This book is all about the team going after Luke Cage. The interesting part though is the sheer number of characters that come to their aid because of the way that Luke has touched their lives. Just to name a few we have Doctor Voodoo, Misty Knight, the Thing, Iron Fist (of course), Hellcat, Valkyrie, Daredevil and Doctor Strange. A pretty vast and eclectic mix of characters. They decide that in order to safely extract Luke they're going to have to use a 'trick' play. Spider-man actually comes up with the plan. He remembers when he and Daredevil were constantly fighting Wilson Fisk. The Kingpin would throw out a couple of bad-guys on the other side of town, while his real mission was to far away for them to do anything about. Or . . by the time they found out, it was already over. Which is where all the extra help comes him. A large group of them attack Camp Hammond. Norman reacts because he thinks that the Avengers think that's where he's holding Luke. Of course it's not, but . . he's also looking for any excuse for a fight with these guys. His ego will overpower his reasoning. Meanwhile, a smaller group will hit the helicarrier where they are actually holding Luke. Sure it'll be messy, but by the time Norman figures out their real intentions . . he'll be on the other side of the country. There's only a few things the Avengers didn't take into account. First of all, Norman has shields in place to warn him of a psychic, or magical attack. So he knows that Doctor Strange and Doctor Voodoo were there. Well . . maybe not them specifically, but . . someone with magical powers went to check on Luke. The Avengers actually talk about this possibility, but the discount it. They shouldn't have. Secondly, Norman had his surgeon operate on Luke to fix his heart. Norman! So on the final panel when we find out that he also inserted a tracking device, or is it a monitor? . . or bomb? . . it really came as no surprise. The question is . . what is Norman going to do now? I like this book. I like these characters. I think Brian Bendis is doing a great job. And I love Stuart Immonen's art. But . . I think I'm starting to like the Mighty Avengers just a bit more. Not because of any specific reason that I can pin-point. I just do. To me, the biggest difference between the 2 books is that . . this team always seems to be on the defensive. They're always hiding, or trying to fix things that have already happened. But in the Mighty Avengers . . while they're still on the 'outs' because of Norman, they're starting to take the fight to him. They've become more offensive. Anyways, I still like this book. I just always have the question in the back of my mind . . what happens when all of this is over? What happens when they're no longer hiding, or outcast because of Norman Osborn? What happens when the clouds part and they can all function on one team, but . . there's 3 or more teams out there? What happens to all these different groups then?
Thursday, November 26, 2009
the New Avengers #59 - Marvel
This book is all about the team going after Luke Cage. The interesting part though is the sheer number of characters that come to their aid because of the way that Luke has touched their lives. Just to name a few we have Doctor Voodoo, Misty Knight, the Thing, Iron Fist (of course), Hellcat, Valkyrie, Daredevil and Doctor Strange. A pretty vast and eclectic mix of characters. They decide that in order to safely extract Luke they're going to have to use a 'trick' play. Spider-man actually comes up with the plan. He remembers when he and Daredevil were constantly fighting Wilson Fisk. The Kingpin would throw out a couple of bad-guys on the other side of town, while his real mission was to far away for them to do anything about. Or . . by the time they found out, it was already over. Which is where all the extra help comes him. A large group of them attack Camp Hammond. Norman reacts because he thinks that the Avengers think that's where he's holding Luke. Of course it's not, but . . he's also looking for any excuse for a fight with these guys. His ego will overpower his reasoning. Meanwhile, a smaller group will hit the helicarrier where they are actually holding Luke. Sure it'll be messy, but by the time Norman figures out their real intentions . . he'll be on the other side of the country. There's only a few things the Avengers didn't take into account. First of all, Norman has shields in place to warn him of a psychic, or magical attack. So he knows that Doctor Strange and Doctor Voodoo were there. Well . . maybe not them specifically, but . . someone with magical powers went to check on Luke. The Avengers actually talk about this possibility, but the discount it. They shouldn't have. Secondly, Norman had his surgeon operate on Luke to fix his heart. Norman! So on the final panel when we find out that he also inserted a tracking device, or is it a monitor? . . or bomb? . . it really came as no surprise. The question is . . what is Norman going to do now? I like this book. I like these characters. I think Brian Bendis is doing a great job. And I love Stuart Immonen's art. But . . I think I'm starting to like the Mighty Avengers just a bit more. Not because of any specific reason that I can pin-point. I just do. To me, the biggest difference between the 2 books is that . . this team always seems to be on the defensive. They're always hiding, or trying to fix things that have already happened. But in the Mighty Avengers . . while they're still on the 'outs' because of Norman, they're starting to take the fight to him. They've become more offensive. Anyways, I still like this book. I just always have the question in the back of my mind . . what happens when all of this is over? What happens when they're no longer hiding, or outcast because of Norman Osborn? What happens when the clouds part and they can all function on one team, but . . there's 3 or more teams out there? What happens to all these different groups then?
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