New Avengers #37 Review

NEW AVENGERS #37
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Leinil Francis Yu

Ugh, I don't know what's gotten into Bendis lately, but his choice to tell the last couple issues in a past tense retellings of events we never actually see is annoying and really detracts from the story. Oh ya, before anyone asks, that cliffhanger with all the random heroes was just an illusion by Dr Strange.

Also, these street level Avengers manage to take out all the villains without breaking a sweat. Yes, Luke Cage, a man who's power is that he has unbreakable skin, manages to take down Asgardian-level villains like the Wrecker. Other Wrecking Crew members are taken down by people like Wolverine and so on. Even with said illusions, the New Avengers shouldn't have been able to physically hurt these guys, yet manage to take everyone down with relative ease.

If Bendis' job was to downplay any credability or threat these villains posed, then mission accomplished, I don't care about them at all anymore and the upcoming Annual will be a pointless issue if you ask me as I expect the exact same thing that happened here. Bendis should see the recent Daredevil issue to see how a street level character would fare out against someone like the Wrecker.

Only thing I enjoyed this issue was the Dr Strange / Hood encounter. I liked how Bendis played up the whole demon aspect of the Hood with Dr Strange's mysticism and I'm curious to see if this is ever followed up on.

Verdict - Avoid It. It's hard to put into words how bad the narrative of this issue is, but if you read last month's symbiote recap issue by Luke Cage, imagine something worse and you'll almost understand how bad this was.

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