Marvel Comics and The Union #5 Spoilers and Review follows.
It’s The End Of The U.K…
…As We Know It…
…Or Is It?
The heroes and villains both deal with the Empire Stone being nicked and…
…the teams seeing…
…shifts in allegiances despite a common enemy.
Interestingly, Britannia is back, after seemingly being killed in the first issue, as some kind of powerful apparition, but…
…she/it is not enough end the carnage.
She tells the Union that can’t defeat this threat alone…
…for country’s people who fear or despise them.
Looks like she meant that the Union would need the help of its villainous foils who ear easily dispatched too, but…
…a Union Jack possessed punch with Britannia may do the trick.
The Empire Stone is ready for poaching by Doc Croc, but…
…we finally see…
…whose side the Sponge is on.
The book ends with the Union going dark or disbanding or something…
…as the Sponge tells of his transfer to a different department in the U.K. government as Union Jack heals.
The Pulse:
I’m not sure what to make of this series now that it’s over. I like that Marvel tried to launch a net new concept for a super-team not a derivative one like X-Men: UK or Avengers: Europe or Excalibur II. That said, tying it first to Empyre then King In Black gave the series a sense of relevance that didn’t last long. The overall story was so-so, but the characters were compelling. The art was so-so, but any book that has Union Jack can’t be all bad. In the end, I was entertained, but not wow’d. 6 out of 10.
