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NEW AVENGERS #40


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  1. Avatar photo rift1128 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    If this book is as good as Mighty Avengers last week then were in for a treat.

  2. jjv124 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Rift….Oh I think you’ll enjoy this!

  3. Avatar photo DDevil1964 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    I wasn’t reading this or Mighty up untill Secret Invasion #1 but i loved mighty avengers last week and I will be getting this.

  4. jjv124 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Ok, completely dumb question but as I’ve just registered on the site how do you give the book a rating?

  5. Avatar photo Guardedmarman says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    I think you have to go on the comics page but have to wait till wensday or maybe tuesday im not to sure what day.

  6. jjv124 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    @Guard-  Thanks I appreciate that.

  7. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    April 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    @jjv124 – The rating mechanism doesn’t kick in until midnight at Wednesday.

  8. jjv124 says:
    April 28, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Thanks Conor much obliged.

  9. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    April 29, 2008 at 8:53 am

    Looking forward to this. I encourage everyone to track down Secret War (Bendis’ Nick Fury story), I re-read it recently and found it loaded with skrull possibilities–including the US President, which I know, in terms of this comic is less interesting than a marquee character skrull reveal, but I think it speaks to the overall tone and direction events in the marvel u have taken.

  10. Avatar photo JoeNY says:
    April 29, 2008 at 9:54 am

    The entire run of New Avengers have been amazing. Since Secret Invasion was announced I started reading through my entire run of New Avengers and examined every panel, all the material seems to take on a whole new meaning. I am very excited about this book i think its going to be the best one yet in terms of skrull info. Secret War is definatly worth another read, Avengers Dissesembled, Kree-Skrull War (new TPB coming soon), New Avengers: Illuminati, and i think Civil War has some interesting info as well.

  11. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    April 29, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Jim Cheung is a freaking god. Someone remind me why he’s not on a regular book?

    I’m all over this issue.

     

  12. Avatar photo rift1128 says:
    April 29, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    For real Diabhol. Cheung is amazing. His work on Young Avengers made that book what it is today and he is always consistently good!

  13. shogunt says:
    April 30, 2008 at 8:10 am

    @Diabhol-Cheung is an amazing artist now. Much better than he was when he was drawing the Maverick regular series. Does anyone even remember that anymore? What was that, seven years ago maybe?

  14. Avatar photo JonSamuelson says:
    April 30, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Those of you who rated this: how did you get it so early?

  15. Avatar photo SteveM says:
    April 30, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    This book was completely awesome–off the hook.  This may be the best ‘event’ ever.  Way to go, Bendis!!!

  16. Avatar photo SteveM says:
    April 30, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I own Secret Wars, all of the Avengers and Illuminati Titles starting with Bendis’ run, but don’t really have the time to go back and read it all.  Does anyone know of a website where some good natured fanboy has a list of the easter eggs BMB left behind?  Kind of lazy, I know, but I really don’t have the time right now, but I’m really curious.

    Hey Bendis, if you’re lurking out there you could just list them for us! 😉 

  17. jjv124 says:
    April 30, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    @Jon, I have New Avengers through a subscription with Marvel.  Sometimes Marvel mails those out early, as such I usually get my NA, and Thor around Monday or Tuesday, however when I had Wolverine it usually was late.  Hope that answers the questions

  18. Avatar photo Josh Flanagan (@jaflanagan) says:
    April 30, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    Anyone else have a bad printing on this book?  The alignment was off, and the bottom was chopped off, and the space at the top of the page was too big.

  19. English says:
    April 30, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    OMG this book was good, and as for the reveal I KNEW IT!!!

  20. Avatar photo cutty says:
    April 30, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    wow.  that ending is going to force me to go back and read the entire New Avengers series.  great great issue

  21. Avatar photo JoeNY says:
    April 30, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Great insight into the whole Skrull perspective, really did a good job explaining the ideas being their motives and how massive their plan is, there were also some strange faces on the second to last page, capt. america in the bottom left corner, Bucky i think, vision, and is that Sasquatch??? 

  22. Avatar photo DocHess says:
    April 30, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    @cutty – I hear ya.  I’m trying to hold off on re-reading the New Avengers series until after SI is all said and done.  Its gonna be tough though, cause I’m already scratching my head about you know who.

