Comics : Comic Reviews : Marvel Comics

Last Updated: Oct 20, 2009 - 7:25:21 AM

---

The New Avengers #38 By Hervé St-Louis Mar 24, 2008 - 19:51:21 PM Publisher(s): Marvel Comics Writer(s): Brian Michael Bendis Penciller(s): Michael Gaydos Inker(s): Michael Gaydos Colourist(s): Jose Villarrubia Letterer(s): Comicraft Cover Artist(s): Marko Djurdjevic

Email this Article  Printer Friendly Page  Mobile Friendly Page

Jessica Jones has left the rebel heroes at the end of the last issue and joined Iron Man’s Initiative, so she could offer her baby a safe place to grow up. Husband Cage is not happy about this and wants to get his wife and girl back. But Jones’ conditions are for him to join the Initiative. Will he?

I kept expecting Cage to try to burst in the Avengers, headquarters and get his daughter back. Fortunately, Bendis did not go there. However, he’s overusing the friendly amnesty ploy used several times by Ms. Marvel. How many times does she have to let a rebel go before it becomes ridiculous? If rebels are not automatically chased, especially when they show up on the doorsteps of registered heroes, then the concept loses credibility.

The storytelling and the panel layout in this issue are new grounds for an Avengers’ title. With Bendis at the helm, the pacing is slower and the fighting minimal. It feels more like a crime drama than a super hero book. I’m not complaining as for an issue about marital affairs, the characters’ expressions were just right.

Related Articles:
The New Avengers #54
New Avengers The Reunion 4 of 4
The New Avengers #53
The New Avengers #51
New Avengers #50
The New Avengers #49
The New Avengers #44
Marvel Animation Announces New Animated Avengers Series
The New Avengers #39
The New Avengers #38

Name

E-mail (Will not appear online)

Homepage

Title

Comment

Comments

© Copyright 2002-2009, Coolstreak Cartoons Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document(including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.

Top of Page