Young Avengers #2
Summary: Wiccan and Hulkling head downstairs and find Hulkling's mother happily cooking for Wiccan's parents. Wiccan and Hulkling rapidly realize something was wrong with Hulkling's mom, as she's starting to give off a crazy June Cleaver type of vibe. Wiccan realizes that Hulkling's mother had done something to his parents and tries to send her back from whence she came, but Wiccan is still wiped out from bringing Hulkling's mother over and she easily stops him. Next Hulkling tries to stop her, but can't put a dent in her, so Hulkling collects Wiccan and beats a hasty retreat. The two head to Avengers Mansion and ask the Uncanny Avengers for help, but Hulkling's crazy mother has beaten them there and has seemingly taken over the Avengers as she had done to Wiccan's folks(!). Wiccan's parents collect the two and toss them into some sort of extra-dimensional prison. Luckily for Wiccan, Loki breaks in and rescues him, breaking Hulkling out of his prison as well. The trio head to a diner and after some discussion, Wiccan and Hulkling seemingly decide that Loki was the problem(wait, what?!) and head to Asgardia to ask the Asgardians for help. This issue ends with a Frost Giant coming out of Asgardia to take possession of Loki for his real father, Laufey.
Thoughts: Yep, I think I have a new favorite series. Gillen is hitting all the right notes here, and I am loving this series. Now, it wasn't all perfect, but I did enjoy this issue thoroughly. My biggest gripe would be Wiccan and Hulkling apparently deciding that Loki was the problem... I'm not sure how they came to that conclusion... Maybe because Hulkling noticed Loki on his roof when the spell was cast the prior night? Maybe it's simply that they figure Loki HAS to be behind this since he IS Loki? Other than my mild confusion regarding Hulking and Wiccan's decision(and the lack of Kate and Noh-Varr!), I have zero complaints here. Great stuff!
Score: 9 out of 10.
I LOVE Loki's dialogue in this series...
I loved when Loki called out Wiccan on his name. It is kind of a good point.
ReplyDeleteI love that despite flying an alien ship and fighting off Skrulls, Kate finds the time to text the guys XD
ReplyDeleteThis issue was great, though I was a bit confused on the "word" part...
OMFG I AM SO EFFING HAPPY. Amazing. The box sequence? Brilliant. Billy and Teddy's sideways glance at the diner? Hilarious. Billy noting that calling Wanda the "Scarlet Mom" would be weird? Highlight. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. They're totally right. It's like a music video. I can hear music in my head when I read it. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteYup, I echo all of what the three of you said. I am LOVING this series SO much right now!! As the second biggest YA fan I know, JW, I am overjoyed that we are both enjoying this series as much as we are. I was a bit hesitant without Heinberg at the helm, but damn is Gillen taking care of business here!! His dialogue is PERFECT for this series. And the art! Like you said, the glance between Billy and Teddy at the diner? Just plain great!!! I'll repeat it, LOVE IT!! :D
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that he is actually writing this Loki differently. From the dialogue you can pick up that this isn't the same Kid Loki as from the previous series. I am not too familiar with the old Loki so I am not sure if this Loki is acting the same as the old Loki.
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