Art by Stefano Caselli
Colors by Rain Beredo
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover by Mico Suayan, Jesus Aburtov, & Stephanie Perger
This book has been the breath of fresh air needed in the often dark and heavy assortment of Avengers books we have been getting from Jonathan Hickman and Rick Remender. While I'm a huge fan of those books it's nice to see an Avengers book on the shelves which doesn't take itself too seriously.
Kelly Sue DeConnick started slowly with issue nine of Avengers Assemble and I was contemplating passing on issue ten but I'm glad I stuck around. The opening arc gets closed in this issue and it is a funny character piece which doesn't make the mistakes of Bendis' latter run by ignoring plot for the sake of extended dialogue. DeConnick keeps the plot rolling while exploring the interactions between the Avengers, especially Tony Stark and Bruce Banner's relationship as the eterna optimist/futurist and the grouchy pessimist/pragmatist respectively. What would have been a six issue Bendis arc is neatly contained within three issues by DeConnick.
Artist Stefano Caselli is a great fit for the book, adding some great cartoon style facial expressions, the reader is never in doubt as to what the characters are feeling at any moment as it's painted broadly across their faces with verve by the Italian artist.
If you're looking for some light-hearted adventure with the Avengers team while still getting quality action and great art look no further.
4 out of 5 stars
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