Zub Tales

Avengers: No Surrender enters its second month! What did reviewers think of our latest installment? Read on and find out…

• Adventures In Poor Taste: “The writing team of Mark Waid, Jim Zub and Al Ewing believably craft this new character’s backstory, and drench him in the rage of squandered millennia.”

• Caped-Joel: 8/10 “Avengers: No Surrender continues to be a really good time.”

• Comic Book: 8/10 “The creative team of Mark Waid, Jim Zub, Al Ewing, and Kim Jacinto should be commended for creating a story line that has all the trappings of an old-school Avengers story line but with a modern day lineup and tone.”

• Comic Book Corner: 8/10 “I liked this book. I liked the character development…good stuff here!”

• Comic Book University: Grade: A- “This is still a really good series and I’m genuinely enjoying this.”

• Comicosity: 9/10 “Waid, Zub, and Ewing pour a lot of work into constructing the Challenger’s history and personality, but by the end of the issue, Challenger is a familiar foe, one the Avengers and only the Avengers can challenge, and one that surely has history in the Marvel Universe.”

• Comics: The Gathering: 8/10 “This event has been a great time, and the art really lends itself to this.”

• Comicsverse: 9/10 “AVENGERS #679 is a much-needed addition to this storyline that manages to be one of the best yet in this series”

• Diskingdom: 8/10 “The artwork continues to impress and I love the look of the Challenger, he has that Thanos vibe, huge and powerful.”

• Fortress of Solitude: 9/10 “Avengers #679 was another awesome installment in the No Surrender storyline.”

• Graphic Policy: 9/10 “This continues to be an event that’s a hell of a lot of fun and living up to the hype, exactly what I was hoping it would be.”

• Rogues Portal: “With act one nearing its end, No Surrender pushes forward in Avengers #679 with an intriguing, cosmic-level installment.”

• Sci-Fi Pulse: “The visuals look great, even with a change of artists. This series continues to impress.”