Dissasembled
While Bendis did weave past continuity well, he did it hamfistedly and needless killed off many Avengers. It was like a sad devolution into a soap-opera with the checklists of fallen Avengers and the covers: 'One of these 4 Avengers will die this issue. Which one?'
While the story did make sense in that she went off her rocker and it permanently damaged the Avengers, it also had a few mistakes
. Strange said 'Chaos magic' doesn't exist, even though he's supposedly used it himself a few times
. Magneto carrying his daughter off at the end. Im not sure of Magneto's standing around this time, but im pretty sure the Avengers still viewed him as a mad terrorist. Allowing him to carry off a psycho reality warper didn't make too much sense
House of M
It was OK, though it was another Marvel 'alternate reality' affair, something I normally object too because you know its meaningless to give a shit about a mutant populated world
AoA did it better, but it was still interesting that Quicksilver was the one who fucked everyone over and the lasting effects it spawned, even if Spider-mans perfect life seems to have been forgotten
Im not happy that they regressed the Mutant population back to a minority. It undercut Joss Whedons superior writing in Astonishing X-men, and set the X-franchise back another decade after Grant Morrison tried to move things forward
Identity Crisis
All good until the final issue, which made me regret buying any of them
Some interesting stories spawned from the series, but Dr. Light crossed into too many titles seeking revenge for me to care. The Flash tie-in was interesting, even though Geoff Johns undercut his own work with the Rogues over his 61 issues on the title
IC
Im not sure about IC yet. I've only bothered to read #1, and I've heard mixed statements about the need for the tie-ins
Its certainly the most interesting to me, but certain things involved in it bug me
. The amount of crossovers tied in to it are ridiculous. The 4 build up mini-series' were OK, but then you have the 7 issue series, the 4 specials to wrap up the mini-series', the need to pick up a few outside comics involved in the event, like Wonder Woman #219, the supposed need to pick up that Superman issue where the 2 Superman fight, aswell as the Secret Files if you want tp grasp of the motivation. Then the 52 issue series at $2.50 a pop
. The way they handled things is poor. Blaming revivals on Superboy-Prime punching a wall, trying to fix editorial mistakes like the Doom Patrol by saying they planned it, and then creating this new Earth that is basically another retcon. Not to mention key plot points have already been given away by their half-assed schelduling, like the regular Superboys death, and already knowing everything that comes out of all this because OYL later is here before IC has even finished
Overall I just about give it to DC, but substitute Avengers Dissasembled for the Mark Millar written Civil War and it will most likely be a different story
