Deodatos work is impressive. Hes changed how he draws his Norman Osborne. I see less Richard Nixon in his rendering. I think Deodato is a master comic book artist and Ill definitely pick up any other book hes working on in the future. However, right now, even the best part of the New Avengers is not enough to make read the same plot over and over again while I pay way too much money for a comic book whose writer after eight years should retire and allow someone else to tell the next chapter of Earths mightiest heroes. If you are not jaded by Bendis and the New Avengers, I say continue to read this series. Its not bad at all and there is still some humour left. But Im not willing to put up with this anymore so Im bailing out. Read Full Review

Hopefully they'll get past this story and back to the usual high standards soon. Read Full Review

Mike Deodato and Will Conrad do a great job with the art. These two are detail-oriented artists, putting as much into the backgrounds as the focus of each panel. At the risk of sounding insulting, Deodato and Conrad have a very Michael Bay vibe going on in issue 17. Every single panel is the money shot; it's all presented with huge movement and epic action. This is one of the highest-octane comics I've read in a long time and it's all because of the art. It's clean even for such high detail and the characters are spot on. This is easily my favorite thing about this entire issue. Read Full Review

Regular artist Mike Deodato is joined by Will Conrad in a similar arrangement to Deodato's later issues of Secret Avengers. As before, Conrad offers a decent facsimile of Deodato's dark, cinematic style. If anything, his pages are stronger because of Deodato's over-reliance on CG character models and photo-reference. Looking just at the cover, it's clear Ms. Marvel was modeled after her Bowen Designs statue, while Daredevil is doing his best Neal Adams Batman lunge. Considering that this event just kicked off, these qualities aren't a promising sign. Read Full Review

While everything from when the little robot slashes Wolverine's throat to get a blood sample to the end of the book was actually quite good, everything leading up to it just helps prove my point that the Avengers franchise has gotten out of control. I can't help but to think that this team would find a way to lose to the Great Lakes Avengers. Read Full Review

The issue isn't a bad one, but I've got admit it's pretty damned unimpressive. Even the trademark dialogue writer Brian Michael Bendis is known for seems strained. If the issue is simply meant to (underwhelmingly) jump off a new story arc this one does the job (but little else). However, if the point of the issue was to draw in new readers with a brand new team it fails miserably and it gives me no reason to pick up the next issue. Hit-and-Miss. Read Full Review

This issue of "New Avengers" is enough to convince me that all the Avengers I might need in the near future can be found elsewhere. That's a crying shame, too, as the Avengers franchise has so much potential. After all, there is a movie coming out and a relatively successful cartoon. I'm glad those vehicles already appeal to me more than what I endured here. Read Full Review

Cover-*****
Writing-****
Art-*****
Story-****

I found the fight against Ultimo dull and I also found the art to be confusing to follow at times yet the second half of the issue is incredible. Norman Osborn is back a little soon but it looks like Bendis is writing him well. It’s good to see Gorgon and Madame Hydra return after Secret Warriors as well