Avengers 1: Absolute Vision - Softcover

Dematteis, J. M.; Stern, Roger; Mantlo, Bill; Byrne, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785185348 ISBN 13: 9780785185345

Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, 2013

Synopsis

The ultimate Vision story begins with catastrophe, as the android Avenger is laid low by the mysterious Barrier of Annihilus! But, if it doesn't kill him, will his experience only make him stronger? And are Earth's Mightiest prepared for the answer? The old order changeth once again as the Avengers welcome aboard Starfox and a new Captain Marvel -- but does that leave any room for Spider-Man? And it's guest-stars galore as the fabulous Fantastic Four move into the mansion, the ghost of Spider-Woman haunts the team, and Doctor Strange makes a house call to ask for Scarlet Witch's aid in dealing with Dracula, Lord of the Vampires! All this and...David Letterman?! Writer Roger Stern's acclaimed Avengers run kicks into high gear!

COLLECTING: Avengers (1963) #231-241, Avengers Annual #11-12, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16, Fantastic Four (1961) #256, and Doctor Strange (1974) #60 -- written by Roger Stern, John Byrne, and Bill Mantlo; and illustrated by Allen Milgrom, Jackson Guice, John Romita Jr, John Byrne, and Dan Green.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Stern has written for radio, television, thestage,and the Internet, creating scripts for everything from sketchcomedy toflash-animation. For ten years, he was the senior writer of the SUPERMAN series, and has written hundreds of stories about suchdiversecharacters as Green Lantern, Supergirl, Starman, and the Justice League for DC Comics; and Spider-Man, Captain America, the IncredibleHulk,and the Avengers for Marvel. His first prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman, was a New York Times bestseller.

J. M. DeMatteis has been a professional musician, a rock journalist, and a writer for film and television, but he's best known as a critically acclaimed, Eisner Award winning writer of comic books. In addition to his work on Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, and many other pop culture icons, he is the author of an acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel, Brooklyn Dreams, as well as the Abadazad series for young readers.

John Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero. His better-known work includes Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics' Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics early in his tenure, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series, and has produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.

Review:

"Roger Stern is probably the greatest Avengers writer ever. The book has never been as great as when he was the regular writer for that title. It was so compelling." -- Juan Meyer

"Writer Roger Stern was really hitting his stride on the book in these issues, and the art team of Al Milgrom and Joe Sinnott brought a clean, uncluttered look to the series that makes them stand out as my all-time favorite AVENGERS art team." -- Dan Reilly

"Stern's work with Captain Marvel and the Wasp gave us two of the best female super-heroes ever. Others may have created them but it's here they stand out. Neither ever function as well again. His She-Hulk & Scarlet Witch aren't bad either." -- Philip Ayres                                                                                           "Monica Rambeau is almost certainly the most underrated Captain Marvel." -- Tim Webber

"Someone was saying [that] Roger Stern should, as a writer, be ranked up with Alan Moore, [Grant] Morrison, etc. And they're probably right ... Stern does excellent regular runs with super-hero books, and that's actually rare. And he didn't have to resort to killing old characters for cheap thrills." -- Travis Pelkie

"The glue holding this assortment together is writer Roger Stern, who was writing stories that further interconnected the Marvel Universe. The former Avengers editor became its writer and continued to stir the pot with comings and goings while also nicely varying the stories from cosmic threats to earthbound dilemmas." -- Robert Greenberger 

"The Stern/Milgrom team really hit its stride in this stretch. Their stories embody some classic superhero action, mixed with strong interpersonal drama. Stern did some excellent work developing the characters, nailing She-Hulk's raucous personality, building Wasp into a strong and forceful leader, and developing Captain Marvel into a first rate hero. This collection is solid, with a lot to recommend it, but is most notable as the beginning of a long journey that would permanently transform both Vision and Scarlet Witch, with major impacts on the whole Marvel Universe." -- Brian C. Poole

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0785185348
• ISBN 13: 9780785185345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424
• Illustrator: Milgrom Al