Champions, Volume 5

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The Champions mission in space in INFINITY COUNTDOWN has left its mark, and the team tries to move on A chance to bring life back to a desolate village might be just what they need or push them even farther apart While Ironheart and Amadeus Cho take major steps forward in their super hero journeys, Nova takes a step back As the team faces a complicated and dangerous threat, Sam Alexander wonders Is there a future for him with the Champions COLLECTING CHAMPIONS 22 27, Annual 1 Best Read Champions, Volume 5 [ By ] Jim Zub [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I d probably give the Earth based issues 4 or 5 stars particularly the interlude issue dealing with school shootings and the stuff on Weirdworld 3 stars I think I ve just read too many superheroes transformed into alternate versions of themselves type stories over the years.Story Basically broken into three parts We start off with the aftermath of the defeat of Thanos The Champions aren t feeling very heroic, Riri is scared now, and Sam lost his power So no one is doing very good there Then we roll into a single issue of a school shooting that s actually done very well, and covers our heroes dealing with that Last but not least the heroes go into the weirdworld dimension and are now dressed up like knights and warriors and such Art Still vibrant as ever Story Basically broken into three parts We start off with the aftermath of the defeat of Thanos The Champions aren t feeling very heroic, Riri is scared now, and Sam lost his power So no one is doing very good there Then we roll into a single issue of a school shooting that s actually done very well, and covers our heroes dealing with that Last but not least the heroes go into the weirdworld dimension and are now dressed up like knights and warriors and such Art Still vibrant as ever I really dug a lot of character designs for this volume because ...Another fun storyline The Weird World Arc was neat to see The African Arc was only OK same with the Annual which focuses on Amka.Another volume of Jim Zub s Champions, and it unfortunately continues to be kind of mediocre.The first issue is pure procedural, about how various characters are reacting to the changes in their status quo It s terrific This is the sort of thing that team books can do well if they have cast members who aren t entirely bound by what s going on in other titles.But the next five issues are muchmediocre We get a pretty pointless battle against Man Thing, then we get a visit to Weird World t Another volume of Jim Zub s Champions, and it unfortunately continues to be kind of mediocre.The first issue is pure procedural, about how various characters are reacting to the changes in their status quo It s terrific This is the sort of thing that team books can do well if they have cast members who aren t entirely bound by what s going on in other titles.But the next five issues are muchmediocre We get a pretty pointless battle against Man Thing, then we get a visit to Weird World that does almost nothing to highlight th...I really love how the Champions are always able to reinvent themselves adding new members, exploring new worlds Makes it an exciting book to read, and one that will appeal to all ages.Highlights Amadeus Cho has a new form kind of the guy version of She Hulk and he is now calling himself Brawn Riri has new armor Mark 3 , and Samis still reeling from the loss of his Nova helmet Viv and Snowguard have been living together as friends Vision, unbeknownst to his daughter, is dying, and is I really love how the Champions are always able to reinvent themselves adding new members, exploring new worlds Makes it an exciting book to read, and one that will appeal to all ages.Highlights Amadeus Cho has a new form kind of the guy version of She Hulk and he is now calling himself Brawn Riri has new armor Mark 3 , and Samis still reeling from the loss of his Nova helmet Viv and Snowguard have been living together as friends Vision, unbeknownst to his daughter, is dying, and is allowing Amka to stay with them to help Viv acclimate better...Si la s rie d marr par Waid tait sympathique lire, elle a vraiment prit son essort essort sous la plume de Jim Zub C est franchement plaisant, la dynamique de groupe fonctionne merveille et cet arc dans le Weirdworld avec son ambiance fantasy tait tr s fun.Read in single issues The Champions really ended on a high note The background on Snowguard made her one of my favorite additions to the Champions I still feel a little weird about all the additions.I miss the original line up in the series.Orc ish Amadeus Cho can get it.This last volume in the Champions first series was probably my favorite of the five and a half I originally picked this series up because I m a fan of Ms Marvel and Mark Waid, but I think Jim Zub closed this out really nicely.I wasn t the biggest fan of the medieval lost memory arc, but there were so many other parts that made up for that This volume tackled a lot of heavy issues head on, like Viv s trauma, the shooting at Miles school and Amka leaving her community This is a new, divers This last volume in the Champions first series was probably my favorite of the five and a half I originally picked this series up because I m a fan of Ms Marvel and Mark Waid, but I think Jim Zub closed this out really nicely.I wasn t the biggest fan of the medieval lost memory arc, but there were so many other parts that made up for that This volume tackled a lot of heavy issues head on, like Viv s trauma, the shoot...The evolution of the Champions comic has taken a bit of a turn with Nova losing his helmet and even Amadeus Cho changing again But on the whole, it s still a lot of the same largely optimistic content apart from some ominous foreshadowing for Vision in the background I a...

Champions, Volume 5
  • English
  • 15 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 176 pages
  • 1302915053
  • Jim Zub
  • Champions, Volume 5