberg though. The real trouble starts when the clones the Baron made of MVP (a young hero accidentally killed in the program) start acting up. When will these brainy guys ever learn not to mess with clones?
Avengers: The Initiative has amazing stories, with loads of action and plenty of character development. It has gorgeous art. It has a massive and involving cast of characters. It is pivotal to what is going on all over the Marvel Universe This is really a series no comics fan should miss. On top of all that, the first issue of this new story arc is Four Color Fantasies' guaranteed Book of the Week. All that excellence available with no risk! What more do you need? Did I mention Taskmaster is in here too? I love that guy!
Seriously, if you haven't been reading The Initiative, by writers Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage and artist Stefano Caselli, you really should start now. As the smoke cleared from Marvel's Civil War, the big brains (Hank Pym, Tony Stark, and Reed Richards) who run the Marvel U got the bright idea to put a team of sanctioned heroes in every state. To make sure those heroes all knew their stuff, and could operate in perfect safety, they set up a training camp at the site of the Stamford disaster. Unfortunately, these guys aren't as smart as they think they are and things at Camp Hammond haven't been going very smoothly. The locals aren't really happy about having super-folks all over the place. The young, powerful heroes at the camp tend to disobey orders willy-nilly. And the guys at top have made some questionable staffing choices, such as a former Nazi scientist (awesomely named Baron Von Blitzschlag) and the super-villainous Taskmaster. Plus, anything with Henry Gyrich involved turns out badly.
Issue #8 starts a new story arc in which many of these bad choices come back to bite the Initiative in the butt. When the latest recruits show up, a fight breaks out between the Irredeemable Ant-Man (If you didn't read his recently canceled series, shame on you!), Cassie Lang (daughter of the recently deceased other Ant-Man), and Hank Pym, which is where the Pym on Pym action comes in. If a story where three giant heroes hit each other with busses doesn't pull you in, there's very little hope for you. That's only the tip of the iceberg though. The real trouble starts when the clones the Baron made of MVP (a young hero accidentally killed in the program) start acting up. When will these brainy guys ever learn not to mess with clones?
Avengers: The Initiative has amazing stories, with loads of action and plenty of character development. It has gorgeous art. It has a massive and involving cast of characters. It is pivotal to what is going on all over the Marvel Universe This is really a series no comics fan should miss. On top of all that, the first issue of this new story arc is Four Color Fantasies' guaranteed Book of the Week. All that excellence available with no risk! What more do you need? Did I mention Taskmaster is in here too? I love that guy!
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