Avengers has been a solid title from the first issue.  I began reading monthly comics around the time this series started and have picked it up most months.  Bendis has crafted interesting stories throughout the series and the TV style storytelling during Fear Itself has been an excellent way of presenting large quantities of dialog without bogging the story down.  The story here was solid with strong action beats and, while most people reading Fear Itself would also pick this book up, it's disapointing that the wider audience is missing out on a majority of the action sequences with 'the Worthy' fights happening in tie-in books.  My one issue with the story was Captain America's reaction to the characters having to go toe-to-toe with the Hulk.  It's mentioned that it's crazy that someone so powerful and strong as the Hulk would receive a weapon which makes him more powerful, but then Steve claims he would have sent more reinforcemetns if he realised the people he sends to Brazil would have to fight the Hulk.  Seems counter intuitive to me.

Having never seen his art before, Bachalo's art, particularly that of the Hulk was really impressive.  The depictions of a mad, possessed Hulk were gripping and really engaged me in the action.  However, the first few pages of the Avengers talking I felt was a little bland.  Whilst the art itself was servicable, I would have liked a more interesting layout instead of side-by-side panels.  Also, I was slightly confused with how to read the openning passages.  By having each panel line up across the page, I originally read straight across the spread instead of sticking to the page which is more than likely due to my noob status as a comic reader.  However, a more varied presentation may have guided my eye a bit clearer.