Issue #1 was great. Issue #2 picked things up, but began moving away from the spy work. Issue #3 is awesome, but it begs the question: this was supposed to be a spy book, right?
Secret Avengers #3 by Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato
The books starts in the old west, where a man named Aloysius Thorndrake is hunting down traitors from the civil war. But when his quarry disappears completely, a discovery is made...
Ant-Man finds himself propelled through space back to Earth in time to see Nick Fury discussing the serpent crowns with an aged Thorndrake, somehow alive in modern times. Apparently Thorndrake knows of the danger the crowns possess, but still seeks to use them to further the Shadow Council's secret agenda.
Meanwhile, on Mars, Nova is slowly taking out the Secret Avengers, his already awesome powers augmented by the crown he now wears. Steve Rogers and The Beast meet an archon, a machine built by the cosmic beings The Watchers to keep the serpent crowns from being used. He tells of a Mars that once housed huge cities, but when its people realized that an ancient dark being was housed beneath the planet's surface, they created the crowns to tap into their power. The result is the barren rock that Mars is today.
Rogers, Beast and the archon finally arrive at the site where Nova is continuing to dig into Mars' surface, and the archon attempts to fulfill his duty by stopping him. But Nova's enhanced power is too great, and it's left to the few remaining Secret Avengers to take down Nova.
The Last Word on Secret Avengers #3 by Marvel Comics
This issue is great. The artwork, especially during the battle scene between Nova and Valkyrie, is nothing short of incredible. The heavy inks and find color work really sets the feel of how powerful these two are, and how powerful Nova has become.
Questions about this mysterious Council are many, but that mystery is all part of the fun. Could this Shadow Council be the book's main antagonists? If so, no complaints here.
The only problems arise from the fact that this book is supposed to be, at its heart, a covert ops/spy book. And yet here they are fighting cosmic-level threats on Mars. It feels much more like a regular Avengers team than one that would be fighting only in the shadows. But the excitement for next issue is undeniable, and hopefully the book will return to it's darker roots when the current arc ends with issue #4.
Robert Becka - In 2008, Robert Becka graduated from Saint Cloud State University with Bachelor's degrees in Film Studies and Journalism. His senior paper ...
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