Originally Posted by
Nomads1
IMHO, the Heroes Reborn event was terrible, with Avengers (normally my favorite Marvel book) being the weakest, with odd characters and odd takes on them and on the storylines. Plus, the art, supposedly a great attraction, IMHO, was very poor, especially in the first issues. It got better later. Iron Man had a more serious and interesting storyline, very faithful to the original while adding a couple of new elements, but personally, Whilce Portacio, never a favorite of mine, was a bit of a let down. FF also had a fairly faithful take on the storylines, and Jim Lee's art, of course,was awsome. He was later replaced by Brett Booth, who also did a good job. Captain America had art by Rob Liefield, and I found the story line realçly stupid. It felt like bad fan fiction. But, for me, the biggest problem of Heroes Reborn was that it was a retelling of stories we had already seen many times before, and usually done better. There was not enough novelty.
However, Heroes Return was, IMHO, a return to greatness for Marvel, and some of the best material the company has ever put out. Busiek and Perez Avengers is universally hailed as one of the best runs of the series (it sure is among my top 5). Busiek and Chen also gave us a great Iron Man. One of Marvels greatest mistake was taking Captain America from the hands of Mark Waid and Ron Garney, in what was already shaping up to be a seminal run of the title, and giving it to Rob Liefield in Heroes Reborn. They tried to fix that, by giving the book back to them in Heroes Return, however, it's hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice. Still, it was a solid read, even after Garney was replaced by Andy Kubert. Thor by Jurgens and Romita Jr. also had a very classic Thor feel, and I liked it a lot. FF returned with Scott Lobdell and Alan Davis, however, they were soon replaced by Chris Clairmont and Salvador Larocca. Many found it was merely X-Men staring the FF, since it was riddled with Clairmont's typical "Clairmontisms" (the wordy dialogue full of clichés, the strong females,the wierd fetishes, the scottish myths, the array of characters hailing from his runs on X-Men and Excalibur, etc...), however, despite the different flavour, I found it enjoyable. Hope I've been of some help.
Peace