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Favourite Avengers Scribe
Stan Lee 11%  11%  [ 5 ]
Roy Thomas 22%  22%  [ 10 ]
Steve Englehart 8%  8%  [ 4 ]
Gerry Conway 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Jim Shooter 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
David Michelinie 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Roger Stern 33%  33%  [ 15 ]
Walt Simonson 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
John Byrne 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Larry Hama 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Bob Harras 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Kurt Busiek 11%  11%  [ 5 ]
Geoff Johns 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Brian Michael Bendis 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Chuck Austen 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 45
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 Post subject: Favourite Avengers Scribe
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:22 pm 
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Who was / is the best Avengers writer??

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:30 pm 
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I don't know if he is the best, but Englehart is my favorite.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:32 pm 
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Roy Thomas brought a lot to the title, but Steve Englehart made it the "cosmic" and grand scale beyond!!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:35 pm 
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I've set it up so we can have 3 votes each. I couldn't limit myself to one!!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:23 pm 
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Stan Lee followed by Roger Stern. The third one was too difficult a choice for me.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:02 am 
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Tie between Roy Thomas and Roger Stern.


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 Post subject: Favourite Avengers Scribe
PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:33 am 
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Roy Thomas, then Stan, then Stern.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:43 am 
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Englehart was writing when I first started buying the comic, and I had read my Dad's
issues written by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. So, those three will always have a
special place in my heart.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:57 am 
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Stern,Michelinie,Lee.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:03 am 
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1. Roy Thomas
2. Roger Stern
3. Stan Lee


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:17 am 
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Johns wrote for Avengers? What did I miss?


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:11 am 
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Rick Hannah wrote:
Johns wrote for Avengers? What did I miss?


Hank and Janet doing naughty things with their powers? That was Johns.

I can only choose one: Kurt Busiek.

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 Post subject: Favourite Avengers Scribe
PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:31 am 
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It was not easy picking Thomas over Avengers creator Stan Lee, but I did for the following reasons.

When I think of great Avengers stories, none of them were written by Stan Lee. The resurrection of Captain America was a great event, but overall not a great story.

It was Roy Thomas who recognized that Iron Man and Thor should be the anchors of the group and involved on an active basis; he even began sneaking them back in despite being told by Stan Lee to make the Avengers a group for the second-tier heroes.

It was Roy Thomas who gave us the Black Knight, the Lethal Legion, Arkon, the Grim Reaper, the Vision, Ultron, Yellowjacket, the marriage of Hank and Jan, and The Masters of Evil/Jarvis/Ultron/Vision storyline, which I think is the first great multi-issue story arc in the Avengers comic. He would also later give us the epic Kree/Skrull War.

Most of what the other writers above contributed is built on the vision of Roy Thomas.


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:01 am 
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Thomas, Stern, Lee, Englehart.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:20 am 
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What I need to do is to go back and read the Avengers during those Giant-Sized
issues (# 2-4) by Englehart, circa 1975 to see how they hold up. When I was
12, that stuff had me completely. It was tough coming up with 50ยข an issue,
but I saved everything I had, went out searching for returnable pop bottles, etc.
just so that I could keep up with those stories.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:14 pm 
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Joss Whedon isn't in the poll?

Just wait till the Browncoats find out about this.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:42 pm 
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Avengers #3 is my favorite single-issue story ever and perfectly captures the spirit of Silver Age Marvel, IMO -- so Stan Lee.

I didn't realize we could vote for 3 when I voted, so if I were to vote for two others, it would be Roger Stern and Kurt Busiek.


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 Post subject: Favourite Avengers Scribe
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:56 pm 
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Night Owl wrote:
It was not easy picking Thomas over Avengers creator Stan Lee, but I did for the following reasons.

When I think of great Avengers stories, none of them were written by Stan Lee. The resurrection of Captain America was a great event, but overall not a great story.

It was Roy Thomas who recognized that Iron Man and Thor should be the anchors of the group and involved on an active basis; he even began sneaking them back in despite being told by Stan Lee to make the Avengers a group for the second-tier heroes.

It was Roy Thomas who gave us the Black Knight, the Lethal Legion, Arkon, the Grim Reaper, the Vision, Ultron, Yellowjacket, the marriage of Hank and Jan, and The Masters of Evil/Jarvis/Ultron/Vision storyline, which I think is the first great multi-issue story arc in the Avengers comic. He would also later give us the epic Kree/Skrull War.

Most of what the other writers above contributed is built on the vision of Roy Thomas.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:48 pm 
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I had to vote Jim Shooter
just to piss off John Byrne.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:57 pm 
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Mansion Siege is the best Avengers story there ever was or will be. So I vote for Stern, obv.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:19 am 
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I went Lee, Stern, and Busiek. I wavered between Englehart and Thomas for the third spot rather than Busiek, and essentially flipped a coin mentally. :)


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