![]() Along the way they pick up a whole lot of queer friends. When Billy tries to bring Teddy’s mom back from the dead, he accidentally lets a dimension-hopping virus in that brings versions of all their parents back from the dead, and sends them on a dimension-skipping journey of epic proportions. But Hulkling has been sneaking off at night and using his shapeshifting powers to pretend to be other heroes to fight crime. Billy aka Wiccan and Teddy aka Hulkling have sworn off crime-fighting for a normal teenage life. ![]() Instead you get a sharp and sassy superhero story that centers almost entirely on queer characters. ![]() There isn’t a single wasted panel or meandering sub-plot which is fairly impressive. Rather than getting bogged down in endless events, reboots, and convoluted crossovers, Young Avengers was tight in the way that the best superhero comics are. Young Avengers was one of my absolute favorite titles to come from Marvel in recent years. Ugh, I could punch someone with my Hulk rage right now. ![]() I’m going to start this review with a bit of a rant: Seriously Marvel? SERIOUSLY? One of the best series about young heroes you’ve put out since Ultimate Spiderman and you blow the marketing then send it to the woodshed? I didn’t even find out about how awesome Young Avengers was until it was right on the edge of cancellation. ![]()
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