Ares into the new Avengers team, what do you think about it?

Originally posted by Lucid Lui
Apparently the line-ups suppoesed to look something like this: Wasp, Captain America, Iron Man, (POSSIBLY) the Hulk, Wolverine, Black Widow, Ms.marvel, Quicksilver (and he is running again) and Ares.

I don't buy a few of them though.

Bendis was pretty adamant on not allowing any version of the Hulk on the Avengers (She Hulk included)

Man, always in my head I imagined a huge war of mythological gods from all pantheons (not comic book gods), I always pictured Thor and Ares to come out on top, duking it out.

(Thor wins, so says me mind)

Originally posted by K3VIL
Ares has been injured, and real bad in the past, from Thor's hammer.
What's the plan for Bendis plot?
Probably he'll came up with something like:
Zeus boosted Ares powers when he decided to became a hero, so he's above Thor, or s.hi.t like that.
Ares can beat Thor my ass

I think Ares will have the Grasscutter sword by than.

After reading the mini, I really like Ares as a character.

So... while I'm skeptical, I like the addition.

Its too bad Marvel did not take this opportunity to add Namor to the Avengers, he would have been a decent fit for that spot IMO.

Ares is ok I guess, but there were plenty of better options for that spot I think.

Quicksilver running again? Cool.
I am not really happy with his time warp powers.

According to Wizard Magazine there will be 2 Avengers team, New Avengers and Mighty Avengers with Ares and Hulk being in Mighty Avengers and according to the writer Ares can and will defeat Thor.

Originally posted by Validus
Wizard. Bendis plans to show that Ares can beat Thor in a fight.

Bendis didn't say that, his artist did. Bendis reckons Thors on Sentrys level, and Ares is not a Sentry level character.

Originally posted by Draco69
*sigh*

Bendis shouldn't write Avengers. He's better off writing a no-name street-level character like he did with Luke Cage and ALIAS...

Agreed .... He should swap places with JMS on Spiderman, I think Morisson, Ellis or Waid could also make avengers work.

Originally posted by Validus
I'm sure it will suck whatever it is. I'd personally be surprised if Bendis writes Ares as anything but a Class 75 Wolverine.

Hell basically be what Aquaman was on Morissons JLA team.

Originally posted by R.O.T. Yahman
Bendis didn't say that, his artist did. Bendis reckons Thors on Sentrys level, and Ares is not a Sentry level character.

Im not sure what Wizard u read but It was Bendis that said it. Check the Image.

Thor alone isn't a Sentry level character unles he has his hammer as well. Thor and Ares seem as though they would be very close in power with no magical weapons at their disposal.

Don't know where all this talk of Bendis ruining the Avengers and talk of how badly he'll handle Ares is coming from. Last time I checked New Avengers was still one of Marvel's top selling books and Bendis has yet to touch Ares so lets save the talk about him not not being able to handle the character until after he...youknow...handles the character. Apparently I'm the only one enjoying New Avengers but personally I'm excited. As for Ares, the character does interest me and I want to know his motivations for joining the Avengers. I'll adopt a wait and see attitude when it comes to Ares characterization though

Originally posted by marvelprince
Don't know where all this talk of Bendis ruining the Avengers and talk of how badly he'll handle Ares is coming from. Last time I checked New Avengers was still one of Marvel's top selling books and Bendis has yet to touch Ares so lets save the talk about him not not being able to handle the character until after he...youknow...handles the character. Apparently I'm the only one enjoying New Avengers but personally I'm excited. As for Ares, the character does interest me and I want to know his motivations for joining the Avengers. I'll adopt a wait and see attitude when it comes to Ares characterization though

Actually Im with U. I have no complaints about Bendis so far, I really enjoy his New Avengers plus the fact that he will tie up all loose ends going back to NA #1 makes it even sweeter.

Origin: Like all mythological gods, Ares derives his quasi-magical godly power from Earth's ethereal biosphere. The circumstances of his actual birth are as yet shrouded in legend. His relationship to his "father" and "mother" (Zeus and Hera) is one of tradition, rather than actual blood-relationship.

Powers: As an immortal god, Ares possesses vast strength and endurance. His physical attributes are superior to the majority of Olympian gods. He is able to lift approximately 70 tons. He has virtually inexhaustible stamina, not tiring appreciably after any exertion. Like all immortals, Ares cannot die by any conventional means. His life force is beyond the reach of mortal injury. He can be wounded in battle, but his godly life force gives him incredible recuperative abilities. He can heal from penetration wounds (such as by knife, sword, or bullet) in anywhere from minutes to hours, depending on their severity. Only an injury of such magnitude that it incinerated him or dispersed a major portion of his bodily substance could kill him. However, in that case, Zeus or one of his fellow gods may have the power to resurrect him.

Nothing to Thor.Namor defeated him last time he fought the Avengers.

I saw this in wikipedia. Im pretty sure this was before the mini series.

He was bad ass in hin mini

Maybe Ares wants Thor's head. Remember it was due to Thor so called "betrayal" that caused the japanese god go havok on the olympians.

I want to see Ares chulk up Thor.

Bring it on, Bendis!

Originally posted by marvelprince
Don't know where all this talk of Bendis ruining the Avengers and talk of how badly he'll handle Ares is coming from. Last time I checked New Avengers was still one of Marvel's top selling books and Bendis has yet to touch Ares so lets save the talk about him not not being able to handle the character until after he...youknow...handles the character. Apparently I'm the only one enjoying New Avengers but personally I'm excited. As for Ares, the character does interest me and I want to know his motivations for joining the Avengers. I'll adopt a wait and see attitude when it comes to Ares characterization though

No one said he was ruining it, he's just not improving it .... the last good Avengers stuff was being written by Geoff Johns. 🙂