Great Lakes Avengers Vol. 1

Zach Gorman

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Series: Great Lakes Avengers

Summary

Volume 1 of Great Lakes Avengers corresponds to the opening of the original single issue Great Lakes Avengers (2016) #1: the least "heroic" team in the Marvel Universe, who, through an absurd legal accident, put themselves back on the stage of official continuity. The story begins with the trademark ownership of the name "Avengers": through a series of chaotic corporate and litigation maneuvers, the trademark somehow ends up in the hands of Flatman. The Avengers' legal team comes knocking to negotiate a buyback, and after several rounds of haggling, the two sides strike a bizarre yet cost-effective deal—the trademark can be returned, but the Great Lakes Avengers must be re-chartered as an official branch of the Avengers system, complete with staffing and premises. So Flatman summons his old teammates, but few respond: only Big Bertha and Doorman are willing to come. The three move into an abandoned Stark facility on the outskirts of Detroit, and for the first time confront the reality of the city—across a single street, renovated blocks and dilapidated blocks stand in stark contrast. Meanwhile, a goth-styled girl named Pansy shows up holding "Mr. Immortal's old phone number"; another, a "Good Boy" who can transform between male and female forms, is dealing with his own troubles in the city; and the team's true old leader, Mr. Immortal, is burying himself alive underground—and then begins to regret it. This is Volume 1 of the Great Lakes Avengers series, a team comedy of dry humor and self-deprecation about how a group of small-time misfits marginalized by the mainstream hero community earnestly and unreliably regroup.

Editor's review

如果你习惯了复仇者联盟的史诗级团战和多线大事件，《大湖复仇者》会给你完全不同的口味：它把镜头对准漫威宇宙里最尴尬、最不上台面、也最执着的一支“编外”队伍，用密集的吐槽和荒谬的日常，讲一群不被重视的人仍然认真当英雄的故事。本册的价值首先在于“重启”本身——它不是简单的旧角色怀旧，而是用一个商标纠纷的荒诞设定，让这支队伍重新获得合法身份、场地和编制，并把舞台从密尔沃基搬到正在复苏又撕裂的底特律。城市空间成为叙事的笑点和隐喻：门人吐槽翻新街区与破败街区只隔一条街，现实的荒诞感比超能力更扎人。角色层面，扁人从混日子的“过气英雄”被推到领队位置，大贝莎带着旧怨与财力撑场，门人提供最密集的毒舌，不朽先生则用“活埋自己”这种极端方式开篇，制造出奇妙的黑色喜感。喜欢《松鼠女孩》式轻松漫威、喜欢冷幽默与团队喜剧的读者，会觉得这一册值得一读；若你期待硬核动作或严密大事件逻辑，则要调整预期。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢漫威冷幽默、自嘲式团队喜剧的漫画读者
读过《松鼠女孩》等轻松向漫威系列、想换口味的人
对复仇者联盟边缘小队、二线英雄感兴趣的漫威粉丝
喜欢看“废柴英雄认真组队”这类成长群像的读者

Not a good fit for

期待硬核动作场面或主线大事件密度的读者
完全不了解漫威宇宙、希望先读经典入门作品的读者

Reading tips

先把它当团队喜剧读，不必纠结与主线大事件的衔接次序。
留意城市空间与商标纠纷这些设定，它们是本册幽默与主题的支点。
若对扁人、门人、大贝莎、不朽先生陌生，可先补一点大湖复仇者的基础设定。
读完本册后可顺势读后续同系列单行本，观察新成员如何融入队伍。

FAQ

这本书是漫威大事件的主线故事吗？

不是。本册属于大湖复仇者自己的系列开篇，讲这支边缘小队重新挂牌组队的过程，与其他英雄系列有客串式呼应，但不需要按大事件顺序补课就能读懂。

没读过以前的大湖复仇者能看懂吗？

可以。本册本身就是一次“重启”，通过商标纠纷把队伍重新介绍给读者，并借扁人召集旧队友的过程自然交代成员关系，新人直接入门没有明显门槛。

里面出场的核心成员有哪些？

主要围绕扁人（Flatman）、大贝莎、门人和不朽先生展开，另外还有潘茜与“好孩子”等角色登场；松鼠女孩等复仇者成员只是客串露脸。

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About the author

Zach Gorman Author

Zach Gorman is an author about whom relatively limited information is publicly available; neither his nationality nor his dates have been clearly recorded. Four of his works are held in the collection, all belonging to the "Great Lakes Avenger" series, numbered Books 1 through 4, indicating a continuously numbered series. Judging from the common categories, these works are classified under premium fiction, film and television originals, art, film and television, children's books, and comics and cartoons, suggesting that his writing may combine the readability of genre fiction with potential for cross-media adaptation, and that the subject matter may involve comic-style visual storytelling and adventure stories aimed at young readers. Overall, Gorman's work unfolds in a serialized, continuing format, steadily expanding around a single story world, and may be of interest to readers following genre series and the intersection of film, television, and children's literature.