175. Avengers vol 1 #157 ... Marvel ...

And now it's time we head back to one of the all time classic comic titles - the Avengers - the original run - the one that inspired all of us and the movie - and check out that cover! The artwork may seem stiff by today's standards but the cover composition is classic comicbook goodness. Everyone fallen at the feet of something in grey and the words? Why they merely reinforce the cover!

As the cover shows, the main cast for this issue is Captain America, Iron Man (chairman of this batch),Vision (back when he was still alive and married to the Scarlet Witch), Scarlet Witch (back before she became cray), and Yellowjacket

Those not in the cover include the Beast (Hank from X-Men) and Wasp (wife of Yellowjacket)

Basically, after the huge run of the previous arc, this is meant to be a breather of sorts but in the classic old days of comics, even this issue, as we see the Avengers relax and unwind in their own ways with some going out while others tinkering in the lab and even others in the kitchen ... the writer manages to dig back to the early days of this series and pulls back an old storyline and made it the main thrust of this storyline

It has something to do with that grey stone title blurb ... and we will give you a hint ... Defenders

Aside from that, as we read through the entire comic, we are given just the tiniest hint of something else brewing ... something that is actually the cause of this issue's villain even though we didn't get more than a few panels and ... even that they kept the "brewing" feeling down to a minimum

So it's all around great storytelling whereas in most other comics ... the guy behind the picture tends to be a tad bit ominous thus drawing our attention in while here ... the guy behind the picture is almost like a prop

Good reading this!

Ratings: 7/10