Mighty Avengers: The Ultron Initiative

Here's an ethical dilemma: I did not read this entire trade's worth of stories, because when I was buying it in single issue format I hated it so much I dropped it. Now, if you know me and my comic buying habits, you know it takes a lot for me to drop a book - usually I will hold on to a book for at least 10 issues after I start hating it. But this one was awful. Here's the plot: after the Marvel Heroes' Civil War, professional douchebag Iron Man forms this group of government approved Avengers to avoid evil, and good thing to, because evil strikes in the first issue. The not so nice robot Ultron takes over Iron Man and then makes the weather really stormy, and for four issues the Avengers basically stare at the robot while standing on the same street corner, no exaggeration. Bendis, a famous comic writer despite being largely untalented, tries to incorporate thought balloons, but if this is all that's going on in these heroes' heads, then no wonder I dropped the book. (PS - I readded the book a couple issues later when an artist I love took over, Mark Bagley).

RATING: 21%