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Los Nuevos Vengadores #13: Asedio (2010)

by Brian Michael Bendis(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Panini Comics España (Marvel Comics)

review 1: I have to say, I went into this volume not expecting an end to the series that felt like it fit, knowing that New Avengers was shortly restarted again. But after reading this it came off as the perfect ending place for this group of heroes as a team. This team was defined by the big Marvel events during the comics run and with the end of Osborn and the Superhuman Registration act it felt a fitting time for them to part ways.Although Osborn fell, and the team was there for that, I really enjoyed that this book centered more on The Hood and Madame Masque, as they were more the New Avengers bad guys than anyone else. Not only do we get to see what happened at siege with the them but more importantly what happened AFTER, with their story arc feeling like it was as much at a... moren end as the New Avengers was.
review 2: This last collection in the New Avengers series is a welcome, yet "under-whelming" one. The writing is spot-on (as usual for Bendis) & many artists collaborated. Big names. The kind you'd expect awesome stuff from. Yet, because each artist is only on board for one, maybe two issues, the different art styles make this an uneven collection, especially the Finale, where Bryan Hitch's pencils seem rushed a lot of times (including the least flattering depiction of Wolverine I've (probably) ever seen!). Also, the fact that a lot of the book's focus is NOT on the New Avengers, but on The Hood and his lackeys, as well as the minimal material *actually* tying-in to SIEGE (my main reason for getting this book), left me underwhelmed. Small consolation, however: I purchased this book from Amazon.ca and did not pay the full retail price. I'd been putting off writing this review, giving the book a chance to grow on me, but... no such luck. New Avengers:SIEGE marks the end of a series that, more often than not, found itself as a tie-in to whatever "Event" was going on at Marvel at the time. This made it more of a marketing tool for other publications than its own series. Too often, while reading each subsequent chapter of the New Avengers, I felt that it was just spinning its wheels, lacking a purpose or a focus (until the next "Event", that is). Well, it's over now. Sort of... (it's being re-launched). Anyone wanting crucial moments from the SIEGE storyline, be advised: This book is not it. Now, this book is not without its merits: as mentioned above, Bendis gives us his usual spot-on characterization, dialogue, and action set-pieces. The artists all delivered on the art front (except Hitch - guess he did not have *months* to perfect his pages!), but the art styles are not all "compatible". What I mean by that is that, for example, Immonen and Hitch really don't have the same styles, the former being more cartoony, the latter being more realistic. To me, that's a distraction and it takes away some of my enjoyment of the book. I was also expecting more on the SIEGE front. What we get is... not enough. A lot of what's in this book could've been added to the main SIEGE mini-series, without making it that much longer. Bottom line: If I'd had the chance to read this book before buying it, I would NOT have bought it. For SIEGE and/or New Avengers completists only. less

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