Avengers Infinity

[Petertime]

I saw avengers infinity for sale for $10 (CDN) and I'm thinking of grabbing it.

Anybody read it? IS it worth it?
I like Stern's writing, so between that and Quasar I'm interested, but I know nothing about the series.

Any (productive) thoughts welcome

[XPac]

I saw avengers infinity for sale for $10 (CDN) and I'm thinking of grabbing it.

Anybody read it? IS it worth it?
I like Stern's writing, so between that and Quasar I'm interested, but I know nothing about the series.

Any (productive) thoughts welcome

Though I liked the idea of a cosmic Avengers team, I can't particularly say I enjoyed the series that much personally.

If it's only $10 bucks and you like the characters involved, then it's probably worth it.

[mattbib]

Avengers Infinity was okay. I liked it mostly for the cast, with the exception of the very out-of-place Tigra. I do remember enjoying the art as well.

The story was pretty grandiose; though the threat of the Infinites seemed a little too large for a mini-series, and a little beyond this assemblage, despite their unquestionable power. Despite the lack of more iconic Avengers, the presence of Thor and Monica Rambeau really legitimatizes the grouping.

For that price, yeah, I'd say it's worth it. I'd also seek out the Maximum Security limited series as well.

[DDM]

Avengers Infinity fleshes out the Infinites brought up in Avengers Forever; therefore, I find the limited series required reading. Furthermore, you can't go wrong with writer, Roger Stern & penciler, Sean Chen. Moondragon, Thor, Photon, Tigra, & Quasar make for a good dynamic cast as well. Buy it! You won't regret it...

Eternity makes an interesting appearance in the story at some point.

[XPac]

Avengers Infinity fleshes out the Infinites brought up in Avengers Forever; therefore, I find the limited series required reading. Furthermore, you can't go wrong with writer, Roger Stern & penciler, Sean Chen. Moondragon, Thor, Photon, Tigra, & Quasar make for a good dynamic cast as well. Buy it! You won't regret it...

Eternity makes an interesting appearance in the story at some point.

Yeah... but in the same breath it's fleshing out a bunch of comsics (who were basically badly made Celestial rip offs) that were never seen or used since then.

So in regards to the Infinates, I wouldn't exactly argue they were much of a selling point. They were just a failed writers attempt at re-arranging the cosmic heirarchy by saying there new guys are the top cosmics in marvel.

But Infinates and the overall importance of the story aside... I do agree that the combination of characters was fun.

[Kirk G]

Has anybody got a scan of the cover?
I dont remember this series AT ALL!

In what way does it springboard off from Avengers Forever?

Thanks for any help and images to see what I missed. What year was this?

[XPac]

In what way does it springboard off from Avengers Forever?



In Avengers Forever, they briefly mentioned the Avengers stopping the Infinates sometime in the future.

And in Avengers Infinity, the Infinates show up and the Avengers stop them.

That's about it.

[DDM]

Has anybody got a scan of the cover?
I dont remember this series AT ALL!

In what way does it springboard off from Avengers Forever?

Thanks for any help and images to see what I missed. What year was this?

The Infinites are mentioned in Avengers Forever (1998), but Avengers Infinity #1-4 (2000) actually shows, in part, the Infinites. The storyline is based on the Infinites destroying a planet; however, from the Infinites' perspective, they are benevolent beings restructuring, reorganizing matter to make it flow better:

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The Avengers--with the help of Moondragon psionic powers--summons Eternity to speak to the Infinites.

When the Infinites realized they had destroyed life, one of the Infinites scarficies himself to create another planet to create life they had previously obliterated.

[DDM]

Yeah... but in the same breath it's fleshing out a bunch of comsics (who were basically badly made Celestial rip offs) that were never seen or used since then.

So in regards to the Infinates, I wouldn't exactly argue they were much of a selling point. They were just a failed writers attempt at re-arranging the cosmic heirarchy by saying there new guys are the top cosmics in marvel.

But Infinates and the overall importance of the story aside... I do agree that the combination of characters was fun.

I don't consider Roger Stern a failed writer. A failed writer is one who has not published any work at all. Indeed, Roger Stern's a successful writer & former editor.

The Infinites adds another layer to the cosmic hierarchy, but it does not radically changed the structure of the Marvel Universe at all.

