

In fairness, it’s hardly unprecedented in mainstream comic books. In many ways, Disassembled feels like a brutal demolition. That meant that some walls had to get knocked down. Bendis wasn’t just going to adopt a caretaker position on the series, he clearly planned some very serious remodelling.

Not only did he demolish a lot of the iconography associated with the bunch of superheroes, he also launched a fairly scathing deconstruction of the stalwart superhero team. Taking over for a three issue arc on the main Avengers title, Bendis literally destroyed the team. The super-star writer had enjoyed long and well-received runs on Ultimate Spider-Man and Daredevil, but his tenure on the Avengers franchise proved much more divisive. In anticipation of Joss Whedon’s superhero epic, we’ll have a variety of articles and reviews published looking at various aspects of “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.” Today and tomorrow we’ll be taking a look at the two Brian Michael Bendis events that kick-started the writer’s work on the franchise.Īvengers: Disassembled welcomed Brian Michael Bendis to the Avengers franchise.

April (and a little bit of May) are “Avengers month” at the m0vie blog.
