MIGHTY AVENGERS #11
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I know a lot of people have felt very apathetic about Mighty Avengers so far and I can't say I blame, but I have to say this issue was pretty good. It wasn't Iron Fist/Cap/All-Star Supes/GL good, but it was still pretty good. There was a fairly good amount of action, character moments, and humor for all. It had its flaws and I certainly have my issues with Mr. Bendis over certain things but I certainly enjoyed it.
Before I dive into the details, I just want to congratulate Mark Bagley on his great professionalism and taking one for the team here. While Cho manages to throw the schedule of the whole book into a cocked hat, Bags just managed to put everything nearly back on schedule by managing to finish his entire run before Cho even got to issue 6 so the book could run bi-weekly for a spell to catch up. I think that shows Bags to not only be the Flash of Comic Book Artists but an awesome professional that understands the importance of punctuality and work ethic, something I think many creators today have forgotten. And the art itself, most likely his last for Marvel for the moment, is pretty good, too. I hope DC does good by you, sir.
So, Doom uses his magic (so he doesn't have to explain it... heh) to move himself into Morgan Le Fay's time again and asks her how to build an army of Mindless Ones-looking things against the Avengers. Why he didn't ask her this question BEFORE he sold Valeria's soul to the Demons Three and got himself trapped in Hell in Unthinkable is anyone's guess, but that's aside the point. The point is we get a rather nice, if brief fight between the Avengers and a swarm of the monsters that end in the latter triumphant as the heroes awake to find themselves in Doom's lab. Here we see some nice moments of humor as Doom actually hurts Ms. Marvel's feelings by calling her fat and a cow, following by boyfriend Wonder Man timidly pointing out "You're not fat." We also have the point when Doom tells Ares that he's going to hand him to his father and Ares curses for Doom to burn in Hell but internally responds with "Oh, no!" I realize there's some real animosity between Ares and Zeus in the Marvel Universe, but I still read it as if Ares just turned into a fifteen-year-old kid panicking because the cops have to tell his dad he wrecked the car. Good times.
We also get Doom's internal monologue where he goes into the villainous exposition inside his head that we're used to seeing spoken. In a moment that just made me laugh, he ends his whole spiel by basically saying "This is what happened... but I'm not telling THEM that!" So, pretty much, Bendis just tried to do the cliche villain monologue without the problem of a genius like Doom just telling the heroes everything they need to know. It still comes off as clunky and awkard... but that's what makes it funny.
And here's where things get weird... well, weirdER. Faster than you can say "Deus Ex Machina!", Jessica Drew pulls some newfound power out of nowhere and breaks the bonds that were holding the Avengers. If it looks fishy, that's only because it is. Skrull? Maybe, but that's for a patented Widow-to-Drew glare to deal with at the end of the issue. Right now, we got Doom to deal with!
After some tussling, we get to the point of last issue's ending where Iron Man and the Sentry came back to see Iron Man get blown up. Like most "Is Iron Man dead?" cliffhangers, this one falls a little flat as Iron Man basically goes "I'm feeling much bettah!" and moves on. Still, there were nice moments as such as when Bob asks Carol if he should rip off Tony's facemask and Tony responds with, "I'd rather... you didn't." Whether or not the jab at the recent tradition of Iron Man guest appearing in books only to get into a fight with the character and get his mask ripped off was intentional, I still laughed. Plus, Tony using Sentry's billion exploding suns power to recharge was kind of cool. I have a lot of issues with Bendis at the moment, but I do give him his props when it comes to his treatment of Tony's Extremis powers. A lot of creators it seems, especially when they use Tony as their book's star's punching bag, tend to forget that the armor is insanely powerful and can withstand a lot (like, say, lightning or webbing or an atomic blast) so it is nice to see Bendis give Iron Man his due, especialy the bit where Doom internally admits he doesn't know exactly HOW Extremis works. That was a nice touch.
Finally, Sentry rushes down to Doom where the monarch is making short work of the others via magic and stops him in an instant. Hey, look at that! Bob did something of consequence without Tony Stark trying to motivate him for half an issue! Good for him! Anyways, Doom is finally down and Tony pulls the Bruckheimer-esque line you know he's been wanting to say since issue 9: "You recognize my authority, now?"
So, now, Doom's behind bars for crimes against humanity (I guess assaulting US citizens like the FF and taking over the plant at least twice doesn't count... but a Venom virus is too far!) Now for the most shocking ending of the book so far... Tony Stark's actually wearing a SHIELD uniform! What? I was surprised. He never wears that thing except for that one time in Cap 26. Anyways, we get our monthly Widow-to-Drew glare (Widow asks a question, Jessica dodges it, and GLAAAAARE!!!!!-- it's been done three times now, please stop it, Brian) and Morgan Le Fay looks at the window solemnly for the loss of her armored love machine. Granted, the sexual/romantic aspect of this relationship has existed for all of two throwaway scenes but they were some darn good throwaways and I'm hoping to see these two together in the future.
So, that ends the last story before the Secret Invasion. It wasn't Ultron Unlimited... but it wasn't Fem-Tron either. I was satisfied with this story for all its flaws. It's clear Bendis isn't trying to write an emotionally wrenching masterpiece like with Daredevil and that's fine. For his first real attempt at capturing the "classic" Avengers tone after Fem-Tron, I'd say he did rather well by adding his classic humor to the proceedings. It could be a little better... but it could be much much worse (*cough*Ultimates 3*cough*). If you're looking for some old school slug-outs and a little humor in your superteam books, you might want to pick this story up.
