zack_freeman's Thunderbolts #150 - Old Scores review

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    Review: Thunderbolts #150

    Bad blood boils to the top as the Thunderbolts' old grudges with the Avengers come to a head while the two teams are stranded in a parallel world.
     

    The Good

    This how you do an anniversary issue. Bringing long-held tensions to head in a way that never pussyfoots around the real, mean drama. And things do get mean. So often, superhero battles seem like showy dancer number with a lot lights and smoke, but this is a very nasty, very brutal fight (watch out for Thor wrecking Juggy's helmet!) with some serious ill spirits behind it. And the characters feel real. From anti-capitalist zealot to quirky billionaire, from bipolar behemeaths to weary ex-cons... they all act and interact as they would, realistically.

    The Bad

    The cover boasts that this is a 96 page special and, while it does live up to that promise, the relevancy of the extra 48 pages is going to be up to you, as it's a reprint of the very first T-Bolts issue. If you've been reading the title since the beginning, as I have, then that material's going to feel extraneous. Story wise, I was a bit confused (though still charmed) by the inclusion of the frog and the setting of this intense showdown in a fairy tale world.

    The Verdict - 4.5/5

    Stepping back a little, it's worth it to compliment the editorial team behind this book as they've given this book a purpose that clearly complements the other Avengers spin-offs. If the the Avengers are the varsity heroes and the Avengers Academy are super-kids who need guidance as they teter between hero and villain, then this is very clearly the place for borderline lost causes who need a lot effort to be pulled off the edge. Consistently one my favorite books at Marvel.

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       While most people enjoyed this issue, I've find it kinda of a letdown.Still good reading, but a lot of things pissed me off, and it was inferior to the others.      Story: a long issue, very good fights sequences, but some problems with the dialogues and the action: Luke Cage want to quit because... because he's a PUSSY thats why! I mean,how many missions so far? 3? What, you expected to turn into good clean cutheroes a bunch of psycho terrorists with only 3 missions?! Sorry sunshine, you need ...

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