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Published
by: Marvel
Release
Date: September 11th 2013
Previously
on Mighty Avengers: Not much, this is a number one. But as the issue
opens Luke Cage is focussing on the family life and running a group
of heroes for hire, Doc. Ock is still swinging around New York in his
broken-in Spidey-suit and an alien threat threatens a supposedly
defenceless Earth.
The
best part about picking my own comics to review is that I can cherry
pick the good ones I think other people would get a kick out of. I
simply don’t enjoy giving out bad reviews. So I was of two minds
when I saw Mighty Avengers on the horizon; a ‘lower decks’
Avengers team that allows some of the not-so-famous characters to get
in on a little of the Spider-Man limelight sounds great, after all.
But then there’s the artist, Mr. Greg Land.
I
have great respect for anyone who can make it as an artist, but Land
tends to be little more than a photoshop filter with little respect
for female anatomy. The thing is, I know that he is capable of some
excellent work so when this book was described to me as his least
obvious tracing of recent times I thought I should give him a chance.
This
was a mistake.
Land’s
‘photographic referencing’ is as blatent here as it ever has
been and the effect on the book as a whole is hugely distracting.
This is a genuine shame too because there’s some really good
storytelling here.
This issue manages to pack a lot into
the page count with Ewing allowing each character their moment in the
spotlight. It's nice too that the
characters are brought together without getting into a huge punching
match. They do fight, but it’s a verbal spar on the morality of
being super-heroes for hire instead of helping where you’re needed.
This is also a fight that lands some heavy blows that I suspect will
have further repercussions in later issues. However, the price of
spending time with the introductions is that the real threat only
comes to light on the last few pages but while it does feel a little
rushed, it really doesn't feel like a bad compromise.
In
the end the the most enjoyable aspect is the sense of humour in the
writing that invokes a 90’s action movie mentality especially
noticeable with the freeze-frame introductions of each hero. This
willingness to have fun is prevalent throughout the issue especially
with Doc. Ock's verbal mannerisms turned up to almost parody levels
and it's almost worth the price of admission for the Splendiferous
Spider Hero (no hyphen) alone. Almost.
There
is a good story hidden in these pages and part of me wants to
recommend it in spite of Land's work, but then I go back and see the
porn lips and the unfortunate poses and I just can't do it. If you do
like his style then you're going to get a kick out of this issue,
but for the rest of us it gets two traced O faces and a heartfelt
'please try harder.'
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