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A Year of Cool Comics – Day 255
Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the comics posted so far!
Today we take a look at the interesting mini-series The Last Avengers Story by Peter David and Ariel Olivetti…
Enjoy!
The series opens with the idea of the “Last Avengers Story” being written, so Kang steals it from the future to get the story of how he finally wins. He then teams up with Ultron to challenge the Avengers (specifically Hank Pym) to one last battle (before first killing all the current Avengers, who are just wannabes).
We see Hank and the Wasp round up the crew, as they meet the children of various Avengers…
David has a very strong sequence of pages in the middle of the story as the heroes put their team together…
That was some sparkling dialogue with Spider-Man and his son and Johnny Storm and his family.
We get a good moment between Ultron and Pym the night before the big fight.
And here, I’ll give you a snippet of the actual fight…
I prefer Olivetti’s style here to his current, slightly more polished approach.
This was a very underrated little tale – it came at a weird time for the Avengers titles. Nowadays this would get a lot more attention. Still, it’s a strong tale filled with moody, evocative artwork and a powerful script by David.
11 Comments
jazzbo
September 13, 2010 at 1:40 pm
I was a big fan of this mini series when it came out. Always thought it was strangely and unfairly overlooked.
Roman
September 13, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Wow, Olivetti’s art here is actually…expressive.
Dalarsco
September 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Interesting, the missing link between Olivetti’s current stuff and his early work.
trajan23
September 13, 2010 at 5:51 pm
I’ve never read this, but it looks interesting. Peter David does his usual top notch job on the script. However, I just can’t stand Olivetti’s art. The figures are all simply too repulsive for words.
Alice Bluegown
September 14, 2010 at 4:31 am
I’d never even heard of this until now, but it looks totally awesome! There’s a definite ‘Kingdom Come’ vibe to it, and though the art’s a little creepy I think I could get used to it. Might just have to track this thing down…
chad
September 14, 2010 at 7:12 am
liked this story for it showed that no matter what even if the avengers were aged and broken they still kept fighting plus. it also shows what a story teller Peter is. not to mention even an aged Ultron is creepy as hades
Sam
September 14, 2010 at 10:09 am
Really under-rated read. Though some of the things that David does to the Avengers in this mini…ugh. He has a sick and vicious mind, that man.
danjack
September 14, 2010 at 5:04 pm
i read this when it came out & it was really good. Of course, much like Avengers Forever [which i love], it has very little to do with the current Avengers. What ever happened to respecting your future history?
DFTBA
Review: The Last Avengers Story « Fourth Age
September 22, 2010 at 10:04 pm
[...] as a teenager, I didn’t read it. In fact, I had never heard of it until I saw it featured on Brian Cronin’s blog. This surprised me a little, because around that time, Peter David was my favorite comic writer. [...]
oroboros
January 13, 2011 at 3:12 pm
(posted this on another blog) I just re-read my copy now and concur with [fourthage] points. However, I feel that the story was rushed a bit, almost as if Peter David was pressed to finish it in 2 issues. He’s much better than this, evidenced his runs on the Hulk & X-Factor, but i guess we will never know.
Review: The Last Avengers Story | Fourth Age of Comics
January 27, 2011 at 5:08 pm
[...] as a teenager, I didn’t read it. In fact, I had never heard of it until I saw it featured on Brian Cronin’s blog. This surprised me a little, because around that time, Peter David was my favorite comic writer. [...]