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Avengers: Standoff (Avengers Standoff: Welcome To Pleasant Hill) Kindle & comiXology

by Nick Spencer (Author, Contributor), Marc Guggenheim (Author), Gerry Duggan (Author, Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition
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Collects Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill #1, Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #3-4, Uncanny Avengers (2015) #7-8, All-New, All-Different Avengers #7-8, New Avengers (2015) #8-10, Captain America: Sam Wilson #7-8, Illuminati (2015) #6, Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) #6, Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega #1.

On his 75th anniversary, Captain America is about to face a challenge unlike any other. Prepare for an assault on...Pleasant Hill! Three shield-wielders past and present — Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson — find themselves in a standoff, with high and very personal stakes. And as this tense conflict quickly escalates out of control, it draws in three teams of Avengers, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more! But it all begins in an idyllic community with friendly neighbors...and a terrible, dark secret. What is going on behind Pleasant Hill's closed doors?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01H0X2VA6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (June 29, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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This book was an alright book. I thought I remembered alot more going on but whatever. Glad my man's got his youth back tho. MERICA!!
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Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
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Damn near perfect condition still in plastic for a fraction of the price I should have paid
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Jmaynard
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun, self-contained story
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2018
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I only follow a couple of Marvel series, but usually buy all the event compilations. So, I had no expectations for this even” when I ordered it. Perhaps that is why I enjoyed it so much!

Winter Soldier took over as “The Man on the Wall” from Nick Fury – watching and protecting Earth from catastrophic events. He receives an alert that one is occurring, on Earth, and ends up at a SHIELD facility trying to discover what will set it off. He ends up fighting his way through SHIELD at three different facilities. Elsewhere, I young man with amnesia is taken to the small community of Pleasant Hill. Where he repeatedly tries to escape from the Stepford-like town. Everyone here is happy. Too happy.

Maria Hill has been using something known as Kobik, derived from Cosmic Cube fragments, to brainwipe supervillains and imprison them in Pleasant Hill. When several of them wake up, they launch an assault that brings multiple teams of Avengers (with several tongue in cheek jokes about how many there are), three erstwhile Captain Americas, and SHIELD into a showdown over control of Kobik.

Since I don’t read most of the series which contribute here, I was unaware of the status quo when I started this. I didn’t know how Steve ended up old; or how the various superhero team incarnations came about. But, it didn’t matter. The story was self-contained enough that anyone could dive right in. I think the whole purpose of this event was to restore Steve Rogers to his youthful, powerful self, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a fun ride. The concept of the prison was really cool, albeit completely unethical. It fit right in with where SHIELD has been heading for years. The reveal of Kobik’s true nature was also clever. And, I absolutely loved the appearance of the characters from the Agents of SHIELD television show! Melinda May, Daisy Johnson, Gemma Simmons, etc. are also involved in the story. Though it doesn’t have far reaching consequences (except perhaps the renewed Steve Rogers), Standoff was a fun read.
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Ronault D. Trowbridge
5.0 out of 5 stars Avengers Assemble!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016
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I really loved this crossover, featuring the return of a robust Steve Rogers & the set up of his new status quo. It was also great to see the return of Rick Jones, back as a human & not a blue Hulk / Abomination. More villains to throw a shield at, the great Baron Zemo also makes a great comeback & kicks the story off in style. A very cool creative collaboration, especially the art. I would recommend this to anyone, who loves a great Avengers story. Reminds me a bit of Roger Stern's "Under Siege" epic.
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SuperginraiX
3.0 out of 5 stars It's Just Kind of There
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
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This one has been on the edge of my radar for years, now. The whole Standoff crossover/ mega-event involved some comics I was reading at the time (the Avengers books) but while I'd read those comics, I had never dipped in to get a full feeling for the event. I knew how it started because I read that first issue with Bucky and Zemo but I never hung around until the end and since I'm not a regular Captain America reader, I never read the meat and potatoes of the event.

But now I have! And I'm glad I waited.

There is nothing wrong with this event. The Captain America issues are actually quite good. The Avengers books are also good. The Agents of SHIELD books are poor which is too bad because I think that's a book that could have some legs if written well. There are a couple other books that crossed over (Howling Commandos and Illuminati) and those are not amazing and pretty good respectively.

The premise is fine. The execution is fine. It just feels sort of middling. Nothing is GREAT. There are actually repercussions that carry over into the Cap books and into the fate of SHIELD. Maria Hill gets a huge black mark on her record even though her position is SHIELD is left up in the air at this point. However, historically speaking, this thing is a blip instead of a BIG DEAL. And that's fine. Not everything can feel or BE super-important to the overall narrative of the Marvel Universe. I've been around long enough to see the cyclical patterns in my favorite comic book playground. It's just even at the time, this was kind of just a thing that was happening, overshadowed by too many other things happening and probably dropping too soon to the end of Secret Wars.

