New Avengers #27
Feb 22, 2007 by     Comments Off on New Avengers #27    Posted In: Reviews

“Revolution, Part 1”
Marvel Comics – April, 2007 – $2.99 – 32pg – Color – Rated A
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis – Artist: Leinil Francis Yu – Cover Art: Leinil Francis Yu

In a flashback told through the dialogue of an e-mail sent to Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil), Maya Lopez (aka Echo, aka Ronin) explains that if he is reading this e-mail, she is most likely dead. She explains that after he initially involved her with the New Avengers team, they left her in Japan to infiltrate the underworld and report back. However, since the whole Civil War business, the New Avengers for the most part dissolved, and she lost all contact.

Figuring she could be more like Matt, she took to a double-life. She became a socialite by night (using her lip-reading to glean information from all the right people), then took to the streets by later night as Ronin, acting on the information. Unfortunately, all that came to a gruesome end when she started to eradicate member of The Hand, currently run by Elektra. They fought back, and fought back hard, eventually leading to Ronin’s dead at the end of Elektra’s sai. Elektra feels that Ronin would be more useful alive and under the control of the Hand, so they resurrect her and begin brainwashing her.

During her brainwashing, the new New Avengers show up, this new team consisting of old members Spider-Man (switching to his black suit), Wolverine, Luke Cage and Spider-Woman, adding Dr. Strange and Iron Fist to their ranks, with a new mystery person in a Ronin suit. They rescue Maya from the Hand, Dr. Strange teleporting them to safety. Elektra won’t have any of that, declaring to her ninjas that they will not leave Japan…

Awesome issue. I was a bit skeptical, thinking this would be an all-Ronin arc, with no real Avengers team, but apparently this takes place after Civil War, not during it like I thought, so the new New Avengers have formed and are already down to business. This is an even better team than before, in my opinion, can’t wait for more.

Writing: 9.5 – Story: 8.5 – Art: 8.5 – Cover: 9.0
Overall: 8.875

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