REVIEW: 'Savage Avengers' #7 by David Pepose, Carlos Magno, and Espen Grundetjern

 

SAVAGE AVENGERS #7

Writer: David Pepose

Artist: Carlos Magno, Espen Grundetjern

Letters: Travis Lanham

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Release Date: November 2, 2022

Cover Price: $3.99

BEWARE ULTRON 2099!

Trapped in a futuristic war zone ruled by the iron fist of Ultron, Jake Gallows and the Savage Avengers must embark on a jailbreak to free the one man who could possibly bring them home. Can our time-lost heroes survive the dangers of this bold new 2099, or will this Deathlok apocalypse prove to be the Savage Avengers' end?

PARENTAL ADVISORY

Score: 

★★★★☆ (4/5)

QUICK REVIEW: 'Savage Avengers' has been a non-stop roller coaster ride filled with action and crowd-pleasing cliffhangers. Few comics can get the blood pumping like 'Savage Avengers' does and that's all due to the great team of creators, David Pepose, Carlos Magno, and Espen Grundetjern. Issue seven is no different except that perhaps being turned up to eleven all the time might be too much of a good thing. It's an all-out war for the Avengers against Ulton's army of Deathlok bots. Pepose gives readers their money's worth with pages chockful of battles and backstories. There are more twists and turns with surprising appearances that are pure fanservice in the best ways. However, all the new players of the latest time jump take up a lot of the exposition and storytelling driving the Avengers to the background and leaving it open for the next cameo. Sometimes, there are just too many things going on creating a chaotic stream of consciousness where even the artists appear to be overwhelmed. Nonetheless, it's still an entertaining issue with another big payoff at the end. 'Savage Avengers' is nothing if not ambitious and worth three times the cover price.