Jeff 's Reviews > Avengers: Disassembled

This direction for the Avengers was the result of a discussion between Bendis and Mark Millar about the possibility of the Avengers title being like the then popular alt-universe The Ultimates (read: good, not sucky). So it was out with bringing back a teen-aged Tony Stark to fight an evil, crazy older Tony and other hackish plots and in with more nuanced, character driven, snappy dialogue heavy storylines.

So what’s on the agenda?

Blowing sh*t up and killing off a few Avengers!



Didn’t there used to be a mansion here?

Yay! And happy 500th issue team!

The story starts off normally – Avengers dudes sit around discussing which villainess they’d do the deed with.



And Barton, you are a pig. Madame Hydra!?! I’m thinking Titania (really big, buxom, reminds of my first girlfriend) or The Enchantress (enchanting) or maybe that bald-headed space chick…

Then stuff gets weird. Tony Stark addressing the UN seems like he’s on the ultimate bender.



Dead Avengers pay the Avengers Mansion a visit.



And then the proverbial crap hits the fan. Seemingly, all at once.

She Hulk goes on a rampage…



Hey, it’s Ultron…



…and family.

The Kree pay a visit…



We don’t need no stinkin’ Vision.



Do we?

So who’s behind this, Doctor Strange?



Uh...Rage?…Squirrel Girl?...

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No shocker there. She’s gone from giving creepy Cap massages…



…to marrying The Vision to having kids (or did she?)

So, let’s all reflect on this.



…and drink a glass of mead to the fallen.



Bottom Line - Nice way to reboot the Avengers, Bendis - crush, kill, destroy!!! It was either that or let Silverclaw back on the team… A story that reverberated in Marvel continuity for years…