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Eric J. Moreels

Mar 20, 2007, 09:36 pm

Coming from Marvel Comics in June...

AVENGERS HANDBOOK FEATURING THE MIGHTY AVENGERS
Written by SEAN MCQUAID, JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, ANTHONY FLAMINI, MICHAEL HOSKIN, MARK O'ENGLISH, STUART VANDAL, RONALD BYRD, MADISON CARTER & CHAD ANDERSON
Cover by AARON LOPRESTI

How has the Avengers roster divided in the wake of Civil War? What are the full capabilities of Iron Man's armor? Who is the mysterious new Ronin? Why does the Black Widow look so young? How do the gods of Mount Olympus fit into the modern-day Marvel Universe? And just how many costumes has the Wasp had, anyway? All these questions and more are explored in this year's AVENGERS HANDBOOK – spotlighting Avengers such as Ares, Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man; allies such as Maria Hill, Daisy Johnson and the Olympians; enemies such as the Collective, Viper and the Yakuza; and more! Featuring more technical diagrams by fan-favorite OHOTMU illustrator Eliot R. Brown!

48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



Eduardo M.

Mar 21, 2007, 12:17 am

Eric J. Moreels wrote:

 How has the Avengers roster divided in the wake of Civil War? What are the full capabilities of Iron Man's armor? Who is the mysterious new Ronin? Why does the Black Widow look so young? How do the gods of Mount Olympus fit into the modern-day Marvel Universe? And just how many costumes has the Wasp had, anyway? All these questions and more are explored in this year's AVENGERS HANDBOOK – spotlighting Avengers such as Ares, Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man; allies such as Maria Hill, Daisy Johnson and the Olympians; enemies such as the Collective, Viper and the Yakuza; and more! Featuring more technical diagrams by fan-favorite OHOTMU illustrator Eliot R. Brown!

48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Let me guess, some sort of expensive cream you can only get by going to this one store located in an outtta-way spot in New York and its always sold out but Black Widow is friends with the owner so she gets a call when a new shipment is in.

On another note, Glad to see Daisy Johnson is getting herself a Handbook entry. And more tech specs by Eliot Brown is always a pleasure.




Andy E. Nystrom

Apr 11, 2010, 12:48 pm


List of Changes in Hardcovers

Ares
Hardcover Volume: 1
Page Count: Unchanged at 2
Text/Graphic Changes: None

Avengers
Hardcover Volume: 1
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 12
Text Changes: Some revisions to Vital Statistics (mainly in terms of added of Civilian Staff & Associates); History revised and expanded (original History mostly appears in rewritten form on pages 7-9)
Graphic Changes: Main illo removed; new captioned main illo and 16 new secondary illos (12 captioned). Headshots: issue Active added; 3 headshots reapled with new ones, 3 less cropped; 80 additional new Avengers headshots added, as well as 57 Avengers Civilian Staff & Associates headshots

Black Widow
Hardcover Volume: 1
Page Count: Increased from 2 to 4
Text Changes: Vital Statistics, History, & Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded Graphic Changes: 2 new secondary illos

Collective
Hardcover Volume: 2
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text/Graphic Changes: None

Maria Hill
Hardcover Volume: 5
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Originally History text somewhat revised, plus considerable amount of text added to end of 2nd paragraph.
Graphic Changes: None

Iron Man
Hardcover Volume: 1
Now Listed As: Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Page Count: Increased from 8 to 11
Text Changes: Some History paragraphs merged; bits of new text weave in and out of the old History text (individual instances sometimes small, but substantial overall). Abilities/Accessories completely revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: New main illo (old one removed). New secondary illo of Tony. Some armours renumbered. Original illos replaced with new captioned main illo with First appearance, 46 secondary illos (37 captioned with First Appearances, 4 more captioned).

Daisy Johnson
Hardcover Volume: 9
Now Listed As: Quake
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: Occupation, Group Affiliation revised. Second half of final History paragraph replaced with new text. New sentence added to Abilities/Accessories
Graphic Changes: New captioned secondary illo.

Ms. Marvel
Hardcover Volume: 7
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 4
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised/expanded. History and Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/the former expanded, though a lot of old text still present. Strength/Durability increased on Power Grid.
Graphic Changes: 3 new secondary illos.

Olympians
Split Into: Olympians; Appendix: Olympians: Demi-Gods, Heroes & Other Graeco-Roman Mythological Figures
Hardcover Volume: 8 (Olympians); 8-9 (Appendix)
Page Count: Originally 4; now 6 (Olympians), 5 ¼ total (Appendix; 3 v8, 2 ¼ v9)
Text Changes: The various lists of individuals merged with headshots (see also Graphic Changes) and biographical information added.; Gods and Titans alphabetized together in the core entry; some Demigods in the core entry, some in the Appendix, Others alphabetized together in the Appendix; some not listed in the original categories included. Remaining list of changes refer to the core entry only: History greatly revised/expanded. New final Olympus paragraph.
Graphic Changes: Secondary illo added. As noted above, headshots merged with text categories and made into biographical sections and expanded (the complex nature of these changes makes it more trouble than it’s worth to tally the new additions for the text and/or headshots. Of the headshots previously shown, the first set of headshots has been moved (mostly) to the Appendix (Cerberus remains in the main entry), with Arges to Minotaurs now in v8 and Prometheus to Yellow-Crested Titans in v9; Cyclopses less cropped; Cylla removed entirely; new gorgons headshot with the old headshot going to Medusa; new Huntsman and Typhon illos; Kottus now the Centtimane section. For second headshots section, everyone remains in core entry except Hippolyta in Appendix v8; “Occupation” worked into the bios; Apollo now under Phoebus Apollo; new headshots for Ares, Athena, Hera, Hercules; Bellona now under Eris; Poseidon/Neptune now under Neptune; Psyche cropped. Yellow number circles in Olympus map now red

Ronin
Hardcover Volume: 9
Page Count: Increased from 5 to 6
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. 2 History paragraphs on 3rd page merged; more alter egos added to History; staring on the old page four, History revised/expanded more significantly. Abilities/Accessories greatly revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: 3 new secondary illos.

Stark Tower
Hardcover Volume: 11
Page Count: Unchanged at 1
Text Changes: History somewhat revised/expanded.
Graphic Changes: None

Viper
Hardcover Volume: 12
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 4
Text Changes: Vital Statistics revised. History greatly revised/expanded more significantly. Abilities/Accessories revised.
Graphic Changes: 1 secondary illo removed, 4 added.

Wasp
Hardcover Volume: 13
Now Listed As: Wasp (Van Dyne)
Page Count: Unchanged at 8
Text Changes: History greatly revised/expanded, though most of the old text still present. Abilities/Acccessories now past tense.
Graphic Changes: 1 illo now cropped

Wonder Man
Hardcover Volume: 13
Page Count: Increased from 3 to 4
Text Changes: Aliases, Occupation, Known Relatives, Group Affiliation revised. History greatly revised/expanded, though most of the old text still present. History greatly revised/expanded, though most of the old text still present. Energy Projection on Power Grid revised.
Graphic Changes: 2 secondary illos removed, 3 added.

Yakuza
Hardcover Volume: 13
Page Count: Unchanged at 3
Text Changes: Most alter egos added to History
Graphic Changes: First Appearances added to Headshots

Glossary
Hardcover Volume: 1-2
Page Count: Increased from ½ to 8 total: 6 pages v1, 2 v2
Text Changes: This was originally an entry spread over 4 Handbooks, now it’s spread over the first two hardcovers; so greatly revised/expanded if you just count this segment, somewhat revised/expanded total
Graphic Changes: 2 new secondary illos