Avengers Vs X-men (AvX) #9
In the last issue, the Avengers teamed up on the attacking Namor, and with Scarlet Witch's help managed to depower him. His portion of the Phoenix Force then split into 4 and was absorbed by the remaining Phoenix-Powered X-men. The Avengers, in the meantime, fellback to their last hideout, the mysterious kung-fu (I know, I can't believe they're resorting to mystic kung-fu either) city, K'un Lun.
The X-men have been capturing Avengers and are holding them prisoner in a Phoenix-made volcano in Siberia that houses the denizens of Magik's Limbo realm. It's basically a volcano full of what most people think hell looks like, including the demons monsters. Cap orders a strike on the prison in an attempt to free their friends. Unfortunately, the prison is currently guarded by half of the "Phoenix Four", siblings Colossus and Magik. The entire strike force would have been defeated and captured as well, but Spider-Manused his webs to pull everyone (including most of the prisoners) out of the volcano's enterance and sealed it behind them. He then attempted to slow down half of the Phoenix Force on his own to buy them time to escape. Believe it or not, it worked! Pete got beaten to mush, but he managed to used his sarcastic whit to turn the increasingly paranoid and power-hungery mutants against each other. They battled, attempted to gain the other's portion of the Phoenix power and defeated each other. Their power then left them and went to the only Phoenix hosts left, Cyclops & Emma Frost. The issue ends with Cyclops appearing above the city demanding Hope come with him to fullfill her Phoenix destiny.
The story moves along and focus's on my favorite character, Spider-Man. What's not to love?
Pick of the Week!
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #13
In the last issue, Miles' uncle (the super villain) attacked him and in the ensuing fight, one of his gadgets misfired and exploded, burning the Prowler to a crisp and killing him. Since then, (apparently) the Ultimate Marvel U has fallen apart and I didn't know about it because I'm only keeping up with this comic in that universe these days. America has partially collapsed, with militias popping up around the country in revolt, Texas seceding from the union, and who knows what else.
This issue opens up with Iron Man and Cap discussing the new Spidey with Cap saying he's too young. Miles is informed by his father that his uncle has been murdered and that the news is saying that Spider-Man is the killer. Miles spends a few days dealing with what happened and coping with the idea that the media thinks he's a killer. Then while at school, he gets a text asking for him to meet up with someone. He says "after school" and heads that way after his classes let out. On the way he stumbles across Batroc the Leaper (a lame French villain) and foils his burglary attempt. After evading the cops, Miles enters a warehouse and meets Aunt May and Gwen Stacy. They discuss who he is and why he's doing it. Just when Aunt May is about to give him something of Peter's, Cap steps out of the darkness and says, "Hold on, Ms. Parker. I don't think he's going to be Spider-Man any longer."
This issue wasn't as exciting or enthralling as most, but I've enjoyed every issue of this series so far and this was no exception there. Bendis knows how to write Spider-Man and Miles is just fun to read about. Sarah Pichelli's art is missed, with her spending time on the awesome crossover SPIDER-MEN, but the fill in guy does a good job, except for Captain America's silly shoebox-shaped shoulder pads.
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