![]() His adventures of Kid Loki were the critical darling of the past few years, and one of the early critiques of Marvel NOW! was that there was no sign of Kid Loki. ![]() ![]() Gillen has been killing it on Journey into Mystery. As a result, fans had to be content with each rare issue, until Heinberg concluded his tale, letting Kieron Gillen pick up the shiny, shiny pieces. His unique voice led to their popularity and any attempt to stretch the characters narratives past their own book would only serve to water down the franchise, so no other writers really got a chance to play with them. Fans wanted more the only problem was that these were Heinberg’s characters. Heinberg worked at a snail’s pace, and each new issue of Young Avengers was an anticipated, but rare, treat. Suddenly, Wiccan, Hulkling, Speed, Iron Lad, Hawkeye, and the Patriot were accepted parts of the mosaic of the Marvel Universe. Yet, when the book (by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung) finally shipped, it was met with love and acceptance. When Young Avengers was announced a few years back it was met with even more apathy and eye-rolling than most titles from a mainstream comics company (what’s that, you ask, comic fans judging a book before they read a single panel? Shocking I know). ![]()
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