A review by andrealinia
Avengers, Vol. 2: The Last White Event by Jonathan Hickman

3.0

Although I really enjoyed most of the issues in this volume, I found it to be severely let down by the last two. The majority of the comics involve the avenger's dealing with New Adam and the creation of Starbrand. It's interesting seeing someone be 'picked' from the millions of the people on the planet and then be thrown immediately into destruction and devastation - so powerful that even the avenger's struggle to support and battle with him. It also brought to light what had gone 'wrong' with the defensive system that was supposed to take place - an interesting twist. The problem was that as soon as you learn about this interesting detail you're switched to another storyline entirely. The new storyline deals with the remains of what occurred in the last volume so it's interesting enough. However, that only lasts a single issue and then you're onto something else again that seemingly has no relevance at all to anything you've just read. It was a very disjointing experience.

If I didn't know that this series was part of a bigger picture, I'm not entirely sure that I would carry on reading them. I don't enjoy the disjointed experience that this volume presented. However, as it was only the last two issues that were really a problem, I probably would have picked up volume 3 and given it a third chance. It wasn't inherently bad and each did bring something interesting about the avenger's it was following, I just think it suffers from too big of a cast - or maybe starting off too many threads without linking them. Either way, we'll see what the next one brings.