Dissappointing
Another dissappointing comic in this series. The big question who the knights of the infinite are answered on the first few pages along the information they are not a threat to the team. Kree/Skrull Hybrids that use magic. There is no story told why there would be multiple Kree Skrull Hybrids despite the fact that both races hate each other and why would hybrids of the most advanced species in the universe be using magic? To somehow link them to Wiccan and not only Hulkling, because after the awful 2013 run writers believe them to be a bargain sale.
The revelation of another spy that leads to nothing. What is supposed to be character development for Pod is confusing for anyone that doesn't already know the character. The attack on Avengers island is over before it begins and we already know the attackers mean know harm.
Then the knights kidnap Hulkling and Wiccan goes along for the ride, while the team wants to follow, we jump to the knigths and Wiccan Hulkling to see them go along with what they want without a scene explaining, why they would so readily go along with their kidnapppers and the two acting like annoyed teenager "I wanna go home already". Wiccans powers get neutralized by the knigths magician easily, which feels unbefitting of a character that is as powerful as Wiccan and has proven himself in battles against opponents such as doctor doom. Likewise we get continually told this series how he uses no magic, but reality warping despite him being literally the entity writing the laws of magic itself.
Finally Hulkling is supposed to get some sword to proof himself to the knights and what could have been a dramatic scene is thrown away for a joke.
To make this issue worse the character that should have been central to the plot seems not only unimportant, but also like the writer doesn't actually care about him. Not only was he the only one who had no role in solving the last issues problems as far as the active team is concerned, apparently the writer didn't even bother to research him enough to know he usually looks human. Instead of character moments we get a joke about Hulkling eating a lot or having to research food, in the incredibly overused big people eat a lot joke. Now he just gets dragged around by the plot without even questioning it.As someone, who read the original Young Avengers, where the character questioned all kinds of events, outsmarted to alien empires and got past the guard of multiple supervillains with pure smarts this feels like another nail in the coffin of this character after he had been marginalized and reduced to either his sexuality or his age for the last few years. The writer seems to have little interest in bringing back his original great character, but use him as an neglectable hero to play some big dumb but kind oaf.
Oh, and that villain maker summoned is somehow involved, but nothing on that either.