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THE AVENGERS #25

• Avx Tie-In!

• Captain America Has Declared War On The X-Men.

• The Shocking Final Storyline In The Brian Bendis Avengers Saga!

Story by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Walt Simonson
Cover by Daniel Acuña

Price: $3.99
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  1. Avatar photo wangman31888 says:
    April 16, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    damn it, they got me back in with Walt Simonson art

  2. Avatar photo davidtobin100 says:
    April 16, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Can’t wait to see Walt Simonson’s stuff.

  3. Avatar photo player1 says:
    April 16, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Walt Simonson: Yes!

    I’m still about a year behind on Avengers-related stuff.

    Slated for May, after the movie leaves me in an Avengers-related frenzy.

  4. Avatar photo Soma says:
    April 16, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Haven’t read Avengers in a while but I thought Bendis was going to do an “Ultron War” story before his end. Does anyone know what the status of this is?

  5. Avatar photo Turd Ferguson says:
    April 16, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    Simonson?

    Rats! So much for not buying any AVX tie-ins … curse you Marvel! Get out of my wallet

  6. Avatar photo T.G.Rogers says:
    April 17, 2012 at 12:06 am

    So someone help me out here, since Hammer was shut down is there no Aim or Hand anymore?
    Is Hydra all that’s left?

  7. kcekada says:
    April 17, 2012 at 1:26 am

    Simonson looked pretty good on his Legion of Super-Heroes fill-in, but I was only buying this for Acuna. Not sure now…

  8. Avatar photo JSAkid says:
    April 17, 2012 at 3:35 am

    I love this cover and is one of the few tie ins i’ll be buying and haven’t kept up with Avengers since the lame “Heroic Age” start over. I wanna see how Walt Simonson’s art holds up in this current ending Bendis run. After all the Civil War, Secret Invasion, Avengers Initiative stuff was over I think they should’ve dropped/combined all these Avengers titles, like this: The big 3 are back and so are the Avengers as a team, no need for New Avengers anymore cause that was they’re purpose, to band together and fill in while the Avengers were disassembled. I thought Mighty Avengers carried the most weight after the smoke cleared and think New and self titled should’ve became and continued numbering Mighty Avengers or start at #1 but you get the point and think that would’ve been a stronger title when heroic age started, also I like the idea of Secret Avengers, them having a black ops team is a great counterpart to the public Mighty Avengers. I would have ran with those two and think less fans would be jaded by over populating titles carrying the same name. I don’t care what they do with the Avengers Academy or anything involving the younger Avenger titles as I feel they’re not in the same boat. Two Avengers books, both solid, and focus/creativity spread less thin, in my perfect world. One can dream, anyone feel me on this?

    • Avatar photo davidtobin100 says:
      April 17, 2012 at 6:30 am

      Completely agree. The brand is being spread too thin these days.

    • Avatar photo T.G.Rogers says:
      April 18, 2012 at 2:23 am

      It’s sad that New Avengers isent the “Official” Avengers book anymore. But yeah, i don’t really mind that there are 3 Avengers teams, I just think there should be less members in each team. If there’s to many then we don’t get a lot of great character moments, and there’s always that one guy or girl who only spoke 7 words throught the whole arc. So in my opinion teams should be shirked to 6 members. That’s right 6. Maybe 7 if they really have to but no more then that.

    • Avatar photo thehangman says:
      April 19, 2012 at 9:18 am

      AGREED 100%.

      combine new and regular avengers books with avengers assemble.
      make the avengers an army.

      or, get rid of b-listers.
      like, who the fuck is noh-varr? seriously.

    • Avatar photo T.G.Rogers says:
      April 20, 2012 at 7:56 pm

      No you didn’t!!!!
      The Protectors awesome!!!! Haha.

    • 7thton says:
      April 25, 2012 at 12:28 pm

      Agreed that noh-varr is one of the least interesting Avengers.

  9. Avatar photo Flash923 says:
    April 17, 2012 at 10:55 am

    Most brands in Marvel are being spread to thin these days, and as long as we keep shelling out the coin; they will keep piping them out to us. I for one just picking this up because of the cross over, thats it; and then I seen these last two comments and I agree 100%.

