Avengers/Thunderbolts
by
Pierce Askegren
The Marvel novels have
finally gotten around to writing about "Earth's Mightiest
Heroes." It's about time, and long overdue. Writer Pierce
Askegren brings us a tale of Baron Zemo and Baron Strucker and
Hydra joining forces. It's up to the Avengers and T-Bolts to stop
them.
The plot involved some secret "formula" of Baron Zemo's
dad left to enhance humans. This process was also used in the
"Doomsday Trilogy" of novels.. The formula increases a
mans strength and Zemo and Hydra created their own small army.
Overall, this was an enjoyable book. It was great to see the
interaction between the two teams. The distrust aspect was
enjoyable. In one scene Captain America, the leader of the
Avengers, had to trade places with Hawkeye, the leader of the
Thunderbolts. Wonderman distrusted the Thunderbolts and voiced
his displeasure to Hawk. He recounted the beating the Masters of
Evil gave Hercules in Roger Stern's great run on the Avengers in
the 1980s. A great send up to past history.
A good read, but could have been better. An improvement would
have been to make the book longer. It clocked in at 248 pages,
and it seemed a bit short. Perhaps some more character
development on the Thunderbolts would have helped. Overall I'm
giving this novel three out of four web heads.
