In The End: I came into this annual with very few preconceived notions, and I ended up enjoying the heck out it. This is quintessential Marvel storytelling. I still have some reservations, but after this annual I am more likely to read the ongoing series. Bendis and crew delivered not only an epic battle that tied into the Avengers past but a very sweet and emotional wedding. New Avengers Annual #1 is the best introductory issue to the team you could ask for and is well worth your time and money. Read Full Review

So New Avengers Annual gave us a big-ol fight scene, some romance, and a little humor. But it also turned another potentially interesting female character into yet another evil bitch. Par for the course for this series. Read Full Review

Did you get the feeling I didnt care much for this comic yet? Good. Dont buy it. Its got Marvels heavy hitters like Spidey, Sentry and Wolverine, but it doesnt do anything interesting with them in 40 pages. Its a padded mess of violence, melodrama an inane dialogue. Nuff said! Read Full Review

As sentimental as I am about the wedding tacked on the end of the issue, Im also appreciative that we didnt actually see the wedding disturbed, and Im seriously impressed with Coipels vision of the main characters. All these factors add up to average, when what we were hoping for was a classic. Read Full Review

This Annual marks a momentous occasion, as Bendis actually wraps up multiple loose threads into a complete story with scenes of both talking heads and action all wrapped into one issue! Ah, but if that werent the only strength of this issue . . . Read Full Review

I dunno, I wish it would be more about wedding and not just another fight with some crazy woman. Also, Coipel here feels much worse for me, than in House of M. I wonder why...