If you’ve read the previous two volumes of Young Avengers you know how freaking sweet this series is, but for the uninitiated, don’t be fooled by the name. Young Avengers volumes one and two were some of the best and innovative new superhero series Marvel’s produced in quite some time. Giving us all new characters (something seldom seen in comics these days) and strong writing, Young Avengers takes a stupid name and proves that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The question now is whether the third book lives up to its previous entries. Alan Heinberg who wrote the two previous series, is not writing this entry but is rumored to still be waiting in the wings for his availability to open up so he may continue on the next chapter. Instead, this book gives us six separate chapters, each dealing with a different member and what they’ve been doing since the Civil War. Marvel’s Civil War was an event that split the team with some of the group leaving to become part of the government sanctioned “Initiative”. This books gives us many great moments for the team and more insight into their characters as so is a welcome addition to the canon. Even super star writers Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction lend a hand to writing two of the stories as well as Kevin Grevioux (star and writer of the underworld movies), so despite Heinberg’s absence there is no lack of talent in the house.
I enjoyed the book quite a bit, but missed the cohesive nature of a full story arc. This book gives us a great intermission before the next chapter in the Young Avengers saga. Don’t sleep on this title. It’s a sleeping tiger that should get over looked, much like Runaways. So if you like Runaways you’ll like Young Avengers, from the big Marvel style stories to the fast pacing and genius twists, Young Avengers comes fully loaded!
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