OK, Hickman and Spencer have another issue (two at the most) to hook me before I abandon hope. After last issue's Smasher-focused story, I was hoping that we'd return to the larger story that the authors were/are telling, about the coordinated global attacks by several terrorist groups (at the very least, A.I.M. and the Hand). Instead, we get another character-focused issue, this time focused on Shang-Chi.
Actually, the issue isn't even focused all that much on Shang-Chi. It's actually really focused on all the heroes that inspired him (though his connection to them or how he knows about them is left unclear). Unfortunately, all these heroes died as a result of their actions, something that we're supposed to believe is going to happen to Shang-Chi as well.
I'm not against character-focused stories, but, if we're going to do issue after issue of them, I'd prefer to see them happen in a book similar to "Avengers: Solo." The point of a regular Avengers story is to see the interplay between the characters, as we do in "Uncanny Avengers." Instead, this series is starting to feel like a "Street Fighter" game, where we just see two minor characters fight against the backdrop of a vaguely articulated plot. If that continues to be the case, I'm taking my quarters and going home.
** (two of five stars)
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