Heroes Reborn #1 Review: A Good Start to Marvel s Latest Event
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Call them what if stories, parallel universes, or whatever other name you want, there is something exciting and intriguing about an alternate universe in comics. Generally, these kinds of stories allow for a rich exploration of characters and concepts that the regular continuity simply doesn t allow, but they usually have a major drawback in that they re just stories with no strong tie to continuity. That results in stories that are fun distractions which don t possess the same stakes as something from the real world as readers know it.
Heroes Reborn #1 does not have that weakness. Instead, Jason Aaron has created a vibrant and complex what if world that doesn t function as a thought exercise but as an outcome. Someone or something has altered the world and created a reality in which the Avengers never existed, leaving only Blade with his memories and the determination to figure things out.
Squadron Supreme Replace Forgotten Avengers.
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The book has a fair number of variant covers.
Plus the main cover.
The book opens with a creators credits page.
Looks like only Blade remembers the old world and he’s looking to bring the Avengers back together, but his first recruit Robbie Reyes doesn’t even remember his Ghost Rider persona.
In this world, Phil Coulson is President of the United States and the Squadron Supreme of America protect the United States, and perhaps the world, from threats like Dr. Juggernaut (a Doctor Doom and Juggernaut amalgam).
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A month ago, Bleeding Cool posted the following Heroes Reborn spoilers - or potential spoilers. Heroes Reborn is a new Avengers-focussed event from Jason