Welcome
back folks to another round of picks from the releases in the week
starting 29th December, from us here at Comic Addicts!
We're sure you're all excited to see whats on the menu so lets just
dig right in!
Avengers
: Children's Crusade #8 (of 9)
(Marvel Comics)
Story:
Allan Heinberg
Art:
Jim Cheung, Mark Morales
Hold
no doubt, this is probably the most important book in the Marvel
Universe right now. Leading into Avengers vs. X-Men, and more
importantly, dealing with three or four different ongoing plot points
in Universe-616 (the main Marvel-U). It also contains Allan
Heinberg’s and Jim Cheung’s much awaited return to the
fan-favourite Young Avengers and
this series has so far failed to disappoint. With this issue, we see
the collective power of the Avengers, X-Men, X-Factor and the Young
Avengers take on an omnipresent Doctor Doom. The individual
motivations and agendas of every character who gets even a line in
the book are well explored. Particularly well written is the Scarlet
Witch, with the pain and guilt of her earlier actions (Disassembled,
House of M, Decimation, etc...) reflected well in pretty much
everything she says. Jim Cheung’s work is excellent as usual, with
some big, bold widescreen action working in tandem with some
beautiful visuals. There is also the possible death of one character,
which is handled beautifully and will leave you surprised.
SCORE
: 8.8/10
