Heroes Reborn #1 puts a new twist on the Marvel Universe, featuring a world without the Avengers and the blockbuster action you'd expect from a huge superhero event. With more issues and one-shots set to explore this strange new world, there's no telling what could have happened to fan-favorite Marvel characters, but it'll be fun to find out. Read Full Review

Aaron throws readers deep into the heart of the story with little clues as to what's going on. Yet, he dangles so many intriguing elements into the story that just demand your attention. It's an in continuity Elseworld story that provides all readers with the same footing. Read Full Review

McGuinness delivers some beautifully detailed imagery throughout this issue. Not only is the style of the art brilliant, but the action and character moments are both filled with great visual drama. Read Full Review

Heroes Reborn gives us a chance to see what the world without the Avengers is like. The creative team provides engaging worldbuilding and solid ideas to show off this new reality. Read Full Review

This is a seriously entertaining way to kick off your summer reading schedule. A great start to the series and a comic book that is supreme in every way! See what I did there? Read Full Review

Writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness team up for a delightful action fest that finds new heroes defending the United States while a certain skeptical vampire lurks in the shadows, looking to uncover the mysteries of this new universe. Read Full Review

I know that there are mixed feelings regarding this book and the idea behind it. For Avengers fans who have been feeling let down or left out as the main book swerved into mutant territory, this book is a good way of readdressing the spirt of the Avengers, which is no mean feat considering that they don't appear at all. Read Full Review

What works best in Heroes Reborn #1 is that while this is yet another event series and the story draws on aspects of current Marvel continuity this first issue is accessible to both readers who buy every single issue every single week and far more casual fans. That aspect of things just puts a nice little bow on a comic that looks good, reads well, and makes the familiar concept of an alternate reality feel fresh. Read Full Review

Blade funds himself on a world he hardly recognises. A work in which the Avengers were never formed thereby creating an alternate timeline full of colourful, creative hybrid heroes. And villains. A fun first issue that leans heavily on showcasing this brave new world, with plot points included for later development. A soldi first issue with exceptional art and dialogue from Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness Read Full Review

Heroes Reborn is off to a good start with excellent art, fun mash-ups, and an intriguing story. If you planned on sitting this one out, you might want to check this out because I was surprised how much I liked it. Let's hope that feeling continues. Read Full Review

A good start to "Heroes Reborn," with all-around solid work in all aspects of the comic, save for the occasional stumble in the dialogue or designs. "Heroes Reborn" is an exciting new world to explore with plenty of questions left for us to ask and get answered. Read Full Review

Bottom Line: Narrative-wise, this is a goofy book that feels a little rushed but that doesn't stop it from being somewhat entertaining and gorgeous to look at. It's not legendary writing and I can't promise it has a lot of re-reading value, but it's worth a look. Read Full Review

Cautious optimism is the rule of the day when Blade finds himself in an Avengers-free version of the Marvel universe. He wastes no time sinking his teeth into the mystery of the missing heroes, and the Squadron Supreme can handle the usual cavalcade of over-the-top villainy. The verbal and visual storytelling is strong, and the possibility that this event can steer the Avengers back into communion with the rest of Marvel is too good to resist. This is a story worth following -- cautiously. Read Full Review

Heroes Reborn #1 is a bit of a mixed bag. Some of what works does so really well. But, there's also a lot that feels like clunkers. There's a mix of styles and voices in a way and it doesn't always blend together. Some of the comic feels like a spoof of the past. Some of the comic feels like an homage. And some of the comic feels like it's taking itself too seriously. It's a bit mixed as to what it wants to be. But, its mystery is one that has me wanting to come back and see what's behind all of this and more importantly, what comes after. Read Full Review

If you're in the mood for capital-letter SUPERHEROING, then Heroes Reborn might be a worthy investment. Read Full Review

Shades of Marvel vs. DC here down to the Afro-Centric main character. I love this! Now if only they made the Squadron Supreme more akin to their MAX counterparts, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.
And this event only lasts two months? Yeah, I can already tell this Heroes Reborn is going to be a keeper just like the last one. No sarcasm either, I am happily not the majority.
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There's not much at Marvel that I find worth reading these days, but I thought I would give this a shot, and I have to say, I'm very glad that I did. I enjoyed this one a lot and look forward to more.

