Avengers Assemble #3 *Spoilers*

[Oni Squirrel]

Oh no i totally get that is what Thanos is about. But the way it's worded is just terrible. Thanos would say something more poetic and snobby, like i dunno, "I am deaths consort and lover, here to relinquish you of your mortal coils in reverence to her". Well maybe not exactly that, but something along those lines. This reminds me of the time Bendis wrote Dr Doom calling Ms Marvel a "fat cow".

Bendis has everyone call Ms. Marvel a fat cow. Thinking about it, what does he have against her that he feels every villain would call her fat?

ha! i knew that i didn't have to actually purchase any of this story. the moment they said that Bendis was taking over the cosmic titles, i knew this was inevitable. i just pray that the zodiac aren't part of the second Avengers movie.

I don't hate Bendis he has a relative consistency in quality between his books, but seriously consistency isn't what makes the cosmic stuff good. It's the chaotic element that really brought me into Marvel's cosmic book, the grand anything can happen feeling where seemingly unrelated events would lead into each other.

[KurtW95]

Are we REALLY sure Avengers Assemble takes place in the 616? I've skimmed its previous issues and I feel like it would make a lot more sense if it was in some sort of self contained pocket universe.

Every Bendis book is like that.

[Moriarty]

all Bendis stories make sense if you don't consider them canon.

word. less head ache that way too.

[KurtW95]

Bendis has everyone call Ms. Marvel a fat cow. Thinking about it, what does he have against her that he feels every villain would call her fat?

He also had Wanda do it.

[Zen-aku]

Bendis has everyone call Ms. Marvel a fat cow. Thinking about it, what does he have against her that he feels every villain would call her fat?

lots of writers have characters call her fat

Carol is one of Bendis's favorite characters [but not a pet character apparently for some hypocritical fanboy reason]

[tigerkaya]

there was a press release, y'know? or you could go confirm it for yourself on Bendis' Jinxworld forum.

Sounds like something from Comicsalliance.

[Lord Bravery]

Bendis has everyone call Ms. Marvel a fat cow. Thinking about it, what does he have against her that he feels every villain would call her fat?

He was trying to be funny and reference a little meme that was going around. But the point is, he either doesn't understand or doesn't care, or both, in regards to the little details of these characters. He might grasp the basic fundamentals, like in this case, Thanos being obsessed with Death, but he doesn't get the details and can't write the character with dialogue that suits him. Same with Doom. Doom might call Ms Marvel fat, but he wouldn't actually use those words. He'd say something like "bloated wench", not "fat cow".

Bendis doesn't seem to grasp the little details. And when it comes to these characters, it's all about the little details.

[Zen-aku]

but he doesn't write her well.

Actually he dose, He writes her as the strongest member of what ever team she's on but at the same time making her authoritative with out distancing her from her team mates

[nosocialize100]

Really smart on Marvel's part to bring Thanos back. spoilers:

Now everyone is going to see this as a nice fix after seeing the movie.

end of spoilers I reviewed it in my link in the signature with pictures. If anyone is so inclined.

[Venom Melendez]

What? He actually calls himself the "warrior of death"? You've got to be kidding. I hope this is a red herring again. That's awful dialogue for Thanos.

It's not a Red Herring.

This book has the Movie line up and it meant to draw in fans of the Movie, so it makes sense that they'd use Thanos.

And considering he loves Death, why wouldn't he call himself her warrior?

And going by the Article at Marvel's site, it is him.

Are we REALLY sure Avengers Assemble takes place in the 616?

Yes! It's been mentioned several times already.

Well, X-fans can breath a sigh of relief. It does look like Bendis will be heading toward the Cosmic, instead of the X-verse.

Bendis said months ago that he wasn't taking an X-Book, so i don't know what the X-Fans were worrying about...

Still need proof. Won't except Bendis as the new cosmic writer until I see some actual proof not pointless speculations.

Except it isn't just speculation.

Plus you know, it was mentioned that this arc would hint at what his next project would be and here we have Thanos.

The proof is there. Not accepting it is just denial at this point.

[Oni Squirrel]

Bendis doesn't seem to grasp the little details. And when it comes to these characters, it's all about the little details.

This is something I've noticed of Bendis the more I read of him. He relies on a lot of stock phrases and voices. Which might not be so bad except that he does this for important characters in the story. Stock phrases should be background, but he puts them in the foreground or in the dialogue of the main villains.

[nosocialize100]

This is something I've noticed of Bendis the more I read of him. He relies on a lot of stock phrases and voices. Which might not be so bad except that he does this for important characters in the story. Stock phrases should be background, but he puts them in the foreground or in the dialogue of the main villains.

Do you have any examples?

[Oni Squirrel]

Do you have any examples?

Dark Avengers team intro between Moonstone and Daken. Avengers team intro between Thor and Bucky Cap. That one stands out, but their are others. I don't mean to insult Bendis he's good and more often than not he's worth reading, but he reused a lot of lines between Avengers, New Avengers and Dark Avengers. It's like he really enjoyed the joke and wants to tell it again even though he knows we all already heard it.

[Rheged]

Actually he dose, He writes her as the strongest member of what ever team she's on but at the same time making her authoritative with out distancing her from her team mates

No, he does not.

Bendis said months ago that he wasn't taking an X-Book, so i don't know what the X-Fans were worrying about...

Bendis (and all the Marvel folks) say lots of things. That doesn't mean it invariably happens.

[Zen-aku]

No, he does not.

you are wrong.

in Bendis books Carol has:

Taken down nefaria
fought one on one with wonderman
was the only mortal character to nearly defeat one of the worthy with out mystical enhancements.
and in general has constantly looked good