Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus and Why I LIKE IT!

In today's Retroview the Uncanny Omar gives us thoughts on Avengers The Crossing Omnibus! He gets into some spoilers, so just a heads up!

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[davidgraham]

I think the problem with the Crossing is no one wanted Iron Man to be turned bad or to be replaced by young Tony. Some of the tie-in's really let it down. Some of the art was not good, again the tie-in's. But I loved the scope of the story, the ambition and the willingness to do something different. I didn't mind them mutating the Wasp into something more, well, Wasp-like. Some things didn't work but overall it doesn't deserve the bad rep it's got.

[raptorrancher]

During quarantine we should get one of these everyday!

[Ultron]

I collected this crossover when it first came out and I enjoyed it up until the end. Part of the reason is that I had read some of the rumors about who the villain was rather than Tony Stark. the rumor of Kang using Hank Pym turned out to be true and honestly I liked it better. Another rumor that explained Kang's action was it was not Mantis but Moon Dragon and her mind abilities is the reason Stark was murdering people and why Kang was attacking the Avengers. Another rumor was Scarlet Witch was involved instead of Mantis because her children were fake. Interesting that was used later by Bendis to start his Avengers run. There is one thing that did rub me the wrong way and that was the costumes. They were created by Mike Deodato but this crossover was the only time they were used. For a future review how about the Acts of Vengeance Omnibus and it companion for a review?

[sebastianstark]

Having never read this storyline, I'm actually glad I didn't after your overview, Omar! LOL! One of the very rare instances where I'm not mad about a retcon. Tony Stark is my all-time favorite character, so that's probably the biggest reason I wouldn't have liked this story.

[davidcox]

Thank you for this retro view. It was nice seeing my tweet in the video.

[maxmazzotti]

Somebody at Marvel needs to reprint this book ASAP. Prices on Amazon/Ebay are almost up to $500!

I also hope the Avengers issues(390-395, Crossing and Timeslide one-shots) get reprinted in TPB format

[maxkernfeld]

Love those Retroreviews 😄

Always a nice addition to my Sunday’s.

Can I suggest to do the *Untold Tales of Spider-Man* omnibus since not much of it is covered and reviews are out there are pretty rare about this one.😄

[danieltinnirello]

I have not read this story but am now interested in reading it.

[shreyankdas]

New Xmen by Grant Morrison omnibus would be great for a retroview. Please do that.

[nivekleveb]

It also occurs to me that Bendis basically did the same thing with the AvX/All New X-Men nonsense.

[needfoolthings]

"Ben Raab is helping with the script." - I don't know what to say to this quote.

[ComicsGranPa]

You did it!!you were threatening us with it and now you went ahead and did it😂😂😂jokes aside, its not my fave but i dont hate it it like most..had some good moments..i just hate teen Tony😂

[needfoolthings]

Everybody should have some kind of Totoro memorabilia in every room.

[rafaelfalcon]

YES!!!! Finally after many... Many months! XD

[newspooiechannel]

You know, I was looking for your overview of this one and glad to see you finally uploaded one.

[christofellukas]

Because of this channel i can smell secret retcons faster when I'm reading, so good job!

[alexgomez]

This is the story that drove me away from comics really until Dreamwave's Transformers books got me back in the shop. Seeing my favorite hero Tony Stark turned to a bad guy like that didn't sit well with me at all. Plus I was a fan of the Force Works team and felt they got their legs cut out from under them far too soon. Dropped all the books when Tony killed the nanny so I've never read the whole story. Did buy this omni for $20 last year for my Iron Man collection though. Thanks for recapping it, Omar. Howabout a retro review of Force Works one day?

[SuperSilver]

you should definite do avengers reading order

[paulylopes]

Omar you should do a retro view of X-men inferno or fall of the mutants and discuss whether or not it’s worth the money lol

[michaelemond]

Mind control and time travel - two of my least favourite comic tropes. Now together for the first time!