This is the last part of the mini-series starring my favorite Avengers married couple(or I guess ex-married couple now)Mockingbird and Hawkeye... Oops, I mean Ronin*rolls eyes*. DAMN that BENDIS!!! Anyway, this comic is written by Jim McCann.
-We open this comic with a showdown between Mockingbird and Monica Rappaccini(who just happens to be one of the MANY leaders of AIM). Monica offers Bobbi a spot in AIM, Bobbi turns her down and the two women fight. Bobbi manages to defeat Monica, but Monica teleports away before Bobbi can take her into custody.
-While the two women are fighting above, Clint(I REFUSE to call him Ronin!!!)regains consciousness in the hole he was blasted into at the end of the last issue. Clint wanders around the bowels of the palace, disarming small bombs as he goes. Eventually Clint makes his way to the surface and meets up with Bobbi inside the palace, where she was evacuating the scientists who were stuck inside.
-A whole load of AIM agents attack Bobbi and Clint while Monica makes her way over to the main bomb in order to set it off manually. Clint and Bobbi defeat the cannon-fodder and Clint manages to hit Monica's belt with an arrow, sending her away to who-knows-where.
-With all of the AIM bozos out of the way, Clint manages to disarm the bomb with a liquid nitrogen arrow. After finally thwarting AIM, Clint and Bobbi head back to their old home, the West Coast Avengers compound. After talking to each other for a while, Bobbi realizes that she does still have feelings for Clint and the two(FINALLY!!!)share a passionate kiss. From there they decide to give their relationship another shot and this comic ends with Clint and Bobbi going after an Eastern European dictator... Together.
The first half of this comic really didn't do much for me, but the second half was extremely good. I've already stated(several times)how much I enjoyed the old West Coast Avengers comics, and when Clint and Bobbi headed back to the compound, I was smiling from ear to ear. The kiss between Clint and Bobbi was the perfect payoff to this mini-series. Clint has always been my favorite Avenger(my favorite Avenger not named Steve Rogers that is)and I've always loved the dynamic between him and Bobbi, so to say I'm happy the two of them are back together again is an understatement. For a score, I'll give this comic a 7 1/2 out of 10, and that's mainly due to the stuff that happened after the fight with AIM. If you were a fan of the WCA like I was, then I'd definitely recommend this comic to you.
Showing posts with label New Avengers: The Reunion. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
New Avengers: The Reunion #3(of 4)
This is the third part of the 4 issue limited series starring Ronin and his(soon to be ex)wife Mockingbird. This issue is written by Jim McCann.
-Clint and Bobbi infiltrate the palace in Spain where some of the smartest scientists in the world were meeting. According to intel Bobbi gained, AIM was planning to blow the place up.
-Clint and Bobbi bicker the entire time they're at the party, with Clint trying to convince Bobbi to give him another shot. Bobbi still doesn't seem willing to change her mind about their divorce.
-While mingling with the party guests, Bobbi realizes that none of the scientists she expected to find at the palace were there. After wandering around for a while, Bobbi manages to find a scientist being herded out of the room by some goons.
-Bobbi and Clint pursue, but lose the scientist and the goons in a hallway. Clint begins to figure that AIM is up to more than just killing the scientists, and Bobbi spontaneously faints... OK...
-While unconscious, Bobbi has a flashback to her days as a captive of the Skrulls. While the Skrulls were trying to figure out what to do with her, she managed to escape their captivity and snuck around their base for a while, planning her move. Ultimately, a Skrull posing as Clint finds her and tells her it was in love with her. Bobbi responds by doing the only thing a sane woman would do in a similar situation, she snaps the Skrull's neck.
-After Bobbi wakes up, Clint tells her that he thinks AIM is actually capturing the scientists in order to force them to work for their organization. Bobbi finds a small bomb in a hallway, and Clint figures that AIM is smuggling the scientists out of the palace through the roof. Before Bobbi and Clint can do anything else, the bomb in the hallway explodes, sending Clint plummeting to his apparent death, and knocking Bobbi to the floor. As she gets back to her feet, she discovers Dr. Rappaccini, one of the bigwigs at AIM standing behind her. This issue ends with Bobbi pulling a gun and aiming at Rappaccini.
