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NEW AVENGERS #52


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  1. Avatar photo Parker says:
    April 20, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Between this and Mighty Avengers Marvel seems to be trying to give their magic sect a good shot in the arm. Hopefully it sticks I really enjoyed last issue.

  2. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    April 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    This cover art is awesome!  New Avengers has been ass-kicking for too long now.

  3. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    April 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    Again I know I dont pick this up but like last week:

     

    Awwww you guys got Bachelo on art? Lucky

  4. Avatar photo Andrew says:
    April 20, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    Yes, we were lucky it was half decent last issue!

    I kid, I kid! 

  5. Avatar photo Chris Rohling says:
    April 20, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    I love the Hood, but the first issue of this arc didn’t grab me. Maybe I’ll give it a go, I’m just not sure yet.

  6. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    April 20, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    I like this book…but i read GL:Rebirth…now i need to drop a monthly (cause i think im gonna follow GL) and unfortunatly its this or DA. We’ll see after this issue.

  7. Avatar photo Kirkerson says:
    April 20, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    Is $3.99 the new regular price on this book, or is this an over-sized issue?

  8. edward says:
    April 20, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    does anyone remember when this was actually good? ah, those were good times

  9. Avatar photo yearofmark says:
    April 20, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    $3.99 hurts, basically 5 bucks for me in Canada. Is it worth it?

  10. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    April 21, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Regular price now, it hurts, but its worth it. Only behind Scalped and Thor for this week in terms of quality (not reading invincible, although I want to.)

  11. shogunt says:
    April 21, 2009 at 9:27 am

    This would be so much better if Bachalo wasn’t on it, then maybe I could actually tell what’s going on in each panel.

  12. Avatar photo SamMorgan says:
    April 21, 2009 at 9:56 am

    @shogunt – Yeah, usually but the Bachalo made it very clear and obvious last issue.

  13. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    April 21, 2009 at 10:28 am

    I’m not normally a Bachalo fan, but his stuff was really good in the last issue.

  14. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    April 21, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Love Bachalo’s work…psyched he’s doing this. Storywise I heard they spend the entire issue ordering lunch, I can’t wait!!

  15. Avatar photo Urthona says:
    April 21, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Not reading this, but can someone tell me, are they really making a disciple of Dormammu a viable replacement for Dr. Strange?

  16. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    April 21, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    Well, it’s Dark Reign after all so a disciple of Dormammu as Sorcerer Supreme kind of makes sense. However, I think this is part one of three of the "Lunch Pail" arc in which the team tries to order from Lennies but they can’t decide if they should get the special meatball subs or not. Part two of the arc is them waiting for delivery and Part three is a crossover with Ghost Rider who accidentally runs over the deliveryman.

  17. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    April 21, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    @Urthona  well there’s not really a committee that selects the new SS. It’s just kinda handed down or, at some points in history, forcibly taken.

  18. Avatar photo voodoomama says:
    April 21, 2009 at 9:07 pm

     I don’t care about the SS I want to get back to the smackdown between the NA and the DA

  19. Avatar photo patio says:
    April 21, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Bachalo’s art has to fit the subject matter. Loved his Spider-Man arc. Not so much his X-Men. Dr. Strange is a perfect fit.

  20. MisterJ says:
    April 21, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    I agree with patio, this magic stuff seems to fit Bachalo’s style.  I really liked his image of the Hood stalking towards Strange in the diner.

  21. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    April 22, 2009 at 10:09 am

    @MisterJ Yeah that was probably the most disurbing image i’ve seen in mainstream books so far this year. man that was just an unnerving image

  22. Avatar photo Parker says:
    April 22, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    This issue just felt of to me and I didn’t figure out why until the end. Nobody had their own personality. Everyone was finishing each others sentences. Now for Luke and Jessica that would make sense, but not when it starts to come off like a word game that the whole group is playing.

    Also, almost every line of dialogue between the team could have been said by anybody. Nobody felt like they were their own person. They were all being the exact same cut and paste smartass. Spider-man is funny when he’s being a smartass, but not when he is just one of 8 or 9 in smartass round table.

  23. Avatar photo coltrane68 says:
    April 22, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    This was a relatively weak issue. The art was particularly disappointing. I am hooked on Dr. Strange, however, so I will continue to read New Avengers. Parker is right – the dialogue was weak. Would Clint Barton describe the Eye of Agamoto as "the magical hoohah"? (Maybe he would, but it sounds dumb).

  24. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    April 22, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    I really love Bachalos art. The 2 part story he did in ASM about Hammerhead was fantastic. I thought only the first 2 pages he did in the last issue were neccessary.

  25. edward says:
    April 22, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    i don’t get it, Bachalo’s art was exactly like it always is in the last issue. i love the dude, partiularly when he has a good inker

  26. Avatar photo yearofmark says:
    April 22, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    I was gonna drop this with last issue. However I am soooo hooked now. And good for Spidey to stick to his morals, when all the other "Heros" are at "war", lol Great stuff from BMB.

  27. Avatar photo Chuckenigma says:
    April 22, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    As far as I’m concerned, this book is bulletproof.  He knows what he’s doing;  he knows where he’s going;  and 52 issues in, he ain’t let me down yet. 

    Now if he could just get a regular artist…..oh?  In three issues?  Ok, then it will be perfect. (Ahhh, NOT Bachalo?!?  Damn!)

  28. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    April 23, 2009 at 1:32 am

    What Chuckenigma said.

     

  29. Avatar photo mikefederalidotcom says:
    April 23, 2009 at 5:07 am

    @Patio   I agree, Bachalo doesn’t get near enough credit as he should. The guy is just awesome.

  30. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    April 23, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    The layouts for the scene with the hood and madam masque were just breathtaking

  31. MisterJ says:
    April 24, 2009 at 10:47 am

    I really liked the Hellcat part, showing the isolation of Alaska.  That part, and Spidey talking about theft were the only two parts that did not feel like forced humor to me.

  32. Avatar photo UsagiNunn says:
    April 24, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Bachelo Art = Great. Tan Art = Why did he bother ???

  33. Avatar photo paeryn says:
    April 25, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Being a Wiccan fan, I dug the relationship he has with Strange in this issue.  I figure he won’t be SS, but it might rope him into the NA universe the same way Statue and Vision got roped into MA.

  34. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    April 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    Good issue. Bendis is great at the team dynamic when the Avengers are having a meeting or flying somewhere, he really captures them all really well.

  35. Avatar photo captbastrd says:
    April 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    UGGGGHH!!! Story: fine. Dialogue: not Bendis’s best but good. Art: vomit inducing.
    I couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on w/ the Bachalo stuff! I liked him on Spidey, but here it’s just too confusing and muddled.
    Tan can go lick a toad, I can’t wait ’til he’s off the book. I think Immonen’s coming on issue 55, but… please, Stuart won’tcha just start on 53? Just re-draw whatever blech Tan did, I’m sure your rushed version of his regular work will look much better.

  36. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    April 25, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    The art and story were great, however I felt the dialogue in this issue was lacking (Dr. Strange: That is SO odd), however, overall it was great, I gave it a 5/5.

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