    K

  10. Avatar photo T.G.Rogers says:
    April 18, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Oh, and I just gota say I absolutely love that cover.

  11. Avatar photo RahUniQue says:
    April 18, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Is Bendis even trying anymore? I picked this up ONLY because of Simonson, and it read horribly?! When did Thor come back?! I clearly missed something.

  12. Avatar photo Impossibilly says:
    April 18, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Any of you guys going to the Simonson signing at JHU tonight?

  13. Avatar photo thompsonlive says:
    April 18, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Ugh i knew better than to buy this. Simonson’s art was fantastic but I just can’t read Bendis’ avengers anymore! 2/5 -Story 4.5/5 -Art. Will not be back for seconds

  14. Avatar photo HarlemSkywalker says:
    April 18, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    I feel suckered. Thought that this was going to have more to do with A vs X ( although the last couple pages probably will be important).

  15. Avatar photo oosuna says:
    April 18, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    The bad dialogue was distracting.

  16. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    April 19, 2012 at 1:17 am

    First issue I’ve since the first (relaunch) arc, and I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. Just Avengers, Avengering. Feels like forever since I’ve read that

  17. Avatar photo cromulent says:
    April 19, 2012 at 5:01 am

    This was terrible and I’ve enjoyed Bendis’ run so far. What the heck happened?

  18. Avatar photo Flash923 says:
    April 19, 2012 at 11:10 am

    I just wanna say I liked this issue as well gave it a 4 and really think Bendis has done very good on the last few issues of this title. No, I realize it is not mind blowing and for the majority of the issue had nothing really to do with AVX or so it seemed until the end which yes, it probably has something for late in dealing with the AVX maxi-series. I really hope Cap just unleashes his full power on one of the biggest opponents so we can gauge just how powerfuld he really is. I for one have never seen him just let it fly, at least not that I can remeber?!

    K

  19. mathewsr75 says:
    April 19, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    I’m not sure why everyone is raving about the artwork in this…. I’m guessing everyone is more nostalgic than I am. The sad part for me was the writing in this comic, seriously Bendis I think your spread too thin do you really have to have your name on 30 books a month? I guess I’m just angry that I picked up this book because of the cover art.

  20. FrancisMH says:
    April 21, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Just like with New Avengers… I was totally jipped by the solicit and the cover for this, thinking it related to AvX. Instead, we get a script that seemed pre-written before the crossover, and then 2 or 3 bookend pages to justify the label across the top. Poor form, Marvel. I know your job is to sell books, but letting your customer feel duped will only increase resentment and decrease loyalty.

    • Avatar photo BCDX97 says:
      April 23, 2012 at 11:54 am

      Exactly how I feel. I have no loyalty to them anymore and am quite resentful. I’ve dropped everything they do. Then I give them another chance and this is what I get?

  21. Avatar photo arcampbe says:
    April 21, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    This title is spiralling. What was worse, Spiderwoman and Hawkeye making out for no reason at an inappropriate time and location, or the dialogue “Heads up… They’ve got guns and stuff!”?

    • Avatar photo BionicDave says:
      April 24, 2012 at 3:41 pm

      That scene was jarring, mostly because it has been so long (if ever) that Spider-Woman’s been seen in this title without her costume on. Since they suddenly call her “Jessica” here, I thought she was supposed to be New Avenger Jessica Jones – dressed up like a 19th century schoolmarm – which added more hilarious confusion to the distraction.

  22. Avatar photo johnthrax says:
    April 21, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Did one of Bendis’ kids write this issue? This was the worst written book I’ve ever seen Bendis write. He really phoned this one in.

    • Avatar photo BCDX97 says:
      April 23, 2012 at 11:52 am

      I agree. It was awful. If it was 2.99 I would have given it a 2, but since it’s 3.99 it got a 1. Crap.

      Last week’s New Avengers was MUCH better.

  23. Avatar photo psynetrix says:
    April 23, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    Filler. Avengers #25 is solicited as being an “AvX” tie-in, but it’s really not (even if the first 2 pages make it pass for one.) Despite that fact, I enjoyed Walter Simonson’s art. This twist with Protector bothers me, because it was clearly improvised. Cap & Thor was cool, though.

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