So far Marvel is batting 0 for 2 when it comes to their new lineup of Avengers comics. The New Avengers #1 isn't quite the disappointment Uncanny Avengers #1 was, but it suffers from many of the same problems. This is an Avengers comic with a fairly clear sense of purpose but lacking an engaging group dynamic. Of the two, I'd rather have the latter.
This series picks up one thread from Jonathan Hickman's Avengers run by exploring Sunspot's takeover of A.I.M. The organization has now gone legit and become "Avengers Idea Mechanics" - a privately funded super-team based on its own island and outside the jurisdiction of both Steve Rogers and S.H.I.E.L.D. In a way, that idea of this team being the renegade, underground version of the Avengers brings the New Avengers concept back to its roots. It's also not a bad concept for a new series. The problem is mainly in the execution.
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This series picks up one thread from Jonathan Hickman's Avengers run by exploring Sunspot's takeover of A.I.M. The organization has now gone legit and become "Avengers Idea Mechanics" - a privately funded super-team based on its own island and outside the jurisdiction of both Steve Rogers and S.H.I.E.L.D. In a way, that idea of this team being the renegade, underground version of the Avengers brings the New Avengers concept back to its roots. It's also not a bad concept for a new series. The problem is mainly in the execution.
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