Revolution

by Brian Michael Bendis

Book Overview

The New Avengers versus the Hand! And the New Avengers versus the Mighty Avengers! And the identity of the new Ronin revealed! Who is the new mystery player in the New Avengers? Find out here! Guest-starring the Mighty Avengers and... Brother Voodoo! Plus: the story Avengers fans have been waiting for. The shocking return of Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch!! Collects New Avengers #26-31.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785124454
• ISBN13: 9780785124450
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Interesting Art and Inspired Narrative Technique

I really enjoyed this volume of New Avengers. The title gets a bit of a shake-up after the events of Civil War with a revamped, underground Avengers team featuring a black-suited Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Spider-Woman and the welcomed additions of Iron Fist, Dr. Strange and Ronin (a much-missed old friend wearing new duds). The volume begins with beautifully rendered art by personal-favorite Alex Maleev. (Wonderful to see Bendis and Maleev together again!) I don't want to spoil anything for you, but this tale in particular focuses on a long-missing Avenger and his search for a former teammate. Consequently, he doesn't quite find what he's expecting. Writer Brian Michael Bendis delivers a simplistic story invoking powerful characterization and potent emotion. The rest of the volume features art by Leinil Yu and the new New Avengers. Yu's art is a conundrum for me. It's not particularly pleasing to the eye, yet it is absolutely charismatic and captivating. Yu is adept at delivering interesting angles and frames while cleanly progressing the story. I find myself studying each and every one of his drawings perhaps more than any other comic book artist in recent memory. I'd also like to congratulate Brian Michael Bendis. He obviously wrote Revolution with Civil War and the then-upcoming Secret Invasion in mind, and so he's careful to catch the reader up while planting seeds for the future. However, this is not what especially impressed me. What did impress me was the fact that Bendis played with flashbacks and perspective in order to deliver the whole of Revolution. Instead of giving us a linear story playing out from issue to issue, he took an artistic approach and allowed the reader to bridge some gaps and become mentally involved in deciphering the plot. Don't get me wrong, even with the interesting technique, it's a pretty straightforward story, but such added touches go a long way in satisfying me. Overall, with the eye-catching art, inspired story-telling, and new additions to the team, New Avengers: Revolution was a very good experience. ~Scott William Foley, author of Souls Triumphant

Great Secret Invasion lead-in!!!

The Skrulls are coming, and the New Avengers come across a clue to this huge Marvel event in this graphic novel. Love the direction of this book, art, and story, will leave you asking for more. So if your a fan, this is must for New Avengers & Secret Invasion!

great gift for the collector

This book was a gift for my comic collector son. He was very happy with the gift and the order was delivered without any problems.

Welcome to the Resistance

New Avengers: Revolution, I have to say was quite impressive. At first I was slightly frustrated when I read the book unknowing of the many holes that each issue left, however upon reading more of the book I realized the brilliance of its setup and saw that each issue slowly, but surely filled in each hole and gave me all the answers I pondered. The return of Clint Barton and the first confrontation of the New Avengers versus the Mighty Avengers was impressive enough, but just when I thought things couldn't get more exciting, bam a shocking revelation is made that made me wonder, who do I trust? It quite simply was amazing and I enjoyed every bit of it and encourage others to read it and discover the truth to the future of the Marvel Universe.

Back in the saddle

After a few sub-par volumes of the series, Brian Michael Bendis puts the New Avengers back on top with Revolution. Picking up after the tragic events of Civil War and the death of Captain America, Luke Cage re-assembles the New Avengers: Spider-Man, Wolverine, Spider-Woman, Ronin, and new members Iron Fist and Doctor Strange. The book begins with Hawkeye, back from the dead, seeking help from Strange and searching for the Scarlet Witch. Later on, the Avengers run afoul of Iron Man and his team of Mighty Avengers as they embark on a trip to save Maya Lopez from the clutches of Elektra and the Hand, which leads to a big shocker that will have you begging for more. Bendis' writing is back at the level it was when he originally launched the book, as he presents the most compelling New Avengers story since he took the reigns of the title. The artwork from Leinil Yu (who provides a majority of the pencils with Bendis' old Daredevil partner Alex Maleev providing some guest work) is more than solid as well, which only makes Revolution all the sweeter. All in all, Revolution puts Bendis and the New Avengers back in the saddle of being Marvel's top super hero team, and with things about to come to a head in the post-Civil War Marvel universe, it should be interesting to see where things go from here.