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This weekend's read. Avengers No Surrender. It's fun. It's campy. It's got a bucket load of Avengers but it's focus is on the B-tier. No Cap, Iron Man, Thor or Carol. Instead Lightning, Quicksilver, Rogue, the second Wasp, the second Red Hulk, all get their moments.

The big villain is the Grandmaster. You can't get more classic than that. And an amazing new Lethal Legion with some new creations (Mentacle!) alongside a formidable Black Order.

Here we go the end of my Bendis Avengers reread for now. #Siege. It's been so much fun. Really applaud Bendis character work with Luke, Jessica, Carol, Jess even Clint and Bobbi. Also, surprisingly, I'm thoroughly enjoying his Ares and Victoria Hand. And the art. Murderer's Row of talent.

Got to Civil War in my #BendisAvengers reread. It's been years since I've last read any of the crossover. I was thinking of skipping the crossover as it's not Bendis written, but it drives too much or the narrative to skip. I need to do a post on the first 20 issue of New Avengers at some point....

It's been a lot of fun to revisit this run of comics. There's such an energy which was lacking from the Avengers for a while. On the flip side SHIELD (and Tony) gets turned into Homeland Security, which is sometimes hard to read when I prefer to see them as camp 60s spies.

And then we get this in #BendisAvengers. An absolute love letter to the original Avenger run. Definitely not expected after Disassembled. The Bendis trademark dialogue is on full display here and it works.

Continuity wise, no one mentions the time the team shut down after Onslaught.... 😂 Probably for the best. On that note, where was Natasha? Also no 90s Avengers. 😂 Where were Sersi and Crystal and Rage.... 😂

And then we get this in #BendisAvengers. An absolute love letter to the original Avenger run. Definitely not expected after Disassembled. The Bendis trademark dialogue is on full display here and it works.

The double page spreads are all gorgeous but this one from David Mack with Vision and Scarlet Witch is a favourite. Especially after the previous issues.

Another Prelude now to #BendisAvengers, Avengers 500 to 503. I really didn't like this when it came out. I'm a big Wanda and Janet fan, and they both do not come out of this well...

While impactful and successful at the time, considering all the deaths and incapacitations get reversed (some immediately, others take a loooooong time) this feels a little hollow as a reread now. Wanda just feels like a plot device and she wouldn't fully recover until Trial of Magneto in 2021.

Another Prelude now to #BendisAvengers, Avengers 500 to 503. I really didn't like this when it came out. I'm a big Wanda and Janet fan, and they both do not come out of this well...

It was also so brutal. She-Hulk, Scott Lang, Vision, Hawkeye, Janet, the new Captain Britain and Wanda all taken off the board. It is also very male heavy once Janet is taken off the board. Only woman who gets something to do in later parts is Carol.

Another Prelude now to #BendisAvengers, Avengers 500 to 503. I really didn't like this when it came out. I'm a big Wanda and Janet fan, and they both do not come out of this well...

Doing a #BendisAvengers reread. Let's see how far I get! My attention span isn't great these days 😂 I decided to start with Pulse #1-#5, Bendis's first take on Norman Osborn, and his bringing his Jessica Jones and Luke Cage story to the main Marvel Universe.

Interesting notes: I forgot how much of a Ben Urich story this is. And I wish we got more. I love a superhero story told through the eye of a journalist. Apparently he knows who Spider-Man is and has known for some time.

I didn't pick up All-New Venom when it first came out, not generally a symbiote fan. But on hearing about the reveal I went back as I LOVE the idea of Al Ewing writing the current host. *Spoilers from here*

The focus on the first arc is on the mystery, so having Marvel ruin the surprise, and coming back to it later kinda killed the suspense. Definitely designed to be read monthly without knowing the outcome. Even with that, it's a really good fun comic.