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Avengers Next: Rebirth by Tom DeFalco

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


After the events of Last Planet Standing, the MC2 (next generation) Avengers were in a bind. Their forces have been depleted by injuries. American Dream was left in charge by Tony Stark designed robot Avenger Mainframe while he goes to Washington. The Avengers mansion is attacked by two former Asgardians who kidnap Kevin Masterson, formerly Thunderstrike and the Avengers, including former Supervillain/Revenger Saberclaw try to find where he is and organize a rescue.

The series had its highlights. The MC2 Universe's superstar, Spider-girl shows up big in Issues 1 and 2. There are some good moments for other characters. In the end, the book just doesn't work. The MC2 Avengers were okay at best originally. Here, the problems are several. The character of American Dream who was always an upbeat and optomistic character is down on herself and very idea of the Avengers throughout much of the first half of the series and then lets up on herself and the team with little justification at the end. Characters introduced such as the daughters of Thor and Loki aren't that interesting and likable. On top of that, the villains' plan while it's supposed to be something epic, is just stupid and unnecessary.

In the end, while there are some good moments, it just can't make up for all the weak or dumb ones in this mediocre at best MC2 title.



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