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A review by captwinghead
New Avengers, Vol. 2: Infinity by Jonathan Hickman
3.0
*Sighs*
"You could've been great, you know?"
I hate tie-in books. In the time I've been reading Marvel comics, I can count on one hand the number of tie in books I actually liked. Not sure if Civil War: Frontline counts but Iron Man's Civil War tie ins and Cap's were pretty good. I enjoyed Ms. Marvel's Secret Invasion tie ins and the Power Man and Iron Fist CWII tie ins were pretty great. Aside from those, tie in books are a huge disappointment for me. And an even bigger bummer because Marvel likes to do events every two weeks it seems.
EDIT: Having read Infinity now... this still isn't great. All it did was give me more context for the stupid event ruining this book.
Hickman is doing something really interesting with Namor and T'Challa. I am not entirely sure why Atlantis attacked Wakanda before the start of this series but it's causing some conflict. T'Challa has to meet with Namor to discuss how to stop the incursions and for some reason that means meeting in Necropolis. Which leads to some situations that inadvertently (or intentionally?) give the impression that T'Challa's sort of having an affair with Wakanda's Most Wanted. T'Challa would like nothing more than to kill Namor but the rule of the Illuminati prevents this and he also knows he needs Namor.
So here we have this intriguing conflict within T'Challa as he has to reconcile the needs and protection of his people with his alliance with Namor. It's wonderful! I love the way Hickman writes Namor's dialogue; he's so smug but clearly vengeful because he ends up losing something great during this conflict.
So, this is a wonderfully complex plot and Infinity is running straight through it because Marvel. It's a bummer.
So, the arc with Namor and T'Challa is 5 stars. The arc with Thanos is 1 star. Together, it evens out to 3 stars.
"You could've been great, you know?"
I hate tie-in books. In the time I've been reading Marvel comics, I can count on one hand the number of tie in books I actually liked. Not sure if Civil War: Frontline counts but Iron Man's Civil War tie ins and Cap's were pretty good. I enjoyed Ms. Marvel's Secret Invasion tie ins and the Power Man and Iron Fist CWII tie ins were pretty great. Aside from those, tie in books are a huge disappointment for me. And an even bigger bummer because Marvel likes to do events every two weeks it seems.
EDIT: Having read Infinity now... this still isn't great. All it did was give me more context for the stupid event ruining this book.
Hickman is doing something really interesting with Namor and T'Challa. I am not entirely sure why Atlantis attacked Wakanda before the start of this series but it's causing some conflict. T'Challa has to meet with Namor to discuss how to stop the incursions and for some reason that means meeting in Necropolis. Which leads to some situations that inadvertently (or intentionally?) give the impression that T'Challa's sort of having an affair with Wakanda's Most Wanted. T'Challa would like nothing more than to kill Namor but the rule of the Illuminati prevents this and he also knows he needs Namor.
So here we have this intriguing conflict within T'Challa as he has to reconcile the needs and protection of his people with his alliance with Namor. It's wonderful! I love the way Hickman writes Namor's dialogue; he's so smug but clearly vengeful because he ends up losing something great during this conflict.
So, this is a wonderfully complex plot and Infinity is running straight through it because Marvel. It's a bummer.
So, the arc with Namor and T'Challa is 5 stars. The arc with Thanos is 1 star. Together, it evens out to 3 stars.