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meepelous's review
2.0
Probably closer to one star, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since this is obviously part of a much larger plot arc.
EVERYTHING about this book made me uncomfortable. Lots of unnecessarily sexualized female characters and pro conformity/military/government propaganda in buckets. Although the later is conditional on the over arching plot so maybe not? I guess I should read civil war or something but since I came to this from the irredeemable ant-man I'm not sure how much of this I can take.
I would also like to point out that while the art for most of the book is acceptable. The last chapter is shamefully horrible! Marvel is one of the largest comic book publishers in America and they accept this crap?
EVERYTHING about this book made me uncomfortable. Lots of unnecessarily sexualized female characters and pro conformity/military/government propaganda in buckets. Although the later is conditional on the over arching plot so maybe not? I guess I should read civil war or something but since I came to this from the irredeemable ant-man I'm not sure how much of this I can take.
I would also like to point out that while the art for most of the book is acceptable. The last chapter is shamefully horrible! Marvel is one of the largest comic book publishers in America and they accept this crap?
harmony's review
2.0
I am just starting to get into comics, and without all of the background on things like M-Day, World War Hulk, and about a million other things, I had no idea what was going on. I was obviously following a bunch of super-hero recruit kids, but because the background events relied so heavily on events in other books, it was pretty disjointed and annoying, and since characters were mostly recycled from other series, we didn't get much history or personality from them at all; I was just supposed to already know and like them, I guess.
sookieskipper's review
2.0
Bunch of kids with superpower get roped (read harassed) into joining the initiative as per government directive. Government exercises a propaganda with a Nazi scientist, scientist with questionable decision making capacity, a tool of a politician and the worst possible drill Sargent.
The new cadets come with old tropes and known comic book cliches. Being mildly entertaining and generally pointless in large scheme of things, this can be skipped. If its the post Civil War arcs one is looking for then move along to Dark Reign or Secret Wars.
Hopefully the follow-up events post Civil War won't fall flat this bad.
The new cadets come with old tropes and known comic book cliches. Being mildly entertaining and generally pointless in large scheme of things, this can be skipped. If its the post Civil War arcs one is looking for then move along to Dark Reign or Secret Wars.
Hopefully the follow-up events post Civil War won't fall flat this bad.
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