Spinning out of Jason Aaron's current Avengers series, this deals with but doesn't entirely resolve the Squadron Supreme sub-plot that's been twining through there from the beginning.

It's another ho-hum, everything-you-know-is-wrong alternate reality event series where one hero remembers the way things used to be and sets out to regather his team to set things right. Blade draws the short straw this time in a world where the Avengers never were and instead Earth's Mightiest Heroes are the Squadron Supreme of America. After the first chapter, Blade's quest becomes the back-up feature as subsequent chapters focus on a single member of the Squadron and their place and/or history in this new reality. There are lots of side characters reimagined from their Marvel-616 continuity as powerless or with different powers and code-names. There is passing mention made to how the Squadron handled major moments in Marvel history of the What If? variety.

And then there's a big fight.

It's all very been there, done that, with few developments that seem like they'll have lasting impact. Definitely not the least bit memorable. ( )