Avengers #30 is a superhero story built on classic character personality and a good old fashioned fight contest. It's meat-and-potatoes fight comics with modern visuals and sensibilities. Read Full Review

AVENGERS #40 opens up the next big installment of the Phoenix saga. Read Full Review

In the end, I would say that the events of Avengers #40 made me want to see more of what this story has in store. You just never know when it comes to the Phoenix if the story will impress, or flop. Everything comes down to execution and the levels of excitement you can generate using this entity once more to fuel a plot. Read Full Review

Not going to lie, I wasn't exactly looking forward to this arc of Avengers, but this first issue hooked me quite a bit, and I'm eager to see where we go from here. Read Full Review

Sadly, "Enter the Phoenix" gets off to a by-the-numbers, predictable start inAvengers #40. There just isn't enough meat on the bone to justify this story beyond stereotypical superhero punch-'em-up. Read Full Review

After a lot of build-up and hype, Avengers #40 and “Enter the Phoenix” is an uninspired start. Like the title suggests, it's a riff on the tournament battle story we've seen so many times before. It delivers nothing new or interesting to the genre. Maybe down the line it will but as a beginning it's a hell of a stumble. Read Full Review

I was surprised how good this was and glad I spent my time reading it. Doom vs. Cap ? Never saw that coming. And surprisingly Cap quoting the "I can do this all day" MCU trope was not as annoying or cringe-worthy as it should have been because of the context of the story. This issue was built around the inadequacy that Cap feels behind the mask and behind all the power that he wields, and I believe someone who has never heard of Captain America could pick up this issue and understand who he is and what he represents without getting to deep in the mythology.
Wolverine's appearance at the end has me hoping AvX doesn't get a sequel like Civil War did, and overall looking forward to who his opponent will be in this tournament as well as the remainder of this arc as a whole.
I have no idea when this story takes place thanks to King In Black , and the other X-titles, but with continuity questions being the only drawback of this issue, at least that can be expected while reading comics - just like you can expect to get a good story every once in awhile, and this is that. more

Great captain america issue

Good Cap characterization, fine concept and nothing else

Good issue by itself away from the previous mess of 39 issues but Aaron is doing it again where he lays it all out and makes you hope for the best but if the last few years are any indication, this will be another disappointment. The main reasons this gets any respect from me is the CAP monologue along with the best art Garron has done in years.

This arc starts like last arc by just throwing us into the action, and unlike the last arc, it works better here. Because there isn't really anything that needs to setting up. I'm not excited for this arc, even still, but there is some hope here. The Age of Khonshu tried to do so much and it was really poorly handled. This is a seemingly simple tournament arc that has all the set up it needs done and out of the way. The Doom/Cap fight is fun, with some allusions to their Secret Wars fight in there as well. This is a fun issue, I'll admit. But it's like... This series just spent the last half of the year hitting me, I'm not just going to forget that. So, I'm not going to get my hopes up.

So much better than last arc, but I am still so wary.

Today in the Aaronvengers AU: It's Contest of Champions, Firechicken Edition! Check your brain at the door, put up your feet, accept your complimentary bag o' popcorn, and root for your favorites!

It's a shame to waste Javier Garrón (who is NOT just phoning it in here, this looks gorgeous) on this carnival sideshow.

Also, attention Marvel: I am full up on Steve Rogers saying "I can do this all day" in comics, thanks. I could go 12 months, at least, without reading that again. It's not cute, it's not clever, it's not subtle. It's not ripe for deconstruction or irony or repurposing. Just (literally!) give it a rest for a little while.

It wasnt bad and the art was pretty good. It just felt a little corny at times.

I've given up...Cap never gets ready for a showdown by warming up his knuckles...Read his past appearances in comics, read past issues of the Avengers!
This title NEEDS a change of writer...I like Jason, his Thor work was good, his God Butcher arc was fantastic, but he's had over 40 issues of The Avengers and I can't think of a single issue I would call a 'classic'!
Imagine writers in the past doing that. I can name 'classics' for Lee, Thomas, Conway, Englehart, Stern, Hickman but still no issue I would read twice in Aaron's run.
Sorry to be so negative.

The Avengers
Volume: 8, Issue: 40 LGY: 740
“Sleep Now In The Fire”
“Enter the Phoenix” Part I

Publisher: @marvel
Writer: @jasonaaron
Artist: @javier.garron
Colorist: @davcuriel
Cover: @leeinhyuk & @martegraciacolor
Letterer: Cory Petit

The firebird of cosmic destruction and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force has returned to Earth to find a new host. To determine who will wield the power of the Phoenix Force, the most powerful heroes and villains in the universe along with the Avengers must enter a tournament to see who is worthy of such power.

Enter the Phoenix immediately throws us in action as we see Captain America and Doctor Doom engaged in battle for the honor to wield the Phoenix Force. In any other case, this would be a dream battle between two iconic characters. However in this tournament setting, it seems wasted in my opinion. We have seen this type of tournament many times before and this type of story really doesn’t draw me in. I didn’t have high expectations for this arc and it seems like I was right. This issue delivers nothing new or interesting to the Avengers which is disappointing. Honestly, I know this sounds crazy, but maybe the Avenger’s title would be better suited for a story once every couple of years. The title is so over saturated, no one really gets excited anymore. These “Avenger level threats” have no been entertaining and honestly a waste of time. Maybe having them “Assemble” every couple of years would bring epic stories back.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️ (2/5)
Reviewed by: @mcruz2189 of The Comic Book Club of Instagram
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