If Iron Lad is wearing armor, why does his mouth move?
An untold story of the Young Avengers.
The Good: This one- shot is book ended with Iron Lad's confrontation with his future self, Kang the Conqueror and the Young Avengers who have become that future's Avengers. I really wish that that could have been the entire issue, because everything else in between seems unnecessary. Here we find out how and why Iron Lad appeared at the end of the last issue of Avengers The Children's Crusade. With all the fluff in between, Heinberg keeps everyone in character and with some pretty good story telling.
The recap page is actually the best looking page of the book, since it is from the actual Avengers The Children's Crusade book.
The Bad: I really liked Alan Davis' work on Avengers Prime so his name is what attracted me to this book. I was highly disappointed by the art here, however. There were some cases where the artwork seemed rushed and some better coloring would have really made this book look a lot better. As I was just looking through the book, it seems that everything just blends together and nothing really pops out to me.
Aside from the opening and closing of this issue, it was pretty much a throw away. We get the first time the Young Avengers go on patrol and they encounter Electro. Other then showing the reader just what the team's first encounter was, it really didn't show anything crucial, or at all connecting to Kang or the opening and closing of the issue.
All in All...
I was hoping for so much more. I was let down by the art, and also by the event that actually goes down in this book. I should have stuck with what my gut was telling me in the first place and have picked this up.
