by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Stefano Caselli & Harvey Tolibao
collects Avengers: The Initiative # 14-19
the premise: The Skrull infiltration of Camp Hammond stands revealed, leaving the shell-shocked Initiative to combat fifty states worth of Skrulls.
the lowdown: Neat cover, huh? It's by Mark Brooks and IMO looks really good. I've managed to convince my kids that the dog has been replaced by a Skrull. Normally he is named Peanut, but we've taken to calling him Skrullnut. It's possible this Skrull thing has finally broken me.
In any event, this volume sees the Initiative dealing with the fallout of having its fearless leader revealed as a Skrull. After War Machine leaves to go take over Iron Man's series (check back tomorrow), the rest of the group, plus the Skrull Kill Krew and the new 3D-Man, try to take out the remaining Skrulls before they can.. do something bad... with the various HQs around the country.
Sounds dumb, I know, but it's actually not bad at all. This has become a rather enjoyable book about c and d-list Marvel characters, and it's gotten far enough into the series that it's developed a pretty nice rhythm. It's still very old-school but less so this time around (perhaps because the New Warriors are gone - they suck BTW).
The art is a hodgepodge this time around. Tolibao draws three of the issues, and while he's no Caselli he does nice work. His work here reminds me of Scott Kolins before Kolins just went bezerk with his figure design. In time I think Tolibao could evolve into a similar artist. Steve Kurth also does one issue.
the verdict: An enjoyable if goofy action comic. It makes nice use of the Skrull plot but manages to tell its own story. Recommended.
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