Avengers Assemble

Avengers (2018) (Collected Editions)

by Jason Aaron, Bryan Hitch (Penciler), Andrew Currie (Inker)

The biggest Avengers saga in Marvel history! Jason Aaron assembles the mightiest heroes of Earth, the Multiverse and 1,000,000 BC in the capstone to his incredible era of AVENGERS! From throughout time and across realities, they will unite on a day like no other, to face a battle beyond all imaging. A war that will take us from the prehistoric beginnings of a planet under assault by the greatest villains who've ever lived to the Watchtower that stands at the dark heart of the all and the always, where an army of unprecedented evil now rises - including Doom Supreme, his Multiversal Masters of Evil and a nigh-infinite army of Mephistos! But who is Avenger Prime?!

Collects Avengers Assemble Alpha (2022) #1, Avengers (2018) #63-66, Avengers Forever (2021) #12-15, Avengers Assemble Omega (2023) #1.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction, Comic Book

288 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2023

About the author

Jason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.

Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.

In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.

Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.

In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.

In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.

After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of Thors, lots of Starbrands, lots of Phoenixes, Ghost Riders, Captain Americas, Black Panthers etc. etc. vs lots of Dr Dooms, lots of Mephistos at the start and end of time. All way too much going on during Aaron's run (2019-2023) and even more so in his final event in this volume, yet somehow he makes it work, and manages to top and tail his run pretty well. Also a part of me just really buys into the Goddesses of Thor characters. Overall though, there is an inherent lack of creativity at Marvel that sees more and more creators using the Multiverse to mine alternate versions of established characters. Where has the Stan Lee legacy of new character creation gone? A 6 out of 12, Three Star volume, for me.

2025 read

[Khurram · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Ok, I admit I did not have high hopes for this book. It was billed as the most epic Avengers' saga, and it lived up to it.

The final showdown between the Avengers (from every surviving timeline), Vs the Doom Supreme, the Multiversal Masters of Evil and Mephistos!!!

Evil agendas, double triple quadruple crosses, heroic lines in the sand, war cries, and incredible sacrifices. Heroes will fall and rise, but never give up. This is what makes me a comic fan.

I am not sure how they are going to follow this book up, but I am definitely looking forward to it. Just one request, could the undo the current mainstream Spider-man comics? Some miracles are just too much to ask for, I guess. (No Spider-man in this book). The book finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not sure why people disliked this. This was one of the best Avengers events I have ever read. Perfectly bringing an end to the main Avengers story started back in 2018, the recent Avengers Forever story and the Avengers: 1,000,000 BC story while exploding into a whole new world of possibilities going forward. Every Avenger that ever was and is come to together to save the entire multiverse from a swarm of enemies. Each issue is epic, fun, tense and wildly entertaining. Seeing these characters from different realities interact is a lot of fun and learning more about the origins of characters we love is always great. This even has some hard to take losses and sets up some interesting stories that I’m very excited to read more about. I met Jason Aaron last year and I am so beyond happy for him and his team that the culmination of their events has come to such a great end.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

The big finale to Jason Aaron's run on the Avengers. The fate of the multiverse is at stake as Avengers from across many realities take on the Multiversal Masters of Evil and Mephisto in a slugfest that will make no sense to anyone who hasn't read the fourteen or so volumes that preceded this over the last six years. But it's a good enough ending for those of us who stuck it out.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: (All stories written by Jason Aaron)
• Avengers Assemble: Alpha: The Battle a Million Years in the Making! / Bryan Hitch, penciler; Andrew Currie, inker
• Avengers #63: The Battle of One Million BC / Javier Garrón, artist
• Avengers Forever #12: The Siege of Infinity Tower / Aaron Kuder, penciler; Mark Farmer, inker
• Avengers #64: The War for the Dawn / Javier Garrón, artist
• Avengers Forever #13: The War of Wars / Aaron Kuder, penciler; Mark Farmer, inker
• Avengers #65: The Secret History of Avenger Prime / Javier Garrón, artist
• Avengers Forever #14: The Battle for the All and the Always / Jim Towe, artist
• Avengers #66: The Final Assemblage / Javier Garrón, artist
• Avengers Forever #15: The Rise of the Omni-Avengers / Aaron Kuder, penciler; Mark Farmer, inker
• Avengers Assemble: Omega: One Last Ride! / Aaron Kuder, Javier Garrón, Jim Towe, and Ivan Fiorelli, pencilers; Dexter Vines, Javier Garrón, Jim Towe, and Ivan Fiorelli, inkers
• Variant Covers / Tom Reilly, Stephanie Hans, Steve Skroce and Jim Campbell, Mark Brooks, Salvador Larroca and Edgar Delgado, J. Scott Campbell and Sabine Rich, Phil Jimenez and Jim Campbell, Alex Horley, Peach Momoko, Inhyuk Lee, Mike McKone and Morry Hollowell, Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Ivan Shavrin, Skan, Pepe Larraz, Logan Lubera and Rachelle Rosenberg, Stefano Caselli and Federico Blee, Federico Vicentini and Marcio Menyz, Alex Ross, and Dan Hainsworth, illustrators

