The Avenging Hour
Jason and John look at the Avengers, tracing the evolution of the team from its origins in 1963 up to the present! There will be synopses of issues, details, nit picking, unbridled joy, excessive curmudgeonly complaining and general tomfoolery. Plus, Jason makes fun of the Collector! Find us on Instagram at The Avenging Hour!
Episodes
399 episodes
Avengers (1998) #57-58 l 378
Now we welcome Geoff Johns to the regular title, as he begins his run with a story featuring a brand new Scorpio! Cities disappear, long gone Avengers return to the team and Johns writes a great Namor!
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Season 1
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Episode 378
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35:47
Avengers Icons: The Vision (2002): #1-4 l 377
We welcome Geoff Johns to the Marvel Universe with this tangentially related (but Avengers branded) four issue series about the Vision! He gets his mind wiped by a new villain from World War II and has to seek our Phineas Horton's descend...
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Season 1
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Episode 377
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39:52
The Ultimates (2002) #10-13 l 376
Its the end of the first Ultimates miniseries...but is it also the end of the Ultimates (the use of the word 'first' is probably a clue)? The team goes up against Nazi aliens, who are Skrulls but with the serial numbers filed off, and it ...
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Season 1
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Episode 376
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38:26
The Ultimates (2002) #7-9 l 375
The Ultimates are now dealing with the aftermath of the Hulk attack and the aftermath of Hank's attack on Jan! So new characters are introduced and a new threat arises!
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Season 1
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Episode 375
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39:01
The Ultimates (2002) #4-6 l 374
The Ultimates continues, with even more cynicism, but hey, the books are beautiful to look at! And if you like this series, please, write us and tell us why. Defend your fandom!
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Season 1
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Episode 374
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35:13
The Ultimates (2002) #1-3 l 373
Its the introduction of the Avengers to the Ultimate Universe, called The Ultimates!! What if The Avengers, but as reimagined by one of the most cynical comic book writers in the business? The issues are problematic, but man, they a...
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Season 1
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Episode 373
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41:51
Avengers/JLA (2003) #4 l 372
Its the final issue of the crossover of the century, between the JLA and the Avengers and everyone's invited...not just the heroes of both teams but all of the villains as well!
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Season 1
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Episode 372
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55:40
Avengers/JLA (2003) #3 l 371
Its issue 3 of the epic JLA/Avengers crossover and there's a problem with time, as the Avengers and JLA are remembering crossovers that never happened and moving through the histories of both teams.
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Season 1
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Episode 371
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57:10
Avengers/JLA (2003) #2 l 370
The JLA/Avengers crossover continues as both teams race to get the cosmic items of power first in order to win the Grandmaster's game. But if one team wins, everybody loses! And can Krona be counted on to uphold his end of the barga...
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Season 1
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Episode 370
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45:06
Avengers/JLA (2003) #1 l 369
We're hitting it about a year before it should come up in our timeline, but it made sense to do it after we finished the Kurt Busiek run on the main title...that's right, it's the four issue Avengers and JLA crossover from 2003 by Busiek and Ge...
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Season 1
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Episode 369
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1:08:57
Avenging Hour Spotlight 6: Alpha Flight and the Avengers with Daryl of The X-Factor Files
Daryl Lawrence of the X-Factor Files has written a book about Alpha Flight (True North, available from Barnes & Noble) and we thought we'd use that as an opportunity to talk about the crossover from the 1980's when the Avengers and Alpha Fl...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:01:27
Avengers (1998) #55-56 l 368
<sniff, sniff> We are sad, as we examine the last two issues of Kurt Busiek's historic run on the book, one finishing up the Kang War and the other showing the inner workings of the Maria Stark Foundation (Avengers vs accountants!)!...
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Season 1
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Episode 368
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51:13
Avengers (1998) #53-54 l 367
The Kang War ends at last! The heroes win (no surprise) but is Kang punished for what he has done? And what is the final fate of the Scarlet Centurion?
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Season 1
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Episode 367
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46:05
Avengers (1998) #51-52 l 366
This episode we start with a pseudo-Astro City issue, with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson teaming up to tell a story together about Wonder Man and the Scarlet Witch! And then the heroes gather to fight Kang for the final time!
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Season 1
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Episode 366
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30:29
Avengers (1998) #49-50 l 365
It's the silent issue from Nuff Said month, and then we finally get to move into the pay off for the Triune Understanding storyline!
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Season 1
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Episode 365
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39:29
Avengers (1998) #47-48 l 364
We start with a Carol Danvers focused issue before jumping back into the Kang War with both feet!
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Season 1
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Episode 364
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29:49
Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) l 363
It's a giant issue with four of the most important Avengers writers to this point and bunches of artists, most of them never having touched the team before!! Oh, and it features Ultron, but not for some time.
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Season 1
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Episode 363
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40:36
Avengers (1998) #45-46 l 362
The Kang War kicks into high gear as we see battles being fought on multiple fronts and a surprising ally (or is he?) shows his face.
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Season 1
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Episode 362
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32:39
Avengers Annual 2001 l 361
Its the 2001 annual and this year we're solving the mystery of just what is going on with Hank Pym! And we've got three Hanks to do it with! Which Hank will control all at the end?
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Season 1
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Episode 361
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33:29
Avengers (1998) #43-44 l 360
Its the end of the Alan Davis run (sniff, sniff) as the Kang plot continues with a threat in Russia and another master villain enters the fray!
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Season 1
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Episode 360
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33:50
Avengers (1998) #41-42 l 359
The Avengers have beaten Diablo, but now they have to face the menace of Kang and the Scarlet Centurion! Kang wants to take over the world, but only for the best of reasons!
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Season 1
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Episode 359
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37:44
Avengers (1998) #39-40 l 358
The Avengers have a big green problem...actually a lot of big green problems when the population of an entire town are turned into Hulks! Who's behind it? Whoever it is, Silverclaw fights them alone!
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Season 1
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Episode 358
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31:45
Avengers (1998) #37-38 l 357
Steve Epting sticks around for one more issue as Kurt Busiek surprises us all in bringing back one of the 90'siest characters to ever 90s, Bloodwraith! And then the next art team of Alan Davis and Mark Farmer arrive to help usher in a new...
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Season 1
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Episode 357
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32:00
Avengers (1998) #35-36 l 356
After what seems like forever, we're back to the main title, with not nearly as many side trips, since the limited series are going to be pretty...limited for the remainder of this Avengers volume. We start out by checking in on the crew ...
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Season 1
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Episode 356
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36:42
Avenging Hour Spotlight 5: Interview with Fabian Nicieza
Woo hoo! This week we are interviewing one of my favorite writers....Fabian Nicieza! We discuss a lot of his early work, which happens to include quite a few Avengers issues, as well as some Thunderbolts and his thoughts on the Aven...
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