This also makes it one of the last books to feature Peter Parker as Spider-Man (at least before he returns in whatever will come after Superior Spider-Man), and I do wish DeConnick had done more with him. The issues collected here take place just before and during the transition into the current Avengers franchise, and they help smooth out some of the elements glossed over by Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers World. Kelly Sue DeConnick worked with Brian Michael Bendis on Castle: Richard Castle’s ‘Deadly Storm’ and is close friends with him, so she’s able to keep a similar tone to his while maintaining her own voice. I think there’s room for a lighter Avengers title amongst all the heavy space drama, which is where Avengers Assemble: Science Bros comes in. It would have been easy to just get rid of Assemble once that story was finished, but the reshuffling of the Avengers franchise thanks to Marvel NOW! meant that a niche had opened up. The initial storyline, by Brian Michael Bendis, featured the film’s cast as they fought Thanos and teamed up with the Guardians of the Galaxy (the next non-sequel Marvel Studios film). Marvel launched Avengers Assemble as a movie tie-in in only the loosest of terms.
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