Hype
Steve Rogers investigates
Maria Hill for using fragments of the Cosmic Cube which evolved into a little
girl named Kobik. Hill used Kobik to convert super-villains into normal
citizens in Pleasant Hill. Pleasant Hill is the Guantanamo Bay for
super-villains of the Marvel Universe. The super-villains led by Baron Zemo
escaped and rebelled. Kobik restored Steve Rogers to his youth and he is joined
by both the Avengers and Uncanny Avengers.
Rehash
The
villains capture Kobik as Zemo plans to use her to take over Pleasant Hill and
then the world. Meanwhile Steve Rogers assembles the Avengers before Zemo uses
Kobik to control reality. Steve Rogers and the Avengers battles Zemo and his
villains until Kobik escapes her containment. She makes Zemo disappear and the
Avengers have the upper hand and take the villains down. Afterwards Maria Hill
briefs the Security Council on Pleasant Hill and the hostage standoff.
Feedback
You
only need four issues to enjoy Avengers
Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant, Captain America: Sam Wilson #7, Assault on
Pleasant Hill Alpha and Omega. The tie-ins for the Avengers Standoff were mainly fill-ins expect for the Captain America: Sam Wilson #7, which
is the anniversary issue which restored Steve Rogers to his youth. The ending
was a bit underwhelming as Rick Jones joins SHIELD, a new Quasar comes out of
the blue, and the Red Skull is now the head of Hydra. Zemo, Red Skull, and
Hydra story threads will continue in the new Captain America series starring
Steve Rogers. Instead of closure in the finale of Avengers Standoff, we get a
branching of various stories with unknown consequences. It would be interesting if Avengers Standoff somehow connected to Civil War II however that is not the case.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT –
3 OUT OF 5
