Publisher: Marvel Comics
Writer: Marc Waid
Artist: Mahmud Asrar
Colourist: Dave McCaig
Editor: Alanna Smith
Release Date: OUT NOW!
Price: $3.99

 

No one expects Anihilus, lord of the Negative Zone and one of Marvel’s most bad-ass bad guys. In All-New All-Different Avengers #11 the Alex Ross cover is a glorious symphony of Anihilus’s triumph, as he faces the Avengers,  who are trapped in the Zone and not at their team like best. To make matters worse or better, depending on who you are siding with here, the teenage Spider-Man, Nova and Ms Marvel are slaves in a mine. Meanwhile, the anti-matter sun is draining the Vision dry.

Most of All-New All-Different Avengers #11 is action, including Thor and Anihilus going mano-a-mano. Unfortunately for the heroes, the anti-matter villain can fight off four Avengers at once. Writer Marc Waid finds a clever solution, turning the issue into a chess game. And even so, all the heroes can do is escape. But will they all make it? Stay tuned.

Mahmud Asrar’s expressive art for All-New All-Different Avengers #11 moves the story briskly along, and the fight scenes are graceful ballets with pretty jumps and delicate four arm smashes.  Asrar makes good use of the script and the last page is sufficiently menacing to satisfy any reader. In colourist Dave McCaig’s Negative Zone only the heroes have primary colours. The backgrounds are pastels, dark greens changing only when a character releases powerful energy.

All-New All-Different Avengers #11 is a fun adventure with good dialogue and interesting turns. Characters are put to good use and the art is attractive. The next instalment is eagerly anticipated. The Avengers deserve no less.

 

Reviewer: Joe Lovece
Reviews Editor: Steve Hooker