  23. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    April 30, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    My issue was fine Josh–you got a bum copy that made it through. It does happen, I used to work at a printing company and we once accidentally bound a sesame street coloring book into a HMO doctor directory.

  24. English says:
    April 30, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    @JoeNY i think in the display i saw Elektra, Blackbolt, Hulk, Saquatch, Vision, Captain America, Thing, Cyclops, Nightcrawler?, Dr. Doom?, Wonderman, Nighthawk, and a unknown female (maybe Mrs. Marvel

  25. Avatar photo JKExar says:
    April 30, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    As for a website with more info,  I read a featured article in Newsarama.com that had some great theories and mentioned some great moments where hints were dropped, including the random skrull in blink it you’ll miss it panel with Hawkeye in Avengers Disassembled.

  26. Avatar photo Hoshigaki says:
    April 30, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    @Cutty- This could go back further that New Avengers.  Bendis started writing Jessica Drew way back in Alias.  I think it could possibly go back that far.  That would blow my mind.

  27. Avatar photo cutty says:
    April 30, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    I’ve been meaning to read the entire alias series.  i guess this is a good excuse as any to pick up the trades.  thanks!

  28. Avatar photo droracle says:
    May 1, 2008 at 11:26 am

    In interviews, Bendis says he’s been setting this up for along while so it could definitely go back as far as his work in Alias. This was a strong issue, it was cool seeing where these Skrulls are coming from and how they are able to camoflage themselves so completely. Plus the ending of course was a mindblow.

  29. Avatar photo RaceMcCloud says:
    May 1, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    The reveal in this one was so obvious I never saw it coming.

  30. Avatar photo RaceMcCloud says:
    May 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    @JKExar – I just went back and checked Disassembled.  Right there, right before Hawkeye gets "killed", and he’s slaughtering Kree… there it is, a Skrull.  That issue is 4 years old, people.  That’s amazing.

  31. Avatar photo projektidiot says:
    May 1, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    @RaceMcCloud – I’m not seeing the skrull…

  32. Avatar photo RaceMcCloud says:
    May 1, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Issue #3 of "Chaos", the two panels before Hawkeye catches fire, right there.  Once in the bottom right hand corner of a panel, surrounded by Kree, and the panel right after that, in the distance.

  33. Avatar photo Guardedmarman says:
    May 1, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    well ill be…yep skrull in Avengers disassembled.

  34. Avatar photo cutty says:
    May 1, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    @RaceMcCloud – I never read the Disassembled stuff.  What is the context of the hawkeye scene you’re talking about?

  35. Avatar photo RaceMcCloud says:
    May 1, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    @cutty – Hawkeye shows up mid-fight with a bunch of Kree (who turn out to be Scarlet Witch illusion/make-believe Kree, apparently) after he had gone off somewhere to get a crapload of arrows.  He starts kicking make-believe Kree ass, and among the Kree fleeing/attacking Hawkeye, there is a Skrull, off in the corner, hiding in plain sight, seemingly panicking as well.  This is moments before Hawkeye gets "killed".

  36. shogunt says:
    May 2, 2008 at 8:18 am

    @josh-My copy had numerous typos, not to mention some weird pink coloring on the left side of the first few pages. 

     

  37. Avatar photo SamMorgan says:
    May 2, 2008 at 8:37 am

    This comic was lush!

    This issue shows how Marvel is producing so many better comics then DC. (apart from All Star Superman & All Star Batman)

  38. Avatar photo rayclark says:
    May 3, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    mighty avengers issue last week kinda was sucky. i mean sure i showed us where Nick was but what the the IMPORTANT REVEAL??

    this was an amazing issue it showed HOW the skrulls were able to pass by for humans and it showed much more important information.

    the REAL question is…is Spider-Woman a skrull???? im saying YES

  39. Avatar photo ActualButt says:
    May 9, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    rayclark – i think that the reason most people didnt like last weeks might avengers was because its was pretty much a bunch of talking, but it was all leading up to that end scene with fury and spider-woman. this issue of new avengers hammers it home how devastingly important that conversation will be in the future (assuming that the skrull reveal at the end was true, im not gonna put it past bendis to throw us a red herring like that)

  40. Avatar photo nuclearman says:
    May 21, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    very skrully…

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