The Avengers: Disassembled - Brian Michael Bendis

I'm afraid this is going to be a hard book to review without spoiling some plot elements so if you want an entirely plot spoiler free review I suggest that you look somewhere else, but I will try to keep them minor. The story is set some time after the events where Jack of Hearts is seen to sacrifice his life to save Ant-Man's daughter, thus leaving the team (duh!) The alarms of the Avengers mansion go off alerting the team to an intruder who comes in the form of Jack Hart who without explanation explodes, destroying Ant-Man (Scott Lang) in the collision. The story continues with a series of bizarre and unexplainable events resulting in loss of life of a ...  Read the complete review

PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THERE ARE SPOILERS WITHIN THIS REVIEW. This may not be an entirely popular view but Avengers Dissassembled is an excellent example of what is wrong with Marvel Comics these days. It's all filler leading from one event to the next without any real meat. I'm putting spoiler warnings on ...  Read the complete review

Reviewing the trade paperback, "Avengers Disassembled", which reprints material originally published in Avengers issues 501 to 503 and the one-off special, Avengers Finale. Jack of Hearts has apparently risen from the dead - but he's doesn't look so good. The Vision brings a terrible message from one of the Avengers' oldest foes. A contingent of Kree warriors arrives from a distant galaxy and wages war on the Avengers. Iron Man finds himself disgraced in office, as he addresses the United Nations in an apparently drunken state. What is happening to The Avengers? As the team's world starts to crumble around ...  Read the complete review