Avengers #687-688 - "No Surrender," Parts 13-14

[laughing_tree]

I’ve accidentally called it Avengers Forever more than once in conversation. That’s kind of the gold standard in a lot of ways, the bar to clear. We’re doing something very different from what that was, but at the same time, we’re telling a grand story on an epic scale, and right at the core of it is the idea of what it means to be an Avenger. -- Al Ewing

Comments

[nyadnar17]

How the fuck is Ewing so damn good at this?

[ovaltinepatrol]

"It wasn't Hawkeye's job to stop the Hulk"

[zachbeacon]

His powers include "goldfish memory"

[stolisomancer]

It wasn't Hawkeye's job to stop the Hulk in the fight they're talking about here.

[icon_uk]

Technically, it wasn't Hawkeye's job to stop Hulk in that scenario, it was Hawkeye's job to stop Bruce Banner.

[zachbeacon]

I'm having a hard time not seeing Quicksilver as a cat chasing a Lazer pointer

[michaelsaint]

So Quicksilver now has lightning when he runs? Or did the artist just mistake him for the Flash??

[draganoche]

I think that's suppose to be Wanda's magic. But yeah, Ewing was really going for a Flash vibe.

[laughing_tree]

It's Jim Zub doing most of the writing on the Quicksilver segments, as it's a continuation of his work with the character on Uncanny Avengers.

[scorntx]

Much as I have unlimited love for Ewing... and general "he's okay"ness for Waid...
This is not Avengers Forever-level.
It ain't, man.

[beyondthefringe]

On the bright side, things it is NOT:

1) The Crossing
2) DIssassembled
3) Avengers #200
4) Anything from the '90s.

[scorntx]

Yeaaaah... but this just means that (the last two issues aside), it's just been sort of "meh".

Except for the parts where Quicksilver's being a jerk. Those are just crap.
(Mildly satisfied at what happened to him in this issue. Good riddance, ya blork!)

[dewinged]

4a) Except Busiek's run.

[dewinged]

I hope they do something with Lightning/Miguel after this. Why put so much focus on him to just put him back in limbo when it's all over.

[scorntx]

But he's not in a movie, or a TV series, or even a Netflix series!
How could they possibly write about someone so blatantly unimportant?

[astrakhan42]

I'm waiting for Ewing to get an Avengers title in the near future and I think Lightning might end up there.

[kore]

Did you see the most recent issue? Lightning was great. I want at least a mini after that!

[kore]

Roberto and Toni <333

Very Ewing New Avengers vibe here, I love it.

Pietro usually just annoys me, but I liked him okay in this. And they figured out something for Wanda to do!