Jonathan Hickman & Jerome Opeña, Avengers #1

[thuviaptarth]

I know I mostly only talk about Steve/Tony here, but I do actually like the Avengers comics for other reasons as well. I like Jonathan Hickman's writing and Jerome Opeña's art, but Hickman strikes me as writer whose work is cooler, emotionally, than Bendis'. Bendis's Avengers appealed to me because of the warmth he brings to his best work, but also because I think he writes Captain America and Iron Man as really, really shippy. I expected the dynamic to read differently in the Hickman era, and I expected to find a lot of enjoyment in it, even if less fertile ground for fanfiction.

This is the first exchange between Steve and Tony in Hickman and Opeña's relaunch, Avengers #1:




Tony wakes up a bare-chested Steve in bed. Steve does not seem surprised or upset to find Tony in his room.

This leads directly into Tony's reminiscence about when they first met:



Tony: So ... this idea has been running through my mind. It's overwhelming--all-consuming--and I can't shut it off. The same exact thing happened the day we found you.

Steve: You remember that?

Tony: Oh ... I remember everything about that day. We started something that mattered because of you. The world changed. I changed.


Thanks, Jonathan Hickman! You're the best.