Swordsman, Yellowjacket, Vision, Captain Marvel, Deathcry, and Doctor Druid, long dead Avengers and Avengers villains, find themselves alive and questioning why.
The Good
It's great to see some of my favorite Avengers alive again: Captain Marvel, Vision (the REAL one), and Swordsman. I like the idea of them coming back and having to work together, but that's about it. There were a couple flashbacks in the book that were all right, but the best part of the book was who they brought back at the end of the issue. Hint: It rhymes with Prim Preaper.
The Bad
The art is dated.I feel like I'm looking at something from a couple decades ago on glossy paper. The story is pretty dull as well, which is weird since I usually enjoy Van Lente's work. Too many characters have these long bits of dialogues, which are on the verge of monologues, and it's just not that interesting. Frankly, I just don't care for Yellowjacket, Doctor Druid, and especially Deathcry. They're all pretty lame characters, and my mind wasn't changed about them after reading this.
The Verdict 1.5/5 - Not Recommended
If you're reading Chaos War, borrow this book from a friend, but only if you're REALLY interested; otherwise, just pass it up. There's no real saving grace to this issue, and you'd be better off picking up something else.
YAY! I was right not to buy this. I almost got it but decided just to stick with the main issues of Chaos War. I dont think the Dead Avengers will have anything to do with Chaos War. Its just for the fans who miss the dead characters.
When the idea of the Dead Avengers was announced I was really interested in this. Then it was announced that it was a Chaos War tie-in... Not so interested anymore! (Now, with good reason apparently!)
read it. I enjoyed Vision, Swordsman and Captain Marvel, Doctor Druid was a hell of lot different than I remembered him. While the others kind sat there and had a slap fest.
If this how the Chaos War: X-Men is going to be I am going to be really disappointed.
I have to disagree; I thought this was a great issue. The flashbacks were quite interesting and there were some nice character moments. I'm looking forward to the next issue
I think you're being alittle unfair on the character portrayal, I think you're supposed to get the feeling that this are "dated" characters. Captain Mar-vell's dialouge verged on epic and Swordsman's flashback was equally awesome along with his rant about his death. I think the three issues are probably going to revolve mostly around these characters dealing with either how they died or just plan coming to terms with it. Its clear that Swordsman isn't happy.
And can we please not compare this to Blackest Night/Brightest Day, magical rings didn't bring this characters back to life, which they aren't, they know their time on Earth is limited so they want to help the other dead that were brought back as well, because as you saw in the issues the souls of those who are dead are being absorbed.
Yeah, I think the review was a bit harsh. It was pretty decent, and I'm not really a fan of any of these characters barring Vision. I am a Grim Reaper fan though, so I'll be picking up the next issue.
Janet's not dead as far as I remember, I wasn't really keeping up with Mighty Avengers to be a authority, but I thought Jan was trapped in or part of the Pymverse or where ever the hell he keeps the Infinite Avengers mansion.
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