Avengers Disassembled Part 1

[informationgeek]

Avengers: Disassembled is controversial, even years after it was originally published. Truth be told, it probably will remain divisive for years to come. Still, I think it represents a turning point for the franchise, and it’s a bold ambitious and daring piece of work. Any comic that celebrates its five hundredth issue by mercilessly deconstructing its central team deserves a large amount of respect. Bendis’ work on Avengers might have its share of detractors, and I’m hard-pressed to argue it’s his best work, but I still think it’s a very challenging and breathtaking attempt to help rework a franchise that struggled to find its footing.” - Darren

Story By: Brian Michael Bendis
Art By: David Finch

Like with Civil War, we'll just be looking at random scenes from each issue.



And so it all begins with Avengers #500.





BBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM! Both ded.








Then Vision shows up at the Mansion and blows s**t up with a quinjet.




He then pukes out Ultron metal balls and Ultron things attack!












And She-Hulk smashes Steve with a truck. We then wrap with this...




Brian Michael Bendis doesn't like She-Hulk, does he?

Comments

[mrstatham]

I totally get it, and as I say, most team books are not his strong suit. Event books neither, although I think Secret Invasion was interesting enough (just not needing the, what, two years of build-up?), and I actually really liked Siege; that, to me, was short, punchy and did what it needed to. Norman Osborn lost it, got battered, and the Sentry's ongoing stuff was finally resolved. Lovely Coipel art, too.

But.. Yeah. 'Civil War II: Thank You Carol, Goodbye Tony, and to all the precogs: Congratulations'? Super-not good.

I'm looking forward to the Defenders, though. Danny is like, the only real unknown quantity in Bendis' hands. Otherwise? He made contemporary Daredevil and Luke Cage what they are, and Jess is just about the smartest, most careful insertion of a character into existing continuity that I've seen. And it's a good creative team, too; Bendis really gets a good pick of artists, be it Pichelli, Marquez, Maleev, and Gaydos. So I'm really hyped he's taking a good artist with him to the Defenders. I'm also glad it's not yet another iteration of 'Heroes For Hire', since he'd suggested that before when wrapping up the Avengers, and it never seems to go anywhere.

[thehood]

Technically it did, since his new Heroes for Hire was seen and mentioned in Ewing's Mighty Avengers.

[mrstatham]

Oh, no, Bendis actively stated he wanted to do a Heroes for Hire book around the time he was finishing up the Avengers; that was kind-of hinted at with Luke and Jess, and part of the reason they were barely used for a period. So.. Technically, yeah, but it never came to pass with Bendis, and I'm glad of that, in some ways.

[thehood]

Right, but Ewing ended up being the one that picked up on that.

[zylly]

I'm cautiously optimistic about the Defenders series as well.

But I'm also terrified it's going to kill Walker's extremely good Power Man and Iron Fist series.

[mrstatham]

I think it'll be okay. If we can have a Jessica Jones and a Daredevil series running at the same time as the Defenders, I'm sure we can have Power Man/Iron Fist.