All-New All-Different Avengers,

All-New All-Different Avengers 9-15

Well thank goodness I stuck around, because this is where Mark Waid introduces Nadia Pym, the Unstoppable Wasp!  He sets things up nicely for her solo title, which absolutely sings.  

Everything else is the same level of mildly entertaining as the previous eight issues.

Nadia's going to be the best.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Fine.  (Pretty good for 9, 14)

All-New All-Different Avengers Annual 1

A bunch of short stories, ostensibly fanfics that Kamala’s reading on her forums.  Complete crap and a waste of time.  Just because they’re supposed to be fanfics doesn’t mean they have to suck.

Regret buying: Yes

Would buy again: No

Would read again: No

Rating: Disliked (Cutting)

Avengers 1

The followup to All-New All-Different after the kids split off to form the Champions.  Two things make this title suck: Kang, whom I’ve never really taken to, and artist Mike Del Mundo, who got me to quit Jason Aaron’s epic Thor run for a while.  I really can’t stand his style, even though he’s technically quite skilled.  Easy cut.

Bouncing it off the shield doesn't give it more energy!!!

Who shakes left hands???

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: No

Rating: Stupid (Cutting)

All-New All-Different Avengers

All-New All-Different Avengers 1-8

It’s not a good sign that I barely remembered the existence of this title.  (By the way, this box is basically Thor, but there’s some room in the box so I’m tossing in Marvel comics from the shelf to fill it out.  Turns out it’s pretty much all Avengers stuff.)

This incarnation of Avengers is comprised of Tony Stark Iron Man, Sam Wilson Captain America, Jane Foster Thor, Vision, Ms Marvel, Nova, and Miles Morales Spider-Man.  Not the worst mix of characters, and you’d think Mark Waid and Adam Kubert/Mahmud Asrar would be able to do more with it.  But it’s all very blah.  They fight Warbringer in the first arc, Kang in the second, and deal with the never-registered-on-my-radar Standoff crossover in the third.  The kids act starstruck and overwhelmed the whole time and the adults barely have personalities.  

Sweet Thor by Kubert.

Cute.

Alex Ross homage...

...of this classic John Byrne cover.

I expected more from Waid, and don’t know why past me stuck around for even more of this.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Fine