• When the van broke down in the manure capital of Iowa, Hawkeye and his team never thought they were in danger.
• Unfortunately, they were wrong. Now they must fight to stay alive against an unlikely menace that has come to destroy Small Town, USA.
Rated T+
The art on this arc of Occupy is a big step down from the previous arc. I feel like David Walker knew it also. Which lead to him over-writing this issue. Everything is just over the top with so much explanation. The 'Tech Genius' Wheels' conversation with the van felt so forced. How is he not understanding what the van is telling him? The use of gratuitous violence in an attempt to elicit any sort of a emotional response was more off putting and tasteless due to the fact I have no attachment to these characters. The coloring is just muddy and uninspiring. I believe the letterer even gives up at the end changing Clint's dialogue box from purple to poop green, and I'm left wondering what happened to the witty humor, the captivating colors, and the action packed art. Read Full Review
I agree the art of Walta and Bellaire is below average on this issue. But the writing of Walker is a delight to read. The paneling and the breakdown of words is great. You can see everyone's authenticity in each page. Tilda's killer instinct, Red Wolf's debonair fighting style and Hawkeye's special p.o.v. I'm waiting to see what happens to wheels. Honestly, If you aren't reading this you are missing what I'm considering the best Avengers group so far!!!!
A slow evolution of the deadly standoff in Dungston reveals that the bad guys are Skrulls, just like some (not all) of the townsfolk. This comic took a tranquilizer and slowed down to a dangerous degree. Some generic action movie scenes inch the plot forward and give each character a tiny nibble at the character development pie. David Walker is doing that thing where the captions tell a slightly divergent story on top of the story told in the art and dialogue, but added complexity does not equal added depth. It doesn't help that Gabriel Hernandez Walta's art is unusually hasty and unpolished this month. I have the awful feeling that this issue is going to end up as the superfluous filler that could be cut out to tighten up an otherwise-stromore