It's a bit of a shock that I'm back reading new comics as it has been some time since I got stuck into the latest comics. However, issue New Avengers 31 by Brian Bendis and Leinil Yu was billed as having a shocking ending so that was first on my list.Unfortunately, as I've said before - I knew what the shock was before reading having seen it spoiled on the cover of Wizard.
The shock is that Elektra is revealed as a skrull. However, I don't think she has always been a skrull and this one is a fairly new arrival. There was certainly nothing shown in the issue to say she had always been a skrull. I would of thought that Matt Murdock would have smelt something odd during his time with her if that had been the case.
Ignoring the shock ending for a bit, I actually thought it was quite a poor issue. The art looked rushed and Bendis probably penned the script in 15 mins or so. This title deserves a better artist and more time spent by Bendis to come up with good stories which I know he can do.
Rating 5/10
In contrast, Avengers: The Initiative #3 by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli shows an improvement from previous issues. It seems like Slotty is getting into gear.
Spidey makes a good guest appearance (and a relevant one) and shows the new recruits a few things. An interesting quote from Initiative members " when trying to take out Spidey "Don't worry, we have no intention of leaving the world without Spider-man". That goes a long way to show just how far the Initiative have gone to the dark side.
It's certainly making the Marvel books a bit different - which is what we want in the long run.
Rating 7.5/10
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