The Avengers not only have to deal with a new Starbrand, but also 3 Heralds of Galactus who are also tracking the Starbrand. Space continues to take its toll on the Avengers and they might not make it back to Earth in one piece. Meanwhile, Gladiator makes a startling discovery about the Starbrand that might put the whole Shi'ar prison galaxy in jeopardy. Read Full Review

Writer Jason Aaron leads readers through epic fight scenes and close-calls throughout the story, ultimately arriving at the pinnacle reveal of the Starbrand's identity. The build up is scripted extremely well, hyping us up little by little with each panel. Read Full Review

With some rad new character designs and Aaron's impeccable take on Silver Surfer, Avengers #29 is a great entry to the series. Read Full Review

In the same vein as the rest of the story arc, Avengers #29 continues giving us fun, crazy ideas for the team. The plot is moving at its own pace, but it's moving, and in the meantime, there's fun ideas and action depicted by fantastic art. Read Full Review

Writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness hit a home run this issue, leaning as hard as they can into every wonderfully over-the-top aspect of "Starbrand Reborn" they can possibly think of. It's been awhile since the Earth's Mightiest Heroes were this fun! Read Full Review

Aaron and McGuinness definitely deliver some really enjoyable moments across the issue and Aaron's foreboding Silver Surfer is always a good turn for the character. But your mileage may vary on this issue if you aren't all-in on this Starbrand story that's been brewing. There's just not much else there. Read Full Review

"Avengers #29" is a lot like your favorite friend in college, messy but a good time. Read Full Review

If you are invested in finding out who the new Starbrand is, this is the issue for youor the start of a series of themmaybe. Jason Aaron pads out the affair with fight scenes galore and while it all looked fantastic, it could be skipped since the big explanations are yet to come. It's a shame something this big didn't feel like it was. Read Full Review

This one was good. This avengers run has had its ups and downs. This starbrand story seems to be one of the ups.

Swords vs surfboard in space.

" You would talk us... Into destruction. And never again will i stand by and watch worlds be destroyed ! "
- SILVER SURFER

This issue is a whole lot of fun. Pure action-figure fun. Not much in terms of story progression. But what we get is fun. So, it's better than a lot of things. Fun.

The Avengers shout their way through non-stop Herald fights before heading to the Starbrand. It's got Grand Plot ideas and Cool Fight ideas and they're visualized with distinction (though character rendering, as usual, comes out way ahead of creating a sense of motion). As others have noted, the dialogue is pretty bland. I think that, more than anything else, is responsible for the slightly-guilty "This is stupid. Fun but stupid" reaction we're all experiencing.

Bring back a time when we were not in space!

Avengers 29 is basically one big fight scene. McGuinness’ art is decent but not my favorites, and I feel like the fight scenes went on way too long. As usual, though, this latest installment of Avengers was packed with some awesome moments, including Blade combining with Boy-Thing and War Widow kicking ass. Unfortunately, Jason Aaron writes extremely bland dialogue for this issue and I could not care less about this new Starbrand. Silver Surfer fighting the Avengers was great but the overall pace was just too slow