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've finally wrapped up Jason Aaron's epic Avengers run and, honestly, Avengers Assemble made for a quality Marvel event. I would not have guessed I'd be happy with the ending after the first nine Avengers volumes were middling-to-awful, but here we are.

You definitely need to read at least the last two Avengers volumes plus Avengers Forever for any of Avengers Assemble to make sense. We've got the Multiversal Masters of Evil taking on the prehistoric Avengers while Avenger Prime holds down the fort at the end of the universe with the multiversal Avengers. So, two big battles basically, with some limited crossover, particular by Mephisto, who is the ultimate big bad alongside Doom Supreme.

To the credit of Avengers Assemble, it is nearly 100% battle scenes. And that's fine! There's one issue presenting the backstory of Avenger Prime, but everything else is a ceaseless escalation until the explosive conclusion. The storytelling is crisp, even as its bonkers, and the art is varied, but mostly great. If you're looking for fun in your comic book reading, Avengers Assemble offers it in spades. There are practically Mark Millar levels of oneupmanship going on here.

While I definitely enjoyed Avengers Assemble, I'm also very excited for new blood to take the wheel. Bring on Jed MacKay and a big reset!

[NarraTea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lot to process at first. There’s a lot of crazy ideas all battling each other for center stage in a multiversal, time-traveling, universe-altering extravaganza. Of course, there are plenty of amazing ideas and this is a great way to end an Avengers run that was filled with a lot of world-altering events and incredible moments. I guess I couldn’t really expect something better than this for this run to end in a B A N G. Credit where credit’s due. I had too much fun in this run and this event to concentrate on the minuscule negatives.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cry "Avengers Assemble" has come to mean something to all comic and MCU movie fans. It's the moment that unites all in a single purpose, usually a rallying cry to fight against those who would destroy and do evil.
This is the embodiment of that cry.
For a while, the Avengers stories have all been building to this. Avengers from every universe, Earth, dimension and timeline gather together to fight the multiversal threat that has been building. On one front: The Multiversal Masters of Evil (Doom Supreme, Ghost Goblin, King Killmonger, Black Skull, Dark Phoenix, Young Thanos, The Berserker) and on the other tons and tons of Mephisto.
By the end:
- Avengers Mountain had been turned into a Deathlok and is destroyed
- Echo and Old Man Phoenix have been depowered from the Phoenix Force (setting up Jean's return to Phoenix??)
- Starbrand is dead (for now, there will be a resurrection soon enough)
- Robbie Reyes has ridden as the All-Rider and sacrificed himself.... but is alive and waiting to return as Ghost Rider (new title... so coming back soon)
- The MMoE were defeated and destroyed (except for Young Thanos, who ran) and Mephisto is down to just one of him in the multiverse.

Overall, a great Avengers story, and balances everything of Jason Aaron's run out, so they may start fresh.
Recommend. Definitely an Avengers story that should be high up on their greatest.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75
Just finished Jason Aaron's Avenger's run. I followed along with every issue for five years. How can five years have past? Didn't he he just finish his Thor run?

Hard to not compare the two runs. Thor was a million times better. It's not even close. Aaron is just waay better on a single character book. His Punisher is a great example. So good! Keep him on single character books. Imagine his deep dive into the mythos of Captain America or Black Panther? 😍

This final story...it went on and on and on. There seemed to be a million climaxes and no central focus on any single character, which left the book feeling... untethered.

