A review by jstilts
The New Avengers, Vol. 1 by Stuart Immonen, Brian Michael Bendis

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

What starts out as a bit of Marvel comic-book fun soon descends into a lot of shouting that never really stops. The antagonist is mystical, so the shouting is underscored with a lot of stuff so random that most of the characters were as much out of their depth as I was.

The solution in the end was all too predictable, but at least it had logic going for it.

Early scenes with Luke Cage being posessed by a demon and inexplicably growing into a giant is nicely silly - but that's where the fun ended.

Not for me.