![]() ![]() Kathryn Immonen wrote one of my favorite single-issue standalones ever, the 2013 Avengers Annual, which is admittedly a fave in part because it does seem to borrow a lot from the films both in characterization and in the makeup of the team, and the films are my preferred iterations pretty much across the board. "Cherchez La Femme!" (i.e., the one with Peggy Carter) - Oh boy, this was a disappointment. I do love the idea of our black hero trying to balance his status as a hero with his attachment and obligation to the marginalized community and place he came from, but perhaps because I've seen it done with so much atmosphere and pathos via Luke Cage, I didn't feel that this comic with fairly average-to-decent writing and art had anything particularly new to say on it. I was struck quite a bit by how it actually hit a lot of the same beats as a subplot that's come up, I think, a couple times now via Netflix's Luke Cage, of the hero returning to Harlem to be prevailed upon by a worried mother whose son has become involved with the borough's criminal element. The following story, however, is fairly lowkey. Spikes (i.e., the one with Falcon) - This is my first time learning any of Sam's backstory, and that's just in the "previously on" portion of this issue, and guys, comics are wild. Technically 2.8 stars when you average them out, but whatever, I'm happy to round up on the strength of Kelly Sue DeConnick alone. ![]()
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