THANOSRULES said:
On Nova..
good to hear this book is good. i went today to buy it and it was sold out at my comics store.
I hope Marvel doesnt overdo the "immenant insanity" thing...seeing as how this was so recentley done with Captain marvel, and probably isolated him from fans and doomed his comic days. If anything its probably plausible incentive to spread the power out over the long run. In other words, to rebuild the corps.
I agree, I hope that aspect isn't overplayed, but kept a little more subtle. Still, Nova's emotional outburst of rage against the Annihilation Rage was very dramatic.
On New Avengers..
I've been rough on this book myself, and what we get here is not perfect, but much more in line with the kind of threat and story I'd like to see. I had no problem with Spidey's banter , Bendis gives him some of the best material IMO , his lines in New Avengers and Secret War have had me in stiches.
Is Micheal a bit generic? Sure...But so much about him is cool. First, he is megalo powerful. Secondly, he represents a nice opportunity for the aftermath House of M to become a little clearer. Thirdley, due to his power, follow up storys and questions abound..If the New Avengers defeat him, do all the people listed as comprising his powers get their powers back? Will he lead to any new Clues about Wanda etc..? We need to give this story some time to develop. (jeez not surprising with NA)
If I do have one complaint, its that the New Avengers once again dont impress me as a team. We have Ms.Marvel acting on her own the issue before, then we see Iron Man attempting a stupid move on his own, then once again-the Sentry comes in on his own. It felt like I was back in 8th grade watching somone play street fighter II..and Michael was the guy who always played Chun Li and couldnt be beat. Cap just doesnt have a grasp of how too coordinate these people. Its called teamwork folks, and so far its poor.
Thats about my thoughts on the issue...
I agree on the lack of teamwork; even if most of the team are made of new members, can't Cap and Iron Man at least have run them on some drills off-panel? Or at least manage to keep some sort of tandum with "old" Avengers like themselves and Ms. Marvel? All three acted more like pros in, say, Busiek's run.
I still feel "Micheal", despite his awesome, impressive mega-power, is a walking plot device like Doomsday, and is thus boring. The other people is that he is OBVIOUSLY too powerful for the New Avengers to stop, so I wondering how this story will conclude. A poor ending could really hurt it, and that would be a shame.
Options:
1). Bendis Approach A: Some moder character shows up out of nowhere, solves the situation with no effort, and explains the whole thing to our heroes and makes them look like guitars. This is pretty much how DISASSEMBLED and SECRET WAR ended.
2). Bendis Approach B: The heroes talk "Micheal" down, or away, which if done poorly could seem even more anti-climatic than the end of DANGER. But if done well could work. Dialogue can be Bendis' strength at times.
3). The Wild Card: The Heroes manage to cobble together some tactic/machine/whatever to contain or defeat "Micheal". Done poorly, this is a "magic bullet", typical of many poor Hollywood monster movies. Done properly, though, and it is a staple of entertaining superhero fiction. Bendis isn't known for it, because he feels we're too good for that sort of thing, but you never know.
But, I agree that it is good that the New Avengers are fighting a real threat for once. Just a shame he's a lifeless drone. Maybe if that energy had went into a C-Lister villian, sort of like how Busiek powered-up Grim Reaper, it could have been more thrilling.
And
BrianWilly makes a great point about showing the utter non-important of DECIMATION when out of that whole roster of depowered mutants, only a handful are B-List are better (and Xavier & Magneto are consistantly killed/imprisoned/written out in X-Lore).
Still, at least the Collective is an incredibly powerful foe who, while a plot device, could at least open up a DECENT plot.