[Alex Sarll]

After not far off 100 issues, Jason Aaron's determinedly maximalist Avengers run does its damnedest to go bigger still for the finale. Ever since its opening arc rewrote the origins of life on Earth, it's been a book unafraid of going large, whether that meant grabbing all the toys that have accumulated in Marvel's toybox over the decades and smushing them together, or adding its own new variations to the old themes. Sometimes this was an invigorating reminder of the stuff long-running shared universes with hundreds of contributors can do better than anything else; other times it was empty, exhausting bombast. And not infrequently it would swing between the two on a page by page or even panel by panel basis. This is one of those times. The present day Avengers meet their forebears in 1,000,000 BC, where they must stand together against the Multiversal Masters of Evil lest the whole future be lost - but the two teams still have a pointless scrap first, because that's how superhero team-ups work. Meanwhile, in so far as the word 'meanwhile' can mean anything in this context, an army of Captains America and Marvel from across the worlds (led by Captain Carter, obviously) battle an onslaught of Mephistos to defend the tower at the heart of everything that is. Is this postmodern epic, or just the same accumulative urge that leads billionaires always to need more? Yes, very much so. Under the explosions there is a nugget of something else, the very 2020s question of whether it's even worth fighting against the strangling of humanity in its crib when we've seen how human history goes. Not that there's much time to dwell on that before things get even sillier and/or more badass. I know I've overused 'everything louder than everything else' in reviews of this series, but it's the best summary (not to mention a great song), and for all that this ends up suffering from one of the most pronounced cases of genre inflation I've ever seen ("You found *one* Mephisto? What's so scary about - ?"), for all that it's still banging on about Robbie bloody Reyes being the greatest Avenger ever before he spends eight issues with performance anxiety, for all that the enigmatic Avenger Prime turns out to be exactly the most obvious character he could have been, I'm still glad I persevered to get here, a climactic Avengers throwdown determined to make Endgame look like a quiet little arthouse drama.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Avengers Assemble
Author: Aaron, Garron, Kuder, Farmer
Publisher: Marvel
Publishing Date: 2023
Pgs: 268
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Genre:
Superheroes
TPB
Fiction


Why this book:
Because it finishes Aaron’s run on the book and it’s all connected.

Also, I’m chasing a feeling. When I read comics, I want that moment, that second, that image, that scene that gives me that feeling of wonder. Too many comics don’t have that, or hide it at the end of 11 issues of filler. Aaron and company are pretty good at giving that moment to their work. Some misfires along the way in their run, but when they hit it, they hit it well.
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The Feel:
Hmm…suspect I know who Avenger Prime is. But you know how assumptions go.

Plot Holes/Out of Character:
There’s a pretty damned big hole here. We’ve got everybody, but it seems like we’re missing two foundational Avengers who should be part of this show since they are at the end of all things…beginning of all things…you know what I mean. Though I guess the Red Hulk Starbrand who sacrificed it all was a good stand-in for Hulk. But no Wasp???


All of those Dooms would never follow another Doom. It goes against everything in his nature, multiversal variants or not. Doom is Doom.


Favorite Scene:
The hammer rain…holy crap.

Question: Really? Response: Look who's talking, Bub. …that’s awesome.

The Avengers Prime reveal. That’s good stuff, even if I did expect it.

When you eliminate the Avengers, who is going to fight all the other bad guys that the Avengers fight? Great image.

The Steve and Steve issue, not what I expected. Aaron and company have gotten pretty good at dropping that on me.

Cover and Interior Art:
The art is incredible throughout. Very well done.

Tropes:
Odin as belligerent dickhead, nail on the head there, in seemingly every incarnation.

Tony fighting his father has become a trope over the years. It’s well done here. But still.


The Unexpected:
First, the expected, Doom not even being there. The unexpected, Doom riding a Doombot-enslaved version of Ego off to attack his true target. Knew there was no way that he was all in on Mephisto and was just waiting for his chance to do his double heel turn and be the Doom that Doom is supposed to be. …I know that’s a lotta doom. In my defense, it is the only word on this page…9 times. And still well done. …correction, they aren’t all Doombots, they’re all Dooms from other timelines, variants.
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Last Page Sound:
Good stuff.


Questions I’m Left With:
Wonder if we’ll ever see that Avengers team that Avenger Prime gathered who didn’t have multiversal homes to go back to?

