ESCAPE FROM THE PRISON OF STEVES!
Steve Rogers is a mild-mannered ninety-pound guy from New York, who wakes up one morning in a prison cell, no idea how he got there. Even weirder is that the guy in the cell next to him...is also named Steve Rogers. Why is there a secret prison filled with misfit Steves, none of whom have ever heard of a Super-Soldier Serum? And what sort of dark and mysterious version of themselves will they have to unleash in order to escape?
RATED T+
‘Avengers Forever' #7 is a tense, seemingly hopeless issue that sees Steve Rogers' from across the multiverse imprisoned somewhere, sometime. With no way out. Only one of 'em won't be kept down and one Steve Rogers battles against his incarceration day-in, day-out, with the same beatdown each and every time. Jason Aaron and Aaron Kuder deliver one of the best stand-out issues of the series so far. And a reminder of what Steve Rogers means to the Marvel universe. All of them. Read Full Review
With the Multiverse stories being all the rage at the moment the Avengers one does seem to be coming along well and I would recommend this one if you are into the character of Captain America as there a bunch of different versions of him on display here. Read Full Review
I actually think Avengers Forever #7 is a great example of episodic storytelling in a serialized setting, especially by modern comics standards. It feeds into the ongoing story Duggan and Kuder have been telling though not made clear until the endbut also stands on its own enough that you could read this and then ignore anything before or after it. Though this arc of the series has apparently been indulging itself with the multiverse of it all, its hard to complain when an issue like this is as fun as it is. Read Full Review
An already crowded story gets even more crowded and I'm tired just thinking about it. That said, it's a well-drawn issue that surprised me as a reader, so I'll still recommend it. Read Full Review
Avengers Forever #7 is really not my jam. Read Full Review
Aaron did a great job with this story
This issue really captured the essence of Captain America as a character, through all sorts of different forms. It's actually really clever. I just wish every issue had this much thought put into it.
I found myself surprisingly invested in this story. The main Avengers title has been really boring lately and the Avengers Forever has kind of been on par for boring with the main. This issue had me re-reading immediately after, the sign of a good comic. I always enjoy Kuders art, he is a good sequential story teller, and there was a Steve Rogers dog. Good times.
This book's scope is way too big but this issue works. You know where we're going but it was well done especially with Aaron Kuder's art. Jason Aaron can be tedious sometimes but I have to enjoy the little things and hope he makes it all mash well at some point.
It's a simple, solid execution of a *very* simple pitch. The art is strong and the script is tight and speedy. There are some good jokes. It's aggressively not deep, but it's fun in a popcorn-y kind of way.
I nearly rated it into the basement of "good comics" territory. Then The Question hit me:
Is there anything LESS "Captain America" than kidnapping someone and forcing them to be a soldier without their knowledge or consent?
The twist ending practically slaps me in the face with that question. There's ways to address it that would satisfy me; I might even be thrilled with an inventive, thoughtful examination -- and it need not be a long one. But I know it's never gonna get a moment's thought from this aut more
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