This is it- Captain
America, Thor, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers team up to take down Kang
the Conqueror once and for all. But in order to do that, they’ll have to face
an army of time displaced heroes and villains. It’s a unique combination of
characters that have both befriended and stymied these heroes in the past. Some
I know like Ulysses Bloodstone (as a caveman) some I have not come across.
The ending ties up
some loose ends of the multi-parted origin of Kang. It also ties it that very
confusing story starting Mantis from the previously reviewed Fantastic Four
Annual (Citizen Kang, Part 3.) Plus as with the other annuals in this
storyline, we get the top ten villains of the Avengers as well as a really cool
map of Kang’s Chronopolis.
What I think would’ve
taken this annual over the top would’ve been a Marvel Handbook style listing of
Kang’s army of time travelers. But knowing how detailed Marvel makes them, this
book would’ve clocked in at probably 98-pages and cost $8 in 1992 dollars.
I wasn’t a fan of the
ending. It was a little better than that FF annual and thankfully; all parties
are given a good amount of face time in this series. Speaking of faces, the art
is down-right terrible. Herb Trimpe, would drew the classic cover to the first
confrontation of Wolverine and Hulk, just dropped the ball here. I don’t know
what happened but his style has gotten sloppy with horrid anatomy. I didn’t
like.
Worth Consuming, but
just barely.
Rating: 7 out of 10
stars.
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