The Avenging Hour Jason & John

We're breaking into the main Avengers title to discuss a 12 issue mini-series from 1999 where Kurt Busiek rewrites Avengers history and also throws in a huge time travel plot to boot!  We meet our....slightly different Avengers team in these issues, plucked from multiple points in Avengers history, as well as our villain and a former villain who becomes an ally (I'm sorry, three former villains that becomes allies)!

This week we talk about two new characters that Kurt Busiek is introducing into the book.  The first is a young woman from Central America named Silverclaw and the second is a man of color who calls himself Triathlon!  They're helping the Avengers take on another obscure villain, Moses Magnum!

It's the Avengers teamed with their thinly veiled DC counterparts, the Squadron Supreme!  We're finally finishing up the plotline from the main title, as we see the two teams join together to fight the main villain behind this storyline, Imus Champion!  Who?  Go back and listen to one of our early 70's episodes and you'll hear all about him.  But can he take our two teams of two Earth's Mightiest Heroes?

This week we're looking at the Avengers chapter of the Live Kree or Die crossover, which also appeared in Iron Man, Captain America and Quicksilver!  What can the Avengers do when the Lunatic Legion returns, the Supreme Intelligence plots and Carol Danvers drinks all the time?  Find out this episode!

It's the Avengers vs the Squadron Supreme and one of the teams is mind controlled....guess which one?!  We also meet a new member of the Squadron who is NOT a thinly veiled version of a DC hero.  Come join us!

This week we're finishing up the first plotline for the new series and then we have to figure out who's going to be on the team!  It's time to choose a roster and the members of the team might surprise you (they almost certainly won't)!