But first a little history: Back in 2010, before the Avengers movie came out, there was Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The series basically took the classic comic book series by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, updated them, and add other elements from modern stories about the Avengers. The show itself was received greatly, and is seen as one the best Marvel series ever. Reason being was Marvel has earned a terrible reputation for how they badly handled their animated shows, such as either canceling them too soon (usually in its first season) or making just plain terrible ones, such as the current Spider-Man animated series, Ultimate Spider-Man. Sadly, the curse strikes again, and A:EMH was canceled after just two seasons, with a total of 52 episodes.
Just soon after, production began on Avengers Assemble, which was created to capitalize on the success of the 2012 movie. As expected, fans were outraged, and for a good reason. Marvel had unjustly canceled what was arguably one of their best animated series in favor of just making another one because of the new movie, which, when thinking about it, was a pretty dumb decision. However, Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice President of Marvel Animation, said that Assemble would be a continuation of A:EMH.
I had a chance to watch the first episode online today, and after it was over, I thought it was alright. I'm glad that Marvel seems to have learned from its mistake with Ultimate Spider-Man, and that the series isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It had a few bumps here and there, but overall, it was good. Of course, this is just the first episode, so the quality could still go down a bit over time.
And with that, we come to an end. Thanks for reading this site, and until we meet again, in the words TOM from Toonami, "Stay Gold".
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