“The battle goes poorly.”
Ultron rebuilds himself yet again and returns to cause trouble for the team. He just can’t stay away. Corny villain dialogue and panel-filling fights ensue.
The story threatens to become interesting once or twice in the first half when it introduces familial concerns but they’re frustratingly underdeveloped. That lack of depth gets remedied in the second half, but it’s possible that only the most ardent fan will make it that far because throughout is Marvel at its most fanwanky, alienating anyone who isn't interested in developing an encyclopaedic knowledge of the characters and their convoluted relationships.
I kept reading just to see how bad it could get. My brain almost shut down, but, like I said before, the second half saves the day a little. It also paradoxically throws everything else into an even deeper pit of ridiculousness. The number of enemies reaches critical proportions. They’re like an unwanted currency attempting to achieve value by increasing in number. ‘More is Better,’ seems to be the motto, but a mountain is no better than a molehill when both are built out of crap. Kurt Busiek had some genuinely great ideas but you’ll need superhero levels of endurance if you're to dig them out of the carnage.
The book collects together Avengers Vol. 3, issues 0 and 19 - 22.
2 yellow flashbacks out of 5
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