Im afraid that after all this build-up, and hints and allegations, issue #503 will be a huge disappointment. Then again, since the first three parts have raised my interest this much, Bendis & Co. have done their job. Read Full Review

While fans are up in arms about the plight of Earths Mightiest Heroes, Brian Michael Bendis has done what no writer has been able to do priorget me to care about the Avengers. There have been other enormously talented writers on the series (Chuck Austen notwithstanding), writers that I really enjoy in other contexts, but as a team the Avengers just never did it for me. This is even more strange considering that usually I dont care for Bendiss work. Score one for Disassembled, but no promises for the Avengers relaunch. Read Full Review

David Finch turns in about as good a job as one could've hoped for, as he's called upon to deliver a popcorn movie style action sequence that featured dozen of heroes doing battle with a Kree invasion fleet. This in turn results in some wonderful big impact visuals from the double page shot where we get a look at the sheer scale of the attack, to the arrival shot of the Avenger who is fated to die. Now I have to say I wasn't overly impressed by this hero's final moments as the art takes a rather detached viewpoint when it delivers the moment where our hero performs their heroic deed, and I couldn't help but feel the scene would've had more punch if the art had taken us in closer. However, I have to say it was great to see Hercules in action, and no matter what other fans say I can't help but love the scenes that show Spider-Man battling alongside the Avengers. The final page arrival of the final guest-hero was also a solid visual. Read Full Review

Im still enjoying this story, but only because I know nothing in comics ever lasts. Read Full Review

Another month before more explosions can resume! My review space has abruptly filled! Its time to cut-off! Oh no. Read Full Review

I must echo the sentiments of Dr. Mike Robinson whose letter was printed in the back of Avengers #501: Ultimately super heroes are meant to entertain, to give us a good story, and to be fun. This was not fun. Hear, hear. Read Full Review

The sad thing here is the knowledge that BMB is better than this. This is not the Avengers story I would have expected from him, lacking as it does anything in the way of witty writing, satisfying characterisation or even a distinctive writers voice. Marvels summer hype event was a golden opportunity to pull in lots of new readers - myself included - and tell a knockout Avengers story that kept us plugged into the title for months to come. As it is, Im regretting even giving this title the four-issue break I thought it deserved: I should have gone with my instincts and ditched it after the first instalment of this meaningless, confusing and (most unforgivably) unentertaining arc. Read Full Review

Brian Bendis built his reputation on creating interesting and believable characters. Jessica Jones, the ultimate Peter Parker and the detectives in Powers are fully-fleshed out and thoughtful. Here, however, he does just the opposite. The characters are as shallow as can be. Far from being fleshed out, these characters are complete ciphers. This might be the worst series Bendis has ever written. Read Full Review

Man critics in 2004 were harsh. I blame marketing.

This is random. And yeah, Wanda's powers are random, but... It doesn't justify Bendos, because all his works are random even without Wanda.

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