Comments on: Short Pants: Marvel Adventures

By: NickR77

NickR77 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:33:03 +0000

Marvel is doing such a great job on these titles. They are the perfect entry point comics for younger readers. I’m a teacher, and last year I taught 5th grade and gave these comics out and they were a big hit. And I personally love Marvel Adventures Iron Man. The art is good, and Fred Van Lente’s stories feel like something that Micheline & Layton would have written in the 80’s. So far each issue has been really good, and better than the regular MU Iron Man series. To me these Marvel Adventures titles feel like what the Ultimate Universe should be.

By: DeeSnider

DeeSnider — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:21:58 +0000

I’m so glad that MA: Spiderman and MA: Fantastic Four have gotten the hardcover treatment. I hate the digest format, and I missed out on lots of early issues of MA: Avengers. I have to assume they’ll solicit MA: Avengers in oversized hardcover soon, and I can’t wait.

By: Randy Lander

Randy Lander — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:18:57 +0000

Would you believe my LCS doesn’t stock any of these? Because of this I’ve never had a chance to sample any of the single issues. Are any of the above collected (I presume if they are it’s in digest form)? I’ve been getting into Parker’s work a lot lately so would love to get my hands on some of his MA Avengers

There are digests of a lot Spidey, Avengers and Fantastic Four… no Hulk or Iron Man as of yet, but I’m sure they’re coming. Make sure and pick up digests 1 & 3 of Marvel Adventures Avengers, they contain the Jeff Parker issues… #3 has the MODOC and Ego the Loving Planet issues, both favorites of the run. Parker also did a fair amount of fun work on Fantastic Four, although I don’t know off-hand which digests they’re collected in.

Your retailer *should* be able to order some of the recent issues of the books for you, if you want to try out a cheaper method… but given that the comics are over $2 a pop, and the digests only $7, it’s probably better to go ahead and take the plunge with the digests.

Randy, you see Leonard Kirk in everything, don’t you?

Apparently, I do, yes. I could probably go back further and talk about Neal Adams or (to a lesser extent) Gene Colan, but for some reason, Kirk keeps popping into my head when I see these new Marvel Adventures artists. It probably has something to do with how much I love Kirk’s work and think he’s an under-appreciated artist.

By the way, though it isn’t called Marvel Adventures, X-Men: First Class is very much a part of this group of comics. It’s more fun and wacky stories from Jeff Parker. And though it thinks of itself as being a part of continuity, it’s impossible to see it that way as a reader (given the fact that it’s not set in the 60s). So it’s pretty much “Marvel Adventures: X-Men”.

Yep… and we’ve got crazy love for X-Men First Class here at Comic Pants. In fact, I probably like that one even more than Marvel Adventures: Avengers.

By: Mike P

Mike P — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:32:56 +0000

I agree with all the praise previous commenters have heaped on this series. It is marvelous. My son and I follow the FF and Spider-Man in the digests, and have been reading Power Pack (you’re right about that series, Argo!) and X-Men: First Class in single issues. I didn’t enjoy the first issue of Iron Man, so we haven’t been picking that up; and my son didn’t really seem to take to the Avengers. (We haven’t tried Hulk.) Anyway, it is a great line and many, many thanks to Marvel for giving us books that we parents can enjoy unapologetically with our kids.

By: Mory Buckman

Mory Buckman — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:36:24 +0000

Randy, you see Leonard Kirk in everything, don’t you?

By the way, though it isn’t called Marvel Adventures, X-Men: First Class is very much a part of this group of comics. It’s more fun and wacky stories from Jeff Parker. And though it thinks of itself as being a part of continuity, it’s impossible to see it that way as a reader (given the fact that it’s not set in the 60s). So it’s pretty much “Marvel Adventures: X-Men”.

By: Glen Newman

Glen Newman — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:27:25 +0000

Would you believe my LCS doesn’t stock any of these? Because of this I’ve never had a chance to sample any of the single issues. Are any of the above collected (I presume if they are it’s in digest form)? I’ve been getting into Parker’s work a lot lately so would love to get my hands on some of his MA Avengers

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:43:50 +0000

I buy every issue of MA Avengers (I’m about to turn 36) and love it, although I missed # 11 and am having a devil of a time finding it. It fills the void in my monthly reading that Bendis’ revitalization of the Avengers has created.

My son (just turned seven) loves Spider Man and Iron Man (along with the Power Pack series that isn’t technically a MA title, but aims for the same group I think).

I never thought I’d say this, but with the recent changes in DC’s Johnny DC line, Marvel has taken it’s rightful place at the top of the young readers platform.

Keep up the good work Marvel.

By: Rob Barrett

Rob Barrett — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:14:49 +0000

I love these books. Avengers and Iron Man are regulars on my pull list, and the Madrox issue of Hulk has me thinking that I should add that title as well.