Before I dive into the details, I just want to congratulate Mark Bagley on his great professionalism and taking one for the team here. While Cho manages to throw the schedule of the whole book into a cocked hat, Bags just managed to put everything nearly back on schedule by managing to finish his entire run before Cho even got to issue 6 so the book could run bi-weekly for a spell to catch up. I think that shows Bags to not only be the Flash of Comic Book Artists but an awesome professional that understands the importance of punctuality and work ethic, something I think many creators today have forgotten. And the art itself, most likely his last for Marvel for the moment, is pretty good, too. I hope DC does good by you, sir.
So, Doom uses his magic (so he doesn't have to explain it... heh) to move himself into Morgan Le Fay's time again and asks her how to build an army of Mindless Ones-looking things against the Avengers. Why he didn't ask her this question BEFORE he sold Valeria's soul to the Demons Three and got himself trapped in Hell in Unthinkable is anyone's guess, but that's aside the point. The point is we get a rather nice, if brief fight between the Avengers and a swarm of the monsters that end in the latter triumphant as the heroes awake to find themselves in Doom's lab. Here we see some nice moments of humor as Doom actually hurts Ms. Marvel's feelings by calling her fat and a cow, following by boyfriend Wonder Man timidly pointing out "You're not fat." We also have the point when Doom tells Ares that he's going to hand him to his father and Ares curses for Doom to burn in Hell but internally responds with "Oh, no!" I realize there's some real animosity between Ares and Zeus in the Marvel Universe, but I still read it as if Ares just turned into a fifteen-year-old kid panicking because the cops have to tell his dad he wrecked the car. Good times.
We also get Doom's internal monologue where he goes into the villainous exposition inside his head that we're used to seeing spoken. In a moment that just made me laugh, he ends his whole spiel by basically saying "This is what happened... but I'm not telling THEM that!" So, pretty much, Bendis just tried to do the cliche villain monologue without the problem of a genius like Doom just telling the heroes everything they need to know. It still comes off as clunky and awkard... but that's what makes it funny.
And here's where things get weird... well, weirdER. Faster than you can say "Deus Ex Machina!", Jessica Drew pulls some newfound power out of nowhere and breaks the bonds that were holding the Avengers. If it looks fishy, that's only because it is. Skrull? Maybe, but that's for a patented Widow-to-Drew glare to deal with at the end of the issue. Right now, we got Doom to deal with!
After some tussling, we get to the point of last issue's ending where Iron Man and the Sentry came back to see Iron Man get blown up. Like most "Is Iron Man dead?" cliffhangers, this one falls a little flat as Iron Man basically goes "I'm feeling much bettah!" and moves on. Still, there were nice moments as such as when Bob asks Carol if he should rip off Tony's facemask and Tony responds with, "I'd rather... you didn't." Whether or not the jab at the recent tradition of Iron Man guest appearing in books only to get into a fight with the character and get his mask ripped off was intentional, I still laughed. Plus, Tony using Sentry's billion exploding suns power to recharge was kind of cool. I have a lot of issues with Bendis at the moment, but I do give him his props when it comes to his treatment of Tony's Extremis powers. A lot of creators it seems, especially when they use Tony as their book's star's punching bag, tend to forget that the armor is insanely powerful and can withstand a lot (like, say, lightning or webbing or an atomic blast) so it is nice to see Bendis give Iron Man his due, especialy the bit where Doom internally admits he doesn't know exactly HOW Extremis works. That was a nice touch.
Finally, Sentry rushes down to Doom where the monarch is making short work of the others via magic and stops him in an instant. Hey, look at that! Bob did something of consequence without Tony Stark trying to motivate him for half an issue! Good for him! Anyways, Doom is finally down and Tony pulls the Bruckheimer-esque line you know he's been wanting to say since issue 9: "You recognize my authority, now?"
So, now, Doom's behind bars for crimes against humanity (I guess assaulting US citizens like the FF and taking over the plant at least twice doesn't count... but a Venom virus is too far!) Now for the most shocking ending of the book so far... Tony Stark's actually wearing a SHIELD uniform! What? I was surprised. He never wears that thing except for that one time in Cap 26. Anyways, we get our monthly Widow-to-Drew glare (Widow asks a question, Jessica dodges it, and GLAAAAARE!!!!!-- it's been done three times now, please stop it, Brian) and Morgan Le Fay looks at the window solemnly for the loss of her armored love machine. Granted, the sexual/romantic aspect of this relationship has existed for all of two throwaway scenes but they were some darn good throwaways and I'm hoping to see these two together in the future.
So, that ends the last story before the Secret Invasion. It wasn't Ultron Unlimited... but it wasn't Fem-Tron either. I was satisfied with this story for all its flaws. It's clear Bendis isn't trying to write an emotionally wrenching masterpiece like with Daredevil and that's fine. For his first real attempt at capturing the "classic" Avengers tone after Fem-Tron, I'd say he did rather well by adding his classic humor to the proceedings. It could be a little better... but it could be much much worse (*cough*Ultimates 3*cough*). If you're looking for some old school slug-outs and a little humor in your superteam books, you might want to pick this story up.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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