I’ll be the first to concede that I probably over-intellectualise superhero comic books. Hilarity ensues as the line struggles to maintain editorial consistency. Basically, tired of being soundly defeated by their heroes, a bunch of supervillains decide to band together and exchange partners. It’s one of those incredibly silly concepts that could only ever work in the context of superhero comic books.

Although it spread to Marvel’s whole line, it was directed by writer and artist John Byrne, who was behind Avengers and West Coast Avengers at the time, so I’m totally counting it as an Avengers crossover. Truth be told, Acts of Vengeance just looked kinda fun. Truth be told, I would have been quite disappointed if I made it all the way to the end of the month without taking a look at one of those token “big, dumb” crossovers featuring Marvel’s iconic characters. I’ll be reviewing individual tie-ins over the weekend, so check back! theatrical release this weekend, I thought I’d celebrate by taking a look at a gigantic crossover. In anticipation of Joss Whedon’s superhero epic, we’ll have a variety of articles and reviews published looking at various aspects of “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.”Īs The Avengers is getting its U.S. April (and a little bit of May) are “Avengers month” at the m0vie blog.