Avengers #3 *Preview*

[thehumandivine]

it's a lot better than uncanny avengers. i really just, dont care whats happening in that book.

[HaveAtThee]

I actually feel UA #3 was far stronger. This was a pretty decent issue, though. The action was fun.

[jackolover]

it's a lot better than uncanny avengers. i really just, dont care whats happening in that book.

I like the premise in UA, but the commentary is so juvenile it kicks me out of the story.

[jackolover]

Yeah I agree. If he wants answers now, Hickman is not the guy to go to. You have to be in for the longhaul with Hickman and be patient. If he's wanting answers after a 40-yard dash he's going to be disappointed because this is a long-ass marathon...

It's more than that. My expectations as to how a story unfolds is a little different to Hickman's. I'm surprised a good editor doesn't point out that just introducing surprise guests is going to throw some readers.

[godzilla90210]

This book is fine and any book that keeps you wondering what's next is doing it's job.Hickman stills proves he is one of the best for now.

Keeping the reader wondering what is next is fine; keeping the reader wondering what just happened is something else entirely. Hickman too often mistakes opacity or vagueness for mystery, and the quick resolution of the "threat" of Alpha, Ex Nihilo and Void demonstrates how poorly he grasps the importance of pacing. He offers a lot of big ideas that are interesting, I suppose, but he either drags them out with undramatic splash pages or undermines them by mistaking lack of clarity for ambiguity. I thought his <i>Fantastic Four</i> run was overrated too.

[Runguy]

Keeping the reader wondering what is next is fine; keeping the reader wondering what just happened is something else entirely. Hickman too often mistakes opacity or vagueness for mystery, and the quick resolution of the "threat" of Alpha, Ex Nihilo and Void demonstrates how poorly he grasps the importance of pacing. He offers a lot of big ideas that are interesting, I suppose, but he either drags them out with undramatic splash pages or undermines them by mistaking lack of clarity for ambiguity. I thought his <i>Fantastic Four</i> run was overrated too.

This comment is funny only because fanboys usually complain about Hickman's decompressed story telling. I believe in issue 4 we will see the effects of the bio-farming from the previous issues. Hickman is pretty good about revisiting situations from prior story lines, too.

[maskedmanissue1]

And thus ends a fantastic 3-issue run and we go from an exciting new Marvel Now book to yet another bleah Avengers book with bleah art starting issue 4, focusing on the origin stories of all these new characters (something alike to a spinoff series called "Avengers Now: Origins" or many .1 issues).

Pity they couldn't make it last longer.

[CyberHubbs]

It's more than that. My expectations as to how a story unfolds is a little different to Hickman's. I'm surprised a good editor doesn't point out that just introducing surprise guests is going to throw some readers.

Those readers will survive. Not everyone has to start with an origin.

[timeismoney]

Tom already said that issues 4-6 will tell the story, of Hyperion, Smasher, and Captain Universe. So I don't see what people are worry about.

[CyberHubbs]

Tom already said that issues 4-6 will tell the story, of Hyperion, Smasher, and Captain Universe. So I don't see what people are worry about.

Marvel NOW? More like Marvel WAIT AND SEE, amirite?!