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A review by quetzelish
All-New, All-Different Avengers, Volume 1: The Magnificent Seven by Matt Hollingsworth, Mark Farmer, Jay P. Fosgitt, Adam Kubert, scott kurtz, Zac Gorman, Nick Spencer, Mahmud Asrar, Sonia Oback, Megan Wilson, Jeremy Whitley, Alex Ross, Mark Waid, G. Willow Wilson, Michael Strittmatter, Chip Zdarsky, Frank Martin, Paul Mounts, Alan Davis, Natasha Allegri, Steve Hamaker, Jérémy Manesse, Dave McCaig, Tamra Bonvillain, Faith Hicks
3.0
All-new all-different avengers certainly delivers on that premise but falls a bit short on the execution. Characters feel off (such as all the bickering between Ms. Marvel and Nova) and there is just a meanness to them that is otherwise never there. It's reminiscent of Silver Age comics in its attempt to misrepresent actions within the comics on the cover and as the opening page of an issue. Which isn't a bad technique for drawing in readers and making them wonder what's going on, but it's just not handled well here.
Unfortunately the best part of this first volume are the covers. Alex Ross paints these beautiful photo realistic covers and they really are the highlight of the volume. Although the opening story from Avengers #0 was the most solid part of the story. It was brief, sure, but it carried emotional weight and was just the right length to tell a compelling story. It's just a shame that the rest of the volume was paced so unevenly with a bland bland villain. At times we're rushing through the story and fly right past good moments and other times we're stuck reading dull moments attempting to be character building but instead coming off as out of place. But in the end I'm glad I read this. It's not bad just uneven at times and just needed a solid premise to start it off. Due to the blandness of the villain, the inconsistent characters and pacing, ANADA needs to do a bit of soul searching and I think a couple done in one issues could really help it there to set the next volume on a better track.
Unfortunately the best part of this first volume are the covers. Alex Ross paints these beautiful photo realistic covers and they really are the highlight of the volume. Although the opening story from Avengers #0 was the most solid part of the story. It was brief, sure, but it carried emotional weight and was just the right length to tell a compelling story. It's just a shame that the rest of the volume was paced so unevenly with a bland bland villain. At times we're rushing through the story and fly right past good moments and other times we're stuck reading dull moments attempting to be character building but instead coming off as out of place. But in the end I'm glad I read this. It's not bad just uneven at times and just needed a solid premise to start it off. Due to the blandness of the villain, the inconsistent characters and pacing, ANADA needs to do a bit of soul searching and I think a couple done in one issues could really help it there to set the next volume on a better track.