NEW AVENGERS #2
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PENCILS: STUART IMMONEN
INKS: WADE VON GRAWBADGER
COLORED BY: LAURA JEAN MARTIN
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC
COVER BY: STUART IMMONEN
Size: 32 pages
Price: 3.99
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Re-numbering is both a curse and a blessing. The conventional wisdom is that sales go up however, in critical terms, it places a sort of temporal boundary upon the previous work, providing an easy target for points of comparison. No way to read this title without thinking back to Mr. Bendis's first New Avengers run.
And it is largely a favorable comparison. The plotting here is brisk as always: dark mystical forces have pierced the now fragile magical environment. The idea of a dimensional breach through decades of mis-use, akin to the destruction of the ozone layer, is similar to Warren Ellis's X-men/Ghost-Box storyline, but used in a much more subtle way, The plot does not dominate the story, much like the previous New Avengers run, there is that comparison; the characters are the feature attraction.
And a very large cast of characters it is, and well used too. Including Victoria Hand, I counted twelve Avengers, a modern pantheon of old and new Avengers. There is significance here, with this mythological number, a portent of things to come no doubt...or not, I tend to over-think these things sometimes.
Seeing Dr. Strange back in the game reminded me of what I consider the best run of the previous New Avengers volume, the Lenil Yu-era, which was prelude to the Secret Invasion storyline. At that point I was reading the title in trades, only picking up the single issues again at the beginning of Secret Invasion. So maybe the comparison is apples and oranges but it feels like Bendis is trying to recreate that same feeling, with basically the same team. More street-level characters, as the kids say, less similar to the beginning of the original New Avengers run which, with Captain America and Iron Man on the team, seemed more like the old Avengers.
And maybe that's the problem here, the negative comparison if you will. The post-Secret Invasion final run of New Avengers issues from the first volume just did not do it for me and, with Immonen, that is what this feels like. Don't get me wrong, Immonen's art is amazing as always and adding Ben Grimm was inspired. There is just something missing here; the same thing missing from that final run.
A better writer than I am may be able to pinpoint exactly the problem. For now, the best I can come up with is structure. The six-issue story arc is formulaic now, for me at least. Even though it is only the third issue AND even though I do not know for sure this is a six-issue story, it sure feels like it. Not saying go back to the single-issue, cliffhanger format of yester-yore. Nor do I think a four issue structure is better, or some monster year-long journey. I am just saying surprise me. Tell the story that needs to be told and do it in a way that stays true to the characters. 90% of the time, this is what Bendis does, there is a reason this man has been doing what he does for so long now.
That and Ghostbuster jokes.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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