![]() ![]() It’s not something to be solved by the usual Avengers method of flying in and battering the villain into submission. It sets an interesting problem for the Avengers, as the opening threat is a cloud of red gas transmitting a flesh-eating virus. When writing this in 2003, Johns knew fine what the implications of that were, and the story’s intimately connected with the attitudes of some in government regarding what’s needed to protect the USA. He’s paired with a phenomenal artist in Olivier Coipel, who delivers a widescreen vision of what’s a terrorist attack on American soil. ‘Red Zone’ is the Avengers work for which Johns is remembered, and where almost everything fell into place for him. It fits better here connected to the longer piece, since it was absent from the Red Zone graphic novel. ![]() When writing T he Avengers, Geoff Johns separated his longer stories with single chapter spotlights focussing on individual members, and the opening story adds some definition to the Falcon, while also acting as a prelude to ‘Red Zone’. ![]()
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