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Fabian Nicieza starts his run by having the team try to rehabilitate their image by hunting down Hulk.
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Note the credits: Kurt Busiek “reading nervously.” He should be. Fabian Nicieza is capable of writing some great comics, but this isn’t one of them. It’s not bad, but it’s a big step down from the greatness of Busiek’s run.
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They fail and flee, and on the last panel we Jolt and her “secret identity” friends being hunted by a sniper.
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Spoiler alert for a 30-year-old comic: The sniper is Jack Monroe, who has taken on a new identity as the newest Scourge.
That “Ka-Pow” is easy to miss–it’s actually the shot being fired, and Jolt is dead. It’s confusing as hell. Issue #35 opens with her funeral.
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The team then tries to discover who assassinated her.
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Hawkeye blames himself because in Marvel Comics, leaders always feel responsible for stuff they didn’t do.
Beetle attacks Justin Hammer’s new team at their base.
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And the T-Bolts think Beetle’s the one who killed Jolt.
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The battle is melodramatic.
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And Beetle is a robot.
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Meanwhile, Citizen V is being hunted.
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And Gayle Rogers is assassinated by the same person who shot Jolt.
And Ogre offers the team a new member.
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It’s Beetle. He needs to take on yet another identity to be an undercover good guy.
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Oh, and he’s a black guy now.
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Well, that should help him hide his identity!
Yeah, these issues are all over the place. There are too many subplots. Nicieza is bringing all his bad X-writing habits into the fore.
Sigh.