Discussion for Avengers Vol 3 Issue 2

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

We're on to issue 2, with only one issue remaining in this story! If you couldn't get a copy, you can find scans here.

Need to catch up?
Issue 1 part 1 scans are here and discussion is here.
Issue 1 part 2 scans are here and discussion is here.

• First of all, the cover I have scanned is a variant. The original is this one. Which style do you prefer? And how, generally, do you feel about variant covers? TL;DR is welcome.


• Hawkeye says, "The easiest Avengers to snap out of it are going to be the ones with the strongest sense of being Avengers - the strongest sense of spirit. Well, I've got some ideas of who to try." Cap responds, "So do I." Hawkeye 'wakes up' Jan and Monica, while Cap heads for Tony. Discuss.


• Hawkeye later says, "Iron Man's a good guy, normally - but he's waaay too into his whole Nobleman/Lord of the Manor trip. That spell musta hit him right where he lives!" Is there a better explanation?


• You can never discuss AU identities and costumes too much. Which ones stood out?


• Morgan is a very arrogant villain who plays with her enemy rather than defeat it outright. Do you find these kinds of villains fun or frustrating?

The scans for issue 3, which will wrap up this story, are here. I tried brightening the pages in photoshop, hope that helps. Remember, don't comment there! Do that on this comm on Thursday, March 3rd.

Comments

[arileo.livejournal.com]

Three things:
1- CARE BEAR STARE!!! (C'mon, I know I'm not the only one who was thinking it)
2- Quicksilver's gypsy costume... good grief. It looks like it was designed by MC Hammer

3- (And now we get serious) I've always been somewhat mystified by the Avengers portrayal of Beast. I grew up watching him on X-men, and was used to Hank, the serious and well-educated thespian, but then in Avengers we get Henry, the fast-talking joker.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

1. ???
2. LOL
3. Seeing as I first met Beast in Avengers, the goofy smart guy seems normal to me. The only X-Men I've read him in is First Class, where he's lighthearted, and X-Men: Endangered Species, where he's somber for a very good reason. I didn't realize serious was normal for him in X-Men.

[cosmicbiscuit.livejournal.com]

He gets both. His original characterization was somewhat of a risktaker who loved a good joke and a good drink, even after turning fluffy and blue, and it carried over to his original tenure in Avengers, where he and Wonder Man were carousing buddies. He evolved into the serious sort under Claremont and later writers, and he's occasionally serious in Avengers (like when he wondered if maybe there were too many science brains on the team, since at the time, he was sharing space with Tony, Hank, Dane, and Alice Nugent, or during his current period with the Secret Avengers), but for the most part, it's been long established that being in the Avengers is more like a vacation from the direness of being an X-Man, especially during periods when Simon's around to be his bro (which will happen again later).