A review by trike
All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven by
3.0
I've probably said this before, but typically I find that Mark Waid is either really good or really bad, with very little middle ground. In this volume he hits that middle ground effortlessly.
There are some cool ideas here, so bonus points for that, but they are rather clumsily realized, which brings us back to square one. Some fun dialogue but only delivered in character sketches rather than fully-realized portrayals.
That second part is not too big of a deal as I'm carrying over the good bits of G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel and Brian Michael Bendis' Miles Morales/Spider-man, but I don't have any such attachment to the new Nova or Captain America (neé Falcon), so that's a wash.
Similarly, when Sam Wilson discovers who the new Thor is, it's an interesting bit, but it only lasts a couple panels, undercut by the action. It's nice to see Equinox again, a character I first met back in the late 70s (or early 80s) in Marvel Team-Up, but he's just used here as a puppet, like a tough minion in a video game.
So while I don't regret having read this, I wasn't wowed by it, either. It was a nice but forgettable superhero punch-up.
There are some cool ideas here, so bonus points for that, but they are rather clumsily realized, which brings us back to square one. Some fun dialogue but only delivered in character sketches rather than fully-realized portrayals.
That second part is not too big of a deal as I'm carrying over the good bits of G. Willow Wilson's Ms. Marvel and Brian Michael Bendis' Miles Morales/Spider-man, but I don't have any such attachment to the new Nova or Captain America (neé Falcon), so that's a wash.
Similarly, when Sam Wilson discovers who the new Thor is, it's an interesting bit, but it only lasts a couple panels, undercut by the action. It's nice to see Equinox again, a character I first met back in the late 70s (or early 80s) in Marvel Team-Up, but he's just used here as a puppet, like a tough minion in a video game.
So while I don't regret having read this, I wasn't wowed by it, either. It was a nice but forgettable superhero punch-up.