Tony Stark could get away with murder...
Well, another Avengers issue, another storyline down the tubes, and another instance where Tony Stark, after being condemned for doing something stupid, is then embraced and told "You were right along" by that same person. The issue itself is actually pretty good, writing-wise. The art's atrocious, but I've come to expect that from this title. The thing that gets me, though, is the ending. It's just a complete cop-out to avoid changing the status quo even a little bit. Turns out Iron Man was right all along, and now even Steve Rogers agrees with him, after yelling his head off about the same decision oh.....three issues back? Dude's the ultimate karma houdini, to quote TV Tropes. Overall, though, this is a fairly entertaining closing to the arc, and at least it'll hopefully rid us of The Hood for a while, although since Bendis loves him, I'm sure he'll be back in New Avengers month after next. Overall, two and a half stars for the meat of the story, and for the "Oral History of The Avengers", which continues to be sometimes hilarious, sometimes insightful. Average stuff.
