Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Secret Avengers #3 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

You know, I'm really digging this new series.  Spencer's doing a great job of building an extremely competent cast of characters facing some problems that truly challenge said competency.  After all, I did find myself questioning whether Daisy didn't inappropriately provoke A.I.M. at the weapons expo.  I mean, sure, A.I.M. stole the Iron Patriot armor after Daisy and Nick attacked, but we never learned what it planned on doing had it not been attacked.  The best types of these stories show the characters not as rank amateurs but as trained professionals outmaneuvered by a worthy adversary and Spencer makes Dr. Forson exactly that here.  Plus, he makes it personal besides with the death of the Senator, something that could push Daisy into being more reckless than she normally would be.  We end this issue wondering what Dr. Forson has planned for the armor and why Jocasta knows Phil Coulson's name, which is a pretty great cliffhanger either way you cut it.  Plus, on top of the excellent plot, we get to see Clint bumble his way through missions with his ex-wife and, as Matt Fraction called Natasha in "Hawkeye," his "work wife."  How good is that?

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