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Avengers vs. X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis

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jessthebibliophile's review against another edition

2.0

Interesting but ensemble casts usually leave nothing for several big-hitters to do unlike The MCU, which did this very well.
Rogue, who is my favorite X-Men and a power-house had no visible role to play in any of the conflicts.
But this provides some backstory for [b:The Red Shadow|16002167|The Red Shadow (Uncanny Avengers, #1)|Rick Remender|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1511760549l/16002167._SY75_.jpg|21764144], where Rogue is an Avenger.

shane_tiernan's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a pretty good event, I was a little disappointed that the art in the core series was pretty poor for at least half of the issues. Seems like big events should get a bigger budget. I think the thing that really worked with this event was that Cyclops got to be the bad guy. He's the good guy that everybody loves to hate and this gave everyone a reason to hate him even more. Also a big event, the "death" or Professor X. Wonder how long he'll stay dead.

ajlweb's review against another edition

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5.0

I heard a lot of bad things about this but I don’t see it. The main event was awesome! Now I have to following with the Veruses and the other tie ins

lcush98's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

2.25

foreverbeautifulbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

This had good team ups, and some silly pointless teams up. Almost to the point where I felt like they wasted ink and paper to produce the issue of comic it was in. Perhaps, they should've thought to be a bit more clever. Then again, a few of these helped give me some ideas.

jammasterjamie's review against another edition

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4.0

A rolicking fun ride, I really enjoyed this series as the culmination of a lot of major Marvel plotlines from over the last ten years or so. Were there some weak parts? Sure. But with a story of this size and scope, that can be forgiven since the action is literally combustable and the story is filled with characters we all know and love doing the things we know and love them to do. Without giving any spoilers, I will say that - remembering Jean Grey's encounter with the Phoenix Force - some (most... all...) of the battles didn't go the way the sheer power of that entity would have you believe, but this is a comic book - the good guys have to win, so I guess I can forgive that. I also think the entire story would have been better served if it was just a little shorter - there were a few too many repetitive passages that had already been set up in previous 'rounds' of the battle, but other than that, this is a great collection for any fanboy (or girl) who just wants to have a good time.