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YOUNG AVENGERS #9 I’m Back In

Young Avengers #9 courtesy Marvel
Young Avengers #9 courtesy Marvel

Love the characters. Love the creators. Love the book?

 

The Marvel Now Young Avengers started strong with as a perfect combo of action, humor, teen angst and then the multiverse happened. In the tradition of Excalibur’s Cross-Time Caper, I feel the new Young Avengers didn’t get a chance to really set up themselves before being sent on an ambitious storyline that I couldn’t wrap my head around. I’m not young comic book reader I used to be.

 

With Young Avengers #9 this week I’m thrilled to say I’m back in! Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie craft a rapid fire conclusion packed with chases, confrontations, and romantic twists as the kids find their way back to Earth and for some a crossroads that changes the team dynamic. Kid Loki is at his wicked best. David and Teddy’s kiss has a big impact while showing why comic book heroics are the perfect platform to explore real social issues. Who knew Prodigy could be so intriguing?

 

Young Avengers is one of the most ambitious, funniest and innovative books out there but Gillen and McKelvie go straight for the heart with the final panels and may have the broken hearts of some fans. (This one’s for your Cutler!)

 

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Thor & Kid Loki Crossover- Updated

Everything Burns promotional art by Stephanie Hans courtesy Marvel.com

  Thor & Kid Loki team up to save the Nine Realms from Surtur in Everything Burns a 7 part crossover between The Mighty Thor and Journey Into Mystery by Matt Fraction, Kieron Gillen, Alan Davis and Carmine di Giandomenico. Marvel revealed the story, cover and promotional art at C2E2. 

  Updated: The crossover will kick off this August in The Mighty Thor #18-#22 and Journey Into Mystery #642-#645.  Fraction and Gillen talked with Marvel.com about the event.

 “It’s an epic,” Gillen says, explaining who will take on a prominent role in the story. “Thor and Loki are the heart of it all, but everyone else is the circulatory system around them, pumped full of fiery blood, ready to explode. Any significant player in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY at least has a moment, and several are absolutely key.”

The Mighty Thor #18 cover by Alan Davis courtesy Marvel.com

 “This story is about asking the question ‘What can break the bonds of brotherhood?’” Fraction asserts. “How long can Thor stand at Loki’s side? How many angles can Loki play at once? What Thor and Loki share is inconceivable to everyone but themselves. So whatever breaks it would have to be beyond comprehension, right?”

 For the entire interview here’s the Marvel.com link.