Dealing with the immediate emotional fallout of the crossover event "Fear Itself", but also with the longer term consequences of the many major catastrophes in recent Marvel continuity (most notably House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion and Dark Reign), one would think this book was messy and hard to follow, but I found it to be anything but. Instead, it's an improvement on the first two volumes (which _were_ hard to follow, especially the first one), with clear emotional stakes, and interesting thematic throughline of whether super heroes acting without regulations and supervision is really a good thing, and the return of Norman Osborn in good form. ( )

Good ole Cap always has a plan. When I need you to spring into action I'll call you on your cellphone. Except he forgot the "unless I'm tied to a chair in some dark dungeon without any reception". Glad to see this wasn't the end of the Avengers. ;)

#18-24 & 24.1 ( )