Marvel Is Destroying the Avengers' Reputation by Showing Their Limits
Warning: Contains spoilers for Savage Avengers #2!
The Avengers are known as the Earth Mightiest Heroes because they are able to tackle the challenges no single hero can handle alone, but there is one place and time where even the lethal Savage Avengers feel outclassed and outmatched: Conan the Barbarian's Hyborian Age. The Savage Avengers are trapped in an era of steel and sorcery, and the harsh environment that forged Conan into an unstoppable force is proving too much to handle.
All-New, All-DifferentSavage Avengers is the sequel to the critically acclaimed series that brought Conan the Cimmerian into the mainstream Marvel Universe (after the publisher re-acquired the character's rights in 2018), having him interact with many iconic characters in an adventure across space and time to stop the evil Sorcerer Supreme Kulan Gath. After the end of that epic saga, Conan found himself attacked by a Deathlok cyborg, accusing Conan of «crimes against the timestream.» During their battle, Conan and a group of nearby heroes and vigilantes were flung into a time portal, landing in Conan's native time, the Hyborian Age, an era of sword and sorcery where life is worth very little, and the heroes will need both strength and wits to survive.
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Savage Avengers #2, by David Pepose, Carlos Magno, Esper Grundetjern, and Travis Lanham shows the heroes divided into small groups, trying to understand what is going on. Conan, Dagger, and the new Anti-Venom are caught in the middle of a bloody battle and are easily captured by Zingarian soldiers. Elektra and Cloak have to survive the assault of Devil Dinosaur inside a deadly Gladiator's arena, while the Black Knight and Weapon H
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