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collects Avengers Assemble Alpha (2022) #1, Avengers (2018) #63-66, Avengers Forever (2021) #12-15, Avengers Assemble Omega (2023) #1

This is the conclusion of Jason Aaron's long run with the Avengers. The story felt big enough that it could have been a Marvel event, but at the same time, the story didn't include some characters that you would imagine joining in for such a big multiversal event (for example, the X-Men were mostly not used, and Spider-Man doesn't make any appearances).

As with most of what I've read from this long run, I liked this collection, but didn't love it.

I'm torn between 3.5 stars and 4 stars for this rating, so I'll tentatively round up for now.

[Anıl Serif]

Koca bir beş yılın özeti:
"Hiçbir şey olmasa bile kesinlikle bir şeyler oldu ama fark edemedik."

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A few too many characters and death started to lose all meaning since they would just go into the timeline to draw out another thunderer or hammer.

Some epic tableaus and interesting locations.

[Kyle Dinges · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did but it's a hell of a lot of fun. Aaron's Avengers run has been very uneven for me. It's certainly not up to the standard of something like Thor or Wolverine and the X-Men. This volume is the final arc of Aaron's run, collecting eight issues from the concurrently running Avengers and Avengers Forever series and a couple of one shots.

I just thought it was big and bombastic. It's non-stop for ten issues and feels a lot like a big Marvel event. The important difference is that it's contained to two series with the same writer, so it doesn't collapse under the weight of a million tie-ins and writers trying to piece a coherent story together.

I didn't care too much for all the elements of Aaron's Avengers he's been spinning since the beginning but he tied a nice bow on most of the storylines and had enough space for it to not feel rushed. The art is also pretty stellar.

It's not so good that I'd recommend reading through the entirety of Aaron's Avengers to get to this point if you haven't already, but it was my favorite storyline of the run and I had fun reading it.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine end to Aaron’s so so Avengers run. Maybe there was an attempt to do to much and ties to all of his Marvel runs to date.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been putting this book off for 6 months now and finally I read it and its not bad tbh, its like an okayish and pretty good ending considering the immensity of its scope and the build up and all, I am generally seeing positive reactions to the whole book here vs when the issue came out and thats good to see, maybe it reads better in tpb and yeah I had that experience and I like how quick this was to read, and yeah it sort off pays off every build up Aaron did during this run and brings it full circle.

I like how the story started with a clash between Avengers present day and prehistoric avengers and there are some cool fight scenes and then the coming of MMOE and like straight away you have characters dying left and right, or some sacrifices, and you see the power of Dr doom here especially, he is just brutal and ruthless and just the way he takes down some of them is like wow. I also like how pre-historic GR goes out in the most badass style possible and there are many moments like these.

I like the fight between Iron man and his father and yeah the way he ended it is controversial but then again its Aaron having fun with Tony and completing his arc in his run and showing how far he has come, also loved the stuff with multiversal Avengers team and like the focus on the 3 grand-daughters of Thor and how they came together to aid and save humanity and finally fighting in a war after all this time hearing about it, and you know he created them during his Thor run and if you have read that, its a great payoff for these characters.

I also like how we had that one issue focused on the young, slim steve and his passing away hits hard and how that mobilizes other steve around him is so awesome and Steve rogers being one of my favorites, I loved this moment.

Also the revelation of the Dark Phoenix being Mystique was awesome and they kinda nodded to it in the past too maybe, and yeah its a remnant from his Wolverine run and I like that payoff too plus the fights she has with multiple people, retreating and then coming back, just nails down Mystique's character and who she really is, its kind of a cool moment ngl.

The Avenger prime reveal was something but makes sense and yeah that one issue with his backstory manages to make it somewhat good and considering he was the one who brought the Avengers first time together.. yep but I like how his character has grown and there are multiple fights he is in especially vs Dr doom which I feel could have been epic.

The whole thing with Deathlok mecha Avengers mountain caught me off guard lol, I wasn't prepared for it but somehow Aaron made it the most metal thing ever, and wow the big villain growing so big and fighting the Avengers.. umm yeah idk lol, it was fun to see and same with Planet doom, WHAT WAS THAT LMAO?!!

There are some wild things like the big villains motive and it makes sense considering who he is but I feel like it could have been built up more and the ending could have been better for the said character considering how his involvement has been hinted at all this time so idk.

But regardless what a great ending and multiple characters sacrificing. Spoilers below.

I love how Robbie had his big moment but something tells me they're gonna bring him back ultimately down the line but the one with Mother Phoenix and Starbrand Kid was just wow.. and the art there depicting them just epic and props to the artist for it, one of my favorite things in the book.

