When the Red Skull wields a strange new power that strips heroes of their powers and threatens the entire world, the Avengers turn to Tony Stark's experimental new technology to save us all. Here come the Iron Avengers - Avengers Tech-On!
Sleek high-tech power suits bristling with energy and amped-up attack power face off against super villains enhanced to match. It's mechs and mayhem in the Marvel Mighty Manner!
Avengers Tech-On is a sentai-inspired action-adventure series produced in partnership with Bandai Namco of Japan, written by Jim Zub (Uncanny Avengers, Champions) and illustrated by Jeff "Chamba" Cruz (Venom: The End, Street more
Avengers: Tech-On Avengers #1mixes the action one would expect from a Marvel title with anime and tokusatsu-themed elements, setting the stage for a unique story. The next issue promises to pit the newly armored Avengers against Venom, and I look forward to seeing what their armor can do. Read Full Review
Avengers: Tech-On is a lot of fun. It has Power Rangers vibes right down to the suits, but also the epic nature of the villain. Read this one for an alternate take on the events post Infinity Gauntlet, and the promise of exploring the complexities of these heroes and who they are apart from their powers. Read Full Review
Avengers: Tech-On #1 is a fun comic. There's a popcorn entertainment aspect to it that it leans in to. While it's clearly a tie-in to a toy line, it still delivers a lot of heart and emotion and remembers the characters are what's important. Add in some solid artwork, this is a series that screams summer enjoyment. Read Full Review
If you are a fan of the Avengers and have time and money to spend on this then go right ahead, everyone else maybe wait for something else to come along. Read Full Review
But even setting aside cultural sensitivity issues, with the central premise not coming to the fore until the final page, Avengers: Tech-On #1 is running on nothing but wasted potential. Read Full Review
Avengers: Tech-On is a fun comic if you like Power Ranger-like Avengers. The plot is great, with all super powered people losing their abilities, and the armored Avengers look amazing. To me, the best thing about it is the art style. Jeffrey Cruz is an amazing artist and I would LOVE to see more of his work.
I liked this installment, very entertaining full of action and now that the mutant powers have been eliminated our heroes will not be left with their hands tied, for that they have Ironman
Red Skull uses Infinity MacGuffins to de-power all the world's superheroes. The solution is (eventually) sentai-style Stark power armor for everybody. The cynical reaction is to say that the artist is 200-300% more invested in this than the author. But a more charitable take is that this simplistic script makes a perfectly adequate vehicle for delivering some gorgeous visuals.
Personal anecdote digression: Whenever a comics writer unironically puts "I think not!" in their dialogue, I remember an ancient Dave Barry column about his son playing Masters of the Universe. Every fight ended with the boy declaring, "I think not!" in his deepest 6-year-old He-Man voice and then using the He-Man figure to knock the Skeletor figure across more
I mean, this was fine. I don't know what this is supposed to be.
So what are my thoughts for this first issue? I like it. The premise, as I’ve said, is nothing we haven’t seen before, however I do see an attempt on Marvel’s part to branch out and tap into a wider market. I can’t fault them for that. I don’t necessarily think they’re going about it correctly, but perhaps these are growing pains. For a company that has existed 80 years. A company which used to have a Merry Multitude of fans upon which they depended to help determine which books saw long, successful runs with multiple writers, artists etc. Now, unfortunately, we have a company swinging wildly in a dark room hoping, desperately, to land a hit.
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