Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Under New Management Review

Finished reading Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Under New Management, writer Marc Guggenheim concludes the series by tying into the larger events of Civil War II. The book opens with the team trying to get a falling Hydra satellite when an American military unit comes in to take the satellite for themselves. Later on Maria Hill gives Coulson a mission to apprehend Iron Man after kidnapping the Inhuman Ulysses. However when Coulson lets Tony go when he hears his side of the argument which causes Maria Hill to fire Coulson. With Coulson fired and beginning his own investigation into Ulysses precognitive visions Electra is hired as the teams new lead with their new mission being to arrest Coulson. The last story of the book sees Daredevil being called on by his superiors within the Department of Justice to be the prosecutor of Hawkeye’s trial after killing Bruce Banner in the pages of the main Civil War II book. Overall this was a decent book as it brings an end to the series by wrapping up the remaining plot threads of the series while also being an intriguing part to the larger events of Civil War II, however it does leave much to desire as some characters feeling slightly short changed due to not having a full conclusion to their story. The Daredevil centric story set around Hawkeye on trial for killing Bruce Banner in the pages of the main Civil War II event does a nice job is fleshing out what went on in and around the trial. The art of the book is great as the main story with the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivers extremely well with the action set pieces and feeling coherent through the artist change. While the Daredevil story’s art does a good job in creating the feel of a courtroom drama. 6/10.