Avengers #676

NO SURRENDER pt II

Written by Mark Waid, Al Ewing, and Jim Zub
Penciled by Pepe Larraz
Cover by Mark Brooks
Published Jan 17, 2018

   As Wasp and Beast monitor Jarvis, something goes very wrong with his bioscan. Meanwhile Voyager addresses all of the teams of Avengers at the mansion. Throughout the next few pages, several classic Avengers panels are updated to remind you that you've clearly forgotten Valerie Vector was there all along. Remember? She was there the whole time, finally meeting her match against Victory - jettisoned from normal existence until the Earth was stolen.

I mean, how could anybody forget this?!

   Now she's returned, and with the current leadership of Rogue, Falcon, and Sunspot aka Citizen V, they need to find out why some members are in suspended animation. Coupled with satellites being down and constellations making magic unpredictable, the Avengers are in big trouble.

Is this bad?!

   Meanwhile in Egypt, a man and his elderly mother run from the fire in the sky and Thanos' Black Order find themselves face to face with the Grandmaster's Lethal Legion. The battle begins immediately and the two factions trade blows. Finally two booming voices order them to stop, and prepare for a greater fight. They obey and the Black Order plans to eliminate any other forces that might stop them going forward.

Let's all go fight the Avengers first.

   Back at the mansion, the Avengers leadership does their best to make a plan, but as they lose focus they all realize it's best to first deal with their frozen teammates. Later Voyager agrees that smaller groups are best when suddenly feedback squeals over their comm screens. Quicksilver attempts to stop it until they see the Black Order floating in mid-air. They tell them they’d only be in the way of their upcoming fight, and as Falcon sends Redwing to gauge their location, he realizes they’re directly above the mansion. They Generate a massive burst of energy into it and it explodes. What will happen next? Has the Black Order completely rid the now stolen planet of Earth’s mightiest heroes? We’ll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.

Obviously they're all dead.

   At first I was skeptical about a weekly series, as almost every time I’ve seen one done, it turns into a mess. This though... this is near perfect. To merge three of the finest writers in the Marvel braintrust on one epic series - plus with amazing artwork to boot, I just can’t see this book having any drop off. And what a layered, stunning story to shore it up. This is great and I think it can only get better. I give this one a 10/10.

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