What a difference one issue makes. I wasn’t sold after issue
58; Jeff Parker spent too much time on the boring supporting cast members,
letting Red She-Hulk just materialize as a threat and destructive force to
harass them. I see now what he was trying to do: cast some doubt on Betty Ross’
mental state and really put some fear of the character into the Marvel U. I
just hope readers stick around to give this issue a chance; this is much more
what I had in mind when I started picking up this Marvel NOW title.
This issue still keeps much of the focus on the Avengers
strike force focusing on taking out Red She-Hulk. Captain America, Captain
Marvel, Iron Man, and more all join forces to take on Betty and stop her
seemingly mindless rampage. I especially like how seamlessly Machine Man is
assimilated into the team. He’s not an Avenger, but you’d never know that from
reading this comic. (Heck, maybe he’s a reservist along with anyone else Steve Rogers
deputizes these days.)
Red She-Hulk is definitely too wild, but her heart is in the
right place. She’s trying to avoid an apocalyptic future witnessed by a young
lady she knows. I’m not sure how the Echelon project leads to the apocalyptic
future Betty sees, or if the vision is even real, but it is a good way to put
her opposite the biggest names in the Marvel U. I expect X-51 will switch over
to her team shortly.
Carlo Pagulayan’s pencils are dynamic, but they have a
tendency to get fuzzy. It’s too bad, because I think he does a great job
realizing the current model sheets for the Avengers, and I love his super-spy
Betty Ross. There are just some panels where the lines seem fuzzier than
necessary. Perhaps there is a printer issue? I like Pagulayan’s pencils enough
I want to see them in sharp detail!
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