Comic of the Week 7

A bit later than usual but I've had a busy week so blogging has had to take a back seat. I've gone back to relatively new for this post, using a comic that came out last week. This week's Comic of the Week is Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver:

Being fairly young I missed the original debut, origins, of these two characters, since it was 1964, the year my bloody Dad was born, so when I saw Marvel were releasing a set of Avengers Origins comics, including this one, I was immediately interested in reading some of them. This one especially stuck out as I have always been fascinated by the two characters and their relationship with each other, which has become a common place relationship between twin superheroes; as seen with characters like twins Alejandro and Maya from the T.V. show Heroes whose relationship mirrors that of these two mutants. Similarly, since they are the children of Magneto, their origin story promised an appearance from him and he is definitely one of my favourite Marvel characters. The story itself was simple and easy to follow; twins on the run confused over their abilities, are saved by kind stranger(Magneto) who reveals to them who they really are and helps them refine their abilities, twins eventually realise dark side to king stranger and flee to avoid death and finally twins find a safe haven where they belong(Avengers). However, even with the simple story the way it is presented made it much more interesting, mainly the character development doing this. Small little extras like Quicksilver's hidden pain and a fight between Magneto's Brotherhood and the X-Men definitely made this more complex and worth reading. The art of the comic was clear and defined while still compelling and intricate, a good combination and the cover, which I've never mentioned before, to me was fantastic; the dark tone to it suggesting the pain the two have and the twins seperate stances representing not only their abilities but their personalities as well. The only issue I had with this comic was the way the relationship between Magneto and the twins was presented. The mystery surrounding it was built up brilliantly, the discovery through a family photo and Magneto's obvious care for them which is revealed at the end as he stares longingly at said photo was perfect but with no real admittance of Magneto being their father and no kind of closure the issue was left in the air when the comic ended.