So yeah, overall a book with good payoff, some scenes which will have you go "Really?" but its epic in its own right and for new readers it will evoke that feeling of grandness that comics should get from its readers, so on that front kudos, and yeah this run overall feels stretched out and some stuff a bit boring and some story arcs were not that good, its not perfect, but its still an enjoyable read and you can see the writer gave it his all and so did the artist and for that I give it kudos and yeah its the end of a great era of Avengers and I have been reading this run since it came out and for the final issue .. yep.. a good, decent ending!

[Peter Lin · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a very fine line between a truly epic tale and just straight-up fan service, and writer Jason Aaron does a remarkable job of never quite crossing it in his self-contained "Avengers Assemble" saga.

In this 10-part event across the two titles - Avengers and Avengers Forever, Aaron pulls out all the stops, raising the stakes over and over again. It is the appropriate way to end his run on the Avengers titles, weaving together a saga that unites his three teams. The Multiversal Avengers, the Prehistoric Avengers and the present-day Avengers - and brings their story to a close.

Aaron is supported in this epic endeavour by a slew of excellent artists - including Javier Garrón on the Avengers issues, and Aaron Kuder and Mark Farmer on the Avengers Forever issues. Whether by serendipity or by intent, their styles complement each other well, creating a seamless artistic feel for the event.

Yes, parts 8 and 9 of the story do feel like they've jumped the shark in terms of who gets involved, but by that point, Aaron has earned it. Sure, the more cynical may feel like this saga is more than a little self-serving, but it was a well-told superhero story that never stops feeling like a quintessential Avengers epic.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dear lord, those Avengers sure can Assemble when they want to. Jason Aaron's run on Avengers and Avengers Forever dovetails together as Mephisto makes his ultimate move, with all of existence at stake.

This is one of those crossovers where all the action takes place in like 2 out of the 6 issues, the beginning and the end. The Alpha and Omega set the stage and close down Aaron's run respectively, while all the middle issues are mostly just battle scenes and fluff, bar the reveal about Avenger Prime which I feel was kind of obvious, all things considered. It's...fine, but if this is what the last few years of Avengers have been building to, I don't feel like it's worth the hype.

The art's nice, at least. Even with the massive fight scenes going on, none of the artists involved here including series artists Javier Garron and Aaron Kuder skimp on the details.

Okay. But okay isn't really what you want your multiple year run on a title to end on, I don't think.

[Sesana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into this. It's not a great sign when the entire book starts with one of my least favorite tropes, teams of superheroes punching each other Because Reasons. I'm so bored of this extremely overused trope at this point, which probably didn't put me in the right mood for the rest of the book. Which is basically just large quantities of supers punching each other. Didn't help that most of the supers are basically just concept art, totally undefined alternate versions of just a very small handful of characters. It's a cast of hundreds, but most of them are just cardboard cutouts. I was so numbed by two hundred pages of repetitive, dull action that I could only muster up a little interest in an ending that should have been much more emotionally resonant for me. I guess this is the end of Aaron's run on Avengers, but for me it didn't go out with a bang or a whimper, just a shrug.

[Vaughn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the climax of Jason Aaron's Avengers run and it has all the qualities you would expect. An army of Avengers made up of Avenger variants and mash-ups taking on the Multiversal Masters of Evil and an army of Mephistos. It's just a big crazy fight with lots of insane and epic moments. It's a satisfying end to Aaron's Avengers run.

While this book wasn't too bad, Jason Aaron's Avengers run as a whole has been really awful. It's been the second worst run after Chuck Austen's in my opinion. There have been some fun moments, but there was a lot of mischaracterization, contradictions in continuity, and a lot of contrived plots. These things are important to fans and it's unfortunate that they're not important to Jason Aaron. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, as the Avengers would be better off if this series never existed.

I'm glad this run is over and I'm looking forward to Jed MacKay taking over the title.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Certainly can't say that Aaron didn't go big with his finale on the Avengers. Yes, he's been building towards this, and frankly I think the fun he had while writing this series comes through.

To be honest though, especially as I read the final chapter (read as digital floppies) I had big Jack Kirby New Gods/Crisis on Multiple Earths vibes.

Nope, not a bad thing, not really I'm a fan of both of those books, and that didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying this bigger than a James Cameron movie comic.

