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Time to end my Bendis bender! (#8 of 8)

The first half of the book is a mopey but effective reflection on the deaths from the early issues of Civil War II that defers the series' real conclusion to that event series.

The second half of the book is a reprint of a mediocre Iron Man/Doctor Doom time travel adventure from over ten years ago. It is a little amusing for the nostalgic tweaks of mimicking the old printing standards and marginalia advertising of old comic books, but it also features an unfortunate and unsuccessful attempt to bring back thought balloons in a big way. Regardless, it is literal filler to justify printing this book as a stand-alone volume. The three new chapters should have been in the previous volume.

As far as my bender goes, the first book was the best ([b:Jessica Jones, Vol. 2: The Secrets of Maria Hill|34854882|Jessica Jones, Vol. 2 The Secrets of Maria Hill|Brian Michael Bendis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1510169192s/34854882.jpg|56094411]), but Bendis has been putting out solid mid-level superhero fare at Marvel in a reliable manner for a long time. It'll be interesting to see how he fares at DC as he moves to take over Superman. ( )