Heroes Reborn #7: Review

Review: Another entertaining issue…until I realized there wasn’t any real plot here. It’s the “final” issue (HEROES RETURN next week will actually wrap up the story) yet nothing seems to have happened. The previous six issues were merely individual showcases for the Squadron Supreme members and all that built up to was to have them feel mildly uncomfortable and hear rumors of gathering Avengers. That’s where we started in issue #1 and that’s pretty much where this issue begins. Then there are major developments! The Squadron finally meets the Avengers! And Mephisto is behind it all (hinted at in issue #4)! Yeah, the art and writing were great but the only entertainment came from identifying altered characters and events like this is just an update of Amalgam Comics (Google it if you don’t know). It was amusing and almost interesting but the whole plot looks like it is going to be crammed into the next and final issue. We’ll see if I’m right next week.

Comments: Various characters mentioned or briefly appearing without making it into the synopses include Punisher, the Brood, Doc Samson, Skrull, Rocket Raccoon, Groot (killed by Hyperion), Black Cat, Howard Stark (discoverer of Vibranium), Silver Witch (murdered by Green Goblin), Sentry, Moon Knight, Valkyrie, Nova, Ghost Runner, and President Nick Fury.

Comments on tie-ins by RobFJ:-

This week's tie-in does connect with the current issue because that does mention this conflict in passing.

Weapon X & Final Flight

2 years prior Weapon X (Logan) with Alpha Flight killed Hyperion in revenge for the death of Phoenix/Jean Grey after the Squadron Supreme led a US invasion of Canada. Now the Nighthawk's back with the army looking for the rebels, specifically Logan. Sasquatch believes they should stop fighting a lost war and give themselves up for the sake of the Canadian civilians, so he quits. Later he returns with news of political prisoners being moved to the US for execution. The Flight attack the convoy but the Squadron, including recovered Hyperion, are waiting for them. It was a trap arranged by Sasquatch for the Squad to take Logan and let the others go free. Hype severely damages Weapon X, and Dr Spectrum flies him to an airless dead planet to see if his healing factor can cope with *that*.