In the wake of SIEGE, an ALL NEW shocking conclusion to the landmark NEW AVENGERS series. NEW AVENGERS is coming to an end…but not without a bang. For the first time ever, series regular Brian Bendis teams up with the superstar artist that reinvented team books for this generation…Bryan Hitch. The entirety of the Marvel landscape has changed and many Avengers do not know their place in it. But before they can move on, some very important loose ends need to be tied up. A.K.A. it's payback time!! All this and a bevy of super star artists stop by to pay tribute to the work they made famous over the course of this top-selling book. One-Shot/R more
While "New Avengers" may be relaunching next month, this giant finale issue seems appropriate and is touching. After so much time hiding, the team finally gets a big victory and shows that they can stand alongside any other Avengers team. The issue also provides closure on the Hood's story, which has been an integral part of the book for the past 30 or so issues, allowing the book and its cast to begin again next month. It's everything you could want from a conclusion to Marvel's premier book of the past five years. Read Full Review
Ultimately, what matters is that Brian Michael Bendis ensures that New Avengers Finale feels right. It's an emotional beat that speaks to both the end of "Dark Reign" and the beginning of "The Heroic Age" while staying true to these characters' struggles over the years. Given its mission, New Avengers Finale succeeds on all counts. Read Full Review
If indeed Siege was just another device for changing the status quo, New Avengers Finale effectively sums up all that was good during one of Marvels most successful runs in company history. For that, anyway, Bendis deserves closing this curtain to grateful applause. Read Full Review
The memories of the Avengers Finale are still clear in my mind and this was a great complimenting bookend to that, recaping all the big storylines from New Avengers the way that Finale recounted all of the original Avengers' great adventures. This is a very satisfying conclusion to both Siege and the New Avengers volume. I just wish Hitch had been allowed to use costumes he designed, himself. Read Full Review
The New Avengers, and their readers, get their reward, though it's a bit drawn-out. Read Full Review
Having written all of this, there are reasons for readers to get this book. It shows the progress Bendis has made and how hes managed to make the Avengers more popular than the X-Men in but a few years. So careful readers should take my criticisms with a grain of salt. Had Bendis totally failed in elevating the Avengers front and center at Marvel Comics, I wouldnt be writing this right now. Id be feeling relieved the series ended. Now Bendis is not going anywhere and is continuing his work on the next chapter of the Avengers history. Lets hope he succeeds there. Read Full Review
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