However, what it does give us is a showcase of the Avengers books released at the time. I remember enjoying All-New, All-Different Avengers and Uncanny Avengers but never picking up New Avengers. This gives me just another reason to go pick that one up, especially since I appreciate Al Ewing's writing so much nowadays.

You also get some fantastic art in this thing. Adam Kubert on ANAD Avengers, Daniel Acuna on Cap and the Omega issue, and everyone else involved is really turning in solid work. It might not be the most important mega-event you'll ever read, but your eyes will enjoy it.

In the end, it's an Avengers crossover book that sequesters itself in a small town in Connecticut, has big-time potential consequences, but doesn't seem very big once it gets going. I'm glad I finally figured out how this went down but I'm also glad I didn't get super excited about it.
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Miss Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Great characterization, strong writing, beautiful art
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016
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Greatly enjoyed it; definitely my favorite omnibus (?)-type volume since reading Brubaker's Winter Soldier and Black Widow closeout volume a year ago. The pacing is great, art is strong, and I think the only real lull for me was Agents of SHIELD and another comic, where the same events transpired in different series and read repetitive, but I can see the rationale for both''s inclusion. Simply put, this is a fun read, you don't have to have a lot of background knowledge to make it work, and it wraps up nicely.
---Plus, Kraven at a tea party.
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Teddy
5.0 out of 5 stars Avengers Assemble!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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Really great value (I got it when it was on sale)! Great story, awesome cast, ensemble art.. of course when you get collections like these, of different titles telling an expanded story, you will get a lot of subplots.. but the flow of the story in this one was still fluid and added to the complexity of the whole just fine..
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Morty
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read
Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2018
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Finished reading this after "Secret Empire" so it was kinda neat to see how they connected in reverse order. I liked this story, although it seemed to drag on at some points. The art is good and the dialogue is believable. Not the greatest or most memorable story ever but well worth the read. I bought a used copy for half the price and it arrived very quickly and in outstanding condition. I'm glad I added this to my collection.
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LBJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2017
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11 year old daughter very happy with it.
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Nemesi
5.0 out of 5 stars Avengers: Standoff - Assault on Pleasant Hill
Reviewed in Italy on August 28, 2016
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Standoff è stato l'evento crossover della primavera del 2016 della Marvel, e questo volume lo raccoglie tutto.
Che dire? Nick Spencer al volante fa un grandissimo lavoro, riuscendo ad unire humor (a volte anche dark) a parti più "solenni" e che ci fanno riflettere. Il numero di eroi coinvolti è molto alto (non ai livelli di eventi come Secret Wars, ad esempio, ma notevole), e fa piacere leggere come sono caratterizzati e come interagiscono fra di loro. Punto di interesse per me primo su tutti, è vedere riuniti i "3 Cap" di recente memoria - Steve, Bucky, e Sam - che ritrovano (anche se per poco) il loro affiatamento. Il ritorno di Steve non ha sorpreso nessuno, ma ha sicuramente fatto piacere a molti. Molto, molto carino il personaggio di Kobik (anche se il design non è consistente, e non sembra mai, MAI avere l'età che ci dicono abbia).
Il libro finisce "non finendo", sussurrandoci subito di eventi a venire (La seconda guerra civile, i nuovi Thunderbolts), e non si prendono la briga di spiegare in dettaglio i poteri ed il personaggio di Quasar (passato e presente), ma la conclusione non lascia a bocca asciutta. Davvero un'ottima lettura che consiglio a tutti!

Tra gli artisti, che non vedo inseriti nella descrizione qui in pagina, un cenno va sicuramente a Daniel Acuna e Paul Renaud, i cui disegni sono stati uno dei motivi più grandi che mi hanno spinta all'acquisto. Ma nel volume troviamo anche Marcus To, Adam Kubert, German Peralta, Mike Enderson, Jesus Siaz, Ryan Stegman,Gerardo Sandoval e Brent Schoonover. Come non menzionare poi le due meravigliose cover di Alex Ross, che il libro raccoglie assieme a tutte le variant?

Per quanto riguarda l'edizione, è ben curata, copertina morbida, carta davvero leggera ma ottima la stampa.
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Arif Erdogan
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2017
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Nice comic focusing on what happens when utopia is revealed to not be so perfect.
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Denis Petitclerc
3.0 out of 5 stars Après Secret Wars, la barre est très haute. ...
Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2016
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Après Secret Wars, la barre est très haute. Il y a des bout intéressants et c'est bien pour suivre un résumé de la continuité de Marvel des 6 derniers mois. Mais dans l'ensemble, c'est une histoire très moyenne avec ce que l'on nous a habitué dans les dernières années. Bien entendu, le livre est arrivé très rapidement et en parfait état.
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