Avengers: Twilight by Chip Zdarsky
(Author), Daniel Acuña (Artist), and Cory Petit (Letterer), is an elseworlds
tale set sometime in the future of the Marvel Universe. The Avengers were
disbanded by the various governments of the world after a tragedy that impacted
humanity. Steve Rogers was stripped of his powers and now lives as a shell of a
man as America descends into tyranny with most of the population unaware since
the media is fully controlled by the government. It is not long before Steve
realizes the world needs the Avengers now more than ever and he gets his butt
back into the fight to free the world.
Not the most original story, but it is a
fun action-packed political thrill ride with realistic stylized art. The big
battle that led to these events could have been delved into more detail as well
as some other details that made this elseworld different.
It’s hard not to read this tale as the
writer taking shots at the current American political system. Not that doing so
is a bad thing, but it’s there. In a world that many did not understand The
Boys was a direct shot at the American right, and are now very angry about
it, this read is not subtle in what it is doing here.
Steve is the main character with several
other Avengers playing roles. Thor is really cool in this book. He gets some of
the best action scenes as the big gun of the Avengers.
I liked the read overall and enjoyed it.
I think it could have easily used more than six issues to breathe since some
things are rushed. Various things could have been detailed more in a longer run
such as how Jan and Tony ended up married to each other as they are not usually
each other’s love interests. Steve is also married to a new character named
Rosa and how that happened is not very detailed. It would have also been nice
to have a prequel showing casing more of the big tragedy prior to this series.
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As noted before, I read this on the Marvel Unlimited app.
Scott A. Tipple ©2025
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