Cornell does something pretty amazing here. He introduces a new group of heroes, but with connections to past supervillains instead of to past Avengers. Then over five issues, he slowly reveals some of their secrets, all the while treating them as very real, interesting, and conflicted characters. It's pretty much Heinberg's model for the original Young Avengers, but with an interesting new spin. 
 In the overall book, the actual Young Avengers get a bit of a gloss, but when they appear they still seem true to the originals, and that's not too much of a problem for the Dark Reign arc. The result is the best Young Avengers since Heinberg, and something that really adds to the mythos. I hope we see more of these Young Masters in the future. On a second read, I just came to appreciate this book more.