[Mikl C]

Hm. If it's cheap get it. I quite enoyed this mini. Moondragon has some good moments. They don't really do much though in the end, do they?

[XPac]

I don't consider Roger Stern a failed writer. A failed writer is one who has not published any work at all. Indeed, Roger Stern's a successful writer & former editor.

The Infinites adds another layer to the cosmic hierarchy, but it does not radically changed the structure of the Marvel Universe at all.

I wasn't imply that Stern is a failed writer, but rather than his attempt was a failure.

He basically threw out these beings that were seemingly vastly more powerful than Eternity himself. Having a brand new never before heard or or seen race of beings more powerful than Eternity would in my opinion shift the cosmic landscape quite a bit if anyone bothered using them.

I would have had an easier time buying it if they say the Beyonders because we've heard of them and they have history. So we don't have to scatch our heads wondering why a race of beings more powerful than Eterninty never were seen or mentioned prior to this (outside of Avengers Forever). And that's probably why no one has used them since. They were just lazily made bigger more powerful Celestials.

[Dermie]

Avengers Infinity was okay. I liked it mostly for the cast, with the exception of the very out-of-place Tigra.

Tigra was meant to be out-of-place though; for these cosmic stories they generally like to have at least one character who is out their element and be in awe of the grandeur of the situation. And Tigra fit that bill perfectly since it had already been established that she was out in space with Starfox at that time. Stern actually managed to give her a number of good moments along the way.

I would definately recommend this book, on the basis that it is Roger Stern writing the Avengers again (always a good time), and that he has assembled an interesting cast of characters. There were some very fun dynamics among the group, and it was great to see some of those underused Avengers like Monica, Starfox, Tigra, etc get some spotlight.
To be honest, I was much more interested in the character interactions here than I was in the main plot--but that's okay, because he'd assembled such an interesting group. I was glad that we got to see some extra issues of this group together during the Maximum Security crossover.

[Dusty.]

This is on my reading list, but still a few months away. I love Roger Stern Avengers, but Sean Chen, while solid, is the Paul Ryan of his day, just not quite as good.

[brainfloat]

I saw avengers infinity for sale for $10 (CDN) and I'm thinking of grabbing it.

Anybody read it? IS it worth it?
I like Stern's writing, so between that and Quasar I'm interested, but I know nothing about the series.

Any (productive) thoughts welcome

I'm not sure what (CDN) means, but you can get the first issue for $2.40 (NM) from Mile High Comics.

[Petertime]

I'm not sure what (CDN) means, but you can get the first issue for $2.40 (NM) from Mile High Comics.

CDN is Canadian (I'm in Toronto) and given the difference between USA and CDN prices, I thought it worth noting.
Thanks for the tip on Mile High though....

Thanks for the feed back....I'll probably grab it next time I'm in. (I've been on an avengers kick lately, filling in the latter half of Busiek's run...which I dropped at the time for some unknown reason)

[Vic Vega]

I thought both the art and the story was very well done. Being that it features some Avengers you rarely see (Moondragon, Tigra) makes it all the more worthwhile. IMHO.

I'd rather have Stern/Chen on the Avengers that the current team. NA's boring as hell.

[niall mc cann]

it's okay.

The line-up was fun, but the infinites themselves were a real anti-climax to me. Cheap celestial rip-offs.

It's an okay story, but not an essential one. if i found it cheap, i might pick it up, 'cause i like Moondragon and quasar. it's not up there with Avengers Forever, or any of the great avengers stories.

[Roger Stern]

Tigra was meant to be out-of-place though; for these cosmic stories they generally like to have at least one character who is out their element and be in awe of the grandeur of the situation. And Tigra fit that bill perfectly since it had already been established that she was out in space with Starfox at that time. Stern actually managed to give her a number of good moments along the way.

I would definitely recommend this book, on the basis that it is Roger Stern writing the Avengers again (always a good time), and that he has assembled an interesting cast of characters. There were some very fun dynamics among the group, and it was great to see some of those underused Avengers like Monica, Starfox, Tigra, etc get some spotlight.

To be honest, I was much more interested in the character interactions here than I was in the main plot--but that's okay, because he'd assembled such an interesting group. I was glad that we got to see some extra issues of this group together during the Maximum Security crossover.

Thanks, Dermie!

Oh, and Peter...$10 CDN sounds like a bargain, considering what the individual issues sold for originally.

-- Uncle Rog