Art: Mike Deodato, Jr., Will Conrad
After a great start with the launch issue, now we find Steve Rogers and his team in Mars, mainly to rescue Nova. However, things may be a little more complicated than that, as we get to read through.
Writing "Captain America" certainly helped Brubaker in writing Steve Rogers, showing why he has been the leader of the Avengers for so long. Another character he seems to write well is Beast. Maybe Brubaker's stint with "Uncanny X-Men" also gave him an advantage.
The good thing about this issue is we get to see a of lot plot developments. Now the team has arrived in Mars searching for Nova in what seems to be an abandoned mining base. But Black Widow discovers some footprints which hints that somebody has been there recently. Later, they got ambushed by the agents of Nick Fury. We then learn later on that they are being mind-controlled.
Steve Rogers splits the team up to go around the base area. Brubaker experiments with the whole cast of Secret Avengers in this scene. First, we get to see a subplot involving Ant-Man and War Machine. He gives us the idea that Ant-Man is a happy-go-lucky guy, like Johnny Storm. Anyway, as Ant-Man separates from War Machine, he seems to get sucked into a portal of some sort. Next we get the team of Steve Rogers and Beast. They soon discover Nova's helmet and a creature appears. Then lastly, we see the sub-team of Moon Knight, Black Widow, and Valkyrie. Brubaker uses this scene as a set-up for a fight with Nova as Nova spots the team and goes in for an attack.
There is also a scene involving Nick Fury and the Shadow Council. Nothing much is revealed about the group other than they may be working for the government.
Moving on, Mike Deodato, Jr still rocks with his art. However, we get a fill-in artist for this issue - Will Conrad. I don't know where he helped Deodato because I don't see any change in art the entire issue.
Overall, although it may be weird that the first mission of an espionage team to be set in Mars, but Brubaker gets it to work. And in this issue, we see the writer gives us further interactions with the members of Secret Avengers. A well-paced book, with a good story, I can't wait for issue 3.
Rating: 4/5
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