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[avengingtitan]

2 things:

Simonson was on fire, that art is beautiful.

second thing: no matter who the artist, spider-womans hair is screwed up.

His art was ok as long as everyone was in costume. Spider-Woman liked like an old lady out of the 40's. It was painful.

[habitual]

I'm not a big fan of Bendis because he does a lot of stupid crap that makes me forget about his good moments (he does have them) but he's not guilty in this particular case. You obviously didn't read the Annual where Noh Varr became the Protector (or did you forget it? ). He spent most of the story trying to contact the Supreme Intelligence and when he finally succeeded, he was rewarded with those swanky new nega-bands and the title/job of Protector of Earth. Before criticizing a creator for something he did or didn't do you should try to have all the information. That giggle-muggle-toogle or the waki-woka-something might help you.

Here's why that doesn't make sense at all: it was made very clear in the issue that Supremor contacted Noh-Varr and not the other way around. My criticism stands, didn't need the help this time.

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[MistaT]

Yeah, this was an awkward issue. I did like Thor's comment about Cap being at his best when he was bucking the system, something he is unable to do while he is the system.

[Kolimar]

The problem being that at the time that all that happened, the Supreme Intelliegence was dead. Supremor died during Annihilation and it wasn't until recently that he/it was revived.

I guess he was sloppy back then. I shouldn't be surprised. At least, he's consistent with his own sloppiness. More or less.

[48THRiLLS]

The story was sub standard I guess but wow did this issue look fantastic.
I am as big of a Bendis apologist as there is and I have never really liked the Protector story line at all.

[fieldy snuts]

Noh-Varr as Marvel Boy was great.

As the Protector he's sucked massively however.

[Punchy]

Much like last week’s issue of New Avengers, this first AvX tie-in for Avengers was not just about the punching of Mutants, but also about continuing the storylines of some Avengers and wrapping up the events of the previous big Norman Osborn storyline. The main characters in this one are Captain America and Protector. Cap is reeling from being beaten pretty badly by Osborn, and with the words of not only Norman, but Wonder Man and Madame Hydra whirling around in his head, he’s starting to doubt himself and his role as the boss of all superheroes. Thor reassures him and they go bash together some AIM heads. Which is thanks to Protector, who used his Kree tech to track them down. It’s Noh-Varr who gets the clearest tie-in to AvX in this issue, with the Supreme Intelligence contacting him and giving him specific orders about the Phoenix. It looks like this is going to put him into conflict with the Avengers, which should be interesting, not only are they fighting the X-Men, but also amongst themselves! This issue of course featured the return of Walt Simonson to the pages of Marvel Comics, and it was damn good to see him again. At first it was weird seeing such a legendary artist draw new characters like the Red Hulk and characters in their new looks, but when you get to the splash page of Thor, you realise that he’s just as good as ever, and damn, his Thor is awesome. If only they could have got John Workman to do the lettering, but hell, Cory Petit is a good letterer anyways. This issue did what a tie-in should do, and I look forward to more Simonson greatness for the next few months.