Avengers #45 Review: Fangs and Fire

Writer: Jason Aaron / Artist: Luca Maresca / Marvel Comics Thus far, Jason Aaron’s Avengers run has been met with a wide range of criticism among Marvel fans. Some absolutely love the direction he has gone in with a number of big name heroes. Others detest the decisions he’s made and liberties he’s taken with some of the most iconic characters. While some changes could go either way, like She-Hulk being watered down to a scantily clad brute after the impeccable job Al Ewing has done with her cousin, calling Robbie the most powerful Ghost Rider the world has ever seen, giving Black Panther a Vibranium grill…which is about as eye roll inducing as it gets for black readers, and allowing ______ (<— insert name) to take out the entire Avengers squad to fit his writing narrative, I found the lineage retconning game the most jarring out of anything. Making Phoenix Thor’s biological mother, and Iron Man the son of Mephisto just opens up a can of worms that seems too messy for the most prolific of writers to clean up. Those things will need to be addressed and expanded on, but for now they’re in the Hell Charger rear view mirror. Let’s get vampin.

Have you ever wondered what a morning as an Avenger would look like? Look no further than Luca Maresca’s incredibly drawn pre-5:00AM routine by your world record breaking and deleting faves. Robbie’s voiceover lends itself wonderfully to the “Avengers don’t get to sleep in or take a day off” expectation. Sure, yo…