Gage Examines His "Avengers Academy" Tenure

[CBR News]

November's "Avengers Academy" #39 marks the final issue of the series, and CBR News spoke with writer Christos Gage for a look back at the title's inception and his run as a whole.


Full article here.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

And Thank you Gage for making such a fantastic series!!!

[krisis]

November's "Avengers Academy" #39 marks the final issue of the series, and CBR News spoke with writer Christos Gage for a look back at the title's inception and his run as a whole.


Full article here.

A great interview that hit all of the high points of Gage's run and actually peeled back the curtain on his creative process. Avengers Academy really did the improbably and made a book about a gaggle of newly created C-list heroes absolutely riveting for the first 20 issues. I'm sad to see so many of Gage's creations make their next appearances in Arena because - like Gage - I hope a few of them have a further life in the Marvel Universe at large.

[rwe1138]

Counting #14.1 puts it at an even 40 issues, actually.

Such a great series. I followed it from Avengers: The Initiative through AA and loved every bit of it.

[hysang]

I am going to miss this series so much. It's amazing how attached I've become to a bunch of fictional characters, but that's part of the magic of comic books.

This is also the only book to spin out of Dark Reign and into the Heroic Age that I've consistently continued to read. I've picked up every special....this book reminded me of the old-school Claremont X-Men or New Mutants but without the constant mind control or characters using the same catchphrase ("ah'm invulnerable while ah'm blastin'!").

I really hope Marvel brings this book back in some shape or form and doesn't trot out these characters to get Alpha Flighted when some new bad guy shows up.

[Nomads1]

A great series by a great writer. Really wish Marvel would give him more high profile assignments. I'd have been in heaven if he'd taken over Avengers. Congratulations Mr. Gage. Wish you all the best on future assignments, and plan to be there for them.

Peace

[Scott Mateo]

This series was fantastic! Not since Dan Jurgens' Teen Titans have I ever become so emotionally attached to new characters.

I kinda wish a little more was done with Justice, maybe he and Robbie can take the (surviving) kids and start a new New Warriors?

[PaxHouse]

Great work to you, Mr. Gage and all of the Artists that work on this series.

[The Black Guardian]

It's going to be quite depressing to not have this around. Avengers Arena really doesn't sound like a good replacement, imo. I do hope I'm wrong about that though.

[StoneGold]

Remember when people were cursing him because Academy wasn't the Initiative?

[Predabot]

A great series by a great writer. Really wish Marvel would give him more high profile assignments. I'd have been in heaven if he'd taken over Avengers. Congratulations Mr. Gage. Wish you all the best on future assignments, and plan to be there for them.

Peace

Gage is good and all, Nomads, but Hickman is BETTER. =) In fact, he's the second best writer working in comics right now.

The only one better is Grant Morrison himself..!

As such, I think, once the issues start coming out, and Hickman evolves the Avengers once more, and takes them to a whole new level, of EVEN GREATER AWESOME and IMPORTANCE, he will win you over. =)

You'll see man, you'll see.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

Remember when people were cursing him because Academy wasn't the Initiative?

The more things change....

[CMBMOOL]

Man, Gage truly did wrote a great tramatic emotional series with Fan-favorite characters for us to love.

Why must we all suffer for Marvel's overall mistakes of misues of their teenage heroes.

[Kurolegacy]

Sad to see the series go but it's truly been a great ride.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Remember when people were cursing him because Academy wasn't the Initiative?

Except Academy didn't put play russian roulette with Initiative's cast.