I was enjoying this comic up until the flashback sequence... That flashback sequence went on for entirely too long! Not only did it go on for too long, it was often times very confusing. I still don't know why the Skrull's didn't kill Bobbi after Skrull Bobbi died on Earth, and for some reason the flashback was narrated by Skrull Clint... That last fact made absolutely NO sense whatsoever! Why would the Skrull impostor of Clint Barton narrate a flashback that Bobbi was having while she was unconscious??? Shouldn't Bobbi be narrating the flashback that was occurring in her head? Weird... For a score, I'll give this issue a 6 1/2 out of 10. I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between Clint and Bobbi(as always), but I could have done without the Skrull portion of this comic.
-Clint and Bobbi infiltrate the palace in Spain where some of the smartest scientists in the world were meeting. According to intel Bobbi gained, AIM was planning to blow the place up.
-Clint and Bobbi bicker the entire time they're at the party, with Clint trying to convince Bobbi to give him another shot. Bobbi still doesn't seem willing to change her mind about their divorce.
-While mingling with the party guests, Bobbi realizes that none of the scientists she expected to find at the palace were there. After wandering around for a while, Bobbi manages to find a scientist being herded out of the room by some goons.
-Bobbi and Clint pursue, but lose the scientist and the goons in a hallway. Clint begins to figure that AIM is up to more than just killing the scientists, and Bobbi spontaneously faints... OK...
-While unconscious, Bobbi has a flashback to her days as a captive of the Skrulls. While the Skrulls were trying to figure out what to do with her, she managed to escape their captivity and snuck around their base for a while, planning her move. Ultimately, a Skrull posing as Clint finds her and tells her it was in love with her. Bobbi responds by doing the only thing a sane woman would do in a similar situation, she snaps the Skrull's neck.
-After Bobbi wakes up, Clint tells her that he thinks AIM is actually capturing the scientists in order to force them to work for their organization. Bobbi finds a small bomb in a hallway, and Clint figures that AIM is smuggling the scientists out of the palace through the roof. Before Bobbi and Clint can do anything else, the bomb in the hallway explodes, sending Clint plummeting to his apparent death, and knocking Bobbi to the floor. As she gets back to her feet, she discovers Dr. Rappaccini, one of the bigwigs at AIM standing behind her. This issue ends with Bobbi pulling a gun and aiming at Rappaccini.
I was enjoying this comic up until the flashback sequence... That flashback sequence went on for entirely too long! Not only did it go on for too long, it was often times very confusing. I still don't know why the Skrull's didn't kill Bobbi after Skrull Bobbi died on Earth, and for some reason the flashback was narrated by Skrull Clint... That last fact made absolutely NO sense whatsoever! Why would the Skrull impostor of Clint Barton narrate a flashback that Bobbi was having while she was unconscious??? Shouldn't Bobbi be narrating the flashback that was occurring in her head? Weird... For a score, I'll give this issue a 6 1/2 out of 10. I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between Clint and Bobbi(as always), but I could have done without the Skrull portion of this comic.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
New Avengers: The Reunion #2(of 4)
This is the second issue of the Avengers mini-series starring Clint Barton(Hawkeye/Ronin)and Bobbi Morse-Barton(Mockingbird). Hopefully this issue will finally shed some light on how Mockingbird survived being killed by Mephisto way back in the old West Coast Avengers comic series...
-Bobbi has been chasing down AIM agents who are intending to set off a dirty bomb at a science gala in Spain. Clint wanted to call in the Avengers, Bobbi refused and before long Clint and Bobbi were brawling with each other(just like they always did back in the day).
-Eventually, Clint and Bobbi realized that the longer they fought, the further behind AIM they would wind up. Clint decides to reluctantly follow Bobbi's lead and the two hop a plane headed for Spain.
-While flying out to Spain, Bobbi reveals that she has started up an organization called the WCA, which stands for World Counterterrorism Agency... The WCA?!? Heh-heh-heh!!! I like that ALOT! The WCA is comprised of Bobbi and other SHIELD agents who were captured by the Skrulls prior to Secret Invasion.
