This is it. The final chapter of Avengers Disassembled. The end of an era in the storied saga of the Avengers… or at least, the end of this volume. We still have Avengers Finale to close the chapter proper, but this is where we end our Avengers journey and… well… for what it’s worth, the ending hits all the right notes.
The revelation of Wanda as the cause of all this mayhem, the debate on whether she would actually be capable of such a thing, and that one bit of exposition – paired up with a wonderful montage of various past comic book covers and panels depicting Wanda’s darker side over the years – fits in so perfectly that it makes absolute sense. And then when the Avengers confront Wanda and we get another battle… which ends as it does and features a cameo appearance that makes sense within the context of this particular story, but not so much in the wider universe considering the stuff happening in the New X-Men book… but whatever, I don’t care. The story is over. It ended on what I feel is a strong note. There’s a finale that serves more as an epilogue to this current version of the Avengers so that we can make way for the new version of the Avengers, which I’m actually looking forward to.
Congratulations, Bendis. You actually made me care about the Avengers for the first time… ever. Here’s a cookie.
(2025 Update: It just occurred to me that, in redoing banners for this thing, I misspelled Bendis’ name in all four banners… I’d go back and change it, but I’m far too lazy.)
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