West Coast Avengers Vol. 1: The Gospel
of Ultron by Gerry Duggan, Danny Kim (Artist),
Arthur Hesli (Colorist), and others, collects the first five issues of the
series and comes out July 22nd. This series will only be two volumes. Unfortunately,
before the trade is even released, they have cancelled this series citing low
sales. Obviously it is not being given a second chance with readers with the
trade since why would people buy the first volume of a killed series?
This series sees a new team of West Coast Avengers
(basically California Avengers) attempting to reform villains. One of the
biggest recruits to this program is Ultron. Ultron has spread himself into
separate programs to prove which way is superior. There is a good Ultron who
has joined the Avengers, an evangelistic one who has founded a church dedicated
to turning humans into robots, and there are other Ultrons. Also, Hydra Cap is
back….
The team consists of Spider-Woman, War Machine, Iron
Man, Firestar, and Blue Bolt. Iron Man is his usual funny self and I enjoyed
his presence. Firestar has one of the most compelling story arcs as her time as
a double agent for the X-men has led to her have an alcohol problem and a
severe hatred of all robots.
The rest of the characters get some moments, but
they did not stick in my mind as I read this as it released through the Marvel Unlimited app. The art was
above average and worked for this book.
The ending, which is a setup for the second volume is rather abrupt.
The second volume titled, War of Ultron, should release December 2025. I liked this series, but I did not like Akerman’s Iron Man which had two relaunches in ten issues. It seems Iron Man is going to be reset with a new status quo which is another reason this series is being killed.
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I read this through the Marvel Unlimited app.
Scott A. Tipple ©2025
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