-Upon arriving in Spain, Clint and Bobbi check into a hotel, but Bobbi's insists that they stay in separate rooms, since the cover story is that they are scientists, not lovers. Clint isn't overly pleased about this, but he goes along with Bobbi's orders.
-Later, Clint barges into Bobbi's room and begins to argue with her over the fact that she had a purple and blue suit sent over for him to wear to the science gala. The two continue to argue and Clint begins to press Bobbi as to what their relationship is. Finally, Clint tells Bobbi that before she died they were planning on trying to resuscitate their marriage and he wants to give that a shot. Bobbi hesitates and it dawns on Clint that it was the Skrull impersonating Bobbi who was trying to resume the marriage in an attempt to weasel its way onto the West Coast Avengers. Bobbi then tells Clint that before the Skrulls abducted her she had filed the divorce papers, meaning they were no longer married.
OK, there's a lot to comment on here, but first I want to hit on the story of Mockingbird's "death". In a flashback sequence, Bobbi reveals that she was abducted by Skrulls and replaced by an impostor. The impostor was killed by Mephisto back in West Coast Avengers #100, and through a Clint flashback, we learn that the impostor Mockingbird turned into ash upon dying, which is why nobody realized the impostor Mockingbird was a Skrull. So, there it is, that's what I've been waiting for. It was a Skrull impersonating Bobbi that was killed by Mephisto, not the real deal. The real Mockingbird was being held captive by the Skrulls out in space somewhere...
There are SO many hole in that story it's not even funny! First off, the Mockingbird who was killed by Mephisto DIDN'T turn into ash upon dying. She died in Clint's arms, and was subsequently buried. Secondly, Bobbi has shown up SEVERAL times in the afterlife! Off the top of my head, I can remember Bobbi's spirit popping up in an issue of Avengers, Thunderbolts and X-Statix. Finally, why would the Skrulls bother keeping the real Mockingbird alive after Skrull Mockingbird was killed off by Mephisto? Since the Skrulls couldn't use Mockingbird anymore, wouldn't it make more sense to kill her as opposed to keeping her prisoner?
After saying all of that though, allow me to state enthusiastically that I am beyond pleased that Bobbi is alive again. Bobbi Morse is possibly my favorite female comic book character(besides Tabitha Smith that is), and I always felt Bobbi's death should never have occurred. The ONLY reason Bobbi was killed off was because Marvel wanted to kill off SOMEBODY in WCA #100. Bobbi was deemed the most expendable, and was killed off. Bobbi's death always bugged me because WCA was cancelled by issue #103! Why bother killing Bobbi off in issue #100, in an attempt to boost sales for WCA and then cancel the book?!? So, although Bobbi's return doesn't make much sense, I won't say one more harsh thing concerning Bobbi's "resurrection".
For a score I'll give this comic a score of 8 out of 10. There really wasn't much action, besides Clint and Bobbi's occasional spats, but that was fine by me, since this comic book FINALLY gave me the answer to the question regarding Bobbi's return. Welcome back to the Marvel Universe Mockingbird, I for one truly missed you!
-Bobbi has been chasing down AIM agents who are intending to set off a dirty bomb at a science gala in Spain. Clint wanted to call in the Avengers, Bobbi refused and before long Clint and Bobbi were brawling with each other(just like they always did back in the day).
-Eventually, Clint and Bobbi realized that the longer they fought, the further behind AIM they would wind up. Clint decides to reluctantly follow Bobbi's lead and the two hop a plane headed for Spain.
-While flying out to Spain, Bobbi reveals that she has started up an organization called the WCA, which stands for World Counterterrorism Agency... The WCA?!? Heh-heh-heh!!! I like that ALOT! The WCA is comprised of Bobbi and other SHIELD agents who were captured by the Skrulls prior to Secret Invasion.
-Upon arriving in Spain, Clint and Bobbi check into a hotel, but Bobbi's insists that they stay in separate rooms, since the cover story is that they are scientists, not lovers. Clint isn't overly pleased about this, but he goes along with Bobbi's orders.
