Hate it had to be you Vol. 1: Avengers Undercover

“Avengers Undercover bout to be cackled and thrown into the bin, Avengers Undercover my comic I hate it had to be them” Yeah man… If you don’t know bout Avengers undercover lemme learn you real fast This is the book that takes place after Avengers Arena. Long story short it was Marvel’s version of Battle Royale / Hunger Games. Arcade (f-list villain) captures a bunch of kids and makes them fight to death on an inescapable island with cameras rolling. This deals with the aftermath of that. Cullen Bloodstone (one of the survivors) has a plan to take Arcade the fuck out the game. Cullen talking about, “No more quarters sun. YOU DONE”.

What happens is a murder that places the survivors, Cullen Bloodstone, Hazmat, Death Locket, Chase, Nico Anachronism and Cammi in with the bad guys. I’m talking Baron Zemo, Damion Hellstorm, and Madam Masque level bad. They are inducted into the society of how the villains are living and its pretty simple. The feel of the book is that villains aren’t actually evil. this is just the job (one they happen to be good at), the majority of the time they are hanging out, playing games, and then dropping into the zone to get their henchmen/woman on. This book takes a dive into these teens being surrounded by freedom to be who the world has already prepped them to be. The big choice becomes, “what do we do?”. Be the bad guys or stick it out and go undercover and still be the good guys. This book was a great look at the tether between what makes one choo…