Half of today’s Pull List. Psyched! #comicbookwednesday (Taken with instagram)

Currently Reading: Avengers Academy 027

I literally LOL’d. How did I not see this coming? They’re totally gonna get along. Sarcastic, cynical, all it really needed was for both of them to be in the same room. Really enjoying this one. Having The Runaways here brings two of my four favorite teen teams together. Throw in the Young Avengers and we’re golden ♥

Been reading a lot these past few days. It’s been great stress relief, and God knows I need all the stress relief I can get my hands on. Sad thing is, I’m catching up with the current series in just one more issue. I’m suddenly thinking I should have put off reading this comic a little while longer, if only to give me more stuff to read when I finally get into it.

I regret nothing, though. Reading the series couldn’t have come at a better time.

Currently Reading: Avengers Academy 020

Way too many feels in this one. Speedball quits, Justice quits, Veil quits. Why do they have to do this to me? Who’s gonna be Striker’s BFF now that you’re leaving, Veil? :c

Such a depressing issue. I hope she comes back in the future. I hope they all do.

Currently Reading: Avengers Academy 013

I never really got to give this series a shot before, despite having gotten hold of every issue of the series to date (which isn’t much, they’re currently on 028), and I’m glad that I finally did. The series kicks off after the Dark Reign event where Norman Osbourne rises to national power after replacing Tony Stark as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

During his run with power, Norman Osbourne took several seemingly powerful teenagers and tortured (most of) them to try and unleash their maximum potential. As soon as Osbourne is finally dethroned and taken into custody, Dr. Hank Pym (a.k.a. Wasp) decided to take some of these teenagers under the false pretense that he had chosen them because they had the greatest potential of becoming superheroes.

The six very distraught and incredibly troubled teenagers find out early on that they were chosen because they had the greatest potential of becoming super villains. The series follows these six students and their equally-troubled professors as they figure themselves out, have their moral compasses shattered every which angle they looked, and just generally try to get through the day alive.

I’m particularly fond of Veil, the meek, mild-mannered trouble-maker (though silently nurturing a very strong thirst for revenge) who’s got the power to turn into any type of gas she wants, and Striker, the fame-hungry, electricity-manipulating loudmouth who just needs to have the last say about anything.

Definitely a must-read. They crash with the Runaways in the most recent issues, something I’m more than excited to read about.

Hey, comic book followers, anyone got any good intel on Avengers Academy and Runaways?

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about the former, and though I told myself from the get-go that I’d probably never get into it because I knew almost none of the characters in the story line (I wasn’t an avid fan of the New Warriors and the Avengers before), I’ve seen a few comic page grabs that seem really interesting. Is the story line any good? It ties in with Fear Itself, eventually (I know because I skimmed through the event and remember seeing a few issues of the series along the way), so I guess it’ll be cool to kinda see what happens. I didn’t enjoy the New Mutants tie-in, though. I’m not a huge fan of Dani Moonstar, and it sort of centered on her.

The latter, on the other hand, I’ve read some story lines about. They’ve tied-up with the Young Avengers twice (Civil War and Secret Invasion), so I’ve had some pretty decent exposure to the characters. I looked them up, and man, they’re already three volumes in! That’s about sixty comic books to catch up on! I’ve got a friend who told me the story’s a really interesting read, so I don’t really mind. What’s kinda getting me, though, is how they’ve got more published issues than the Young Avengers. Three volumes and sixty-two issues, compared to YA’s one volume and twelve issues. It’s way unfair, don’t you think? HAHA I’m such a YA fanboy, I’m sorry.