While I won't say that The New Avengers is back to being a top tier book, I will say that this was easily my favorite issue of the series thus far. If Bendis can continue to move the book along at this current pace, and we can continue to enjoy the artwork of Deodato and Chaykin, I'm on board to continue pulling this series every month. Read Full Review

What exactly the two stories have to do with one another is still a mystery. Part of me can't help but hope that they're unrelated, presented together like this as a means to help Chaykin and Mike Deodato with deadlines by spreading out two short arcs over a longer period of time. But, with the Nick Fury story in the past mostly done with, next issue looks like it will be dominated by Deodato and the present. Giving this issue so much space to show the raid on the Red Skull's base was a smart choice and allows for a lot of great-looking Howard Chaykin art. Read Full Review

The story's strong art team of Deodato and Chaykin is still a very strong reason to check out the issue. While the issue isn't terribly exciting for the majority of the book, it does set up some nice tension and questions about some of the main players seen in both storylines. Read Full Review

An improvement over last month's issue, but I still feel like this is an arc that keeps shooting itself in the foot and neglecting its potential. Read Full Review