New Avengers #13

Against all odds, we get a pretty good conclusion to what has been an absolutely horrible arc. Read Full Review

Superia has injured Mockingbird, and we've been waiting three issues to see if she survives. They've been flashback issues illustrated by Howard Chaykin, so the wait has been somewhat ameliorated, but I was getting a little tired of all the hand-wringing. Read Full Review

Let's see how the team deals with the Thing's transformation into a servant of the Serpent! Read Full Review

This issue doesn't offer much of the '50s Avengers, but on the flip side the other half of the arc was allowed to reach an unexpectedly strong finish. Certain aspects of the series remain very much in question, though, and the Fear Itself tie-in has plenty to prove. Read Full Review

Chalk this one up as an interesting experiment that didn't quite work. Read Full Review

This story hasbeen all over the place. That may be a misleading sentence to start with as New Avengers #13 is definitely not a badcomic, it just felt odd reading the story. Ive been a fan of the second volumeof the New Avengers since it began,but this particular story never quite grabbed me and I wasnt quite sure whyuntil this issue.This particular story arc dealtwith a double storyline of the New Avengers fighting a rogue, leftover group ofNorman Osborns HAMMER in the present while an alternate story dealt with NickFury assembling the first team of Avengers that no one knew existed andfighting the Red Skull in the 1950s. This is far from a new story-tellingtechnique and, when used right, can be used to very good effect. For anexample, see a recent Secret Avengersstory in which the flashbacks were interwoven in way that was actuallyincorporated into the story. In this issue however, the flashbacks are justkind of there to give the reader exposition for no particular reason; there isnte Read Full Review

Ryan

Dec 12, 2018

Finally it’s over