About Heroes

Author: Chris Claremont
Penciler: Steven Cummings
Inks: Rick Ketcham
Cover: Michael Ryan

Not sure if this book is still considered part of Decimation, but we still don't have the team together from the cover of issue one. Is Claremont actually taking plot suggestions from Bendis? Because it sure as hell feels like it. However, to be fair it's only issue four and we've already had more stuff happen than the first six issues of New Avengers.

So what exactly happened in this issue? We get to see where this might be going finally with Wisdom getting Juggernaut to be pardoned for all his crimes. There is a nice scene where Wisdom is trying to talk Sage into joining the group. Of course there is some nice interaction between Dazzler and Nocturne, two characters that I didn't think would ever be written together. The cover has Lionheart from the Avengers on it. Is she really that popular of character that they need to emphasize on the fact that she is guest starring? I'm not sure what her point in the book is. She shows up saying something about her kids and how she can't see them anymore and starts a fight with Captain Britain, you know classic hero vs. hero story that Claremont loves to pull off.

The story is simple, but its starting to make sense why these heroes might come together as a team. I mean the first run of Excalibur, half of the team had nothing to do with the other half. I'm not going to bother writing any spoilers for this review, because nothing really shocking happened in this issue. Yeah the Warwolves returned, but hell if you didn't pick up the original Excalibur, I don't think you are going to care. Pretty much the Warwolves were defeated by the original Excalibur and donated to a zoo for public exhibition and now they seem to be back with a vengeance. Speaking of the Warwolves, Michael Ryan takes a break in this issue an it might just be me, but the art just didn't do anything for me. The Warwolves I remember didn't have ears and were more animal looking than Steve Cumming's representations. But, better a not so good fill in artist than a late book any day. Overall, Claremont once again is setting up small plot holes to be filled later by a bigger story.