-Later, Clint barges into Bobbi's room and begins to argue with her over the fact that she had a purple and blue suit sent over for him to wear to the science gala. The two continue to argue and Clint begins to press Bobbi as to what their relationship is. Finally, Clint tells Bobbi that before she died they were planning on trying to resuscitate their marriage and he wants to give that a shot. Bobbi hesitates and it dawns on Clint that it was the Skrull impersonating Bobbi who was trying to resume the marriage in an attempt to weasel its way onto the West Coast Avengers. Bobbi then tells Clint that before the Skrulls abducted her she had filed the divorce papers, meaning they were no longer married.
OK, there's a lot to comment on here, but first I want to hit on the story of Mockingbird's "death". In a flashback sequence, Bobbi reveals that she was abducted by Skrulls and replaced by an impostor. The impostor was killed by Mephisto back in West Coast Avengers #100, and through a Clint flashback, we learn that the impostor Mockingbird turned into ash upon dying, which is why nobody realized the impostor Mockingbird was a Skrull. So, there it is, that's what I've been waiting for. It was a Skrull impersonating Bobbi that was killed by Mephisto, not the real deal. The real Mockingbird was being held captive by the Skrulls out in space somewhere...
There are SO many hole in that story it's not even funny! First off, the Mockingbird who was killed by Mephisto DIDN'T turn into ash upon dying. She died in Clint's arms, and was subsequently buried. Secondly, Bobbi has shown up SEVERAL times in the afterlife! Off the top of my head, I can remember Bobbi's spirit popping up in an issue of Avengers, Thunderbolts and X-Statix. Finally, why would the Skrulls bother keeping the real Mockingbird alive after Skrull Mockingbird was killed off by Mephisto? Since the Skrulls couldn't use Mockingbird anymore, wouldn't it make more sense to kill her as opposed to keeping her prisoner?
After saying all of that though, allow me to state enthusiastically that I am beyond pleased that Bobbi is alive again. Bobbi Morse is possibly my favorite female comic book character(besides Tabitha Smith that is), and I always felt Bobbi's death should never have occurred. The ONLY reason Bobbi was killed off was because Marvel wanted to kill off SOMEBODY in WCA #100. Bobbi was deemed the most expendable, and was killed off. Bobbi's death always bugged me because WCA was cancelled by issue #103! Why bother killing Bobbi off in issue #100, in an attempt to boost sales for WCA and then cancel the book?!? So, although Bobbi's return doesn't make much sense, I won't say one more harsh thing concerning Bobbi's "resurrection".
For a score I'll give this comic a score of 8 out of 10. There really wasn't much action, besides Clint and Bobbi's occasional spats, but that was fine by me, since this comic book FINALLY gave me the answer to the question regarding Bobbi's return. Welcome back to the Marvel Universe Mockingbird, I for one truly missed you!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
New Avengers: The Reunion #1
Before I even open this comic book up, I'm going to state right now, if this comic doesn't explain how Mockingbird survived being killed by Mephisto back in West Coast Avengers #100, I'm going to be major league pissed off. With that said, here's the review.
Overall- First of all, bull s###. The "explanation" about Mockingbird's "death" was pure, unadulterated bull s###. Supposedly, the Skrulls replaced Bobbi prior to her death and it was a Skrull impersonating Bobbi that was whacked by Mephisto. There are SEVERAL things wrong with that story, starting with the fact that when she died, Bobbi didn't revert back to her true Skrull form like all dead Skrull's do. Once Skrull Bobbi died, she should have reverted to a Skrull, thus tipping off the West Coast Avengers 15 years ago about this Secret Invasion. Apparently, Skrull Bobbi's body turned to dust after her death, which is once again a load of bull s###. I've just recently read and posted parts of WCA #100 and that DIDN'T happen. Bobbi died in Clint's arms and didn't turn to dust, she was buried. On top of that, Bobbi's spirit was seen numerous times in the after life, in issues of the Avengers, Thunderbolts and even X-Statix Presents: Deadgirl. She was dead, dead, dead! No amount of revisionist history and lame half-assed excuses can change that fact.
