Avengers Vol. 3

Fear Itself is over & the Avengers have been plunged into a time of Shattered Heroes.  Steve Rogers has once again dawned the Red, White & Blue; & picked up the Shield.  Bucky Barnes died during the Fear Itself event along with Thor.  In the wake of this tragedy Captain America & Iron Man decide to hold a press conference to announce new members joining the Avengers.  Rogers approaches Black Panther who refuses to accept but offers up an alternative in his wife.  For Storm this is the first time she has joined the Avengers which for her character I think is a great achievement. but she seems to be completely underutilized in this story-arc.  The next character to join is one of the oldest members of the team, Vision has returned.  Vision has not been seen since his death in Avengers Disassembled.  The scenes with Vision are truly amazing his confrontation with She-Hulk where she apologizes for killing him are touching & heartfelt.  In comparison his appearance in Utopia sort of helps raise the tensions for the up coming Avengers vs. X-Men event.  But his threats & accusations against Magneto are simply awesome & speaks to the incredible amount of history that these characters have.  Most of this story is tense until you get to the finally.  The Avengers are taken down in one quick coordinated strike from Osborn & what remains of H.A.M.M.E.R.  Osborn again alters his physiology to battle the Avengers it will be interesting to see how permanent this change is.  The conclusion to this story doesn't make sense unless you read New Avengers Vol. 3 as well.  Many of the complaints I have with this collection I have stated in that article.  This is the story-arc that precedes the Avengers vs. X-Men event.  However there are two Avengers mini-series that take place in-between this story & the forth coming one.  The first is Avengers: The Children's Crusade which coincides with the events going under the Shattered Heroes banner.  Next up is Avengers: X-Sanction which takes place after Osborn's attempted coup d'etat.