Avengers: Unleashed: Secret Empire Review

Finished reading Avengers: Unleashed: Secret Empire, continuing the series as writer Mark Waid sees the Avengers meeting with a newly reformed Doctor Doom before transitioning to the events of Secret Empire. The book opens with the Avengers in the middle of a fight with a monster that they are are able to defeat thanks to the intervention of a Doctor Doom who has come to the Avengers for help more specifically Nadia's help as Doom has discovered that something supernatural is happening in a girls leadership camp. The following story sees the team being picked off one by one by Avenger X who is absorbing each of the heroes own powers. The next part of the book dives into the Secret Empire event beginning with a story that catches up with Thor who has found herself trapped in a different dimension after being teleported away during a battle in the beginning of Secret Empire. While in the dimension Thor befriends Hecla, a native to this world who try's to help Thor in getting back home. The second Secret Empire story puts the focus on to the Avengers that have been formed by Hydra as Doctor Octopus leads the team into a fight against a group of alien creatures who are trap on Earth due to the shield around the planet. The final story within the book sees the team pairing up as Sam talks to Thor about not being Captain America anymore while Vision asks Hercules about being immortal after seeing his future self. Along with Spider-Man and Wasp working through their differences to stop a group of circus animals running loose. Overall this was a great book as it tells a group of smaller stories with the Avengers allowing for a great amount of character interactions within the team while also expanding upon the events of Secret Empire by showing how the Hydra Avengers team works as a unit along with a great story on where Thor disappeared to. There is an amazing amount of comedy throughout the book especially during the first couple of stories in the book with the situations the team find themselves in along with the characters reactions particularly those of Spider-Man and Wasp's. The art throughout the book is amazing as by artist Phil Noto and Mike Del Mundo are able to bring a sense of emotion within each character's interactions which accompanies the he extremely well designed action scenes and creature designs. 9.5/10.