New Avengers, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman

He just jumps right in with some of the craziest Avengers stuff I've ever read.

I really love how he wastes no time with overt exposition or the typical 'OK, Avengers, here's the situation' kind of crap. Nice HC volume with some nice Cover Art at the end. While hardly raveworthy, I shall gladly add it to my comic collection. Couple that with the good artwork and this is a 3 star volume. I wasn't blown away by the story, but it did have its moments. While this was not an amazing volume, it was good. Many of the newer members of the team have their back stories introduced during this time as well. The rest of the stories generally revolve around AIM, the Savage Land, and the High Evolutionary.

The story then moves onto the effects of Ex Nihilo's work and we also get a nice Hyperion background story. The first volume has the team firstly fighting against Ex Nihilo and his machinations.

Including the 'old school' guys like Cap, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man-they also bring in a variety of others from Spiderman and Wolverine, to Shang-Chi, Cannonball and Sunspot, as well as some utterly random heroes like Hyperion and Captain Marvel and Spiderwoman. Tony Stark and Captain America have a discussion about creating a new Avengers team, using a mix of old and new members. The premise being yet another refounding of the Avengers.

New Avengers, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman