An uneventful event

Event comics are a constantly debated topic in the comics world. They promise huge, universe-changing moments, but they often take ages to get to a real payoff. Unfortunately, “Avengers VS X-Men” is following in that trend of disappointment.

“AvX” #3 is a set-up issue. Last issue featured all the big promised fights and some ludicrous narration, so this issue takes the pace a step back and focuses mostly on character dialogue.

Artist John Romita Jr. is great, and the one fight scene in the issue features the best sense of motion in the series yet, but he isn’t suited for the smaller, dialogue-driven moments. 

The central problem here is the mischaracterization of Wolverine. In the past year, Wolverine has been portrayed as a man looking to keep kids out of harm’s way. Here, however, his solution to the central conflict of the story is to kill the teenage girl at the center of it all.

This event needs to stay true to the characters if it wants to make an impact worthy of its title.

By Mikel Kjell