The Mighty Avengers #11 By Hervé St-Louis Apr 19, 2008 - 8:12:57 AM Marvel Comics Writer(s): Brian Bendis Penciller(s): Mark Bagley, Marko Djurdjevic Inker(s): Danny Miki, Allen Martinez

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While Iron Man, Sentry and Doctor Doom are caught in the past, the remaining Avengers are all captured while they tried to invade Latveria after Doctor Doom released a Venom virus on New York City. Can the Avengers free themselves in time, before Doctor Doom, using time travel tricks to tip the fight in his favour can defeat them once and for all?

Sometimes, when reading so many comic books by one writer, one starts to just think of them as just one series. That’s perhaps when the quirks of the writer are so present in his work that they start fade away at the individuality of a comic book. Reading this issue, I thought that I had read the witty thought bubble commentary trick used by Bendis in this series in quite a lot in recent months. After a short research, I realized that Bendis uses this trick mostly in this series, but that analogues of this technique could be read elsewhere. Bendis has a strong voice and his stories are interesting. However, when one series feels like nothing but the same thing read elsewhere, it may be a sign that it’s time to change the writer. He works too much and his books are starting to share the same voice. Therefore, there’s no point reading all of them as they have no individuality. The story and tricks to juxtapose time with the previous issue is smart, but there is not much that makes this series unique anymore. Do the Mighty Avengers have a future, past the Secret Invasion cross over going on at Marvel Comics these days?

Bagley provides a usual comic book action-packed story here. It is pure super heroics and new artists should pay attention. There are enough panels showing individual Avengers fighting on their own, while alternate frames have group shots of them fighting together or just standing.  It may not seem groundbreaking, but unlike many artists, Bagley gets all points across and one never has to guess what exactly is happening inside a panel. Still, his artistry oozes out of the page. It’s a good combination.

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