These characters are mostly very new to me, so I can only approach this at face-value for what I have in hand right now. So, the (Dark) Avengers is Norman Osbourne's attempt to replace S.H.I.E.L.D. with H.A.M.M.E.R. as the new government-sanctioned paramilitary super group in place of Nick Fury/Tony Stark's failure to prevent the attack of the Skrull. However, almost all of Osborne's (formerly known as Green Goblin) recruits are former villains, murderers, and unstable wayward heroes who are essentially given a second chance (of being under Osborne's control). Meanwhile, Osborne/Iron Patriot is also secretly meeting with Victor Von Doom (Doctor Doom) and other malevolent figures. So what is everyone's real secret agenda for this? What is Osborne up to? Why do some of the Dark Avengers willing to participate? What did Doctor Doom do to piss off Morgana La Fey and start a destructive war?

The art is especially attractive to me, with a lot of time spent designing and incorporating personalities into the characters, I can admire the efforts that the graphic novel team put forth in developing this. Personally , Norman Osborne doesn't come off as that interesting of a character to me, but many of the Avengers do spark some mysterious aspects that will keep me coming back to find out what's next. The most confusing and unknown character of the group seems to be Sentry, as he suffers from his alternative side: the Void. While it's not particularly a split personality case, the Void that Sentry/Bob struggles with appears to be a deciding factor on whether he can actually survive as an active participant. I look forward into digging deeper with the story of Sentry. Additionally, I have also been looking into the Dark Wolverine series, so I also look forward to seeing how Daken will be participating in the group (so far, his role has been relatively minor in Vol 1: Assemble).

All in all, very entertaining! Not the best I've read, but it makes me curious enough.