the New Avengers #58 - Marvel

This issue picks up immediately after Luke collapses, turning himself over to Iron Patriot and his Avengers. They try to gather up the rest of the Avengers, whom they know to be in the building, but . . I think they've bitten off a little more than they can chew. This is a pretty desperate crew now. They don't have much else to lose. Norman decides to go after Carol. On his own? She makes pretty short work of him. I love the exchange between the Night Nurse and Moonstar. It's brilliant. And then, in the sewers, Daken Bullseye and Gargan are trying to go after some of the Avengers who are fleeing the building . . through the muck. They seem to be getting away, until they decide to take a crack at their pursuers. It's hilarious when Daken is trying to sniff them out and then gets cracked square in the face by Cap's shield. Cap wants to retreat, but . . they started this fight. Norman's Avengers aren't just going to let them take their leave now. It seems that they're about to lose, until Cap shoots Ares square in the face with his Luger. He goes down, but . . he soon pulls himself up. 'Impressive!' Anyways, the Hood has finally made it back to his hideout with Madame Masque. This is when he learns that Doctor Jonas Harrow and most of his gang defecting. And, we don't know what the Asgardian Norn Stones have done for him . . yet! On the SHIELD helicarrier, Norman's got some guys working on trying to fix up Luke. But there's nothing they can do until they get Doctor Harrow and the power-dampner on board. Which they do . . eventually, but the issue ends with him going under the knife. We don't know what his final fate will be. And, when the Avenger's finally return to Cap's apartment, Jessica learns what happened of her husband . . and where he's at. She busts out of the building, ready to go save him, but Carol talks her down. 'Jessica, I promise you . . we have a plan.' But . . we won't find out what that is until next issue. We got a lot of action in this issue. And it seems like Brian Bendis moved all the storylines ahead just a bit. But . . we still have a lot of questions too. I worry about the future of this team. It seems like they get more raggedy every issue. However I assume . . I trust . . that Brian has a plan. It just hasn't all played out yet. Stuart Immonen does the pencils this issue. He does a great job. It would be nice if he could stick around for a while. Anyways, overall I liked the book. I don't really like the Hood character, but . . he's part of the story. What can I do? I just hope these guys catch a break sometime soon. I'm rooting for them.