I'm deep into Hickman's Avengers now, after Original Sin (but before Axis still - the "Great Society" incursion is starting now), and yes this is great, but I kind of think maybe people hyped it a bit too much. I mean, I love how "hard sci fi" it is, and yes the stakes do seem higher than any prior story. But if Hickman's big, macro, grandiose ideas and plots are his strength, it's his micro game that I wish he'd hit a little more... small talk, humor, etc. He's kind of the opposite of Bendis in that regard. The party after Infinity where Thor is cooking the hot dogs was such a rare instance, and it's kind of jarring to go from BMB who sure, did too much of that, to someone who's nearly ALL business.
And it's not just that, I feel like Hickman's dialogue can be kind of stilted, and sometimes he can be a little hard to follow. Like, I need to go back and read the last few pages sometimes just to figure out what the hell is going on. His writing style is so... high density.
But that said, I'm enjoying it. Bendis' Avengers had gotten stale. The Avengers are better off, and for that matter so is Bendis... I'm enjoying his X-Books. Those I'm actually up to the 6 month MU buffer on now.
Which is amazing, considering I started with Morrison's NXM and came forward.
