[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by Greenskar

Definitely not labeling you an official action Junkie, Jason, lol. I just meant some of your primary IM complaints beyond other Marvel titles not being on the same page suggested you just wanted MORE action. But fair enough.

I read the recent Remender point one issue of Secret Avengers and Cap pushed some buttons with Hawkeye the hardest I've seen, or at least that I can remember, to measure his ability to lead. It wasn't a stellar issue but it was a decent peek into how Remender intends to handle Hawkeye's character development. Since I haven't read ANY of the secret avengers series prior, I haven't been able to measure that development that earned him a seat in the illuminati, although I agree with you that I'm glad he finally got rid of that stick up his ass...which is exactly how I felt about Cyclops when he became a badass and shed his boyscout image. I was interested in the secret Avengers issues that included Nova...I haven't heard anything bad about those yet.

You definitely have piqued my interest in Journey into Mystery, though. I heard from a few people actually at my LCS that while many people disliked Fear Itself it sure did help set up some amazing stories in the world of Thor. Can you recommend a reading order or specific HC collected edition?

Journey into Mystery, and the new Loki are my favorite read each month- start at the first issue and read up to current- it's only a few months in-
In a nutshell, Loki got killed at the end of Seige but had laid preperations, just in case- he'd severed ties with Hela so his sould would not be condemned to her Hel.
After his (strangely noble) death, Thor gets mopey about the good kid his brother once was, and decides to bring him back to life- an ability he still apartantly has since the start of his current series (now there's a super-power!).
Loki though...returns as a child with no memories of his past life- he returns as Thor remembered him from their childhood.

But Loki, before he died, made preperations, and all his arcane knowledge lies within a talking magpie, which young Loki calls "Ikol" and serves as young often ignored advisor.
From there it's conning Mephisto, cutting a deal with Surtur, manipulating Hela and dodging angry Asgardians that would happily see him die again.

Really, it's a great damn book!

Skip the older issues of Secret Avengers if you're a Nova fan (like me) as they make Rich out to be such a rookie and do bullshit like have Steve easily take on the Nova Prime force....which is such utter horseshit if you read the Nova series...
Crappy storyline too- introducing yet another widespread secret organization of baddies to the MU- one so secret that not even Nick Fury knew about it- but every occult bozo suddenly has ties to.