Love him or hate him, there’s one thing no one can deny about Brian Michael Bendis—the man was responsible for the complete overhaul of The Avengers at Marvel.
He took a mid level selling title, shook it up with Disassembled, added unconventional members like Luke Cage, Spider-Man, and Wolverine, and turned it into a massive franchise that can support multiple titles a month on a regular basis for the first time in its illustrious history.
And without his assistance in transforming The Avengers into the commercial powerhouse they became, it’s doubtful Marvel would have had the balls to go all in with their cinematic projects as they did.
He took a mid level selling title, shook it up with Disassembled, added unconventional members like Luke Cage, Spider-Man, and Wolverine, and turned it into a massive franchise that can support multiple titles a month on a regular basis for the first time in its illustrious history.
And without his assistance in transforming The Avengers into the commercial powerhouse they became, it’s doubtful Marvel would have had the balls to go all in with their cinematic projects as they did.
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| He turned Luke Cage from a C-Lister to a leader of the Avengers. Sweet Christmas, indeed. |
But after more than half a decade, the Avengers (and New Avengers) are being written by someone other than Bendis and he’s taking a crack at the first mainstream monthly X-Book of his career. Sure, he had a run on Ultimate X-Men, but this is Marvel 616, the real deal.
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