the Mighty Avengers #1 - Marvel

I really liked the feel of this book. This one comes right on the heels of the Initiative. Hence . . . the banner on top of the cover. Anyways, Tony and Carol Danvers are hand picking who they want for their team. But Tony is multi-tasking, big time. Since he's hooked directly into the armor now, he's monitoring emergencies and such that are happening all over the globe. He got teams assembled in pretty much every state of the union, so now his focus is on the Avengers. He wants Carol to lead the team, which is why he's asked for her help in picking them. Their first choices are Wasp, Wonder Man and Sentry. Then they go for Black Widow and Ares. They argue a little over Sentry. Mainly because Carol thinks he's pretty messed up in the head, which he is, but Tony wants him for his sheer power. But Ares? Where did he come from? Apparently he's living in mans world, because he has a mortal son that he wants to be raised in a mortal environment. Plus he's pretty mad at his father, Zues, right now. Carol feels that he'll fill in for the Woverine / Thor factor. You know, people that are willing to do things that other people aren't. And their first mission? Mole man is attacking downtown Manhattan for some reason. Apparently someone, we don't know who, has attacked his underground world, and left it pretty much destroyed. He assumed that it was the surface dwellers. Also there's strange weather patterns going on all over the world. Tony seems to think that this is also attributed to the Mole Man. But I don't know. I think there may be something else going on that we aren't privy to yet. But the real shocker comes on the last page, when Tony appears to be going through some form of transformation, a very painful one it looks like, and after the dust settles, ends up being a new and improved female Ultron. That's quite a lot of action for the first book. Oh and did I mention that Tony is getting some new improved SHIELD helicarriers also? He designed them himself, and they look like an extension of his armor. Might be kinda' hard to hide those in the sky. Anyways, Bendis and Cho have really outdone themselves this issue. Fantastic first issue. I hope they keep the momentum going.