Okay, so I just finished reading New Avengers # 50 at lunch, and this page bothered me.
Yes, Hawkeye deserves to be upset about Bullseye wearing his costume and taking his name, no doubt. That one I’ll give you, Mr. Bendis. But look at what Osborn’s done to the THUNDERBOLTS, man – a team Hawkeye himself used to lead. Heck, for that matter, look at what’s happened to Moonstone — a woman he used to be (almost) in love with.
I think this kind of thing is my biggest issue with these Bendis Avengers comics. Not that they’re bad ideas (although some of them are), not that nothing really ever happens or gets resolved in them, or that they have terrible artwork. It’s the missing nuances of these characters. I mean, I’m not dying for continuity steeped comics, or a complete recap of how Hawkeye left the Avengers for a time to go lead the Thunderbolts into legitimacy. But it might’ve been nice if Ronin had given Moonstone’s name instead of Luke Cage.

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March 20, 2009 at 7:40 am
J LEE
Yes, Bendis’ New Avengers is a rocky road where some issues are quite good and others are all about Luke Cage’s baby or just ‘witty dialog’ like the above. Dark Avengers proves he has it in him to write a great team book so I’m really not sure what the problem is. I guess he is intentionally writing the book this way… which is bizarre to me. And don’t get me started on the fight sequences. Ouch.
April 29, 2009 at 12:57 am
K Fost
I hear you man. I am a huge Avengers fan and I feel the same way after I read all of the Bendis/newer issue comics. Great intricate stories but it seems like he dosen’t know about the characters pasts. Clint Barton right now is pry the one character that has the most tie ins with all the different stories going on in the Marvel U. Did Bendis even research his past with the Thunderbolts? Plus after his statements in issue 50 and 51. The New Avengers should have already beat the S#$t out of the “Dark Avengers”. If not that. Clint would at least have already confronted Bullseye. A great battle but Clint wins because he would go into it as Ronin but also equiped with his bow and trick arrows.
July 22, 2009 at 5:27 pm
jrs1
New Avengers totally blows. Bendis is beyond overrated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol52eu67isk&feature=player_embedded