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Siege by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0

If I were to review this based on the first two issues it be a easy 4.5. It's fun and exciting but then...

Well what is Siege you ask. Well Asgard is on earth! Well it's floating above earth anyway instead of another dimension (I think it's another dimension usually, right?) and now Norman, you know the Green fucking Goblin, wants to take it. Siege is about Norman's final move to take everything from everyone, and the first issue is really a siege on Asgard. Of course Thor is like 'Nah brah that ain't happening" but can he really do much against Sentry? The walking talking insane fucking Superman type?

Good: The opening is exciting and fun but it's really issue 2 where shit kicks into gear. Thor is in trouble, heroes are gathering, Norman is losing it, and Ares finds out the truth. The fights are exciting and the deaths hit big. It's colorful, sad, and exciting all at once. Also the new status quo did set up some interesting things in the end.

Bad: Issue 3-4 aren't bad but same old same old. BIG brawls with so much shit you can't even keep up with on screen. Then we get this Naruto looking baddie that's kind of lame. Sorry I just like villains being human like, scarier that way.

Overall this event was solid. It was short, fun, and exciting. I loved the Dark Avengers so it's very sad to see it go but this worked for a good conclusion to House of M/Civil War events leading up to Dark Reign and then ending with Siege. A 3 out of 5.