I’m reminded of Gruenwald’s brilliant work with Squadron Supreme and I’m loving Aaron’s trolling of the alt-right here. 🤣🤣🤣

This was great! I wanna see what's up next.

This was a solid issue. I do actually want to see where this goes. The dialogue has an intentionally dated feel to it and I could see how that could be a problem for some people. They wouldn't be able to parse that it's purposeful, and that we're not supposed to take that neck muscle line 100& seriously. Let's hope this doesn't take a wrong turn, like so many Avengers arcs lately.

The mystery is as comic-book trope-y as it gets and the stakes seem non-existent. However, the execution of it all is top notch. Much of the strength comes from the panel work and the art. Jason Aaron's attempt at the Justice League is intriguing, and each member is introduced with their own villain to deal with (many of whom are a mash-up of well-established villains with well-established newly acquired powers). There's bravado coming out the wazoo, and though most readers will know what parts each character will play, and how the story will end, it's a fun time promising a climactic showdown.

The artwork is good, but I wanted to see fewer big splash panels and more story.

This is good! The first issue of the next big-event is all setup, but done in a very intriguing way. There are lots of fun mash-ups & easter-eggs with excellent art that sells it all. Let's hope the rest of the series is of this quality.

Every time I remember the Squadron Supreme I laugh and laugh and laugh.

What if Squadron Supreme/Mephisto story that builds on what Aaron was playing with years ago in the Avengers book before that went down the toilet. This is the only reason I'm reading this to get closure on that angle of the story that went nowhere for 30 issues of nonsense....did I mention the Avengers book was crap...yeah because they stopped that story and dragged the teasing for years then made an event of it called Heroes Reborn. We'll see if that was worth it?? So far the narrative has been done before many times but I'll let that go and enjoy the next chapter. McGuinness, Morales and Wilson are wonderful together which enhances the story a lot.

I guess its a primer issue for the world in a way. Im not going to lie it was very entertaining but, after reading and thinking about it, I can't say its a must read or something I could see looking back on ten years from now as a great read but, I am curious to see why this happened and I guess thats good enough for now.

An easy event to jump into! Jason Aaron offers a mystery with little intrigue, while Ed McGuinness brings classic superheroics to the forefront in bombastic detail. A casual combination of silly and serious that makes this a welcome start.

A lot better than Jason Aaron's avengers, lets see how this goes.

I've seen better first issues for sure.

The whole first part of the issue, was seeing how the Squadron operates, where the only new thing were the villains, which by the way for the most part were just fan-service, without much thought put into them, aside from few of them . During that time Blade is pretty much exposition dumping and it was very repetitive. Excluding that, Blade is pretty good in that issue and the moments with Nighhawk were great.

The art by McGuiness is bombastic and cartoonish as always, which fits the dialogue and the tone for the most part.

Overall the second half was really intriguing and got me hooked up.

Blade is the narrator and sole survivor in this AU where the Squadron Supreme reigns and the Avengers never happened. I subjectively dislike a lot of the character work, and I'm not interested in the mashup villains (with the exception of the Silver Witch). But the basic detective story of Blade figuring out what's happened and how to fix it does manage to hook me. The creators aim for over-the-top corniness and I think the artist does a lot better than the author. This is a great comic to look at, but some of the dialogue is downright painful to read.

Not even Jason Aaron can make Squadron Supreme interesting. Give it up Marvel, stop trying to make Squadron Supreme a thing, it's not happening.

These "what if?" story lines just don't do it for me. House of M was fun at first but just dragged on. This story comes across as if you were to replace Wolverine with Blade (b.c he's getting a movie or show or something) and switch out the X-Men for the Avengers.