• 6.0
  Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson Jul 18, 2012

  All in all, we're 3/4ths of the way through the crossover, with cracks starting to show in the now-Phoenix-4′s united front, and the seeds of the end starting to bear fruit. But, in the hurry to raise the stakes, we've gotten away from the human element that made the first half (and, honestly, the good crossover issues) of AvX worth the time. On the plus side, we don't have a big gap in time since last issue, something that has been bothering me for the last couple of issues, and much of the dialogue in this issue is quite fun, especially Spider-Man's quips in the face of disaster. Avengers Vs. X-Men #8 is a good comic with some flaws, not quite up to the best of this series, but still above average in terms of reading enjoyment, earning 3 out of 5 stars overall. As we transition into the Next Big Thing and AvX winds down, I hope that we'll see more of the unexpected twists we got earlier in the series, and not so many of the required "movie blockbuster" moments that pull this pa Read Full Review

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