The Mighty Avengers #1 review

Another week, another new Avengers book. A line I’m sure I’ve used previously. But that’s just it, Marvel can’t stop extending the brand, most recently with Avengers AI and now, this. Our story begins with Thanos’ lackeys, Proxima Midnight and Ebony Maw – feel free to take a titter break – sent to Earth to […]

Dark Avengers #175 review

And Jeff Parker surprises me again. Which is surprising in itself – after years of stylishly stalwart service writing such Marvel titles as Agents of ATLAS and Thunderbolts, constantly delivering original spins on old tropes, I should expect the unexpected. Like here. The cover tells us that Thunderbolts has become Dark Avengers, with Norman Osborn’s […]

Thunderbolts #168 review

Luke Cage doesn’t just take the cover, he takes the spotlight this issue, complete with Bronze Age splash page legend (‘Carl Lucas was a felon going nowhere …’). The Thunderbolts director is busy rounding up pesky escapees from supervillain prison The Raft. Colleagues Songbird and Mach V, meanwhile, are confronted by the even more annoying […]

The New Avengers #8 review

Luke Cage and Jessica Jones are in a restaurant, on their first date. Given that they’ve been wed awhile, this is a little surprising, but hey, they’re Avengers – busy people. The subject turns to whether Jess – who’s spent the last several years as a private detective while trying to ignore her super-powers – […]