On Like Hyperion
Picking up from the previous arc, the Garden's origin bomb shows its consequences in many places on Earth, including the Savage Land. Can the Avengers take on the task at hand?
The Good
If Jason Aaron, who I should say is an awesome writer, ever stops writing Thor: God of Thunder, I hope Marvel lets Jonathan Hickman write the book because he's currently doing a great job with Thor on this comic. Hickman's Thor is regal and elegant whilst being dauntingly confident and powerful. It's perfect. Hickman also wrote a pretty tragic and simplistic origin story for Hyperion and it definitely worked. I've also liked the covers so far because they give such an epic approach to this big and bold Avengers book.
The Bad
It's hard to follow up Jerome Opena on any book. Take Uncanny X-Force for example. He set awfully high standards for this Avengers book and unfortunately, Adam Kubert didn't deliver it for me. Most of his panels were narrow and constricted. It not only made the story hard to enjoy, but the art was never given a chance to breath aside from Hyperion's origin. The new designs for A.I.M. were really uninspiring. It's understood that some appearances need to be updated but you can't re-imagine something that looks nothing like the previous design. Hickman's writing is problematic too. He nailed it with Hyperion and Thor but all of the other characters had such dull dialogues. They don't feel completely fleshed out and that's the undoing of a team book. When dialogue becomes boring and uncharacteristic, many of the characters don't get a chance to stand out and shine.
Verdict - 3 out of 5
I was pleasantly surprised with Hyperion's compelling origin story and Hickman's Thor is a definite treat. Aside from that, this comic was fairly typical and bland. I hope that Hickman gets a hold of many of the characters because as of right now, this Avengers book isn't all that strong yet.
