Oh hey, check it out, it's another Age of Ultron issue! The best thing about the expedited release schedule of this event is that it should be over really soon. Yep, I've reached that point with this one. Well, let's get this done and over with...
Age of Ultron #6:
Summary: Dammit, why can't JT be stuck reviewing this!? So Wolverine and the Invisible Woman have headed back in time to kill Hank Pym before he creates Ultron, because that won't mess up the future or anything... On top of that, Captain America, Nick Fury, Rulk, Bendis's it girl, Quake, Storm and Quicksilver have headed to the future to stop Ultron Prime's attack. The heroes head towards Manhattan, and are immediately attacked by Ultrons. The Ultrons tear the heroes apart, killing at the very least Cap. Meanwhile, in the past, Wolvie confronts Pym and tells him he has to die. The two fight and Wolvie gets the upper hand, but he is stopped by Sue, who is still undecided on whether or not to go through with this plan. Wolvie keeps throwing her dead family and kids in her face(because he's an asshole), so Sue lets him murder Pym. With that, the two decide to head home, figuring things would be way better now.
Thoughts: UGH!!!! This series is so damn stupid!!! It makes my head hurt! First off, if the Avengers in the future really want to take out Ultron, why wouldn't they take everybody? I mean, if THAT is your last stand, why not bring all of your forces in to play? But that's not what's really bothering me... How the HELL does Wolverine reason killing Pym is the way to right everything? It doesn't take a genius to realize that by killing one of the founding member of the Avengers, you're going to mess up the timestream worse than it already is! Here's a simple example... With no Pym, that means no Wasp. That means the initial Avengers team will consist of Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. Hulk leaves in issue #2. That leaves the "team" as IM and Thor. Two people does not a team make, so logically, they go their own ways. At that point, there ARE no Avengers. So then, who stops the Space Phantom? Who stops Namor? Who wakes Cap out of his hibernation? Who could possibly stop Kang? Not only that, but no Cap means there's nobody adequate to stop the Red Skull when he ends up returning... How about a Masters of Evil led by the original Baron Zemo AND the Red Skull! Killing Pym is just infinitely dumb... Plus, you know, it goes against the actions of any hero worth his salt. Frigging dumb-ass Wolverine... Besides that, if it so easy to just go back and change time(which is what Bendis is apparently saying), why wouldn't Dr. Doom, the man who INVENTED the time platform the heroes used, head back in time and smother Sue Storm in her crib? Or prevent his mother from making a deal with Mephisto? Or fix it so that his machine doesn't blow up in his face? So, so dumb... So yeah, this issue was idiotic on SO many levels, but the next issue should be interesting... Depending on which direction Bendis decides to go...
Score: 5 out of 10.
Daaaaannnngggg! Cap got his head shot off! Ha! You know that's gonna be reversed! Haha! Wolvie should have stopped the creation of Ultron only...sorry Vision! But I guess you wouldn't exist..he and his kids! Wanda would have to choose another..huh?! Guess that may have reprecussions too....one of the Runaways wouldn't exist either I suppose. ..a no win!
ReplyDeletePlus, no kids for Wanda means she doesn't lose them and say "No more mutants". That means the X-men don't go all militant, Cykes and Wolvie don't have the schism, and if the phoenix came again it would have been handled better.
DeleteOh snap!...you are most definitely correct Jermox. That would mean that damn space chicken would still exist! Plus Xavier would still be alive!
DeleteOoops! My bad....What's happening X. Been a longtime. ...it's ya boy Rad-T!
ReplyDeleteAt this point, my main problem is that I assume that Marvel isn't going to go all DC and reboot its universe. So, Bendis now has six issues to unkill Hank Pym and have someone stop Ultron from invading in the first place. I'm not optimist that he's going to do so in a way that feels organic; I'm assuming, like, Franklin and Valeria are going to return to Earth in issue #12 and Franklin is going to use his powers to solve all the problems, given Bendis' tendency to rely on deus ex machinas.
ReplyDeleteI was mostly disappointed with Bendis' sloppiness here. Why have Logan announce his presence to Hank Pym before killing him? Did Sue Storm forget that she left her kids in space and that Ultron didn't kill them? Where the Hell did all the other characters who traveled into the past go? This ship is sinking fast, which sucks, because he really had me there for a while.
Yeah, I'm really to the point of wanting this to end now, JW. It feels just like all of the other bad Bendis Avengers stories now. It's lost that event feel to me. And like you said, I don't think Marvel is crazy enough to go all DC and do a full reboot(and thank god for that!), so Bendis will find himself a deus ex machina. As usual. And it is too bad, because this story had such potential... Oh well, the What If comics that are sure to come out of this should be interesting.
DeleteExcellent call. I actually hadn't put that together, but, you're right, it's suddenly starting to feel like the H.A.M.M.E.R. War all over again, where the Avengers fight some epic battle to which everyone else in the Marvel Universe seems to be oblivious.
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