5/19/2023 0 Comments Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg![]() ![]() The identity of Iron Lad is at the core of the plot for the first half of the book. ![]() ![]() Cassie Lang finds Kate at the hospital after the event and they decide to join this new team (Speed joins close to the end). Kate Bishop comes onto the scene when she saves Patriot during the team's "rescue" of a wedding party she is in. The story opens with four young heroes fumbling through crime-fighting: Iron Lad, Patriot, Hulkling and Asgardian. But, Heinberg does a brilliant job not only of building a plausible origin story for these young heroes, but one that seamlessly fits into the larger Marvel universe. It's not easy to get readers interested in brand new heroes, especially when they are "modeled" after some iconic ones. I can now see why it is so highly rated and I have a new appreciation for the Marvel Now series. Even though I have stuck mostly to reading the Marvel crossover events, I decided to pick up this original YA collection, which debuted after Avengers Disassembled, because three of them appear in both series. I have had some difficulty getting into the new Marvel Now "Young Avengers" series mainly because I just don't care about the characters (aside from Kid Loki), because there is so little character development. ![]()
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