About Heroes

Author: Brian Reed
Art: Harvey Tolibao
Colors: Jay David Ramos
Cover: Jimmy Cheung

Young Avengers continues in some way or another and this is its latest incarnation: A spotlight miniseries focusing on one member of the team at an issue at a time. After a respectable and moving first issue it seems that the new creative team couldn’t recreate that mood. Of course they weren’t intending to, but it still a story that wasn’t very compelling.

Much like the last issue, this one again isn’t really about the Young Avengers, but more of a chance to show their reaction to current events. However, this is something that at one time or another had to be addressed somewhere. Hulkling meets his father Mar-Vell for the first time. This is a very monumental meeting because Captain Marvel has been dead for years, but it doesn’t feel monumental. It just seems like Reed just swept the story under the rug and although it showed promise of exploring the relationship between father and son it really ends on a dull note. This story does not move the character of Hulkling forward, but instead makes him out to be an angsty about how his dad may or may not visit him again.

The art was decent; while Tolibao really hits it home with his action sequences, his character interaction could use a little help. And that help comes in the form of Jay David Ramos, whose colors are phenomenal. He adds so much detail to the art that I think he needs to be credited as artist instead of just colorist. In the end this book does nothing more than promote the Captain Marvel mini-series written by Reed and this story really could have been told within those pages. C