Adam's Adventures: Mighty Avengers #25 (Marvel Comics) Review by Adam P.

Marvel’s two greatest non-mutant teams square off

To me, the Mighty Avengers seem like a team that’s ready to rip apart at the seams, with each member having their own little agenda and personal priorities. When you can feel the tension between the characters coming off the pages it makes for a really great comic, and this issue is no exception.



Mighty Avengers #25 opens with this team of mighty heroes finding themselves in the PymPocket, a lab which exists outside of time and space. Under the guidance of Hank Pym, these facilities are being used to construct Dr. Pym’s masterpiece invention, Salvation Two, which is not capable of existing in our three-dimensional reality.

But there’s a problem. The robot Jocasta damaged the extra-dimensional doors to the PymPocket during the team’s retreat from Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. and soon the lab will lose access to all its gateways back to Earth. Hank needs the Dimensional Wave Inducer created by the late Bill Foster (a.k.a. Goliath) to prevent the destruction of his invaluable laboratory. But only one thing stands between Pym and this machine: The Fantastic Four.

Due to a legal SNAFU, this device is now in the possession of the Fantastic Four, who ends up refusing to hand it over to Dr. Pym. FF leader Reed Richards fears dire consequences since Pym is psychologically unstable. And I agree with Reed’s decision: anyone would be a little off-kilter if they were abducted by Skrulls and had their wife (plus two good friends) die in a short period of time.

It was really nice to see the FF put their foot down about something, rather than being goody-two-shoes with an answer to everything. Hank Pym is truly a fascinating character who gets angry and impatient with his teammates as the typical anti-social genius who can’t let anything get in the way of his master plans. His stand-off with Reed is well-scripted and punctuated with great humor. This situation is very far removed from their first initial team-up way back in Fantastic Four #16 (1963).

Concerning the issue’s artwork, I feel it is somewhat exploitative, with Ban-Luck’s outrageous costume and Jocasta often looking like a Greek statue in her poses. However, Jocasta was the name of Oedipus’ mother (and wife) in Greek mythology, so it’s perhaps appropriate that she be a little provocative.

Overall a great read. I’m looking forward to seeing how this battle between two of the biggest brains in the Marvel Universe will turn out next month. And readers will get to witness the Thing vs. Hercules to boot!

8/10

Adam P.