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Alien: Out Of The Shadows

Tim Lebbon

8.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and...

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Snatch

Gregory McDonald

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Whether it's a Middle East oil crisis in the 1970s or the London Blitz during WWII, world events...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Thanos Rising in Books

Oct 24, 2018

Thanos Rising

Jason Aaron | 2013 | Comics & Graphic Novels

7.3

(3 Ratings)

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Decent short backstory for the big screen super-baddie

This 5 issue collection gives a backstory to Thanos and adds some explanation for why he is the way he is. Certain elements of this fit in with the Jim Starlin Infinity Gauntlet/War books but add an interesting few viewpoints and aspects of his persona.
Around half of the story deals with Thanos' childhood, growing up different on the perfect Titan and how this started to warp his mind, and then leads in to him travelling the universe exploring as a pacifist and siring numerous children (this section fitting in nicely with the Jonathan Hickman Infinity epic), finishing with his final arrival at Mad Tyrant Central.
Strong artwork throughout and a decent story make this a good attempt at putting some meat on the bones of Thanos' backstory.

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Carma (21 KP) rated The Avengers (2012) in Movies

Jun 17, 2019

The Avengers (2012)

2012 | Action, Sci-Fi

8.6

(125 Ratings)

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Great first collaboration. Good view at each heroes backstory. A hint at what the MCU will become. (0 more)

Great first collaboration movie

The Avengers first go at the group ensemble is a win in my books. Who knew all those years ago what the MCU would become. This movie combined all the heroes, and their beginning backstories, together well. The heroes must come together to go against Loki and his intergalactic strike team. The team comes together after a brief hiccup of inner fighting, to save New York from the Chitauri and more importantly, Thanos. We get our first glimpse at the purple faced titan and what is to come from him and his army. Loki and the Tesseract play center stage in this first Avengers movie, but I don't think it will be the last time Loki plays center stage.