Aero #9 was a refreshing and needed moment for Lei Ling, one that patches up her challenges and issues from previous chapters. Read Full Review

Definitely most entertaining than the previous issue. I'm curious about the team-up with Iron Man.

Aero uses her new wind-doppelganger powers to win a crystal monster fight without leaving her boyfriend's side. There's some nice heart in the relationship, both in the present and in their meet-cute flashback. But the contemporary story remains tremendously drawn out, and the plot isn't engaging enough to justify the slow pace.

*** Reviews the entire series ***

Marvel's attempt at expanding their catalog to more Asian audiences. And for an brand new character, this ain't bad. Its not. Its decent. But its nothing that will change your mind or reel you in to Marvel's pursuit in the Asian scene of superheroes. Frankly, besides Sword-master I am still very uninterested. But Aero was cool.

First off, the art. Oh my, if there was one thing I really appreciated from reading manga, it was the art style. The art in this book is fantastic, heavy Asian/manga influence add with nice blue/white color schemes. How Keng draws Aero and her actions scenes are majestic to look it and really carries this book.

The story however, its whatever. Very linear, borrowing from alot of tropes but doesn't reinvent or do anything really unique or innovative. And the writing, despite being okay, doesn't make this book stand out in any way. Its a standard Marvel book with a flare of China. Our girl, Ling who has the power of wind is an architect working to build skyscrapers. By night, she is a superhero named Aero who protects Shanghai from these skyscrapers turned monsters made of crystal, and she has to investigate why this happens and how to stop it.

The biggest problem with this book is that it feels hollow. It moves quickly not because of anything intense or the writer making things fast, but because everything feels light and brisk and you finish reading it 5 seconds since you picked it up and feel confused because thats all there is to the story. There is no weight, and I kind of feel cheated out of having 4 dollars being taken out of my wallet for a issue that is read and put down in 30 seconds.

It has the opposite problem of many comics, there isn't alot going on and it moves too fast. Add on that it feels decently generic throughout and while there is action and tense moments, it still doesn't have enough for the reading to invest themselves into the story let alone the character. The backup story was whatever. An adventure of Aero and Pearl that leads to Atlantis Attacks #1. Pearl is kicked out of the Asian Avengers and has to prove she can join back in with help from Aero. Whatever. If it wasn't for the art, this series would have floated off into the wind.

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This just isn't very good.