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NEW AVENGERS #53


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  1. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    May 26, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    This is the book i’m most looking forward to this week which is really saying something considering whats coming out

     

  2. edward says:
    May 26, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    they look like they’re dealing with the hung over from Bucky’s party on the cover.

     however Dr. Strange went out with his weird friends and took something a bit dodgy than came over all hopped up, he’s talking loudy and can’t sit still.

  3. Avatar photo BrandonP says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Should be another great issue. Dark Reign has been a lot of fun

  4. Avatar photo ScorpionMasada says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Dr. Strange rules.

    That is all I have to say.

  5. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Hopefully we find out who the new Sorcerer Supreme is going to be in this issue. Too bad it’s looking like it’s not Wiccan. =[

  6. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    May 26, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    I’m kinda tired of this arc. For some reason it just doesn’t catch my interest, and i really like Strange.

  7. Avatar photo ButchCassidy says:
    May 26, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Dr. Strange and magic just never really do it for me. I’ll be glad when they get past this story.

  8. Avatar photo Diabhol says:
    May 27, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Bachalo = Not so great, but tolerable.

    Tan =  freakin’ sweet.

    Bendis  = the messiah.

    So excited for this!

  9. Avatar photo twooldridge says:
    May 27, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    Magic…….yay…….I cant say that I dont like this, but I’m ready for this magic to be over.

  10. Avatar photo ShonenRafa77 says:
    May 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Bendis’ treatment of the Hood’s suffering under Dormammu is really compelling, I think. I can’t wait for that storyline to come to a head (my guess is that won’t happen for a while, though)

  11. Avatar photo har13quin says:
    May 28, 2009 at 6:29 am

    Im with ShonenRafa77. Loving Bendis, and The Hood’s struggle with Dormammu. Also I have to disagree with Diabhol, Bachalo carries this book for me, artistically, and Tan is not so great. What’s with Ms Marvel’s Mask? (who should be dead btw) It looks like he basically draws it on afterwards with a black felt tip.

     Anyway, in summary, I’m also really looking forward to this. 

  12. Avatar photo AlexG says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:36 am

    I hope the entire issue is spent watching the New Avengers make sandwiches

  13. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:04 am

    Well they’re gonna be in new orleans so maybe they can all go get some seafood and sit around and talk about how awesome fried shrimp is. But then Luke has to get a crab cake sandwich cause he’s allergic to shrimp and he spends the whole meal trying to convince everyone that crab is way better than shrimp. So Dr. Strange uses a spell to find out which is really better and then Clint says something really smartass and everyone laughs. The end.

  14. edward says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    @har13quin, totally. Bachalo is fantastic. he’s one of the few artist my non-comic reading friends know of and enjoy.

     this book has lost so much heat, only 13 posts?

    Does anyone else fell like they are just buying it out of good will towards Bendis and the hope that it returns to the awesomeness of it’s beginning?

  15. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    @edward  not really, i liked this issue and this whole arc. its nice to see the avengers on a real mission and not stumbling into a random action scene

     

  16. Avatar photo cutty says:
    May 28, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    God Billy Tan is inconsistent.  He’s getting better with faces, but sometimes he draws some figures that make you wonder how the fuck he’s employed by Marvel. 

    4/5 for me, I thought Bendis put together some nice action sequences.

  17. Avatar photo ScorpionMasada says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    I dug on this.

    Kind of wish it was Son of Satan, but we will see how this plays out.

  18. MisterJ says:
    May 29, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    The ‘Bucky Cap’ moments were my favorite part of the book.

  19. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    May 29, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Yeah i really liked the way bendis wrote son of satan, i kinda want a mini about him now

  20. Avatar photo captbastrd says:
    May 29, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    @ har13quin
    (Re: Ms. Marvel’s mask)
    That’s exactly what I said on issue 50! There it looked like someone scratched it in in pen, though; here I didn’t notice until I went back after seeing your comment.

    Was this a different colorist? I can’t find/am too lazy to do more than look to last issue’s iFanboy info to see who did it last time; I could be wrong about the difference, but the colors just look like they suit Tan better this issue. There weren’t any glaring ‘blech’ moments art-wise (aside from the Skaar: Son of Hulk ad by Ed McGuiness *puts up dukes in preparation*).

    When Bucky Cap (that was funny) took out the rifles, I was a little apprehensive, but it honestly does make sense; we just don’t often see him using more than the pistol in his main book because he’s running around solo whereas he has access to a big ass jet in NA.

  21. Avatar photo Jim says:
    May 29, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    This was actually my favorite issue of New Avengers since pre-Secret Invasion– I gave it a solid 4 out of 5.

  22. Avatar photo TheDudeVonDoom says:
    May 30, 2009 at 12:54 am

    The only thing more annoying than Spider-Man hating guns is how Tan hates them two; just what the hell was Cap holding?

  23. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    May 30, 2009 at 1:11 am

    @TheDudeVonDoom: Why is Spider-Man hating guns annoying? It makes quite a bit of sense.

  24. edward says:
    May 30, 2009 at 8:28 am

    @conor: yep

  25. TGibs says:
    May 30, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    @AlexG I know your kidding but I would read that… for months… the book is just that good.

  26. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    May 31, 2009 at 1:18 am

    first Matt Fraction, now mr Bendis is giving a nice "fuck you" to BND spider-man.  even if they have to publicly accept it, they can sneak that nice "fuck you" into their books.

  27. Avatar photo TheDudeVonDoom says:
    May 31, 2009 at 6:13 am

    @conor it was how it was done. Spidey running around when [SPOILERS:] Masque got dinged reminded me of Dakota Fanning from War of the Worlds in how annoying it was. But hey, tha’t’s me.

  28. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    May 31, 2009 at 10:11 am

    I really dug this issue. I have to agree with TheDudeVonDoom a little in the sense that i hought it was annoying the way spider-man was saying he didn’t like guns. It just felt out of place for some reason or campy. Just seemed like a bit up a hiccup in the emersion i had with this book.

  29. Avatar photo mountainwindcat says:
    May 31, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Meh, it was okay-plus. Like a 3.5. But I’ll give it a 4 because it was more good than mediocre.

  30. Avatar photo captbastrd says:
    June 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    @ VonDoom & Fvckstick
    His uncle was killed by a gun. It makes perfect sense for him to have strog apprehension to their use in a battle. It’s no different from Batman refusing to use firearms, only he’d say it in a more badass way like, "That’s a coward’s weapon!" (which would make Bucky Cap feel like a douche cuz I’m sure he read Detective Comics in the 40s). Spider-man is not nearly as much a badass as ol’ Bruce Wayne, so he’d say it more sheepishly. I saw nothing wrong with it.

    I saw an old Luke Cage panel from the 70s where he’s breaking an assault rifle yelling, "I freakin’ hate guns!" That was campy (… slash-awesome!).

  31. Avatar photo kwisdumb says:
    June 1, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    I gave this a solid 3. It was good, but it didn’t really catch my eye. The best part was the interaction between Bucky Cap & Spider-Man.

  32. Avatar photo Mangaman says:
    September 2, 2009 at 12:53 am

    Rereading this issue made me notice the very cheesy dialogue on Daimon’s part. It was just so out of place, especially with the constant hell puns. Puns are fine but when you’re trying to write a badass, use it sparingly.

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