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A review by sersi
Vengeance by Nick Dragotta, Joe Casey
2.0
Continuing my exploration of comics, I picked this up largely because it was the first appearance of America Chavez, who I ADORE in Young Avengers. It didn’t turn out that well. Thus, far I’ve been able to get into most of the comics I’ve read without feeling all that limited by my newness to the genre, mostly wiki-ing anything that seems exceptionally important. However, even with extensive who’s who wiki usage, Vengeance left me cold.
Miss America actually looks a lot older (and tackier) than in Young Avengers and personality wise, there are only the barest hints of her awesome/funny YA self. Beyond that, the three plots at work here took a long time to grab my attention and then, ended far too quickly once they did. The groundwork was just so extensive and took so long to really begin to unfold, that the final battle felt like it came way too soon and just didn’t offer any sort of satisfying pay off. Of the six issues, reading the first four was fairly torturous, I started to get interested in the fifth, and then, things just ended in the sixth. There was BIG stuff happening, but with wonky pacing and often confusing plotting, I wasn’t feeling it.
Miss America actually looks a lot older (and tackier) than in Young Avengers and personality wise, there are only the barest hints of her awesome/funny YA self. Beyond that, the three plots at work here took a long time to grab my attention and then, ended far too quickly once they did. The groundwork was just so extensive and took so long to really begin to unfold, that the final battle felt like it came way too soon and just didn’t offer any sort of satisfying pay off. Of the six issues, reading the first four was fairly torturous, I started to get interested in the fifth, and then, things just ended in the sixth. There was BIG stuff happening, but with wonky pacing and often confusing plotting, I wasn’t feeling it.