I just found it kind of funny how MJ says "I haven't seen you this in love in a long time" as if her relationship with Peter basically meant nothing...
Definitely agree, MacKay's Avengers isn't decompressed at all. The plot has been moving along pretty well and hasn't been bogged down with subplots....
I would say that Ewing had a premise similar to Liss, king off the throne, becoming a more street-level hero. But that would be the only similarity....