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I had a boss/friend who taught me the "sandwich" technique. Whenever you are evaluating somebody you should start and end with something good (bread) to make them feel good and put the bad (meat) in the middle. Well Yu's art in this series is above and beyond the indiscernible slop that was coming out in New Avengers. I can actually tell what's going on in every panel, what a concept.
That being said, this series defines event fatigue. Taken by itself, this was a great fun read. But in events like this you can't just take the main series by itself when all of the monthly books turn into tie-ins. I think that's what made this book feel like just a collection of tie-ins. Every page or two could have just as easily been pulled from the corresponding characters book.
The whole set-up pages for Avengers Initiative? Totally useless. We could have jumped directly into them saving the Young Avengers. Two pages of "What's going on?" "Is this a drill?" Could have been, and probably will be, done in the Avengers Initiative tie-in.
The Young Avengers? While Vision getting his head shot off in glorious detail was cool, still could have been done in the Young Avengers Runaways tie-in.
Since when was Mighty Avengers required reading? I bought the last two or three issues and enjoyed them to varying degrees.I understand Bendis is weaving it and New Avengers into and out of the story. But if I had not read them the last page reveal of Nick Fury's new Howling Commandos would have totally warranted a WTF.
One small nitpick (as if that isn't what most of these has been already) was the skrull language. Why was it we could understand the "He loves you" comments in issue one but all of these soldiers seem to be saying it in skrullanese? One or two would be fine, but when the only spoken language for two pages is skrullanese that's kind of a waste. I bought a comic to read it, not to look at your made up language and try and guess what they are saying.
I guess my main point is if it looks like all of this stuff could have been taken care of in the tie-ins and you're putting it in here, why do you need the tie-ins? Isn't the point of tie-ins to take care of things you couldn't fit into the main book? In this case the main book looks to just be leading you into reading the tie-ins.
To end on a good note (yummy bread, I'm imagining sourdough) I really liked the beginning where Maria Hill acknowledges that the SHIELD Helicarrier falls out of the sky "every Thursday." While funny, it doesn't dismiss the complaint just because you make a joke about it.
Also good was the tease of Tony Stark possibly being a skrull. While this has been theorized by fans for quite some time as a way to get out of the Civil War rut that Marvel put themselves in and return to the norm of Good Guys Vs. Bad Guys, it was nice to see it possibly happen. When I first heard the idea of Tony being a skrull I thought it would be a cop out. However, since they haven't really done anything with the new storyline possibilities they put out there with Civil War (aside from a few issues of New/Mighty Avengers and Thunderbolts) I would be fine with it now.
In fact I am begging you now Bendis. Please make Tony a skrull. It would explain how he is in every marvel book with completely different outlooks on situations and we could all grow to love our little drunkard tin can again without having to feel a little bit dirty since this is the same guy who let Cap die on his watch.
That being said, this series defines event fatigue. Taken by itself, this was a great fun read. But in events like this you can't just take the main series by itself when all of the monthly books turn into tie-ins. I think that's what made this book feel like just a collection of tie-ins. Every page or two could have just as easily been pulled from the corresponding characters book.
The whole set-up pages for Avengers Initiative? Totally useless. We could have jumped directly into them saving the Young Avengers. Two pages of "What's going on?" "Is this a drill?" Could have been, and probably will be, done in the Avengers Initiative tie-in.
The Young Avengers? While Vision getting his head shot off in glorious detail was cool, still could have been done in the Young Avengers Runaways tie-in.
Since when was Mighty Avengers required reading? I bought the last two or three issues and enjoyed them to varying degrees.I understand Bendis is weaving it and New Avengers into and out of the story. But if I had not read them the last page reveal of Nick Fury's new Howling Commandos would have totally warranted a WTF.
One small nitpick (as if that isn't what most of these has been already) was the skrull language. Why was it we could understand the "He loves you" comments in issue one but all of these soldiers seem to be saying it in skrullanese? One or two would be fine, but when the only spoken language for two pages is skrullanese that's kind of a waste. I bought a comic to read it, not to look at your made up language and try and guess what they are saying.
I guess my main point is if it looks like all of this stuff could have been taken care of in the tie-ins and you're putting it in here, why do you need the tie-ins? Isn't the point of tie-ins to take care of things you couldn't fit into the main book? In this case the main book looks to just be leading you into reading the tie-ins.
To end on a good note (yummy bread, I'm imagining sourdough) I really liked the beginning where Maria Hill acknowledges that the SHIELD Helicarrier falls out of the sky "every Thursday." While funny, it doesn't dismiss the complaint just because you make a joke about it.
Also good was the tease of Tony Stark possibly being a skrull. While this has been theorized by fans for quite some time as a way to get out of the Civil War rut that Marvel put themselves in and return to the norm of Good Guys Vs. Bad Guys, it was nice to see it possibly happen. When I first heard the idea of Tony being a skrull I thought it would be a cop out. However, since they haven't really done anything with the new storyline possibilities they put out there with Civil War (aside from a few issues of New/Mighty Avengers and Thunderbolts) I would be fine with it now.
In fact I am begging you now Bendis. Please make Tony a skrull. It would explain how he is in every marvel book with completely different outlooks on situations and we could all grow to love our little drunkard tin can again without having to feel a little bit dirty since this is the same guy who let Cap die on his watch.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
Good review. The story definitely merits a 3/5. I am not sure that Yu’s art is at the 5/5 level, but we all grade on our own curves.
I feel that the fatigue with this story (as in many crossovers) comes from the "and now back at the ranch" phenomenon. Jumping from one story to another without much contextual tie-in is often boring. The best crossovers are the ones in which there is a main group story that is only lightly development on the peripheral stuff AND peripheral stories which provide nuance and dimension to the main story. Aside from the panels with the Skrull Queen and Tony Stark (and perhaps Nick Fury’s gang at the end), this was really a group of disconnected tales.
I actually liked last week’s Ms. Marvel better as a supporting story that provided much more insight into the Skrull Invasion. I wish that there were a limited Nick Fury series to support this as well. Despite the fact that I don’t normally read the Young Avengers and Avengers: Initiative titles, I will probably try to see how they fit in with this crossover.
My reasoning for the 5/5 for the Yu art was the progression. Comparing this issue to his New Avengers ones you see a world of difference. You’re right though, taken by itself it’s probably a 4.
Ugh, oh I hope Tony’s not a skrull (and I don’t think he is). I personally find him a MUCH more interesting character now, post Civil War. But, hey, that’s just me. 🙂
Also: I’m thinking the Nick Fury reveal is supposed to be a big WTF moment if you haven’t read Mighty Avengers. I mean, there’s a long history of comics having a big cliffhanger ending where a new group arrives and no one knows who they are. So I don’t think you need to have read MA to get this. In fact, it might even be better if you’re NOT reading MA, because then you truly do get the whole — "Wow, Fury’s back and…who are all these people?" moment.
The problem will come NEXT issue. If Bendis doesn’t let new readers know who these new characters are in the next issue, then I’ll agree it’s a problem that he made MA required reading.
The reason we could understand the Skrulls saying "He loves you." is because when they said it, they were talking to the humans. When they were speaking Skrulleese, they were talking to each other. It’s like that with any war with foregniers/aliens. When they speak to each other, they speak in their native language so that the enemy hopefully won’t understand them. When speaking TO the enemy, you want to be understood.