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A decent look into a new group trying to be the Young Avengers but most of them are fucked up, evil, racist, ect. Very little redeeming factors for them. But still a entertaining arc for the Young Avengers.

A decent issue during the Siege event on what the Young Avengers were doing during that event. Watching Wiccan flip his shit was great for sure.

A decent kind of semi-reboot after Infinite Crisis. This was kind of showing who Wonder Woman was, even though she half-retired here. Instead it focuses on Donna Troy and other people who have kind of picked up the work load but Diana is in the background here as a "Agent" of justice in a way. Decent, some cool moments, but didn't blow me away. Heinberg has written better stuff for sure.

Inbetween a 3 and 4 star. Solid, looks nice, but it didn't fully capture me in the mood for a one bad day tale. It was way more light hearted than expected but also charming. Worth reading if your a Catwoman fan.

Going to focus on the main storyline from 20-25 where Daredevil is getting sued and Matt has to defend the guy suing Daredevil while also being Daredevil.

Was a interesting story, with a cool idea. If Daredevil stopped a crime but created a bunch of damage, should he be held accountable. On the other hand, that's what insurance is for. I liked Matt having to work double time, trying to defend his client but also not wanting Daredevil to obviously lose the court battle. The ending is a bit "Oh come on" in terms of wrapping it up but overall was fun, if not a bit too wordy.

The 3 Ninja story and Echo story are just okay. Never was a mega fan of Echo despite her cool powers and designs and this didn't change my mind. 3 Ninja story is just mostly a action based story with lots of fighting. Cool but not memorable.

I grew up in the early 2000's with a lot of comics but for some reason Young Avengers wasn't on my list. I was more of a Runaway's fan (Though they are in here!) But now that I got this Omnibus I can only say I wish I read them sooner.

Basically a bunch of teenagers get together to form a team consisting of Hulking, Wiccan, Iron Lad (For awhile) Kate Bishop, Patriot, Vision, Stature (Cassie Lang) and other members coming in and out. But this team is formed because the avengers have been kind of a mess lately. This takes place right before civil war, and the first 12 issue arc is great. It features stories revolving around characters like Iron Lad, Hulking, and Patriot that make you right away feel connected to the cast.

We then get a lot of crossovers. Mostly Runaways and Young Avengers bumping heads at first and then becoming friends. It's pretty fun crossovers, but they are mostly event tie ins, and I'm not the biggest hater of events, but these def feel more event focused then character focus, which is a bit of a letdown. Still, the civil war, secret invasion, and siege crossovers are solid enough to be readable.

Then we get the children's crusade to end the Omnibus. This is Wiccan and his brother Billy trying to find their mother who happens to be scarlet witch. It's a long story but somehow it works. However, they eventually find out Dr. Doom has their mother and things won't be so simple. This 9 issue mini-event basically features everyone from the X-Men, to Avengers, to Young Avengers, and more. It's highly entertaining, so many moving pieces, yet it all works really well.

The Omnibus in general works really well. The opening 12 issues, and the final 9 issues are worth the price of admission alone. But the stuff in the middle, while obviously not AS strong as those, still hold up. It's those 21 issues that REALLY shine and help make this a must buy for fans of team books or great character pieces.

A 4 out of 5.

A excellent send off from the creator of Young Avengers.

Heingberg carefully creates a suspenseful story of kids trying to find their mother, doctor doom thrown in the mix, end of the world type stakes, featuring multiple teams such as the Avengers, Young Avengers and X-Men. This is a must read for Young Avenger fans but also if you like epic mini-events that are somehow self contained without a million tie ins. Well worth it. A 4.5 out of 5.

Finally on my re-read of Bendis run of Daredevil. This was my first run ever of my favorite character in comics ever, and I'm so glad to say it holds up!

This first story actually is heavily focused on Ben as he's trying to report on what happened to this poor kid who's become slightly crazy after certain events. As we dive deeper into the story we are shown this boy is actually a child of a criminal and he must come to terms of what happened on a night with his father and Daredevil. While it might feel like Daredevil is a secondary character, he is the focal point to it all and I love how scary Daredevil feels, a myth like, until he gets talking to Ben like their best buddies.

I think the artwork is fantastic, with a really solid story to boot. It's a bit predictable within a issue or two but it doesn't hurt the overall message or style of the book. A great standalone as well, no prior knowledge of Daredevil is needed, which makes it a great book to jump in and enjoy. A 4 out of 5.

A solid but ultimately kind of forgettable tale from Morrison far before his Batman run.

It starts off with a simple call back to when Bruce Wayne was in school, learning his evil headmaster is actually a very bad person, and this bad person shows up in Gotham years later. But of course this is Morrison, and we have to get trippy, with eventually having focus on a story of Thomas Wayne making a deal with the devil and...yeah it gets weird.

But it's what I expect now days with Morrison. Simple enough, not overwhelming weird, but weird enough that it became kind of a chore to read at points.

But yeah overall not horrible, some great scenes here or there, but I wasn't overly impress with this one sadly.

A 3 out of 5.

Underboss storyline is really when Bendis digs deep into Daredevil and begins his stellar run.

It starts off with the "death" of kingpin. No spoiler, this happens the first 5-6 pages, but we all know the big bad fatty ain't about to go down that easy. But after those events we are then sent on a sprawling event of weeks and months of planning, backstabbing, learning who Daredevil really is, and how one mobster thinks he's brave enough to not only take down the kingpin but kill Matt Murdock.

This is Mafia heavy, with alot of planning and scheming but it wroks well because daredevil when dark and gritty works well. There's a excellent silent issue where Daredevil is being hunted by a bunch of hitman, it's exciting and brutal all at once with some great fight scenes. One of my favorite issues ever to be honest.

I'm loving my re-read of Bendis run but this is one of the best starting stories of any run to really get you invested into the character and the worldbuilding of Hell's Kitchen.