Hey Todd Squad (Yep, you've slowly converted in X's absence), it's time again for another review! This we're looking at AvX: VS. #3, for those unaware this book features more fleshed out versions of the fights between the Avengers and X-Men during their big battle. Prior to this issue the score was Avengers: 3, X-Men: 1, so let's see how our two teams fared in this issue.
AvX: VS #3
Summary: As you can see from the cover above, our two fights this issue were Black Widow vs. Magik and The Thing vs. Colossus. We started things off with a fight between Red Hulk and Colossus, which I would have much rather seen, but instead we ended up with Colossus and The Thing, both victorious from past fights against Spider-Man and Namor respectively, facing one another. Since this issue takes place on the moon, due to the events of Avengers vs. X-Men #5, the fight drastically changes once The Thing and Colossus's fight take them out of the Blue Area of the Moon, which is a side that has oxygen. Once outside of the Blue Area, Colossus is able to make short work of Thing since Colossus doesn't have to breathe apparently, while The ever-lovin, blue eyed, oxygen sucking Thing does. This brings our total up to 2-3, with the Avengers still leading. Next we saw Black Widow take on Magik in a fight that really wasn't a fight, Magik sent Widow to hell but Widow brought her with her, then proceeded to beat the hell (No pun intended) out of Magik before making her return them back to the Moon. After the ass-kicking she dished out, Black Widow is literally stabbed in the back by Magik with a sucker punch using her Soulsword. Magik then looks up at the quickly approaching Phoenix as this issue comes to a close.
Thoughts: This issue was kind of a let-down for me. The prospect of Red Hulk vs. JuggerColossus was way more interesting to me than seeing The Thing again, I get that they needed some wins for the X-Men and probably didn't wanna job Rulk out to Colossus but seeing two people who have already had fights when we have people like Wolverine, Thor, Hawkeye, Beast, Cyclops, Storm, Emma Frost and other people that haven't had fights yet seemed odd. Add that in with the fact that Widow basically kicked tons of ass and was beaten by a sucker punch and that left a sour taste in my mouth. Once again, I realize that was done to tie up the score I guess, but I hated seeing Widow taken out like that. Plus, a lot of the dialogue in that fight was in Russian because they're trying to push that Augmented Reality App, not everyone has a Smart Phone Marvel, and those that do, may not feel like scanning a page to read a comic they already purchased...
Score: 6/10
Black Widow: You think I'm not ready to die for what I believe in? Think again.
I'm going to have a fun time trying to persuade my local shop owner that I don't want this issue! They've been pulling avx:vs for me on their own initiative, which I was ok with for the first two issues. But, to wit:
ReplyDelete-these writers suck
-McGuiness is a good artist, but Dodson is meh
-these matchups suck (Magik should dominate black widow, and how come Thing has to breathe in space when, in avx:vs 1 he fought namor underwater?!?)
Hopefully the shop owner will be understanding...after all, I didn't ask for him to pull it for me :)
Lol, if I remember correctly when Thing fought Namor underwater he was holding his breath, but I'm too lazy to actually check. And maybe you'll luck out and someone else will buy out the issues so you won't have to get this one. Lol
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with TRobb about the Magik beating Black Widow. It really shouldn't be much of a fight from what I've heard. Glad the Xmen have tied up the score, but we really do need the big hitters like Thor in here. Hopefully soon because this mini series is almost over right?
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm in the percentage of people who don't know much about Magik, but even if she should have beat Widow, like you guys say, she should have dominated and not won from what basically seemed like a cheap shot.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not mistaken, the next issue has Daredevil vs. Psylocke and Thor vs. what looked like Hope with Phoenix powers, so that should be good at least.
Doesn't just sound good....it sounds great! Well I'm gonna be hoping
DeletePsylocke Utterly Crushes Daredevil
Thor beats Hope
BTW Great Job on the reviews :)
Haha, definitely looking forward to those fights, especially Psylocke/Daredevil. And thanks dude, glad you're enjoying them. Expect Green Lantern #10 tomorrow.
DeleteI'm pretty sure it's Phoenix Emma who will fight Thor.
DeleteAnd, as much as I love Psylocke, she has no chance against Daredevil. I hope she puts up a good fight, at least.
Is that who it is? I thought she had red hair so I figured it was Hope or someone. And I don't know, personally I would've picked Namor over Thing and Spidey over Colossus but we see how those fights ended.
ReplyDeleteHaha, check the uniform. No one would walk around showing THAT much skin except Emma and Betsy.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, Namor was robbed. But I don't really see how Spidey could have beat Colossusnaut.
That's a pretty good point actually, lol. I feel like Spidey would've found a way, he's taken down some pretty big guys in the past, I think he would've figured something out to take down Colossusnaut.
ReplyDeletei love the series
ReplyDeleteit is great when two of the best superheroteams fight
I do agree with that, especially the big fights like Magneto/Iron Man.
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