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DARK AVENGERS #16

SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!!

Series Finale!! What?! Marvel’s number one ongoing series is coming to an end?! What could possibly happen in the last chapter of SIEGE that is so intense as to bring this crazy chapter in Marvel history to a close??!! Well, clearly we can’t tell you here but there will be a funeral and the fate of Norman Osborn Will. Be. Decided!!

WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILS: Mike Deodato
COVER BY: Mike Deodato

Price: $3.99
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  1. RoiVampire RoiVampire says:
    May 10, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    damn i love all the Siege tie in covers

  2. XManRyan XManRyan says:
    May 10, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    Reminds me of the Fall of the Mutants and Fall of the Hulks covers. Bye bye Dark Avengers run.

  3. JimBilly4 JimBilly4 says:
    May 10, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    But what of Bullseye Hawkeye? Where can he go? What ‘eye’ character can he take over now? Goldeneye? Blackeye? WiFi? Alas.

  4. ABirdseysView ABirdseysView says:
    May 10, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    @XManRyan- I’d say it’s intentional, Marvel loves the homage cover

  5. OwlyFan OwlyFan says:
    May 10, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Are they referring to the Avengers in general as Marvel’s #1 ongoing, or Dark Avengers?

  6. AmirCat AmirCat says:
    May 10, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    @OwlyFan – I don’t think this is their #1 ongoing. Unless they are telling us they’re going to cancel Spider-Man in the promo for Dark Avengers.

  7. RoiVampire RoiVampire says:
    May 10, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    @AmirCat I’m fairly certain that yes this is they’re highest selling book right now. Spider-Man is their most recognizable but not everyone is reading ASM and a lot lot lot of people are reading this book because of who is in it and how it tied into dark reign

  8. daccampo daccampo says:
    May 10, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    Yeah, I think if you look at the sales charts, Dark Avengers was the biggest selling ongoing. Siege was #1, but that’s a miniseries.

  9. AmirCat AmirCat says:
    May 10, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    @RoiVampire – I am not a huge Marvel guy, so I could be wrong. But I went by the Diamond report for March and New avengers was higher. Dark Avengers didn’t come out in April.

    March 2010

  10. ABirdseysView ABirdseysView says:
    May 10, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    @AmirCat- yes, but that solicitation text was written in January at the latest

  11. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    May 10, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    This series has ranged from bad to great for me. Overall a good run but it feels good to open a spot on my list.

  12. AlanRob AlanRob says:
    May 10, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    @Peterparker   I totally agree.  

    This has felt like just a compnion piece to the larger Dark Reign story.  Kind of like how Brightest Day #0 and #1 have felt.  I just never felt like an ongoing.  Probably because I knew it couldnt be around too long, just because its stay was dependant upon how long Normie stayed in power..

  13. JesTr JesTr says:
    May 11, 2010 at 7:37 am

    I call this a maxi-series. Only 16 issues with a finite ending unless they retitle this West Coast Thunderbolts or something.  Overall, I liked this book as a whole.  I found the weakest issues to be during the Utopia crossover.

  14. cutty cutty says:
    May 11, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    @JesTr - yeah the Utopia issues were brutal.  They weren’t Bendis though, they were Fraction maybe?

  15. cutty cutty says:
    May 11, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    On the series, I definately think this was a huge success.  Especially in a period of time when New Avengers was pretty average at best

  16. JesTr JesTr says:
    May 11, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    @cutty: yeah those were Fraction alright.

  17. Fvckstick Fvckstick says:
    May 12, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    So i really liked this ish. I thought it was a nice cap to the series. Wrapped everything up pretty solid. Although there was nothing absolutely crazy, i think it was cool the scene between Cap and Victoria Hand. Was there a different colorist on in this issue? it seemed a lot my Crain-esk in terms of painted instead of penciled.

  18. cutty cutty says:
    May 12, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    What’s up with the art?  Deodato looks like video game graphics all of a sudden

  19. viceversa viceversa says:
    May 12, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    It seems like Deodato has been half assing the art in the last few issues of this title.

  20. cutty cutty says:
    May 12, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    @viceversa – Maybe he was rushed.  He’s the regular artist for Secret Avengers

  21. XManRyan XManRyan says:
    May 12, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    Not bad. I did like the Steve Rogers and Victoria Hand conversation. Hahahaaa Bullseye and Moonstone you guys think you can escape? I thought that scene was hilarious.

  22. Peterparker18102 Peterparker18102 says:
    May 12, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    I really enjoyed this issue! I am thrilled to see that Victoria will be around and I hope brubaker keeps the same characterization that bendis made so great. Tootsie rolls he he

  23. KickAss KickAss says:
    May 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Beautiful Ending.

  24. ABirdseysView ABirdseysView says:
    May 12, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    assuming Deodato inked himself on the previous issues, it looks like with this one, Rain Beredo colored the pencils directly.

  25. OttoBott OttoBott says:
    May 13, 2010 at 12:52 am

    Wow. It didn’t look like Deodato bothered to draw on top of the Poser models towards the end, there.

    I mean, if he was rushed, he was rushed, and good for him for finishing on time. But yeah. Wow.

  26. AlanRob AlanRob says:
    May 13, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    This had a great ending, both the Victoria Hand stuff and Normie.  I do agree something felt a little off with Deodato’s art.  Also there were a couple of ccontinuity nit pick at the beginning with Cap.  He is standing there with Fury and then two panel later he walks up at throws Noram down. And two pages later it looks like Bucky that throws the shield (I know Cap has it). Looked like a coloring error to me.  

    All in all:  Story 5    Art 3

  27. Diabhol Diabhol says:
    May 13, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    This was *almost* better than New Avengers Finale. Really goddamned great.

     

  28. Ramulux says:
    May 14, 2010 at 12:11 am

    A great ending to a great series. Norman’s speech at the end was just perfect in every way.

  29. JesseG JesseG says:
    May 14, 2010 at 12:19 am

    I don’t know what you guys are talking about. Deodato gets better with every issue. Dark Avengers is the only way I know his art, but over the last 5 or 6 months he has become one of my favorite artists.

    POW.

  30. SamMorgan SamMorgan says:
    May 14, 2010 at 10:31 am

    This was the best SIEGE comic this week by far (and that includes SIEGE #4)

  31. cromulent cromulent says:
    May 14, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    That ending made me go whoa! fer sure.

  32. Russkymc says:
    May 17, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Best comic in the Dark Reign/Seige series.  Too bad all the other books at the end of this were crap….

  33. cahubble09 cahubble09 says:
    June 2, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    Very interesting and satisfying end … I’d love to see what happens to Daken and Phobos going forward …

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