- I was surprised to see Yondu there at the beginning. My guess is that he's probably the antagonist of the story, as it looks like DH will probably seek revenge for what he did to him.
- YOUNG AVENGERS REFERENCES! Eli being mentioned by name and a Jonas reference too (the part where Billy says DH is not the first robot from the future they've met)! Keep those YA references coming, Tini! Better yet, make this a stealth Young Avengers reunion by the end of it.
- Billy's struggles here were pretty interesting. The feeling that maybe he's being left behind and that he just wants to be an Avenger again... I liked that. And I feel like maybe this will tie into Strikeforce? Like, maybe that is the opportunity for him to feel like he is a needed and wanted superhero again? I could see that happening.
- Also, I don't know if it was intentional, but it definitely felt like something went down between Billy and Tommy. Billy seemed to get really mad when Teddy mentioned him and then Teddy said he was AGAINST calling Tommy for help, like, why would he be AGAINST that idea? I hope there's some explanation for this, otherwise it was a strange way to portray Billy reacting to Tommy.
- I freaking L O V E D the reference to Gillen's Young Avengers when Billy went all ''allpossiblerealities'' mode. I know that we, as readers, are supposed to think that doing that is NOT a good thing (and Billy even brings up how he shouldn't be doing it in the first place), but I just can't help but love the entire of concept of, to quote Billy himself, ''googling yourself across time and space''. It's just such a cool concept to me, not to mention that it makes for some cool panels.
- Speaking of those panels, we had some interesting ideas thrown in there. I wonder if any of them are gonna come true? After all, Jim Zub did say that 2020 was going to be a good year for Marvel's young heroes. Maybe we had some foreshadowing there. Speaking of foreshadowing, it CAN'T be a coincidence that Death's Head was tagging along Billy and Teddy in ALL superhero teams they were a part of, can it? I wonder if Tini is maybe teasing that this mini isn't the last that we're gonna see of the three of them together. Again, maybe this is a setup for Strikeforce. Oh, and we saw some cute stuff too. Billy and Teddy kissing with rings, their kid from the Sorcerers Supreme AU, the YA reuniting.
- My heart DROPPED on that ''bang'' moment. I legitimately thought for a minute that DH had killed Teddy and the book would take a dark turn. It did take a turn at the end anyway, and I guess we shouldn't be too surprised due to the solicits already teasing it, but I was still a little bit shocked. I mean, Billy keeping a rad looking robot stashed under their bed is all kinds of creepy and hilarious. That made me wonder, though, was the robot already there all along or did Billy only conjure him up accidentally when he was doing his multiverse googling thing? I'm kinda rooting for the first option, just because I think it would be a more interesting twist if Billy had ulterior motives to have that robot there. |