Writer Brian Bendis and artist Stuart Immonem have worked a lot together recently. They both worked on Ultimate Spider-Man and then New Avengers and now this. It's nice to see a perfectly matched duo staying together. It makes things more comfortable. We're right at home. The problem is that this new book is terrible. I never read the previous New Avengers, so perhaps this is similar to that, but so far this is a disaster on almost every level. The first major problem is that the whole reason that The Avengers was started was to create a super group with behemoths like Captain America and Iron Man and Thor. It was supposed to be a group of mega names. This book and Secret Avengers provide groups with a bunch of B-level superheroes, making the “super group” tag completely moot. The other problem is that Spider-Man and Wolverine are in the New Avengers and The Avengers. Really, is there any point to having this New Avengers team besides making money off the name? It wouldn't be a big deal if the book was complex, entertaining, interesting, and something fresh and a bit different than The Avengers book. This book is not different. It's superheroes fighting a super villain, this time some lame dude that possesses people (he takes over Dr. Strange in this issue). Luke Cage is the leader, a superhero I've barely ever heard of. The art is nice but it's a bore of a story with characters nobody cares about. Wake me when it's over. 1/2*
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