User blog:GrnMarvl14/Secret Avengers 13 Review by GrnMarvl14

So here we have the second issue of Nick Spencer's run on Secret Avengers. Last issue was kind of cool, with a sort of mission statement being given for the team (FINALLY!). And now we get the team thrown straight into Fear Itself...sort of.

This issue is complicated to review. The main story here, of Lenny Gary standing his ground is a great story. Pre-M-day, in an X-Men Unlimited or Marvel Comics Presents story, it would have been great. As a Secret Avengers story, as a Fear Itself tie-in...it doesn't work. The story of a man who's seen injustice and stood up against it, who's felt the need to stop prejudice when he finds it is a great, great story...but it's so intimate, and really could have worked with ANYTHING as a backdrop. Fear Itself just feels like another big battle, and not an actual Event (with the capital "E" for emphasis). This is a great Lenny Gary story. This is NOT a great Secret Avengers story. It's barely a good Beast story. It's a great story...but this feels like it should have been told elsewhere. When you pick up the Secret Avengers, you want to read about the Secret Avengers...not some random mutant who's managed to avoid detection. This isn't X-Men. This is Secret Avengers. This is a Fear Itself Secret Avengers tie-in. But there was no fear. There was a threat of imminent destruction, but it felt hollow. It felt fake. It felt orchestrated. It didn't feel natural.

All told: 2/5*.


 * If this had been told in an anthology book (maybe Divided We Stand), this would have been a 4/5, at least.

GrnMarvl14 01:46, May 26, 2011 (UTC)