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June 25, 2005
review: New Avengers #6
Writer:
Brian Michael Bendis
Artist:
David Finch
While this book just keeps chugging along I do wish that Marvel wouldn't keep putting characters on the cover who aren't going to appear, or even be mentioned, in the story. I've always been distracted during a story by deceitful cover art. I'll be reading along and I just know that there's not going to be the ALL OUT WAR between Captain America and Daredevil which appears on the cover (just made it up, to make a point), and by the time I reach the end I have been proven right. That's just the way marketing is--but putting characters on the cover who don't even appear in the book is another thing entirely.
How many times has the Sentry been on the NA cover? How many appearances has he actually made? I think he's been on as many covers as he has panels and that's not just false advertising, it's pointless. He's not a character that people are rushing to get to, is he? At this point, why not put the Hulk, Mary Jane Watson, and the Fantastic Four on the cover too? What about Daredevil, Dr. Strange, hell, The Beholder!! Put em all on!
Now that that's out of my system, this book continues to be great. Brian Michael Bendis continues to feed the story in a way that provides some insight into how dysfunctional this team can be even while working so well together. His use of Wolverine as the "modern day equivalent" of Captain America is genius (Tony Stark makes the comparison, arguing that in today's world the Avengers needs Wolverine, just like it originally needed Cap). And the schism in SHIELD makes for a very good, enduring mystery over which the monster-of-the-week will get the cover art (sort of like the X-Files enduring 'what happened to Mulder's sister' riding shotgun to Flukeworm-man).
As always, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
(Sean Ferrell)
Posted by sferrell at June 25, 2005 9:52 AM
