Avengers #4 Review

Writer: Jason Aaron / Artist: Ed McGuinness / Marvel Comics OK, I’m invested. Four issues in and I find myself aching to know what else Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness have in store for the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Avengers #4 continues the struggle of a team of heroes brought together by fate. It’s a classic storyline even without the undercurrent of the heroes’ past iterations throughout the arc. This Book is as Stark as it is Strange They’ve split up into smaller groups to try and unravel the mystery of these “Dark Celestials”. Circumstances leave Captain America and Ghost Rider on their own for now. Otherwise, we get She-Hulk and Thor, Iron Man and Doctor Strange, and Black Panther with Captain Marvel. It’s easy to be cynical about the choice to reminisce about the recent sagas of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also geek out about its future. But when the characters are well written, sometimes distinct from their MCU counterparts and drawn beautifully it makes for a damn good comic for newcomers and veteran readers alike. I found myself fond of the interaction between Carol Danvers and T’Challa. Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of a newly crowned Black Panther finding himself has been glorious but this book showcases a character I’ve grown accustomed to over the years. Technologically brilliant, royally ruthless, and radiating a confident stoicism that suits the expressionless mask he sports. This is truly a Black Panther that “never freezes”. Black Panther and Captain Marv…