With that major bone of contention out of the way, I have to admit, I really enjoyed this comic book! Everything was pretty spot on. Clint's interaction with Bucky was exactly what I would have expected from Clint, he challenged Bucky to a fight, after taunting Bucky with the fact that he was asked before Bucky to become the new Captain America, and Clint and Bobbi's relationship was as rocky as I remember it being. For a long time Avenger fan like myself, it was a real treat to see Clint and Bobbi fighting the hordes of A.I.M. side-by-side again, even if Clint was wearing the wrong costume. Basically, this issue ends with Clint pinning Bobbi to a wall in one of her safe houses with a net arrow and calling the Avengers in to help him take down A.I.M., which was something Bobbi had wanted to do on her own.
Right off the bat, let me apologize, because this wasn't really a review of this comic per say, it was more my observations and thoughts on it. You have to understand, the story in this comic doesn't really matter to me, as weird as that may sound. For me, the important thing was seeing how the writer, Jim McCann, was planning on handling the various interpersonal relationships between the various characters in this comic book, most specifically, Clint and Bobbi. West Coast Avengers might have been campy, and at times down right dumb, but it holds a special place in my heart. The fact that Jim treated these characters I truly care about with respect left me feeling quite relieved. I expected this comic to be nearly unreadable, but to my surprise, I enjoyed this book, and I'm looking forward to the next issue. For a score, I'll go with a 7 1/2 out of 10. If the crap with Skrull Bobbi would have been better explained, I'd have scored this issue even higher.
Overall- First of all, bull s###. The "explanation" about Mockingbird's "death" was pure, unadulterated bull s###. Supposedly, the Skrulls replaced Bobbi prior to her death and it was a Skrull impersonating Bobbi that was whacked by Mephisto. There are SEVERAL things wrong with that story, starting with the fact that when she died, Bobbi didn't revert back to her true Skrull form like all dead Skrull's do. Once Skrull Bobbi died, she should have reverted to a Skrull, thus tipping off the West Coast Avengers 15 years ago about this Secret Invasion. Apparently, Skrull Bobbi's body turned to dust after her death, which is once again a load of bull s###. I've just recently read and posted parts of WCA #100 and that DIDN'T happen. Bobbi died in Clint's arms and didn't turn to dust, she was buried. On top of that, Bobbi's spirit was seen numerous times in the after life, in issues of the Avengers, Thunderbolts and even X-Statix Presents: Deadgirl. She was dead, dead, dead! No amount of revisionist history and lame half-assed excuses can change that fact.
With that major bone of contention out of the way, I have to admit, I really enjoyed this comic book! Everything was pretty spot on. Clint's interaction with Bucky was exactly what I would have expected from Clint, he challenged Bucky to a fight, after taunting Bucky with the fact that he was asked before Bucky to become the new Captain America, and Clint and Bobbi's relationship was as rocky as I remember it being. For a long time Avenger fan like myself, it was a real treat to see Clint and Bobbi fighting the hordes of A.I.M. side-by-side again, even if Clint was wearing the wrong costume. Basically, this issue ends with Clint pinning Bobbi to a wall in one of her safe houses with a net arrow and calling the Avengers in to help him take down A.I.M., which was something Bobbi had wanted to do on her own.
Right off the bat, let me apologize, because this wasn't really a review of this comic per say, it was more my observations and thoughts on it. You have to understand, the story in this comic doesn't really matter to me, as weird as that may sound. For me, the important thing was seeing how the writer, Jim McCann, was planning on handling the various interpersonal relationships between the various characters in this comic book, most specifically, Clint and Bobbi. West Coast Avengers might have been campy, and at times down right dumb, but it holds a special place in my heart. The fact that Jim treated these characters I truly care about with respect left me feeling quite relieved. I expected this comic to be nearly unreadable, but to my surprise, I enjoyed this book, and I'm looking forward to the next issue. For a score, I'll go with a 7 1/2 out of 10. If the crap with Skrull Bobbi would have been better explained, I'd have scored this issue even higher.
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