AERO VOL. 1: BEFORE THE STORM

by Greg Pak, Xu Ming (Illustrator), Xu Ming (Artist)

Overview

Collects material from Aero (2019) #1-6. Take flight with one of the New Agents of Atlas! It's the English-language debut of the first appearance of Aero, the soaring super hero from China! When she's not fighting monsters with her wind powers, Aero is Shanghai-based architect Lei Ling, who sometimes just wants to have dinner with her boyfriend in peace. But when that boyfriend springs a surprise, Ling discovers that civilian life might be every bit as perilous as her costumed career! Aero confronts the mysterious Madame Huang, faces the horror of Keystone and unlocks the first mystery of the Jade Monolith - but who is controlling the Crystal Warriors…and why? And just what is Lei's boyfriend's problem with Aero, anyway?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781302919443
Publisher:	Marvel
Publication date:	02/11/2020
Series:	AERO , #1
Pages:	136
Sales rank:	1,113,934
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.17(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Film director and screenwriter Greg Pak's first feature, the sci-fi anthology Robot Stories, won 35 awards; he broke into the comics industry when his agent sent Marvel the screenplay. After writing a WARLOCK reboot, Pak made a splash with the X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG limited series and a lengthy run on INCREDIBLE HULK, highlighted by the "Planet Hulk" storyline and the WORLD WAR HULK crossover. In addition to the acclaimed MAGNETO: TESTAMENT and RED SKULL: INCARNATE limited series, a WAR MACHINE revival and the retitled INCREDIBLE HULKS, Pak has written Dynamite's Battlestar Galactica and contributed to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. His efforts with co-writer Fred Van Lente include INCREDIBLE HERCULES, HERC, HEROIC AGE: PRINCE OF POWER, an ALPHA FLIGHT relaunch and the CHAOS WAR crossover. Pak introduced Amadeus Cho as a new Green Goliath in THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK and delivered mutant mayhem in WEAPON X.

Editorial Reviews

03/09/2020

A wind-wielding heroine swoops into the Marvel universe in this airy English-language adaptation from the publisher’s new Chinese-original series. Lei Ling juggles her busy, fulfilling profession as an architect and date nights with her neglected “beautiful boyfriend,” Zou Yu, all while keeping a secret identity: she’s the superhero Aero, protector of Shanghai. With aerokinesis (wind powers), she battles buildings transformed into monsters by her mentor turned nemesis, Madame Huang. Aero challenges Madame Huang and her new apprentice Keystone, a hard-hitting rock man, saving citizens in between ducking out of an awkward dinner conversation with Zou, who seems ready to pop more than one big question to his suspicious-acting girlfriend. Aero’s got charm and a wry personality, and the briskly paced volume smoothly introduces her super-abilities and supporting cast. Keng’s art shows Manga influences, but otherwise doesn’t break from standard genre conventions (including Lei’s exaggerated bust for her slim/muscular figure). The dialogue’s simplistic, though with multiple jump cuts and flashbacks, readers may still need to go slow to keep track of things. This accessible opener adds international character to the Marvel line but plays it too tame with its career vs. romance story tropes. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly