TheCorpulent1
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Siege: Secret Warriors was interesting. I can sympathize with Alex's anger at the President as the guy at the top of the chain who's ultimately accountable for everything in his administration, but I'm surprised he completely ignored both Norman and the Sentry, who are directly responsible for his father's death. I suppose we could chalk that up to the fact that he's a kid and he doesn't really grasp the complexities of politics or he didn't know that Osborn was acting completely against the President's commands with the entire Siege fiasco. His letter at the end was still pretty chilling, though. Gods have a way of getting past whatever mortals throw at them. I like that.
Anyway, the issue overall was pretty cathartic, but I would've liked to see a little bit more than just Alex killing dozens upon dozens of Secret Service agents. Nick and Cap's feel-good subplot felt very tacked-on, too. And yet the issue overall was still fairly enjoyable, probably for the most part because of the flashback to Ares and Alex's talk about gods vs. death. I liked that Hickman had them acknowledge that death is not a big deal to gods (or comic characters in general, but I suppose they have to keep up some of the illusion). Vitti's art was solid, although I always prefer Caselli.
Mighty Avengers: Wow, spoiler much? So it looks like Loki's either severely injured or dead as of Siege #4. Nice to know, I guess. I'm not sure if we're supposed to infer that Hank somehow saw it coming; if so, it makes his offer for Loki to join the Avengers a couple issues ago a lot more understandable.
As for the main plot with Ultron, it's wrapped up nicely. I figured Jocasta would wind up marrying Ultron because of an interview Slott gave a day or two ago, where he mentioned that Jocasta was named "Jocasta Pym" in the flash-forward framing device for Secret Invasion: Requiem's reprints. The fact that Ultron decided to call himself "Ultron Pym" in this arc couldn't have been a coincidence, and the whole revelation about Underspace made it pretty clear that Hank is still in love with Jan and wouldn't randomly marry Jocasta himself.
Pretty good send-off for the Mighty Avengers. It's not really an ending since it ties right into Siege at the end, but I suppose Siege is the real ending for this entire era of Marvel before the Heroic Age starts. I'm really looking forward to Gage's work on Pym in Avengers Academy. As much as I love Slott's peculiar take on Pym in MA, it felt sort of awkward at times; I think Gage is better overall at character development.
Thor kind of treaded water this issue. It was great to see Balder use 1) his light power (even if it was just to attract the Asgardians' attention) and 2) his brain by finally kicking Loki the f*** out. Loki covered his tracks well, but suspicions were mounting to the point that it was becoming ridiculous that no action was taken against him. Heimdall's testimony and Loki's own admission that he's mischievous because that's his nature seemed to be the final straws.
Nice to see Tyr and Volstagg man up. Kelda didn't even bother me; guess I'm getting used to her nonsensical storm powers. But they weren't enough to distract from the fact that this issue really should've been the climactic showdown between Thor and Clor. Instead, neither of them even appear in the issue, and all the secondary characters Gillen throws at us aren't enough to keep this issue from feeling a bit awkward and empty. Next issue looks like it'll have the big fight (if the cover is any indication, which, granted, covers often aren't) instead. Also, I'm kind of tired of the dueling art styles in this issue. Would've been nice to have Tan and Elson alternate issues instead of a couple pages of Elson, followed by a few more pages of Tan, then back to Elson, etc.
Anyway, the issue overall was pretty cathartic, but I would've liked to see a little bit more than just Alex killing dozens upon dozens of Secret Service agents. Nick and Cap's feel-good subplot felt very tacked-on, too. And yet the issue overall was still fairly enjoyable, probably for the most part because of the flashback to Ares and Alex's talk about gods vs. death. I liked that Hickman had them acknowledge that death is not a big deal to gods (or comic characters in general, but I suppose they have to keep up some of the illusion). Vitti's art was solid, although I always prefer Caselli.
Mighty Avengers: Wow, spoiler much? So it looks like Loki's either severely injured or dead as of Siege #4. Nice to know, I guess. I'm not sure if we're supposed to infer that Hank somehow saw it coming; if so, it makes his offer for Loki to join the Avengers a couple issues ago a lot more understandable.
As for the main plot with Ultron, it's wrapped up nicely. I figured Jocasta would wind up marrying Ultron because of an interview Slott gave a day or two ago, where he mentioned that Jocasta was named "Jocasta Pym" in the flash-forward framing device for Secret Invasion: Requiem's reprints. The fact that Ultron decided to call himself "Ultron Pym" in this arc couldn't have been a coincidence, and the whole revelation about Underspace made it pretty clear that Hank is still in love with Jan and wouldn't randomly marry Jocasta himself.
Pretty good send-off for the Mighty Avengers. It's not really an ending since it ties right into Siege at the end, but I suppose Siege is the real ending for this entire era of Marvel before the Heroic Age starts. I'm really looking forward to Gage's work on Pym in Avengers Academy. As much as I love Slott's peculiar take on Pym in MA, it felt sort of awkward at times; I think Gage is better overall at character development.
Thor kind of treaded water this issue. It was great to see Balder use 1) his light power (even if it was just to attract the Asgardians' attention) and 2) his brain by finally kicking Loki the f*** out. Loki covered his tracks well, but suspicions were mounting to the point that it was becoming ridiculous that no action was taken against him. Heimdall's testimony and Loki's own admission that he's mischievous because that's his nature seemed to be the final straws.
Nice to see Tyr and Volstagg man up. Kelda didn't even bother me; guess I'm getting used to her nonsensical storm powers. But they weren't enough to distract from the fact that this issue really should've been the climactic showdown between Thor and Clor. Instead, neither of them even appear in the issue, and all the secondary characters Gillen throws at us aren't enough to keep this issue from feeling a bit awkward and empty. Next issue looks like it'll have the big fight (if the cover is any indication, which, granted, covers often aren't) instead. Also, I'm kind of tired of the dueling art styles in this issue. Would've been nice to have Tan and Elson alternate issues instead of a couple pages of Elson, followed by a few more pages of Tan, then back to Elson, etc.
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