RUN: 2 issues 1995
KEY CREATORS: Peter David
(writer) Ariel Olivetti (artist)
OUTLINE: In the future, a
plot by Ultron leads to the team's final adventure
STANDOUT/DUD ISSUES: None
really, since there was only two issues
OVERALL: I got this book
by way of inter-library loan and boy am I ever glad I didn't pay any money
for this book. It's not that there isn't any good moments.
Pym and Ultron have some good moments and we get some
interesting characters bits here and
there,
including a taste of what Wanda's twins might have been like had they not
been retconned away. However, a lot of the deaths in the story seem more
like wholesale slaughter than serving any dramatic purpose, and things
are a bit confusing at points. Which brings me to the biggest
problems
with the story. The art is really bad. Oh, the members look
somewhat like human beings, but not recognizably Avengers. In fact
I'll go so far as to say that if Olivetti has ever seen the Avengers ever,
be it in their own title or guest starring elsewhere, it's not evident
here. The art looks more like someone described the Avengers to
Olivetti
through word of mouth (I'll be fair and say he gets some characters like
Dr Pym more right than others but even given that this is supposed to be
the future, most of the other characters are still off). If that wasn't
enough, the colours seemed picked to enhance the most confusing aspects
of the artwork. This
RECOMMENDED OR NOT? If you
find this in the 50c bin, pass it by. The art destroys whatever appeal
the writing might have.
CONTINUITY NOTES: As noted
above, Byrne's run on West Coast Avengers
pretty much puts an end to this future
by eliminating the twins save
perhaps as a What If? world.