Marvel of course tries to suck the oxygen out of everything in their pursuit of profit, but I’m actually enjoying Aliens vs Avengers and find the story rather refreshing in its depiction of a rapidly shrinking group of meta-humans who are faced with a threat they have no power to overcome. When it comes to comics, one can never expect a perfect working in of all the great ideas in either intellectual product but (and thankfully for this) we are sesgetting a greatly reduced Marvel universe and don’t have to worry about; ‘what about Galactus? What about the Watchers? Where is Asgard while Earth is being overrun? Such questions really have no place in a story like Aliens vs Avengers and because we are seeing a much smaller universe where meta-humans exist we have real drama and cost.(boy, do we have cost! Everyone is dropping like flies in this tale and I’m caught up in the ride) It happens so rarely that it’s easy to dismiss but when a writer and artist have respect for the properties involved they can craft a fine tale. Good story telling can rise above what is generally served to the public and I’m enjoying the meal.