Mixed feelings about art and Bendis leaving aside, New Avengers #34 is an absolute gem of a book. Read Full Review

Love it or hate it, Bendis' run on the Avengers was admirable for its deep scope, crazy twists, and relentless streams of dialogue that gave every issue that good ol' Bendis charm. If anything, his run left a lasting impression on me because I will forever suspect that there is always a chance that anyone, at anytime, could be a Skrull. Read Full Review

New Avengerson a whole is a decent story, but marred down with less-than-spectacular artwork. Fans of Doctor Strange and Luke Cage should read this issue, otherwise if you dont like theAvengersyou can just wait for the next volume in December. Read Full Review

All in all, this is a rather mundane conclusion, but a satisfying one. There is no mistaking this issue of the "Greatest Avengers Story Ever!" but this issue is certainly going to be one fans look back to and re-read as time marches on. The final part of a four-part story, this issue is a nice sample of everything Bendis did to enhance certain elements of the Marvel Universe to be worthy of Avengers inclusion. Read Full Review

For me, this is a very mixed ending. The conclusion makes it seem as though there's more to come from the team (Cages aside, of course), but I guess they'll go their separate ways (for the most part) because the next NA title is essentially the next Illuminati book and only has a few members of the roster... not to mention it takes place all the way over in Wakanda.While this issue is action packed and Deodato's art rocks, the guest artists hinder the overall impact and the dialogue is just alright. There's a nice splash page that attempts to give you a heavy trip down nostalgia lane, but when all is said and done, I'm way more excited to see what Hickman does with the series in Marvel NOW! and can't say I'm all that sad to see this one go. It's certainly not a bad ending, but it wasn't as powerful as I felt it should be and passed by at an average level. That said, I do highly recommend this if you're a Doctor Strange fan. Read Full Review

I won't particularly miss Bendis on the Avengers, not because I don't like his writing (he can be hit or miss for me, but generally enjoyable), but because the “big guns” version of the team was not only less interesting to me, but Bendis himself seemed less invested in it: go back through his nearly 300 Avengers issues, and replace the amount of time spent on overexposed characters like Spider-Man and Wolverine with more focus on Jessica Jones or Danny Rand, and you'd have something closer to a Bendis book achieving its real potential. And with a final issue whose strong script is marred by erratic art, I can't really muster up much of a recommendation. Read Full Review

I give New Avengers #34 two and a half stars""it has a lot of good parts, but added up to a little less than their sum. If you've been reading this series, then you've got to read the finish. If you were looking to read the arc in the inevitable trade, I'd say "read it" but it wouldn't be at the top of my recommendation list. Read Full Review

Brian Michael Bendis says sayonara to the franchise that made him a superstar, but it ends not with a bang, but with a whimper. Read Full Review

I gotta say I thought that was a fantastic final issue I thoroughly enjoyed it

Bendis' final issue is a decent wrapup to a long career on Avengers. I wasn't that stoked about the villain, but at least we are given a sense of finality to the major characters he brought together during his very long run. There were some cool moment interspersed throughout.

There was a lot of finality for Luke Cage but other than that this was a little bit of a weak finish