Uncanny Avengers: Unity: The Man Who Fell to Earth Review

Finished reading Uncanny Avengers: Unity: The Man Who Fell to Earth, continuing the series as writer Gerry Duggan brings founding Avengers member Hank Pym back to Earth after merging with Ultron. The book opens up with the Avengers stopping a high speed chase with the Wrecker being pursued by the authorities after escaping from Pleasant Hill. This leads to the team to follow the Wrecker's hostage, Maria Hill back to Pleasant Hill where things take an incredibly strange when another Maria Hill shows up. The rest of the book then continues with Rouge meeting with her ex, Gambit where she discovers that the last time the two met was actually the Red Skull in disguise thanks to the help of Professor Xavier's stolen powers and stopping Gambit's heist the the city from happening. Soon after Captain America contacts Rouge about a fallen space capsule with a group of astronauts inside as she's the only Avenger nearby and Steve is currently working with Deadpool to stop a group of shooters in a wildlife reserve. While perusing the capsule Rouge is assisted but the reappearance of Hank Pym and once meet with the rest of the Unity Squad who begin to question how is in control Hank or Ultron since the two merged together the last time they were on Earth. This also leads to Steve calling Hank's ex wife Janet to help verify Hank's story. Overall this was an amazing book as it tells brings back founding Avenger Hank Pym into the fold that leads to some amazing ramifications while also putting some interesting input into Marvel's Standoff event from the Unity Squad's prospective. The story cantering around the return of Hank Pym is amazing as it feels like watching a blockbuster film with how well the story has been written by Gerry Duggan and the way that artist Pepe Larraz, along with colourist David Curiel brings to life the emotions between each character and the action set pieces on and off Earth is all breathtaking. However what lets the book down is the fact that the Standoff part of the book only has half of the story due to it crossing over with the All New All Different Avengers series, leaves a lot to desire with the story not being compete even though it has some amazing art work for the story's art team and great character moments, essentially with how Rouge realises that she's living in an illusion and has to get both Avengers teams to realise the truth as well. 9/10.