Avengers #56

Avengers #56 is an enlightening departure from the main story to prop up Jane Foster and explore her character. It's been a minute since Jane Foster has been explored and, judging by this issue, it's been far too long. Get hype Jane Foster rules in this solo story. Read Full Review

Garron delivers some beautifully detailed art on every page of the issue. The action is fantastic and the bright, inviting style of the art is visually engaging. Read Full Review

While it's a perfectly fine one-shot, what's added to the series makes this singular installment seem largely trivial, especially given the scope and definition previously provided to this specific character. Read Full Review

JCP

Aug 17, 2022

Jane Foster is a fantastic character.

CrazyforRAMU

Dec 22, 2022

I was never one of those Grognards with an existential objection to Jane Fos-Thor. I loved her from the beginning to the end and at every point along the way (with a few exceptions, like that time she got sidetracked playing with Shi'ar gods, yeesh). So this lovely little check-in with the Goddess of Thunder is a delight. I think it's a lot more than just pandering for the character's stans, too; the premise is great. This experience really throws a monkey wrench into the psyche of Valkyrie-Jane. The prose could be a little more polished but I think the art is perfect. The cartoony touches suit a too-good-to-be-true fantasy; after the fantasy's over, Mr. Garrón does an incredible job bringing Jane's inner turmoil up into her face. The long game of Mr. Aaron's Avengers remains a disorganized, joyless mess. But sometimes, when he drills down to fiddle with individual game-pieces (i.e. characters), he strikes sparks of joy that can elevate individual issues tremendously. more

Psycamorean

Sep 20, 2022

I'll be honest. A lot of this issue has shoddy construction. It mostly comes down to Javier Garron's art just not doing its job. I don't understand why he's the de-facto artist on the run. Issues like this, which actually do have a pretty competent script for a change, just show that he needs to refine his storytelling and style a bit.

Sollywoods

May 25, 2022

I enjoyed this more than I expected. Maybe since I read it after the absolutely horrible Amazing Spiderman issue this week, anything would seem good after that. I enjoyed Jane as Thor. That was a great run. I felt invested in Jane with what was happening and when I feel that connection to the fictional character, get brought into their world for the moment, that's when I know the writer is doing a good job. That being said... The pacing on this entire Avengers run has been driving me crazy! It takes so long for anything to happen and the narrative is all over the place, like Jason Aaron took his brain storming chalk board and instead of narrowing down a refined plot, he just went with every idea he ever had, and tried to write a story with it. So as an individual, character driven issue, I like it. Nothing about the overall state of this Avengers run has changed though. Now with this Avengers/Eternals/X-Men crossover happening, I don't expect things to change. Eternals ruin everything touch. I feel very negative today. Maybe it's the weather. more

Gizmo

May 31, 2022

I don't read this series but noticed this issue is a (mostly) self-contained story about Jane Foster, so I picked it up. I'm happy to report, no regrets.

DDJamesB

May 25, 2022

It was pretty decent. I really like Jane as a character so it was enjoyable to see her be the focus. There's not really much wrong with this issue, it just didn't feel exciting.