Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie have built a great foundation to Young Avengers. I really enjoyed reading the first five issues of this series so far. After seeing previews for the next issue, it looks like there will be two more heroes joining the Young Avengers. After this first arc, I look forward to more adventures for this ongoing series. Read Full Review

Being a short story arc, it was a great way to bring the team together. The most important thing was trying to bring the team together and they are given a reason to remain together which is great storytelling. They can't interact with any parents or anywhere in which their parents live, they have to isolate themselves just to protect everyone else. With the exception of Chavez America who sees through Loki and he knows she does too. So now we have the Young Avengers as their story has only begun! Read Full Review

These kids don't want to be a team. This simple fact is what makes this vision of the Young Avengers so appealing -- by the end of Young Avengers #5, the only reason they all decide to stay together is to physically prevent an otherworldly invasion. It's not because they all necessarily like each other. In fact, everyone hates Loki mostly, and Miss America doesn't trust anyone else. Just like normal teenagers, their relationships are complicated. And just like eighteen-year-olds in real life, they have to recognize when to grow and step up to the challenge. This is as good at time as any. Read Full Review

Young Avengers #5 ends with a team bonded through circumstance, but no less formidable because of it. Now that Gillen has solidified his core cast of characters, it'll be interesting to see what he's got in store for them next. Ten bucks it includes some "hot make out" time. Read Full Review

Bonus: If you have the option to pick this series up in trade or in single issues, the singles are worth it alone for the letter column, “Sassemble” where Gillen constantly threats fans with atrocities like writing an issue completely in Comic Sans. Read Full Review

This issue is a 9/10 for an awesome story, great art, and a perfect end to the first arc for this series. Read Full Review

Overall, a great start to the YA relaunch and a spectacular single issue for both action and character moments. Extra fun if you speak Internets, bonus for understanding the Tumblr sub-dialect. Read Full Review

This series is still far from being at the level I hoped it'd be, but it deviantly's showing improvement, and this was a very exciting, and entertaining issue. It was also very emotional at times, and had brilliant action, and although there were a couple of disappointing factors involved in this issue, in general it was very good, and I hope this is a sign of things to come. I would highly recommend this issue as although not perfect it was still very good, but if you've not been following the series it may be better to wait until the next issue, as this was the end of a story, and may be confusing without the other issues. Read Full Review

Aside from a bit of copycat material, this issue provides a solid finish to a most promising series. Already it's learning to provide as much substance as it does style. Read Full Review

Finally, although I do enjoy reading the team's adventures thoroughly, I felt as though the inciting incident that keeps them together as a team was a bit forced and sprung last minute. It didn't feel as organic as it could have, so I tripped up a little bit while I was reading. However, now that they're together and on this road trip of sorts, I'm looking forward to seeing what sorts of adventures they get into. Bringing a team together is one of the hardest things to do in a team book, and 'Young Avengers' did it almost better than most, so now that the difficult part is out of the way, I'm sure Gillen has some craziness up his sleeve for the next arc and beyond. Read Full Review

Overall, these are small quibbles. "Young Avengers" #5 solidifies the success of Gillen and McKelvie's opening story arc. Gillen and McKelvie's teamwork and abilities have combined to very quickly create a distinctive look, cast of characters and narrative approach. I look forward to seeing what they do next as they take more risks and further carry out their vision. Read Full Review

This was a pretty solid issue.  I wasn't in love with it, as I was the previous issues, but I still enjoyed it.  The team is officially together, we still don't know for sure where Loki stands, and Wiccan seems ready to return to being a hero.  In other words, the future looks bright!  Speaking of looking bright, the next issue brings us Speed and Prodigy, which is like a double treat for me!!  I loved Speed through the original YA run, and was a huge fan of Prodigy before Decimation ruined New X-Men: Academy X(stupid Marvel...).  It should go without saying that I am hugely looking forward to the next issue. Read Full Review

With the first arc over hopefully that'll be the end of the pacing issues that have been plaguing the series so far.However even with those problems it still manages to still be an incredibly fun book with the promise of getting even better. Read Full Review

Young Avengers #5 is a mixed bag, but a promising one. Read Full Review