AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - PART FOUR: THE BATTLE FOR THE DAWN! The Avengers wage their final bloody showdown with the Multiversal Masters of Evil for the fate of prehistoric Earth and the entire Marvel Age of Heroes. Not everyone will survive. Meanwhile, Tony Stark must face his greatest enemy: his own father, the Iron Inquisitor.
Rated T+
Avengers #64 delivers on action and spectacle with a pleasant sprinkle of character-focused moments, giving this previously lethargic storyline a necessary boost of energy. Read Full Review
Again, art contributes so much to the organization. With some hope, these Avengers rosters may continue in a current timeline as I am enjoying the amalgamation of powers and a few of the new villains! I mean, if we have a young Loki, imagine what a young Thanos can do! Read Full Review
The focus is on Iron Man here, and that's alright, but the MMoE going down this quickly is a bit anticlimactic. Read Full Review
Avengers #64 delivers the fourth part of this storyline, but it's rather underwhelming. Yes, the comic delivers the big fight between Iron Man and the evil version of his father, Howard Stark, but the fight lacked strong emotional stakes since the Avengers have been on a winning streak against the Multiversal Masters of Evil, who similarly get taken down a little too quickly. However, the last few pages do end on the promise of the action getting ramped for the next part of the storyline. Read Full Review
If nothing else, The Avengers #64 previews what appears to be the saga's endgame as the Multiversal Masters of Evil are challenged on an ancient Earth; the final page suggests a conclusion is in sight. Beyond that sense of inevitability, there's little else in the issue to discern itself from the chaotic climax crossing over with Avengers Forever. Read Full Review
This final crossover has been very middling so far, but I think Aaron has a good voice for Tony Stark and since he narrates the issue, this issue is better for it.
The script has some decent lines and plot beats. The art remains formidable (although some panels get a bit cramped and busy).
The storytelling is pretty messy, though, in terms of both script structure and visual narrative. There are so many moving parts here. And what's come before has failed to make me care enough to overlook the vague parts, dropped balls, and too-distant callbacks.
It's a shame I'm not more into this final storyline as I've have thoroughly enjoyed the majority of Aaron's run. This was decent although it seems a bit messy. It feels like the actual story lacks depth and feels chaotic with the amount of characters involved. This is certainly better than avengers forever but I wish the amount of characters was scaled back so it could be more focused on singular moments and emotionally driven character moments. Instead it feels rather chaotic.
It opens with 'this fight has been going on for 9 days', which is as absurd as saying that a full-out nuclear war would last for 9 days. Both sides have Phoenixes, after all. And it's downhill from there.
Good God that run can't end soon enough.