Where be the Avengers Vol. 3 hardcover?

[Nick Graham]

As usual, I am woefully behind on my Marvel TPBs and hardcovers, which means I just got around to reading the second volume of Brian and JR Jr's thus far fantastic run on The Avengers. I am now jonesing to read volume 3, but it seems to not exist, even in solicitation form. Did I just miss the solit somehow? Is this some attempt by Marvel to drive up single issue sales? It appears collections of both New Avengers and Avengers have ceased to be past volume 2 for the time being, which confuses me.

[Jim Schnobrich]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fear-itself-brian-michael-bendis/1104266675?ean=9780785163480&itm=1&usri=fear+itself+avengers

Confusing, isn't it?

[KSChris]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fear-itself-brian-michael-bendis/1104266675?ean=9780785163480&itm=1&usri=fear+itself+avengers

Confusing, isn't it?

What is even more annoying is that rather than do proper OHCs, they're doing the same with those.

The next Bendis Avengers OHC will collect both series as well. I believe it's the first arc of each book. Kind of stupid and nonsensical. What if you don't want both books?

I would rather have New Avengers, vol. 1 OHC with #1-12 or whatever, then Avengers, vol. 1 OHC with the first two arcs of that.

[Simps]

Coming in January...
FEAR ITSELF: AVENGERS PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by STEVE BACHALO, JOHN ROMITA JR. & MIKE DEODATO JR.
COVER BY ALAN DAVIS
The God of Fear has come to Earth, and the only thing standing between it and world domination are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Can the Avengers possibly prevail against an evil older than time itself? Or will even the strongest heroes on the planet fall? It won’t take some of the Avengers to fight the madness of FEAR ITSELF — it will take ALL OF THEM! The New Avengers and Avengers join forces in the face of true fear! And who will join the New Avengers for the first time EVER? Stay tuned, True Believer! Plus: amid the ashes of what’s left of the Marvel Universe, and during the bombastic battles throughout New York, a new Avengers romance blossoms. Collecting AVENGERS (2010) #13-17 and NEW AVENGERS (2010) #14-16.
192 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6348-0
Trim size: standard
http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Itself-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785163484/

Then coming in May...
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS VOL. 3 PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by DANIEL ACUNA & RENATO GUEDES
COVER BY DANIEL ACUNA
The madness and drama of FEAR ITSELF has taken its toll on the mighty Avengers, and now they must reinvent themselves once more! The entire world awaits word of who will be the Avengers! Then: HAMMER returns! Witness the latest and greatest roster of Avengers in action as they root out the resurrected organization's secret labs! But who's really behind this latest threat, and who rebuilt the new Dark Avengers? And how can the Avengers battle the combined forces of Hydra, AIM, the Hand, and HAMMER - all under the leadership of Norman Osborn? Collecting AVENGERS (2010) #18-24.
168 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5116-6
Trim size: standard
http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Vol-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785151168

[Nick Graham]

D'oh, should have thought to search starting with Fear Itself. I am a fool.

[Simps]

The next Bendis Avengers OHC will collect both series as well. I believe it's the first arc of each book. Kind of stupid and nonsensical. What if you don't want both books?

It also has AVENGERS PRIME #1-5. I think that's more likely just an easy starter kit for moviegoers looking to get into the current events of the Avengers books, especially given the movie cover it was solicited with.

[BriRedfern]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fear-itself-brian-michael-bendis/1104266675?ean=9780785163480&itm=1&usri=fear+itself+avengers

Confusing, isn't it?

An event so bad it managed to fuck up counting.

[Nick Graham]

Were the tie-in issues to Fear Itself good, or were they pulled into the vortex of suck that was the main series? Despite my disdain for the main series, I greatly enjoyed the Invincible Iron Man, Alpha Flight, and Journey Into Mystery tie-ins, so I'm hoping the Avengers are the same way.

[MayorMitch100]

Were the tie-in issues to Fear Itself good, or were they pulled into the vortex of suck that was the main series? Despite my disdain for the main series, I greatly enjoyed the Invincible Iron Man, Alpha Flight, and Journey Into Mystery tie-ins, so I'm hoping the Avengers are the same way.

I enjoyed the New Avengers ones a lot more. I don't quite remember the Avengers ones, that could be an indication of their quality. I don't know.

[Spidey616]

Steve Bachalo

:lol:


Coming in January...
FEAR ITSELF: AVENGERS PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by STEVE BACHALO, JOHN ROMITA JR. & MIKE DEODATO JR.
COVER BY ALAN DAVIS
The God of Fear has come to Earth, and the only thing standing between it and world domination are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Can the Avengers possibly prevail against an evil older than time itself? Or will even the strongest heroes on the planet fall? It won’t take some of the Avengers to fight the madness of FEAR ITSELF — it will take ALL OF THEM! The New Avengers and Avengers join forces in the face of true fear! And who will join the New Avengers for the first time EVER? Stay tuned, True Believer! Plus: amid the ashes of what’s left of the Marvel Universe, and during the bombastic battles throughout New York, a new Avengers romance blossoms. Collecting AVENGERS (2010) #13-17 and NEW AVENGERS (2010) #14-16.
192 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6348-0
Trim size: standard
http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Itself-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785163484/

Then coming in May...
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS VOL. 3 PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by DANIEL ACUNA & RENATO GUEDES
COVER BY DANIEL ACUNA
The madness and drama of FEAR ITSELF has taken its toll on the mighty Avengers, and now they must reinvent themselves once more! The entire world awaits word of who will be the Avengers! Then: HAMMER returns! Witness the latest and greatest roster of Avengers in action as they root out the resurrected organization's secret labs! But who's really behind this latest threat, and who rebuilt the new Dark Avengers? And how can the Avengers battle the combined forces of Hydra, AIM, the Hand, and HAMMER - all under the leadership of Norman Osborn? Collecting AVENGERS (2010) #18-24.
168 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5116-6
Trim size: standard
http://www.amazon.com/Avengers-Vol-Brian-Michael-Bendis/dp/0785151168

[Nick Graham]

I enjoyed the New Avengers ones a lot more. I don't quite remember the Avengers ones, that could be an indication of their quality. I don't know.

I remember my LCS owner, who is a huge Bachalo fan, lamenting that the page layouts were akin to a school yearbook. But that's all I really heard about the Avengers tie-ins in particular, and that was just one issue.

[Jim Schnobrich]

D'oh, should have thought to search starting with Fear Itself. I am a fool.

No. You're not. Marvel makes it difficult to keep track of their trades, at least in my opinion.

[KSChris]

No. You're not. Marvel makes it difficult to keep track of their trades, at least in my opinion.

Sometimes. But they have been far better than DC in that regard.

Hellblazer really sticks out in my mind as a major issue with DC's collections department.

How do you have such a longrunning book, that many people buy in trade, but you don't number the books and don't list issue numbers on the back or anything?

It's so annoying having to open to the first page or whatever to see what issues are collected everytime. How difficult is it to number the trades?

[David Aspmo]

Were the tie-in issues to Fear Itself good, or were they pulled into the vortex of suck that was the main series? Despite my disdain for the main series, I greatly enjoyed the Invincible Iron Man, Alpha Flight, and Journey Into Mystery tie-ins, so I'm hoping the Avengers are the same way.
I thought they were very good - some of the strongest (and most specifically Bendis-like) Avengers work Bendis has done.