2008-04-29 Bendis finally shapes up

In my opinion, and not to put to blunt a point on it, New Avengers, until this string of stories, was a mish mash of confusing and convoluted character history, some pretty pictures and little else; all style, no substance. The dialouge was appaulingly choppy and the plotting was terrible. Here however, in the fertile Marvel garden left by the wake of Civil War, Bendis manages to get his fists around the throat of his indie/Max comics heyday with an actual compeling story, reasonable dialogue and some tense moments, all complemented by the love it or hate it art of Lenil Yu (I personally love his art). Oddly enough, the crossover that resulted in some of this volumes revelations have turned into a halfway decent Crossover event, penned by, you guessed it, Bendis. I for one am glad he has left his crapulent "No more Shield, stop raping me!" era behind him, ploughing back into what made Alias and his Daredevil run great; coherence and fun stories.