Comics: The New Avengers!

A comic collector friend recently told me that he was able to download comic scans from IRC. He managed to download the latest issue of Darkstalkers and offer to show me how. Usually, I prefer to buy my own comics but I decided to try it out anyway. It took a couple hours since I rarely used IRC but I soon got the hang of it and decided to try downloading something to try out. I decided to get The New Avengers, since it was a new title (only 5 issues so far) and there has been talk about it being a very good read. I thought I'd just download one issue to preview, but I got hooked and soon got everything.

It has been several years since I last purchased a Marvel comic title. The New Avengers was nothing at all like any of the stuff I have in my comic collection. Gone are the old-style cartoonish drawings, replaced by realistically darker-themed artwork. The kind of things the character says, the things they do, and all the violence (with blood, too!) - this is not the Marvel comics I knew.


I was immediately drawn in by this new style. I am sure some of us know who the Avengers are; they are one of Marvel's most iconic superhero team headed by Captain America. Well, something happened in one of their recent sagas, and a number of their key members were killed, much to the distaste of loyal fans. The Avengers got disbanded, ending their 20+ years (maybe more?) of comic book history. (Click here for the new story intro.)

And so, the New Avengers are born. I will not go into any details/spoilers, but the first two issue was crazy. It involves a prison break, so let's say I had a fun time playing 'spot the supervillain'.

I like the cast. Somehow, it reminds me of the first 3 Marvel VS TCG expansions since it has Spiderman, Luke Cage, and Jessica Drew, in addition to veterans Captain America and Iron Man.

The story is very cool, too. I can't wait to see how it progresses.