The quintessential comic blockbuster that brings much promise for the Marvel U. Read Full Review

As for the story, well, it doesnt explain much about the Sentry, but it is dramatic enough. Theres nothing particular to it or memorable. When you buy this just look at the pictures and ignore the script. Read Full Review

It is good to see a story that is treated seriously, with casualties and repercussions, and there is a redemption moment here that almost makes us forget that the character is the architect of his own doom. Still, looking just at this issue, we have a success story, with some excellent artwork by Coipel and Bendis doing sweeping epic worthy of Jim Shooter. (And that is a GOOD thing indeed.) Siege #4 isnt perfect, but it sets the groundwork for a number of interesting things, and changes the balance of power in a very effective way, earning 4 out of 5 stars overall Read Full Review

As a story, it probably works better in conjunction with the other two companion Avengers issues released this week, but as a comic -- and as a finale to a short burst of a series -- it serves its purpose well. It gets the characters where they need to be, and it does it with a bit of flavor. It's the citrus sorbet of the comic book world. Read Full Review

Ultimately, Siege #4 suffers from the same flaw most event finales do. It seems more intended to set up future books and storylines than it does to wrap up anything. Bendis lays the groundwork for most of the new Avengers books in the final pages and makes it abundantly clear who will be running the show in Osborn's stead. As for Osborn himself, the Asgardians, the residents of Broxton, and anyone emotionally or physically affected by Siege... not so much. As with Civil War #7, World War Hulks #5, and Secret Invasion #8, this issue leaves readers with the impression that the end point was intended to be more interesting than the journey. Siege was an intriguing experiment in event storytelling. It cut the crap out of the equation and attempted to tell a lean, action-heavy story in a shorter span of time. It accomplished all those goals, but the degree of success to which it did wasn't always to my liking. More than anything, I'm simply ready to welcome Heroic Age with open arms and bid Read Full Review

The fanboy in me that loves bigaction and hero camaraderie found enough to like in this issue that I can't say it was a total waste of time. Unfortunately, the toocozy ending and paintbynumbers approach is a bit of a letdown, especially with certain bits having no setup or context clues for fans that didn't read all of the tieins. This issue came in with a good amount of momentum, but I can't help but feel like this ending is a bit of a misstepa misstep with the best of intentions, but a misstep nonetheless. Read Full Review

As an event, it seems Siege did its job. It set up the brave new world of The Heroic Age and has me seriously stoked for it too, and I love the direction Marvel are sending Steve Rogers in. However, I felt Siege as an event was strangely compressed. If I hadn’t been reading Dark Avengers and New Avengers, as well as Siege: Loki and Siege: The Cabal, I don’t think I would have felt I got the whole story. I certainly didn’t get this feeling from Civil War and Secret Invasion which were able to fit more of the story into more issues, with fewer requirements to read the tie-ins. Read Full Review

Siege #4 is a complete waste of your money. Do not bother buying it. All you need to know is that Steve now has Norman Osborns job, the Registration Act has been repealed and that the real Avengers are back. Forget about Siege and look to the future and think only about the Heroic Age. That is the best approach to take. I would suggest saving your money for the numerous interesting looking Heroic Age titles that Marvel is trotting out over the course of the next month. Read Full Review

When they inevitably resurrect the Sentry the writer who does it had better read that original mini over and then reread it to make sure they actually get it right next time. Read Full Review

Clocking in at an expanded 30 pages of story, "Siege" #4 feels like it needed more pages at the end to really bring the event and the events of the past five years to a stronger conclusion. Bendis provides some nice feel good moments, but nothing firmly final. That's been his problem with these event books in the past and it continues here, sadly. Read Full Review

Four poorly written issues with a rushed execution and a plethora of tieins just so they could retcon Civil War and all characterization for the Avengers to get them back to preBendis era status quo. It's like One More Day except for the Avengers. Read Full Review

I will absolutely never understand how this has bad reviews. This was an amazing event, and I think its my favorite Brian Michael Bendis crossover event of all time. This was when Brian Michael bendis was genuinely great.

As an event and miniseries, it was better than Secret Invasion and House of M, but it still have some problems, Cap is back but it's not a big deal, Ares was treated like a fool all this time just to die after realizing he was wrong, and Loki pulled so many strings in this period of time, especially on Thor's book, to just appear in the last issue, regretting his deeds and helping the heroes, dumb.