Dark Avengers #4 - Marvel

I think this book has a neat feel to it. Really, my only complaint about the whole book is the way Mike Deodato drew Iron Patriot on the front cover. He just doesn't look right. But, other than that . . I loved the book. It's got to be extremely liberating for Brian Bendis to be able to write a super-group like this. They're put together on the team in the traditional sense, but then . . since they're all actually 'bad-guys', they don't have to follow the traditional rules. They can pretty much do whatever they want. Well . . I guess I should say, they can pretty much do whatever Norman will let them do. That's kind of ironic, isn't it? Norman . . the consistent avatar of chaos, is now leading 7 others . . setting the rules . . keeping the leash's short . . having to play the adult, the role model, the parent. Whodathunkit? The part that I like about this team is the way all the characters snipe at each other. If it wasn't for Norman's strict discipline, there wouldn't be any team-work at all. There shouldn't be any team-work. On paper this team shouldn't work. But oddly enough . . Norman is making it work. A couple of things that come out this issue . . apparantly, Dr Doom is in possession of the Cosmic Cube. Does anybody else know that he has that? And why didn't Norman say anything? He's got to know how important and powerful that is. I think Moonstone has the hots for Marvel Boy. Also, something is up with the way that Morgana Le Fay takes out Ares. She does a transforming spell, turning him to stone. It's easy enough for Doom to reverse it, but even Norman asks . . "If she could take him out, why wouldn't she just do it all the way?" So, there might be something fishy there. And Bob . . Bob is an enigma. Last issue Morgana took him out. And by taking him out, I mean she made him disappear from existence. When the fighting ends, and the dust settles, he's no-where to be found. Then, as they're returning to Avengers tower . . all of the sudden it looks like somebody turned on the sun right over the building. It's so bright it's almost blinding. But right in the middle of it . . Bob's floating over the building. Moonstone comments, "Okay, uh, does he officially scare the crap out of anyone else?" And Bullseye asks, "Better question: when he flips out once and for all, what, if anything, could kill him?" On the last page of the issue, Bob is floating . . basking in the radiant rays, blond hair wisping in the wind, with an almost wry or sly look on his face . . it looks like he's exerting no energy whatsoever. He and Norman lock stares. Norman looks genuinely concerned. Maybe Norman isn't as 'in-control' as he thinks he is. Like I said, I really liked the book. Of course it doesn't hurt to have Mike Deodato Jr. doing the artwork. Every panel looked freakin' fantastic. Moonstone and Morgana both looked hot as hell. Which begs the question, how can bad girls look so good?