This issue isn't bad. I don't read "The Fearless Defenders," so I know little about Hippolyta (other than the fact that "Warrior Woman" is a terrible name) and how this story fits into the storyline currently running through this series. But, Bunn does a decent job of setting up the central tension of this issue, namely how Hippolyta's need for revenge dovetails with Caroline Le Fay's, and to Doomstadt we go. Shenanigans, needless to say, ensue.
The oddest part of this issue is that it exists at all. With the switch to this alternate future, Marvel gave us this issue and "Uncanny Avengers" #8 AU to flesh it out a bit, similar to the previous tie-in issues in "Avengers Assemble," "Fantastic Four," and "Superior Spider-Man" did the same for the world when it was run by Ultron. But, at this point, when we've strayed so far from the central conceit of this mini-series, languishing in a second alternate history, it's hard to care. I mean, maybe if we had more than two issues left in the mini-series I could invest some energy into learning about this new world. But, given that the curtain is already partially closed, why bother?
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