Is there a lot of character development here? No, not really. I mean maybe a little for Loki, a Tony Stark, and Phoniex(s). Is there a lot of over the top action, and arguably OTP characters-sure.

It's fun, it's not earth shattering. Sit back grab some coffee/tea/water and enjoy.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

A story so big that it needed a second series to get you up to speed...

Surprisingly, Jason Aaron got his chance to write his magnum opus of Avengers story. I was thinking it would have been cancelled or delayed into oblivion.

I AM thankful for that second series (Avengers Forever) because we got fast tracked a bunch of plot information that could have taken us another year..or more of main Avengers book. Even then, some of the set up for these characters is sooooooo quick. Introduction, setup, resolution....BAM! Get ready for your cameo in the big fight at the end of the book.

This book will rank right up there, for me, with the original 'Avengers Forever' as top tier Avengers writing. Make sure you give Jason Aaron's whole run a chance. It's a well thought out epic adventure.

Bonus: It's always Doom...or is it?
Bonus Bonus: The God of Hammers is the best martial artist in the Marvel Universe. Fight me!

[Ayo Odun]

Pain anguish agony. A rip roaring multiversal adventure the greatest battle ever!!!…until the next writer power scales the freak out of things again because comics baby! We gotta have that escalation.

Some of my faves got done dirty. When will Robbie return home from war it’s been 3 year since this event for God’s sake bring him back!

A tangent and while not directly related to the writing/plot it was a point that greatly influenced my enjoyment. Basically I’m glad to see fat people not be treated horribly, chubby Steve was such a sweet and compassionate heroic guy and there was none of the tired fat tropes associated with him. Also Odin had a bit of beer belly which yay! Makes him actually physically distinct from Thor and not Thor but eye patch and longer beard.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been putting off this final volume of Jason Aaron's Avengers run for a while now. Aaron's run has swayed wildly back and forth between big and bombastic and just plain stupid and I was afraid of what we'd get here. Especially with all of these multiversal versions of characters that I's so tired of. But this was actually pretty good. Aaron makes this nonstop fighting for the most part and that works here. It doesn't make sense to give all of these versions of Captain America or Captain Marvel for example a ton of screen time. They are more there to make everything feel big and epic as they fight multiple variations of Dr. Doom and Mephisto. I do like Aaron Kuder's art more than Javier Garron's. Don't expect anything groundbreaking here, but it is pretty good.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jason Aaron's largely dumb take on the Avengers closes out in a spectacularly dumb way. I mean, there were fleeting moments here and there, but on the whole, this was just one terrible story from beginning to end. Most of the art is decent, but the one issue with Jim Towe was petty terrible. I can't help but compare this "biggest Avengers saga in history" to Jonathan Hickman's story of universes imploding and decide that this is pretty sorry by comparison. Aaron is much better working on a small scale, with stories like Scalped and Southern Bastards, and really ought to stick to that sort of storytelling going forward.

[AviChaim Snyder · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book but was left disappointed and the prospect it could have been. The first two volumes of Avengers Forever seemed to build up what we would encounter within the final battle; however, it fell a little short within this volume. The multiverse element was only really there to take advantage of the few "wow look at all these variations" pages without ever really using the characters. Also it seemed to focus on like 3 avengers and Thors granddaughters. Would have liked to have seen the use of the avengers expansive roster

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jason Aaron remains one of my favorite comic writers and this was a helluva finale to his recent run on Avengers with heroes from across the multiverse banding together to fight Doom Supreme and his Masters of Evil, as well as an army of multiversal Mephistos to try and save the entire multiverse from bring erased!

[Dean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely my least favourite Aaron run.
They tie most of their other runs into here, but that doesn't make it a magnum opus, just an overstuffed culmination or climax.

The Loki issue brought this up a star. That was well done. Most issues were origins/life stories which start interesting but the trope drags with the story.

Art was okay.

[Jason Tanner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book went hard. There were bits of Jason Aaron's Avengers run that felt a little disjointed, a little glossed over, and I feel like the vampire nation and Russian anti-Avengers got lost somewhere. But damn it, Aaron went big from start to finish and I think it shook out to be a hell of a run.

[Matt Sautman · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly satisfying conclusion to the shaky foundation Jason Aaron’s Avengers and Avengers Forever left off on. None of these stories are particularly deep, but they do provide a fun time for anyone wanting to see a multiversal conflict of epic proportions.