New Avengers: Illuminati # 3 Review
Authors: Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed
Pencils: Jim Cheung
Been a while since I've reviewed a book, so I asked myself: Self, should you review a book that you really enjoyed or one that you barely stomached first? Then I realized JSA was awesome and it would be the same grade that Nick gave it, so I might as well start out with a bang! A few months late but it's finally here! Hellz yeah what does Bendis fuck with in the Marvel Universe now? Well, it's Secret Wars I and II and hell even III. This story is set between the first two Secret Wars crossovers when the Illuminati learn the devastating secret of the Beyonder.
What's the Beyonder's greatest secret? Well, to find the real answer you would have to ask Jim Shooter. Bendis feeds more unnecessary bullshit down our throats, by telling us that the Beyonder was not only an Inhuman, but a mutant Inhuman at that. To me that's the biggest problem with this issue; what’s the point? I mean it's really irrelevant that the Beyonder wasn't really a partial cosmic cube being. However, I did enjoy the scene where Black Bolt and Namor let the Beyonder have it. But if I am to buy this shit? Why didn't Black Bolt play a part in Secret Wars II when the Beyonder was destroying the Marvel Universe?
The saving grace again is Cheung his art just keeps getting better and better while keeping the same artistic style he acquired years ago. The scenes of the actual battle are impressive, makes me wish they would take the original Secret Wars script and let Cheung redraw it. The cover is a nice homage to the original Secret Wars # 1. Cheung can only do so much to save the story and it really is a boring story that adds nothing to the Secret Wars stories. I can’t wait for this collection to come out 10 years from now, when the title will change to Just Imagine Brian Michael Bendis the Marvel Universe. C
"a mutant Inhuman"
OGM!WTF!BBQ!
The Beyonder doesn't need to be labeled, he was the Beyonder andd he was really really powerful and he played with Marvel heroes in his own game. Nothing else needed...
It really bothers me that comic writers feel they have to spoon feed the reader. We're smarter than that... I don't need everthing explined to me to enjoy a story.
It is also a pain when there is a cool story and the writers can't figure a good way to end it so they just let it fizzle. Yes, Civil War is a great example of this.
I am so hoping that this will not be the case with World War Hulk, but I can't see it being anything different. The Powers That Be can't have Hulk killing off heroes from other good selling titles. I want Hulk to get his revenge on Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic so bad. Hulk vs Black Bolt should be an amazing fight. Dr. Strange has already tried dealing with the Hulk by sending him 'away', I thought it was a bit lame Dr. Strange was even involved in this. "Um, guys... I tried this already and it didn't work."
I dig the little asian kid, 7th smartest person on the planet, and I look forward to see what he does in the upcoming storyline. (forgot his name...)
ooops, I went off topic. My bad.
You know what most people at the comic book store I shop at say? The art is pretty. How does that justify me putting down three dollars for the Marvel Universe according to Bendis? Good review, but I would have give an it an F.