Better than I expected....
Let's get this out of the way: This is not the best Heroic Age book out there. I'd rank it above Hawkeye and Mockingbird, and MAYBE above a few recent Deadpools, but that's about it. That said, it's an astoundingly well written book, considering we're dealing with basically five new characters, an Initiative reject, and a kind of Avenger's B-team of teachers. To be honest, I picked up this book strictly because Speedball was in it . I love the character, and his growth doesn't disappoint. As for the team, they're all solid enough for the first issue, except Reptil, who's still dull as dishwater. This book isn't a great one yet, but I'm going to give it time to get up some steam, because I think once this story starts rolling, it's gonna be amazing. The art was good, but nothing noteworthy, so I didn't mention it much, but that doesn't mean it was bad in any way. It's solid, but unspectacular.