Should I buy Avengers Disassembled?

[Colossal Spoons]

I really liked the team pre-Disassembled: She-Hulk, Thor, Wasp, Pym, Vision, S.Witch, Quicksilver, etc.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I really liked the team pre-Disassembled: She-Hulk, Thor, Wasp, Pym, Vision, S.Witch, Quicksilver, etc.

I couldn't really get into the Avengers prior to Disassembled. I liked them back during the 90's around Avengers 350-375, the whole Proctor storyline with Black Knight, Sersi, Crystal, Hercules, Captain America, Vision, etc. After issue 375 I couldn't get into it anymore. I tried again after the relaunch around issue 25 and I collected it spiratically until around issue 35 or so, but still couldn't get into them. The first story I ended up liking was the Lionheart of Avalon storyline. I liked that one and the Invaders storyline was alright (though their title that came from that was better). It wasn't until Disassembled that I found myself LOVING the title, and now I'm a huge New Avengers fan. Sadly, depending on how 'disassembled' they get, I may or may not stick with the title. I like the title, but I just can't get into some of the old Avengers, and I'm afraid I may loose interest again.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Well this new team is fueled by popularity so that would be understandable.

 

[Kevin]

I Like Any Team With Shulkie In It

 

[Genesis 1.0]

I couldn't really get into the Avengers prior to Disassembled. I liked them back during the 90's around Avengers 350-375, the whole Proctor storyline with Black Knight, Sersi, Crystal, Hercules, Captain America, Vision, etc. After issue 375 I couldn't get into it anymore. I tried again after the relaunch around issue 25 and I collected it spiratically until around issue 35 or so, but still couldn't get into them. The first story I ended up liking was the Lionheart of Avalon storyline. I liked that one and the Invaders storyline was alright (though their title that came from that was better). It wasn't until Disassembled that I found myself LOVING the title, and now I'm a huge New Avengers fan. Sadly, depending on how 'disassembled' they get, I may or may not stick with the title. I like the title, but I just can't get into some of the old Avengers, and I'm afraid I may loose interest again.

Well I loved the former Avengers squad, yeah the stories were kinda cheesy since they went up against guys they really shouldn't have had any trouble with in some cases. Hell, I stopped reading for stretches of time to avoid an arc I didn't particularly like (i.e. Zodiac). But all in all, it was a damn good series and while I didn't want to see it end, as far as I'm concerned, it was a good switch. The team's got a whole new face with people you wouldn't think of seeing in the more rigid Avengers lineup. There's more humor and it's all in all, quite exciting. As to the constant ninja comments, just as with the Zodiac and others, the Avengers have faced far worse than Hand ninjas, the best in the world.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

At least the Zodiac members had powers or some kind of weaponry to make up for the imbalance in power. Hell, Libra was trained in martial arts by the same people as Mantis, and Mantis could throw people like Thor and Iron Man around with ease. Most of the New Avengers have beaten veritable armies of Hand ninjas on their own, let alone in a team. But people do make too much of the Hand thing. Bendis seems to be pitting the New Avengers against credible threats now, so that part of the problem, at least, has been remedied.

 

[CBK]

I dont think the Avengers are even together anymore..there just doing stories bout single members of the team that once was.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Well this new team is fueled by popularity so that would be understandable.

Nah, that wasn't it for me. By the time this book began I was sick of Wolverine and I wasn't reading Spidey at all (not since they reniged the Clone Saga). I didn't care about Iron Man or Spider-Woman one iota. I was kinda indifferant with Cap, as I like the character, but never enough to actually try to read his books (save for the New Deal arc). I recalled the Sentry mini, but I never read it, so I didn't care. I was mostly intrigued with Cage's inclusion, and while I wasn't much of a Spidey fan at the time, I use to love him years prior, so it was good to read something with him again. So yeah, Popularity had nothing to do with my liking the title. I just find it 100% fun and entertaining. Bendis has made me fall in love with Cage and Captain America (and I can't wait to get around to reading Bru's take on the character now), and I've found my love of Spidey once again (and went out and bought all of the "Best of Spiderman" hardbacks collecting all of Straczynski's run through "The Other", and more). Just before Disassembled finished and New Avengers began, I borrowed my brother-in-law's Sentry comics and they instantly became one of my favorate stories of all time. I've been a little disappointed with Sentry's roll in the stories, but at least he brought him back to the foreground and I love that. The only ones that I still find iffy are Iron Man and Spider-Woman, but they're both growing on me. So yeah, Bendis made me like most of these characters, so he's got to be doing something right.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I dont think the Avengers are even together anymore..there just doing stories bout single members of the team that once was.

