Chos work is great. His character designs are solid and the story is engaging. The backdrops are not as crispy as his characters though. His Manhattan feels like a bunch of digital boxes. The colouring gives it that digital feel. As for the villain, I find it odd how they absolutely refuse to draw her nipples and conveniently cover them with a puff of smoke. Read Full Review

The technique of interspersing the battle sequence with flashback vignettes is a bit schematic and could read as a delaying or decompression tactic, both sins Bendis has been guilty of in the past. But these read as mini-movie montages, mostly cluing us in to the current back stories for our cast, whom Carol has just assembled. Forgivable in a second issue, especially one like this that improves upon the first. Read Full Review

I want to like this, I really do. Its the direction that Ive wanted to see the new Avengers titles take since Bendis took over, and I can plainly see that hes trying, but for some reason its just not coming together. Its not a two-bullet comic, but the inconsistent tone and scrappy plotting mean I cant honestly give it three bullets either. Read Full Review

Scenes in the present added nothing. Only the flashbacks were interesting.