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A review by dkmode
The New Avengers, Volume 1: Breakout by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0
I dunno man, Bendis is weird. He's got an ear for naturalistic dialogue, but that often leads to all of his characters having the same voice. He knows how to make a page-turner but it all feels like fluff in the end.
Like all of this era's Bendis stuff, this is extremely post-9/11 material. Slightly deconstructionist. I mean look, the original Avengers were formed to fight a mythological trickster god. This iteration is to stop something as mundane as a prison break (super-villainy notwithstanding). Wolverine is on the team because Bendis wanted the Avengers to be the Justice League, but also because Captain America is accepting of the fact that sometimes you've gotta go Jack Bauer on people to get what you want. This feels wrong.
I think people didn't really understand what superheroes were supposed to mean after 9/11. It took a while to figure out. Bendis is trying to take the first couple steps, which, while perhaps valid, feels dated in its cynicism.
Meanwhile, still not a fan of David Finch's work.
Like all of this era's Bendis stuff, this is extremely post-9/11 material. Slightly deconstructionist. I mean look, the original Avengers were formed to fight a mythological trickster god. This iteration is to stop something as mundane as a prison break (super-villainy notwithstanding). Wolverine is on the team because Bendis wanted the Avengers to be the Justice League, but also because Captain America is accepting of the fact that sometimes you've gotta go Jack Bauer on people to get what you want. This feels wrong.
I think people didn't really understand what superheroes were supposed to mean after 9/11. It took a while to figure out. Bendis is trying to take the first couple steps, which, while perhaps valid, feels dated in its cynicism.
Meanwhile, still not a fan of David Finch's work.