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A review by allowableman2
Avengers: Disassembled by Olivier Coipel, Dick Ayers, Pete Pantazis, Mike Perkins, Brian Michael Bendis, Bob Sharen, Andy Tory, Scott Kolins, Steve McNiven, Brian Reber, Justin Ponsor, Kieron Dwyer, Laura Martin, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Frank D'Armata, Mark Morales, Morry Hollowell, Jim Cheung, Danny Miki, David Finch
2.0
Avengers Disassembled is arguably the beginning of modern Marvel comics and their editorial approach to their comic book universe. The first event miniseries in a series of ongoing events, House of M, sets the pattern for subsequent events.
In Disassembled, Zombie Jack of Hearts explodes at a mansion, killing Scott Lang. Tony Stark insults Latverian delegate resulting in the UN breaking relations with the Avengers, while the Vision releases 5 Ultrons. She-Hulk loses control and kills Vision. All former Avengers help, but the Kree launches an attack and Hawkeye dies in a stupid way during battle.
The story arc concludes with the discovery that Wanda Maxioff the Scarlet Witch has become unbalanced and her shaping powers have caused all of these attacks because of a previous storyline in the 80's revolved around the Vision and Scarlet Witch, who become involved and married in 1975 where their children were wiped from continuity, and the explanation is that Wanda conjured these children using chaos magic.
The biggest weakness to Disassembled is the conclusion, where Dr. Strange arrives like a magical Deus ex machina and tells everyone what has just occurred. There is no discovery whatsoever and no investigation to confirm his story. The characters just believe Strange, and Her father Magneto takes her away to take care of her.
The Disassembled arc laid out some traits for future events, pitting heroes against other heroes and leaving the main conflict incomplete, with no definitive resolution, and the consequences and implications of the worst day in Avengers history are not addressed. This is not a complete story, but it establishes a problem that might be solved in a future event.
When expanded to the entire Marvel comics line, this approach leads to event fatigue, with an accumulation of hanging plot threads and no sense of closure.
In Disassembled, Zombie Jack of Hearts explodes at a mansion, killing Scott Lang. Tony Stark insults Latverian delegate resulting in the UN breaking relations with the Avengers, while the Vision releases 5 Ultrons. She-Hulk loses control and kills Vision. All former Avengers help, but the Kree launches an attack and Hawkeye dies in a stupid way during battle.
The story arc concludes with the discovery that Wanda Maxioff the Scarlet Witch has become unbalanced and her shaping powers have caused all of these attacks because of a previous storyline in the 80's revolved around the Vision and Scarlet Witch, who become involved and married in 1975 where their children were wiped from continuity, and the explanation is that Wanda conjured these children using chaos magic.
The biggest weakness to Disassembled is the conclusion, where Dr. Strange arrives like a magical Deus ex machina and tells everyone what has just occurred. There is no discovery whatsoever and no investigation to confirm his story. The characters just believe Strange, and Her father Magneto takes her away to take care of her.
The Disassembled arc laid out some traits for future events, pitting heroes against other heroes and leaving the main conflict incomplete, with no definitive resolution, and the consequences and implications of the worst day in Avengers history are not addressed. This is not a complete story, but it establishes a problem that might be solved in a future event.
When expanded to the entire Marvel comics line, this approach leads to event fatigue, with an accumulation of hanging plot threads and no sense of closure.