Empyre: Avengers smartly leans even heavier into underused members of Marvel's roster in its sophomore issue with a worthwhile payoff. Read Full Review

Great one-liners and solid visuals anchor a tale that truly didn't need telling against an enemy you won't remember. Read Full Review

Final Thoughts: An event tie-in should give you perspective on what happens outside the main story, which is what Zub is doing, it's just unfortunately not entertaining. It's okay, and even possible, to have a crazy, fun, exciting, and major plot points in a tie-in to create a reason for its existence. Empyre Avengers needs that hook otherwise, there's no reason to pick this title up. This story is okay, and I like the art, but an Avengers title needs to be more than just okay. Read Full Review

I want to care about this book, but unfortunately, it focuses mostly on a group of B-tier heroes in an adventure that seems to go nowhere. It's unfortunate writers like Jim Zub didn't have the opportunity to take back heroes that had tie-in books dropped, since Thor could have been far more interesting in a story like this. That said, there's a lack of drive to the story and it feels quite unnecessary. Read Full Review

This was a little scattershot, but I had a good time with it.

Developments on the other two storylines pale to insignificance compared to the Savage Land story, where Shanna and Ka-Zar face major upheavals and Wanda and Jericho do some awesome magic. No complaints on the visual front; big tentacle-y battles are what Carlos Magno was born to draw.

Hypothesis: What if Empyre: Captain America started off as this title's B-story and then got spun off into its own mini? It would certainly explain the "last-minute filler" feel of the Mexican thread here.

The effects of the war is felt here. You can read it if you want to have a fun reading time.

I find it hard to believe that with everything the Cocati has pulled, they forgot that Scarlet Witch and Voodoo were psychics. Anyways, another decent issue. Its pretty cheesy with the dialogue, but that just typical Marvel quirkiness for you. Zub is like that as a writer, he can be decently snarky with light banter, or it can grow old really quick. I really like the art and colors in this issue, and the action is nice. The tie-ins though? Sigh, they just don't feel important. It feels meaningless when I am done reading it. Its a decent standalone, but Marvel shouldn't have blown this up into a huge event.

I found this a little too disjointed. I also don’t know several of these characters, so that makes it harder to care.