Mike's Reviews > Avengers: Disassembled

Re-read this 7-8 years after this very early re-introduction by Bendis to my long absence from the Avengers. If half of what was hinted at in this takedown was true, I can't imagine slogging through years of the drudgery and soap opera that must've been the 90's. My god, all the second-rate oddities and the terrible plots...Bendis' disruption would've been a welcome clearing of that house of cards. (Or so I imagine.)

So why on second glance doesn't this feel more satisfying? There's a lot of serious happenings - Bendis stamped hard on Avengers and their mansion - killed a bunch of people who we weren't sad to see leave (except one dude who is currently one of the most amazing reinventions we've ever seen) - and made sure there were plenty of new conflicts to populate the future.

Compare this to the mind blowing awe I felt around the later Secret Invasion and other Bendis events - this *should* feel more momentous. Maybe it's precisely because I *hadn't* spent any time with this family before Bendis came in and started murdering everything - there's just no emotional heft behind the changes, since I have absolutely no attachment to them.

I don't usually revise my ratings, but I'm knocking off one star (and probably should take out another) for how much less this leaves any bruises behind for me.