There is a reason why the Civil War arc is called 'Disassembled.' They're pretty much split now, so we'll have to see what becomes of them after the War is done. I'm curious to see which will be on which team when the second title launches. I'm thinking that Cap, Spidey, Cage, and others will be one that's more like the current New Avengers and doing the whole conspiracy thing, while Iron Man and others will be on the second team that will aim to be more like the Classic Avengers.

 

[Genesis 1.0]

Which leaves some interesting possibilities as to who they bring in if both Sentry AND Thor stay with Tony, they'll need some major heavy hitters to counter-balance that type of power on Tony's end.

Heh, with sales so high, it's a brazen move to Disassemble the team right here and now, especially since so many detractors squeal about the staus quo. If that were indeed the case, they wouldn't have tampered with what was already working.

Corp: Yeah, but the Zodiac was damn cheesy and you know it and their 'powers' were nothing that should have given that Avengers squad any trouble. Hundreds of ninjas all better martial artists than most superheroes, that's a hell of alot different. But as you said, they've been getting alot bigger threats so we'll see what they complain about next.

 

[Darthphere]

Which leaves some interesting possibilities as to who they bring in if both Sentry AND Thor stay with Tony, they'll need some major heavy hitters to counter-balance that type of power on Tony's end.

Heh, with sales so high, it's a brazen move to Disassemble the team right here and now, especially since so many detractors squeal about the staus quo. If that were indeed the case, they wouldn't have tampered with what was already working.

Ever hear the phrase change for the sake of change?

 

[Genesis 1.0]

Ever hear the phrase change for the sake of change?

Either way, you can't go with the status quo argument AND 'change for the sake of change', they're in direct opposition of one another. If you're going with the status quo then you don't shift what's making you money, which means no change till sales drop drastically.

And this is hardly change for the sake of change, Civil War has effectively split the team, not like Tony woke up one morning and said I want another team to myself.

 

[Darthphere]

No, instead we get two Avengers titles written by the same guy. So in essence, nothing has changed. Just add a new member here, throw out this guy, maybe get a pet. Same ol. same ol.

 

[The Cleric]

i dunno about that. i assume the point of another Avengers title is to make it different, maybe more traditional compared to the new Avengers. regardless who is writing it. but i did make an assumption...

 

[The Cleric]

whoops posted twice

 

[Genesis 1.0]

No, instead we get two Avengers titles written by the same guy. So in essence, nothing has changed. Just add a new member here, throw out this guy, maybe get a pet. Same ol. same ol.

You're being purposefully oblivious to the point here and you know it. Status quo demmands that things stay the same as long as it's making you enough money, there is no shift unless the monetary value lowers dramatically. Anyone that's worked for a corporation or even entry level management can tell you that's the case. Splitting up a team on a title that's raking in the dough and risking that winning formula doesn NOT meet that definition at al.

 

[Darthphere]

You're being purposefully oblivious to the point here and you know it. Status quo demmands that things stay the same as long as it's making you enough money, there is no shift unless the monetary value lowers dramatically. Anyone that's worked for a corporation or even entry level management can tell you that's the case. Splitting up a team on a title that's raking in the dough and risking that winning formula doesn NOT meet that definition at al.

Yes, and you already argued this point yourself. The reason its changing is because of Civil War, if it never happened the team wouldnt change, and a second Avengers title wouldnt have happened the way it is now. So exactly, what are you arguing again?

 

[Genesis 1.0]

Yes, and you already argued this point yourself. The reason its changing is because of Civil War, if it never happened the team wouldnt change, and a second Avengers title wouldnt have happened the way it is now. So exactly, what are you arguing again?

That you can't bi--- about 2 points that are in direct opposition and no amount of spinning on your part will change that fact.

 

[Darthphere]

Im not spinning anything. I just wasnt understanding your ****ing point.

 

[Doc Destruction]

The simple fact is that Marvel could have appeased TWO sets of fans by keeping Bendis on one book, and putting a REAL Superhero comic writer on the other.

Sadly, that would involve thought and we can't have that, now can we?

 

[roach]

Corp: Yeah, but the Zodiac was damn cheesy and you know it and their 'powers' were nothing that should have given that Avengers squad any trouble. Hundreds of ninjas all better martial artists than most superheroes, that's a hell of alot different.

Wolverine and Jubilee fought and beat a bunch of the Hand Ninjas on their own??????
Wolverine has beat the Hand by himself plenty of times

 

[Doc Destruction]

Oh please, MANY people have destroyed Hand Ninjas.

 

[roach]

Oh please, MANY people have destroyed Hand Ninjas.

I think Willie Lumpkin took out a few