I'm ready for the time to run out on this storyline. I get it. It's the end of the universe and heroes are going to have to do things they never could imagine. Just hurry up and reboot the Marvel universe already.

I love what Hickman is cooking up here. I think he might be onto a winner.It's reminds me of civil war.

Has its moments but I feel like its taking too long to get anyhwere.

Whew! One more volume down, and I'm closer than ever to finishing my quest to get through all of the Avengers stuff, and finally being able to pick up Secret Wars.Yes. I know I'm woefully behind on my comic book reading... Ok, the point is, I'm almost there! And, as an added bonus, this volume includes not only the regular Avengers issues, it also has New Avengers issues in it. Which is kinda great, because I thought I was going to have to go back and read that title separately.*gets up, does a

Captain America is seriously pissed off in this. I haven’t seen an old man this angry since that time the local Cracker Barrel ran out of hashbrown casserole.Cap’s got good reason to be grumpy though. He’s hunting some of his best friends down for their role in destroying alternate Earths to save our own, the Avengers are in shambles, the world government is cutting deals with super-villains, and he’s finally starting to look like his real age.The shape of Hickman’s run is really starting to eme...

There comes a timeWhen we heed a certain callWhen the world(s) must come together as oneYeppers, Mikey Jackson (et al)! And in the Marvel Universe we’re going to be able to have only one universe/one world and it’s happening a lot faster than those egghead bastards, the Illuminati had forseen. Everyone has ideas on how this whole multiverse mash up should be resolved and the Avengers titles have become a little fractured as a result. But give credit to Jonathon Hickman (et al), he does a pretty

The first of the last four books of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run before Secret Wars is no less sprawling and largely pointless than the series has been thus far – Time Runs Out, Volume 1 is pretty bad! Captain America is now old because shenanigans from other storylines happening at this time but he’s also devolved into super-authoritarian Cap. He’s not only unlikeable but it’s not remotely clear how he plans to stop the planet-smooshing that’s inevitably occurring. He definitely wants to sto...

It is very probably all my fault that I didn't like this more. I haven't kept up on Hickman's work, much less everything that was intentionally leading towards this exact point. So I'm behind. I didn't really know where we were going in, and I didn't really know everybody who was involved. I've read just enough Marvel books that I had a vague sense of what, exactly, the coming catastrophe was. But I had to catch up as I read, and that's my fault. Maybe I should have read all those other books, o...

When I picked this up from the library, I didn't know this was part of a much larger series (seriously why put volume one on the cover?) so I was extremely confused which may have impacted my enjoyment. And I don't know how I feel about huge ensemble comics yet. I might go back and read the others which will be a lot of effort obviously.

Finally we pick with 8 months later and its here!First we have Amadeus on the run on account of affiliation with Illuminati and we find Steve is the one hunting them and it syncs with the Marvel continuity of the time and the way the whole sequence plays out is awesome and then the fall of Wakanda happens which is glorious as it gives such awesome moments for Shuri. Hickman knows how to write endings and then finally most of the volume is the team including Carol and Sue trying to hunt them and

Well...that was different.If you're looking for persons of impressive anatomy in tight costumes punching evil-doers in the face, this is probably not the comic compendium for you. If, however, you have enjoyed the author's work on Avengers and New Avengers and want to see where all this was heading, and you don't mind heady meditations on expediency, trust, and a whole lot of pseudo-science, as well as some distinctive and visually appealing character-driven art, then go for it!And, oh yeah- I w...

Took me a little while to catch up as this takes place 8 month after the last Avengers/New Avengers book but once I was immersed this was a fun read.I think at this point it's fair to say that Hickman run on Avengers is my favorite Avengers run ever....

The change in everything looks and feels nice following what Incursions focused on and is really cool here. Namor went off on his own to form his own group and it causes him trouble. Cap has aged and is now in a different position but just as angry. This is a really good start to this section of events.

Avengers: Time Runs Out takes place after the events of Original Sin. I am relatively familiar with the events of Fear Itself, and somewhat familiar with Original Sin. But, it seems I shall have to go back and re-read them. This was a slightly confusing tale. It seems that the multiverse is coalescing into one (reminds me of the DC Infinite Crisis). The Avengers and something called the multiverse Avengers are integrated into SHIELD and trying to stop the Illuminati and the Cabal from destroying...

Overall, I've been hugely impressed with Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers. For epic, brainy, complex and complicated storytelling in comics, few do it better than Hickman. Throughout his run on both Avengers and New Avengers, he's been telling a massive, multi-year, multi-title sci-fi story on a cosmic scale.The multiverse is collapsing, and a strange sight is appearing in the sky - a second Earth. These incursion events, in which two Earth's occupy the same space, guarantees death. Either bot...

Finally, after some laughably mediocre lead-in comics, I'm here to read The Good Stuff. The resolution to nearly all of Jonathan Hickman's career at Marvel - tying together every crazy-assed idea he's committed to the glossy page. (((please don't suck, please don't suck)))Hickman does great jump-ahead, and this book is no exception. Rather than all the tedium of incremental decisions and action, we just get to the meaty changed-state where many of the players have split up, taken on new challeng...

This one is starting to grow on me. It's a combination of Avengers and New Avengers. Considering I was only reading one of those, I have something of a handicap going in only knowing half of the story. That said, there was also apparently a time jump in there that could've thrown me for a loop anyway. I still like the concept and I like that there are so many different approaches to it. Honestly, I picked the Illuminati series because of the Infinity Gems, but considering they haven't been aroun...

Eight months have passed since the Earth - shattering (ha ha) events of New Avengers Vol. 4. In the meantime in-between time, the Illuminati are in hiding, Wakanda has been destroyed, the Avengers have split in two, and the Cabal had gotten U.N. approval (!) to keep blowing up planets to their hearts' content. This volume is 90% table-setting for the rest of the "Time Runs Out" story arc, but it's all enjoyable table-setting. Sunspot, Smasher, and Cannonball are the most funny, human, and humane...

I honestly don't know how I feel about all of this.Back-handed shenanigans, heroes working for SHIELD, worlds dying in order save "ours," it's all iffy to me.At least in this volume, Hickman gives some suspense and drama. I don't quite know what all is going on, or how this is being addressed in the non-Avengers books, so that might explain it.Still, we know there is an endgame in sight: Secret Wars. Going to be interesting going forward.

Prelude to Secret Wars!Which would be good if I had been reading the books up to this point, and knew what was going on. But I didn't and don't, so I'm not invested in what's going on here. Maybe it will be more meaningful on the other end?