New Avengers Annual #2

[goldenfist]

Continuing directly from the pages of NEW AVENGERS #37: The Hood's gang of super-criminals takes the fight right to the Avengers’ door!! Its wall-to-wall action and the end of an era for one Avenger and a major defection for another.
This double-sized issue ties into or wraps up threads from Civil War, World War Hulk, both Avengers titles and the upcoming Secret Invasion!! Avengers writer Bendis welcomes rising star Carlo Pagulayan on his Avengers debut...

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[thew40]

Great cover!

I find it kinda odd that no other "New Avengers" was solicited for that month, though. Probably to allow "Mighty Avengers" to catch up.

~W~

[Shiryu]

The cover is nice, much clearer than Yu's art. As for the story, time will tell I guess.

[redstatecap]

In three years, Bendis has written one unequivocally good issue of New Avengers -- NA Annual #1. If NA Annual #2 is as good, he'll almost double his batting average from .027 (one-out-of-37) to .054 (two-out-of-37).

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[fatbob]

I'm afraid I'm beside myself with indifference as far as this team of Avengers is concerned-doesn't excite me at all, but I agree, the art looks better than Yu's awful scratching.

[goldenfist]

Maybe with Carlo Pagulayan's artwork the book will sell more.