New Avengers: Illuminati
by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed
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Author: Brian Michael Bendis, Brian ReedIllustrator: Jim Cheung
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-02-27
ISBN: 0785124365
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Marvel Comics
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Summary: 3 Stars
New Avengers Illuminati is written by Brian Bendis with art by Jimmy Cheung. It is a five issue mini-series that elaborates on who the Illuminati are and what their role was regarding the Skrull Empire and a few other notable Marvel characters (and items).
This is necessary reading for those who are currently reading the Secret Invasion storyline since it elaborates on "the deal" an imprisoned Marvel Boy struck with the Illuminati who now seems to be a big player in Secret Invasion. The reader also learns how the Illuminati may have started the current human-skrull conflict and that there is a traitor in the Illuminati's ranks that is revealed at the end.
This isn't the best Bendis story but it satisfies for those, like me, who wanted a bigger glimpse inside the adventures of the Illuminati. I don't like retcons but in this mini-series it seems to work. Cheung's artwork is excellent.
For those who want to read Bendis at his best, I recommend his entire Daredevil tenure as well as Ultimate Spider-Man which Bendis continues to write for.
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The Illuminati is a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man Tony Stark, founding member of the Avengers. These six men have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. How and what they have done together has remained a mystery...until now! Writers Brian Michael Bendis (Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man) and Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) have joined together with Jim Cheung (Young Avengers) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today! Collects New Avengers: Illuminati #1-5.Literature & Fiction Books
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