While Bendis’ New Avengers collection suffered during this crossover event, his Avengers’ storyline is more coherent without the support of the tie-in issues. X-Men crossover event, the battle against the Phoenix Force, and the rescue of an Avenger from the Microverse. The storyline follows the reintroduction of The Vision, the Avengers Vs. The main Avengers title however, which thankfully makes up the majority of the collection, are a nice way to finish off the collection. While it does feature Thanos, his cameo can’t make up for the gimmicky quips, the subpar villains, and the overall dullness of the storyline. It truly feels like a B level series, especially when read immediately following the lead title (it’s like the “Fruit Rings” knock off of “Fruit Loops”). While I enjoyed the main Avengers title and the culmination of Bendis’ arc and the rest of the one-shots, Avengers Assemble was a pretty rough go. Rather than just collecting the last of the main Avengers series (#24.1 – #34), Marvel also included Avengers Assemble (#1- #8) as well as other one shots such as Avengers: Heroes Welcome and Cyclops vs. The largest difference between this collection and the previous is the number of different series it features. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast!
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