“Mighty” vs. “New”: A Tale of Two Avengers Series

When the Marvel Civil War ended a couple of years ago, the superhero community was beginning to put the pieces back together after being split down the middle over the issue of registering their identities with the government.When the pro-registration/Iron Mad led side won, a new team of Avengers was created, determined to be the face of this new law.With Ms. Marvel at the helm, this group of Mighty Avengers debuted in Mighty Avengers #1, but wait.Weren’t there “other” Avengers before this?Great question, glad you asked!After the horrific events of the “Avengers Disassembled” storyline, caused by the psychotic breakdown of the Scarlet Witch, the slate was cleared, for better or worse in the eyes of fans, for a new team to come together.That would happen with the debut of issue number one of The New Avengers, an interesting team made up of members such as Spider-Woman, Wolverine, Luke Cage and Iron Man.From the start,The New Avengers positioned itself as a dynamic book with an interesting mix of humor, plenty of action and strong amounts of character interplay that was believable.The Marvel Civil War made them hunted by the Mighty Avengers, then came the Skrull invasion.With that, everything changed for both teams, but only one has been able to maintain the narrative edge.