Today, Spencer and Drew are discussing Avengers 24, originally released December 24th, 2013. 

Spencer: Writer Jonathan Hickman has been playing with the metaphor of the Avengers being a machine throughout his entire run on Avengers. In theory it seems like a perfect idea, and Infinity has proven its efficiency in-universe, but there’s one little problem; it turns the various Avengers themselves, each an unique individual with their own skills and personalities, into little more than parts that can be moved around within the machine as needed. Hickman’s writing has often followed suit, using the Avengers to further his own grandiose mythology, but the most enjoyable part of Avengers 24 is the few pages where the machine grinds to a halt and the Avengers are allowed to just be themselves. Continue reading →