Love reading this side by side to Hickman's avengers run. Hickman's is total comic book love. I mean it's deep, dark, you'll only really get it if you're deep into Marvel mythos, and it's wonderfully complex and well crafted. Bendis is highly entertaining, summer blockbuster type of avengers, and the perfect companion to the deeper story Hickman ran.

This volume tackles a unstoppable force coming down to wreck shit. From the skies comes a man on fire who basically makes him unstoppable. His powers are off the charts and he's able to take out Alpha Flight quickly and easily. Then the Avengers step up, but how much can they do? And what is this person? Thing?

Good: I liked the start. It's intense, scary, and very fast paced. The bickering between our heroes and quips make it highly entertaining and basically the blueprint for a lot of superhero movies now days. I also think the art is great for the most part.

Bad: The ending was a big let down for me. I thought it was handled and fixed up WAY to quickly. I also thought the sentry really didn't do much except being a convenient plot point to help in a lot of ways.

Overall highly entertaining but otherwise kind of shallow due to wrapping things up in 5 minutes. I think the conflict being longer and drawn out would have made a deeper impact. A 3 out of 5.