jayson, get the new Invaders series. Short arcs but with epic feels to them and it's just starting, so when #1 comes out next week (I think) it would be the perfect starting point, because, of course, it's the beginning. Avengers is undergoing a reboot. So will Green Lantern at some point coming up. The new Firestorm series is getting interesting. And Alpha Flight, gotta love them canadian superheroes.
So what's the consensus of the Avengers dissassembled stuff? I'm glad to see a new direction and a revamp happening, but Bendis is doing a shit job. The dialogue is horrid and it's generally unimpressive shock value stuff so far in the main avengers title. Most of the other stuff is okay. Cap and Falc is going great, both heroes are starting to go loopy and having their heads messed with. Spider-Man is certainly interesting. Regular Cap should just be cancelled. Haven't checked Iron Man and Thor yet. Thor's being cancelled, I wonder if the God of Thunder will die or simply take his leave from the Age of Marvels.
No no no lol. They'll kill a few, but not all of the Avengers are going to die. Like they'd kill off some of their biggest money trains? They've just assigned Warren Ellis as the next Iron Man scribe, beggining after all this Dissassembled non-sense, Cap is going to make it through, of course, or else why would they have begun a Cap and Falcon title just a few months ago? There are solicitations for post dissassembled books with various Avengers in them.
Well after Disassembled Spider-Man, Cap and Falcon, She-Hulk and Iron Man at least will still have their own series. There will still be an Avengers book, 2 in fact.
I'm just saying Bendis will kill probably, 5 or 6 Avengers, max for no ****ing reason, but still he's doing it. Shock value replaces talent (I do like Bendis and think he does have a lot of talent, but even good writers can dissent to crap plot threads). Not all the Avengers will buy the farm, especially with a full cast of available Avengers being called in next issue, I don't think they're going to torch 'em all. They even gave Bendis a list and paramaters of whom he could kill off. Most of the good ol' Avengers we know and love will still be around.
That said, buy Alpha Flight #6, everyone, please, and continue buying it. Stick it to the MAN and skewer sales rates so bad Arad has no idea what smacked him like a 2x4. And Invaders.
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