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A review by miguel
Avengers Vol. 5: Adapt or Die by Jonathan Hickman
3.0
Though this volume begins with a relatively lackluster bunch of stories, the first featuring an Iron Man from the year 3030 and the second featuring a group of evil Avengers from the multiverse, these plots culminate in a surprising twist — Bruce Banner's admission into the Illuminati!
What makes these stories so underwhelming is they do so little to progress the greater plot that has been the forward moving current of Hickman's run. Even worse, there's no character development whatsoever until Banner and Stark's final showdown. In fact, the majority of the action in the volume takes place on A.I.M. island.
This trade is decidedly worse than the volumes preceding it, but the final plot twist is satisfying and reminds fans what is great about this iteration of the Avengers.
What makes these stories so underwhelming is they do so little to progress the greater plot that has been the forward moving current of Hickman's run. Even worse, there's no character development whatsoever until Banner and Stark's final showdown. In fact, the majority of the action in the volume takes place on A.I.M. island.
This trade is decidedly worse than the volumes preceding it, but the final plot twist is satisfying and reminds fans what is great about this iteration of the Avengers.